Rainham (ward)

Rainham was an electoral ward in the London Borough of Havering from 1965 to 2002. The ward was first used in the 1964 elections. It returned councillors to Havering London Borough Council.

Rainham
Former electoral ward for the Havering London Borough Council
Borough	Havering
County	Greater London
Former electoral ward
Created	1965
Abolished	2002
Councillors	3

1978–2002 Havering council elections

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Havering in 1978. There was a very minor adjustment of the ward boundaries on 1 April 1994.^[1]

1998 election

The election took place on 7 May 1998.^[2]

1994 election

The election took place on 5 May 1994.^[3]

1994 Havering London Borough Council election: Rainham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Ellis	2,270	65.30	30.48
	Labour	Harry Webb	2,248
	Labour	Brian Kent	2,191
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Oddy	1,231	34.70	11.28
	Liberal Democrats	John Green	1,173
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Merritt	1,160
Registered electors			9,411		158
Turnout			3,761	39.96	5.90
Rejected ballots			14	0.37	0.32
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

1990 election

The election took place on 3 May 1990.^[4]

1990 Havering London Borough Council election: Rainham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Lib Dem Hotline Team	Brian Kent	1,976	45.98
	Lib Dem Hotline Team	Barry Oddy	1,965
	Lib Dem Hotline Team	Thomas Parker	1,887
	Labour	Patricia Emmitt	1,522	34.82
	Labour	Harry Webb	1,464
	Labour	Christine Watson	1,428
	Conservative	Janet Prince	510	11.81
	Conservative	Hazel Tebbutt	494
	Conservative	Linda White	494
	Green	Frederick Gibson	176	4.17
	Friends of Rainham Marshes	Rosalyn Jenkins	152	3.22
	Friends of Rainham Marshes	Raymond Purse	119
Registered electors			9,253
Turnout			4,243	45.86
Rejected ballots			2	0.05
	Lib Dem Hotline Team hold		Swing
	Lib Dem Hotline Team hold		Swing
	Lib Dem Hotline Team hold		Swing

1989 by-election

The by-election took place on 20 April 1989.^[4]

1986 election

The election took place on 8 May 1986.^[5]

1985 by-election

The by-election took place on 26 September 1985.^[5]

1983 by-election

The by-election took place on 14 April 1983.^[5]

1982 election

The election took place on 6 May 1982.^[6]

1978 election

The election took place on 4 May 1978.^[7]

1978 Havering London Borough Council election: Rainham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Henry Turner	1,756
	Residents	Donald Poole	1,667
	Residents	George Mooney	1,566
	Labour	Henry Webb	1,192
	Labour	Raymond Emmett	1,117
	Labour	Harry Moss	978
	Conservative	Audrey North	731
	Conservative	Kieran Humphries	703
	Conservative	David Cordell	687
Turnout
	Residents win (new boundaries)
	Residents win (new boundaries)
	Residents win (new boundaries)

1964–1978 Havering council elections

1974 election

The election took place on 2 May 1974.^[8]

1974 Havering London Borough Council election: Rainham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Ratepayers	Henry Turner	2,185
	Ind. Ratepayers	Donald Poole	2,144
	Ind. Ratepayers	B. Hammond	2,065
	Labour	T. Mitchell	1,362
	Labour	H. Miller	1,343
	Labour	D. Ramstead	1,271
	Conservative	A. North	509
	Conservative	M. Reilly	457
	Conservative	N. Regnier	455
	Liberal	D. Thomson	306
	Liberal	J. Green	293
	Liberal	S. Garred	290
Turnout
	Ind. Ratepayers hold		Swing
	Ind. Ratepayers hold		Swing
	Ind. Ratepayers hold		Swing

1971 election

The election took place on 13 May 1971.^[9]

1971 Havering London Borough Council election: Rainham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Ratepayers	L. Waterman	2,488
	Ind. Ratepayers	Henry Turner	2,473
	Ind. Ratepayers	Donald Poole	2,411
	Labour	I. Whysall	2,124
	Labour	H. Wright	2,079
	Labour	H. Hull	2,017
	Conservative	A. North	538
	Conservative	I. Lamont	531
	Conservative	V. Manning	531
	Communist	T. Stapleton	98
Turnout
	Ind. Ratepayers hold		Swing
	Ind. Ratepayers hold		Swing
	Ind. Ratepayers hold		Swing

1968 election

The election took place on 9 May 1968.^[10]

1968 Havering London Borough Council election: Rainham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Residents	Henry Turner	2,683
	Ind. Residents	Donald Poole	2,643
	Ind. Residents	L. Waterman	2,504
	Conservative	I. Lamont	823
	Labour	H. Bygate	591
	Labour	E. O'Donnell	578
	Labour	A. Bowers	575
	Communist	T. Stapleton	175
Turnout
	Ind. Residents gain from Independent		Swing
	Ind. Residents gain from Independent		Swing
	Ind. Residents gain from Independent		Swing

1964 election

The election took place on 7 May 1964.^[11]

1964 Havering London Borough Council election: Rainham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Henry Turner	2,551
	Independent	Donald Poole	2,516
	Independent	A. Livingstone	2,511
	Labour	R. Cartwright	1,892
	Labour	C. Welch	1,855
	Labour	J. Pittaway	1,765
	Communist	F. Barlow	136
Turnout			4,551	44.7
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

References

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