Rise Park (ward)

Rise Park was an electoral ward in the London Borough of Havering from 1978 to 2002. The ward was first used in the 1978 elections. It returned councillors to Havering London Borough Council.

Rise Park
Former electoral ward for the Havering London Borough Council
Borough	Havering
County	Greater London
Former electoral ward
Created	1978
Abolished	2002

Havering council elections

2000 by-election

The by-election took place on 15 June 2000, following the death of Norman Symonds.

2000 Rise Park by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Scott-Morris	990	58.1	+12.5
	Havering Residents Association	John Shrimpton	541	31.8	+0.4
	Labour	Leonard Street	138	8.1	−14.9
	Socialist Alliance	Peter Alder	34	2.0	+2.0
Majority			449	16.3
Turnout			1,703	29.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

1998 election

1994 election

1990 election

The election took place on 3 May 1990.^[1]

1990 Havering London Borough Council election: Rise Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Kemp	1,394	50.42
	Conservative	Norman Symonds	1,394
	Labour	Neil Brindley	983	34.86
	Labour	Pamela Craig	945
	Liberal Democrats	John Deeks	407	14.72
	Liberal Democrats	Rosalyn Einchcomb	407
Registered electors			5,968
Turnout			2,912	48.79
Rejected ballots			2	0.07
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1986 election

1982 election

The election took place on 6 May 1982.^[2]

1980 by-election

The by-election took place on 18 September 1980, following the death of Evan Davies.^[2]

1980 Rise Park by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Spencer	891
	Labour	Anthony Gordon	622
	Liberal	Terry Hurlstone	440
	Ind. Ratepayers	Clifford Edwards	119
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

1978 election

The election took place on 4 May 1978.^[3]

1978 Havering London Borough Council election: Rise Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Evan Davies	1,876
	Conservative	Christopher Kemp	1,716
	Labour	Alfred Capon	545
	Labour	Sheila Hills	497
	Liberal	Terry Hurlstone	282
	Liberal	Caroline Hurlstone	278
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

1. Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (1990). "London Borough Council Elections: 3 May 1990" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
2. "London Borough Council Elections: 6 May 1982" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. 29 July 1982. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
3. "London Borough Council Elections: 4 May 1978" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Council. 1978. Retrieved 13 October 2023.