Mayfield (ward)

Mayfield is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Redbridge. The ward has existed since the creation of the borough on 1 April 1965 and was first used in the 1964 elections. It returns councillors to Redbridge London Borough Council. The ward was subject to boundary revisions in 1978, 2002 and 2018. The revision in 1978 reduced the number of councillors from four to three. Notable councillors have been David Amess and Jas Athwal who became members of parliament.

Mayfield
Electoral ward for the Redbridge London Borough Council
Mayfield ward boundaries since 2018
Borough	Redbridge
County	Greater London
Population	16,292 (2021)
Electorate	10,196 (2022)
Major settlements	Seven Kings
Area	1.884 square kilometres (0.727 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	1965
Number of members	1965–1978: 4 1978–present: 3
Councillors	Tanweer Khan   Vanisha Solanki   Noor Jahan Begum
ONS code	00BCGM (2002–2018)
GSS code	E05000508 (2002–2018) E05011248 (2018–present)

List of councillors

Term	Councillor	Party
1964–1968	L. Gooch		Conservative
1964–1994	Roland Hill		Conservative
1964–1971	L. Hipkins		Conservative
1964–1978	Bert Barker		Conservative
1968–1974	D. Latham		Conservative
1971–1978	H. Pearce		Conservative
1974–1976	J. Jones		Conservative
1976–1978	Carole Maddock		Conservative
1978–1982	Phillis Cottrell		Conservative
1978–1982	Lucette Smith		Conservative
1982–1984	Anthony Day		Conservative
1982–1986	David Amess		Conservative
1984–1994	Trevor Grant		Conservative
1986–1994	Constance Bamford		Conservative
1994–1998	Christopher Connelley		Labour
1994–2002	Lesley Hilton		Labour
1994–1998	Norman Tuck		Labour
1998–2002	Reginald Golding		Labour
1998–2002	Ayodhiya Parkash		Labour
2006–2022			Labour
2002–2010	Mark Aaron		Conservative
2002–2006	Geoffrey Hinds		Conservative
2002–2006	Sukhjit Sohal		Labour
2006–2010	Robert Whitehall		Conservative
2010–2025	Jas Athwal		Labour
2010–2018	Kay Flint		Labour
2022–present	Tanweer Khan		Labour
2022–present	Vanisha Solanki		Labour
2025–present	Noor Jahan Begum		Ilford Independents

Summary

Councillors elected by party at each general borough election.

1

2

3

4

1964

1968

1971

1974

1978

1982

1986

1990

1994

1998

2002

2006

2010

2014

2018

2022

•   Conservative
•   Labour

Redbridge council elections since 2018

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Redbridge in 2018. There was a small transfer of territory to Clementswood.

2025 by-election

The by-election took place on 27 March 2025, following the resignation of Jas Athwal.^[1][2]

Mayfield by-election, 27 March 2025^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ilford Independents	Noor Jahan Begum	1,080	42.5	New
	Labour	Mazhar Saleem	663	26.1	50.0
	Conservative	Robin Thakur	494	19.4	2.4
	Reform	Paul Luggeri	121	4.8	New
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Hepworth	100	3.9	3.5
	Green	Nadir Iqbal Gilani	85	3.3	New
Turnout			2,549	24.65	5.65
	Ilford Independents gain from Labour

2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022.^[4]

2022 Redbridge London Borough Council election: Mayfield (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jas Athwal	2,349	76.1	0.0
	Labour	Tanweer Khan	2,148	69.6	3.3
	Labour	Vanisha Solanki	2,125	68.9	1.8
	Conservative	Carol Corbin	525	17.0	4.7
	Conservative	Maria Begum	470	15.2	6.1
	Conservative	Masood Khushi Pasha	360	11.7	5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Sufia Khanam	229	7.4	New
	Ind. Network	Majad Hussain	218	7.1	New
Turnout			3,086	30.3	4.8
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018.^[5]

2018 Redbridge London Borough Council election: Mayfield (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jas Athwal	2,717	76.11	N/A
	Labour	Kay Flint	2,602	72.89	N/A
	Labour	Ayodhiya Parkash	2,523	70.67	N/A
	Conservative	Wilson Chowdhry	774	21.68	N/A
	Conservative	Stuart Halstead	761	21.32	N/A
	Conservative	Zeb Quddos	619	17.34	N/A
Turnout			3,570	35.13
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

2002–2018 Redbridge council elections

Mayfield ward boundaries from 2002 to 2018

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Redbridge in 2002. Territory was lost in the north to Goodmayes ward between Breamore Road and the London–Shenfield railway line. Territory was gained west of South Park Drive from Clementswood ward, including South Park and Loxford School.

2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014.^[6]

2014 Redbridge London Borough Council election: Mayfield (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jas Athwal	2,731
	Labour	Kay Flint	2,620
	Labour	Ayodhiya Parkash	2,597
	Conservative	Kaiser Chaudhary	1,034
	Conservative	Pauline Fynn	928
	Conservative	Nisha Patel	904
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Winborne	260
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2010 election

The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election.^[7]

2010 Redbridge London Borough Council election: Mayfield (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jas Athwal	3,100
	Labour	Ayodhiya Parkash	2,857
	Labour	Kay Flint	2,850
	Conservative	Surendra Patel	1,771
	Conservative	Dennis Aylen	1,732
	Conservative	Renu Phull	1,555
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Boulton	900
	Liberal Democrats	Leonard Filtness	702
	Liberal Democrats	Hazel Redshaw	614
	Respect	Baharul Shayeb	437
	Respect	Anhar Rouf	428
	Respect	Hilal Miah	417
Turnout				63.35	+22.45
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

2006 election

The election took place on 4 May 2006.^[8]

2006 Redbridge London Borough Council election: Mayfield (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ayodhiya Parkash	1,530	42.7
	Conservative	Robert Whitehall	1,505	42.0
	Conservative	Mark Aaron	1,495
	Labour	Pamela Stephenson	1,450
	Conservative	Geoffrey Hinds	1,390
	Labour	Barbara White	1,326
	Liberal Democrats	Ahsan-ul-Haq Chaudry	549	15.3
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Lake	524
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Mann	480
Turnout				40.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002.^[9]

2002 Redbridge London Borough Council election: Mayfield (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Aaron	1,245	14.6
	Conservative	Geoffrey Hinds	1,233	14.5
	Labour	Sukhjit Sohal	1,212	14.3
	Labour	Ayodhiya Parkash	1,192	14.0
	Labour	Tanweer Khan	1,157	13.6
	Conservative	Matthew Pether	1,151	13.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Gravenell	383	4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Marsh	342	4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Edwin Potkins	309	3.6
	Green	Jane Wild	248	2.9
Total votes			8,471	100
Turnout				34.6
	Conservative win (new boundaries)
	Conservative win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

1978–2002 Redbridge council elections

Mayfield ward boundaries from 1978 to 1994

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Redbridge in 1978. Some territory to the southwest of Seven Kings station was transferred to Clementswood ward. On 1 April 1994 Barking Abbey School was transferred out of the ward and Redbridge to Longbridge ward in Barking and Dagenham.^[10]

1998 election

The election took place on 7 May 1998.^[11]

1998 Redbridge London Borough Council election: Mayfield (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lesley Hilton	1,567
	Labour	Reginald Golding	1,547
	Labour	Ayodhiya Parkash	1,528
	Conservative	David Clarke	1,225
	Conservative	Arthur Leggatt	1,011
	Conservative	Mohammed Shaikh	906
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Papworth	314
	Liberal Democrats	Edwin Potkins	216
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Torney	213
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1994 election

The election took place on 5 May 1994.^[12]

1994 Redbridge London Borough Council election: Mayfield (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Connelley	2,044	50.51	12.54
	Labour	Lesley Hilton	1,981
	Labour	Norman Tuck	1,933
	Conservative	John Atkins	1,425	34.74	11.29
	Conservative	Garry Atkins	1,390
	Conservative	Darshan Sharma	1,284
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Papworth	601	14.75	5.66
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Gravenell	599
	Liberal Democrats	Edwin Potkins	540
Registered electors			8,532		46
Turnout			4,279	50.15	0.43
Rejected ballots			7	0.16	0.09
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

1990 election

The election took place on 3 May 1990.^[13]

1990 Redbridge London Borough Council election: Mayfield (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Constance Bamford	2,046	46.03
	Conservative	Trevor Grant	1,936
	Conservative	Roland Hill	1,909
	Labour	Adrian Clements	1,704	37.97
	Labour	Walter Maclean	1,620
	Labour	Ronald Madell	1,537
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Stanley Colyer	418	9.09
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Ralph Scott	392
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Dennis Robertson	354
	Green	Ruth Elberg	295	6.91
Registered electors			8,578
Turnout			4,339	50.58
Rejected ballots			3	0.07
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

1986 election

The election took place on 8 May 1986.^[14]

1986 Redbridge London Borough Council election: Mayfield (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Trevor Grant	2,008
	Conservative	Constance Bamford	1,968
	Conservative	Roland Hill	1,941
	Labour	Allen Maclean	1,405
	Labour	Walter Maclean	1,323
	Labour	Gwyneth Phillips	1,195
	Alliance	Stanley Colyer	510
	Alliance	Frank Marsh	425
	Alliance	Ronald Mavers	406
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1984 by-election

The by-election took place on 16 February 1984, following the resignation of Anthony Day.^[14]

1984 Mayfield by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Trevor Grant	1,630
	Labour	Royston Emmett	1,186
	Alliance	Stanley Colyer	427
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

1982 election

The election took place on 6 May 1982.^[15]

1982 Redbridge London Borough Council election: Mayfield (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Day	2,730
	Conservative	David Amess	2,698
	Conservative	Roland Hill	2,651
	Labour	Victor Bourne	944
	Labour	Paul Jeater	894
	Labour	Bernard Lipman	888
	Alliance	Charles Burgess	711
	Alliance	Peter Smith	584
	Alliance	Freda Marks	581
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1978 election

The election took place on 4 May 1978.^[16]

1978 Redbridge London Borough Council election: Mayfield (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phillis Cottrell	2,417
	Conservative	Roland Hill	2,353
	Conservative	Lucette Smith	2,277
	Labour	Charles Burgess	1,141
	Labour	Christopher Blackwell	1,054
	Labour	Frances Payne	1,038
	Liberal	Bernard Boon	234
	Liberal	Hugh Kenna	202
	Liberal	Robert Newland	200
Turnout
	Conservative win (new boundaries)
	Conservative win (new boundaries)
	Conservative win (new boundaries)

1964–1978 Redbridge council elections

External image
Map showing Mayfield ward boundaries from 1965 to 1978

1976 by-election

The by-election took place on 6 May 1976.^[16]

1976 Mayfield by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carole Maddock	2,597
	Labour	Charles Burgess	1,491
	Liberal	Gareth Wilson	324
Turnout				42.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

1974 election

The election took place on 2 May 1974.^[17]

1974 Redbridge London Borough Council election: Mayfield (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Jones	2,059
	Conservative	Roland Hill	2,051
	Conservative	H. Pearce	2,040
	Conservative	Bert Barker	2,024
	Labour	Charles Burgess	1,477
	Labour	D. Cunningham	1,460
	Labour	R. Hutton	1,407
	Labour	J. O'Reilly	1,401
	Liberal	J. Boden	422
	Liberal	Bernard Boon	422
	Liberal	R. Farrow	397
	Liberal	M. Way	386
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1971 election

The election took place on 13 May 1971.^[18]

1971 Redbridge London Borough Council election: Mayfield (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Latham	2,189
	Conservative	Bert Barker	2,174
	Conservative	H. Pearce	2,170
	Conservative	Roland Hill	2,140
	Labour	Charles Burgess	1,630
	Labour	D. Cunningham	1,584
	Labour	C. Pyke	1,529
	Labour	B. Vadher	1,428
	Liberal	N. Davis	296
	Liberal	Bernard Boon	293
	Liberal	W. Spring	276
	Liberal	M. Jaeger-Carlsen	239
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1968 election

The election took place on 9 May 1968.^[19]

1968 Redbridge London Borough Council election: Mayfield (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bert Barker	2,860
	Conservative	Roland Hill	2,841
	Conservative	L. Hipkins	2,814
	Conservative	D. Latham	2,809
	Liberal	G. Bellamy	830
	Liberal	J. Vincent	734
	Liberal	M. Kennelly	704
	Liberal	Bernard Boon	703
	Labour	Charles Burgess	543
	Labour	A. Chatten	489
	Labour	J. Fergus	481
	Labour	H. Jewitt	478
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1964 election

The election took place on 7 May 1964.^[20]

1964 Redbridge London Borough Council election: Mayfield (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	L. Gooch	1,960
	Conservative	Roland Hill	1,900
	Conservative	L. Hipkins	1,885
	Conservative	Bert Barker	1,793
	Liberal	G. Bellamy	1,509
	Liberal	G. Barrett	1,465
	Liberal	H. Parker	1,446
	Liberal	K. Ives	1,415
	Labour	N. Stringer	1,086
	Labour	J. Simmons	1,057
	Labour	T. Williams	1,044
	Labour	H. Jewitt	1,043
	Communist	R. Shannon	120
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)