Upminster (ward)

Upminster is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Havering. 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 Havering London Borough Council.

Upminster
Electoral ward for the Havering London Borough Council
Upminster ward boundaries since 2022
Borough	Havering
County	Greater London
Population	13,347 (2021)[a]
Electorate	10,359 (2022)
Major settlements	Upminster and North Ockendon
Area	22.54 square kilometres (8.70 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	1965
Number of members	3
Councillors	Jacqueline Williams   Oscar Ford   Christopher Wilkins
GSS code	E05000323 (2002–2022) E05013986 (2022–present)

List of councillors

Term	Councillor	Party
1964–1968	T. Dix		Residents
1964–1968	Kenneth Hay		Residents
1964–1974	F. Morley		Residents
1968–1974	F. Everett		Residents
1968–1974	R. Manning		Residents
1974–1982 1986–1990	Bruce Gordon-Picking		Conservative
1974–1981	Rodney Chamberlain		Conservative
1974–1978	L. Reilly		Conservative
1978–1982	Joyce White		Conservative
1981–1986	Geoffrey Lewis		Residents
1982–1990	Norman Kemble		Conservative
1982–1990	Jean Frost		Conservative
1990–2006	Owen Ware		Residents
1990–2023	Linda Hawthorn		Residents
1990–2010	Muriel Mylod		Residents
2006–2018	Linda Van den Hende		Residents
2010–2022	Ron Ower		Residents
2018–present	Christopher Wilkins		Residents
2022–present	Oscar Ford		Residents
2023–present	Jacqueline Williams		Residents

Summary

Councillors elected by party at each general borough election.

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

1964

1968

1971

1974

1978

1982

1986

1990

1994

1998

2002

2006

2010

2014

2018

2022

•   Residents
•   Conservative

Havering council elections since 2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Havering in 2022 and the Upminster ward was unaltered.

2023 by-election

The by-election took place on 10 August 2023, following the death of Linda Hawthorn.^[1]

2023 Upminster by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Jacqueline Williams	1,642	63.2
	Conservative	Edward Green	421	16.2
	Labour	John Sullivan	234	9.0
	Independent	David Durant	150	5.8
	Green	Melanie Collins	115	4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Clark	35	1.3
Majority			1,221	47.0
Turnout			2,597
	Residents hold		Swing

2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022.^[2]

2022 Havering London Borough Council election: Upminster (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Linda Hawthorn	3,028	71.2	+5.7
	Residents	Oscar Ford	2,954	69.5	+4.7
	Residents	Christopher Wilkins	2,930	68.9	+8.3
	Conservative	Adam Baker	953	22.4	−1.5
	Conservative	Sally Miller	711	16.7	+0.5
	Conservative	Bernice Robinson	584	13.7	−1.8
	Labour	Patrick Chalk	453	10.7	−0.1
	Labour	Suzanne McGeary	419	9.9	+0.3
	Green	Melanie Collins	362	8.5	+1.0
	Labour	John Sullivan	362	8.5	−0.2
Turnout				42.3%	−3.17
Majority			1,977	46.5	+9.8
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing

2002–2022 Havering council elections

Upminster ward boundaries from 2002 to 2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Havering in 2002.

2018 election

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

2018 Havering London Borough Council election: Upminster (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Linda Hawthorn	3,142	65.5
	Residents	Ron Ower	3,109	64.8
	Residents	Christopher Wilkins	2,908	60.6
	Conservative	Susan Connew	1,147	23.9
	Conservative	Danny Weedon	776	16.2
	Conservative	Anastasia Ravenall	743	15.5
	Labour	Julia Darvill	517	10.8
	Labour	Patrick Chalk	459	9.6
	Labour	John Sullivan	418	8.7
	Green	Melanie Collins	358	7.5
	UKIP	James Fellowes	177	3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Bruce Carter	148	3.1
Turnout				45.47%
Majority			1,761
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing

2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014.^[4]

2014 Havering London Borough Council election: Upminster (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Linda Hawthorn	3,507
	Residents	Ron Ower	3,447
	Residents	Linda Van den Hende	3,204
	UKIP	Malvin Brown	1,212
	Conservative	Donna Gibson	673
	Conservative	Danny Weedon	572
	Conservative	Poh Foong	465
	Labour	Julia Darvill	364
	Green	Melanie Collins	338
	Labour	Kate Darvill	298
	Labour	Rosetta Reehill	223
	Liberal Democrats	Bruce Carter	98
Turnout
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing

2010 election

The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election.^[5]

2010 Havering London Borough Council election: Upminster (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Ron Ower	4,871
	Residents	Linda Hawthorn	4,839
	Residents	Linda Van den Hende	4,603
	Conservative	Catherine Bull	1,939
	Conservative	Alan Bruniges	1,636
	Conservative	Alexander Mckenzie	1,378
	Labour	Simon Darvill	742
	UKIP	Thomas Mulcahy	587
	Labour	Margaret Lindsay	531
	Labour	Rachel Harris	531
	Green	Melanie Collins	173
	Green	Philip Butler	71
	Green	Ian Pirie	65
	Independent	Ena Risby	50
Turnout
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing

2006 election

The election took place on 4 May 2006.^[6]

2006 Havering London Borough Council election: Upminster (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Linda Hawthorn	3,254	59.8
	Residents	Muriel Mylod	3,137
	Residents	Linda Van den Hende	2,897
	Conservative	Claire Palmer	1,119	20.6
	Conservative	Richard Pyke	1,019
	Conservative	Matthew Walsh	947
	Green	Melanie Collins	396	7.3
	Labour	David Scott	304	5.6
	Labour	Matthew Carr	301
	UKIP	Ted Barrett	261	4.8
	Labour	Diane Willis	232
	Independent	Ron Hodgson	108	2.0
	Independent	Alfredo Dias	72
Turnout				48.6
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing

2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002.^[7] As an experiment, it was a postal voting election, with the option to hand the papers in on election day.

2002 Havering London Borough Council election: Upminster (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Linda Hawthorn	4,202
	Residents	Owen Ware	4,119
	Residents	Muriel Mylod	4,082
	Conservative	Guy Gower	979
	Conservative	Susan Gower	950
	Conservative	Gloria Passannante	894
	Labour	Andrew Darvill	618
	Labour	Patricia Brown	520
	Labour	David Scott	456
	Green	Melanie Collins	297
Turnout
	Residents win (new boundaries)
	Residents win (new boundaries)
	Residents win (new boundaries)

1978–2002 Havering council elections

Upminster ward boundaries from 1978 to 1994

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Havering in 1978. The boundaries of the ward were subject to a very minor boundary change on 1 April 1994 that did not affect the population.^[8]

1998 election

The election on 7 May 1998 took place on the same day as the 1998 Greater London Authority referendum.^[9]

1998 Havering London Borough Council election: Upminster (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Linda Hawthorn	3,012
	Residents	Owen Ware	2,935
	Residents	Muriel Mylod	2,902
	Labour	Patricia Brown	480
	Labour	David Scott	412
	Labour	Renata Martins	405
	Conservative	Patricia Jones	372
	Conservative	Carol Roberts	344
Turnout
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing

1994 election

The election took place on 5 May 1994.^[10]

1994 Havering London Borough Council election: Upminster (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Linda Hawthorn	3,007	68.38	25.02
	Residents	Owen Ware	3,001
	Residents	Muriel Mylod	2,971
	Conservative	Eric Nicholls	875	19.76	21.90
	Conservative	Guy Gower	870
	Conservative	Grace Cudby	850
	Labour	Stuart Brittain	533	11.86	3.12
	Labour	David Hill	514
	Labour	Ann Georgiou	511
Registered electors			8,459		16
Turnout			4,645	54.91	1.56
Rejected ballots			7	0.15	0.02
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing

1990 election

The election took place on 3 May 1990.^[11]

1990 Havering London Borough Council election: Upminster (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Owen Ware	2,076	43.36
	Residents	Linda Hawthorn	1,999
	Residents	Muriel Mylod	1,976
	Conservative	Frank Everett	1,947	41.66
	Conservative	Bruce Gordon-Picking	1,937
	Conservative	Norman Kemble	1,931
	Labour	Stuart Brittain	719	14.98
	Labour	Keith Darvill	705
	Labour	Margaret Hoepelman	667
Registered electors			8,443
Turnout			4,768	56.47
Rejected ballots			8	0.17
	Residents gain from Conservative		Swing
	Residents gain from Conservative		Swing
	Residents gain from Conservative		Swing

1986 election

The election took place on 8 May 1986.^[12]

1986 Havering London Borough Council election: Upminster (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bruce Gordon-Picking	1,835
	Conservative	Jean Frost	1,821
	Conservative	Norman Kemble	1,807
	Ratepayers	Geoffrey Lewis	1,784
	Ratepayers	Joan Lewis	1,700
	Ratepayers	Owen Ware	1,639
	Labour	Tom Horlock	401
	Labour	Margaret Pickford	393
	Labour	James Abrey	392
	Alliance	Margery Ford	366
	Alliance	Colin McArdle	350
	Alliance	Douglas Peters	333
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Ratepayers		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1982 election

The election took place on 6 May 1982.^[13]

1982 Havering London Borough Council election: Upminster (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ratepayers	Geoffrey Lewis	2,090
	Conservative	Norman Kemble	2,016
	Conservative	Jean Frost	2,000
	Ratepayers	Joan Lewis	1,974
	Ratepayers	Owen Ware	1,926
	Conservative	Doreen White	1,894
	Alliance	Martin Taylor	464
	Alliance	Anthony Gunton	439
	Alliance	Rodney Dorken	429
	Labour	David Burn	246
	Labour	Peter Baines	237
	Labour	Glyn Harris	226
Turnout
	Ratepayers hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1981 by-election

The by-election took place on 12 March 1981, following the resignation of Rodney Chamberlain.^[13]

1981 Upminster by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ratepayers	Geoffrey Lewis	2,202
	Conservative	Normal Kemble	1,185
	Labour	Keith Dutton	317
	Liberal	Derek Brown	203
Turnout
	Ratepayers gain from Conservative		Swing

1978 election

The election took place on 4 May 1978.^[14]

1978 Havering London Borough Council election: Upminster (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bruce Gordon-Picking	2,613
	Conservative	Rodney Chamberlain	2,547
	Conservative	Joyce White	2,467
	Ratepayers	Geoffrey Lewis	1,991
	Ratepayers	Carol Springthorpe	1,943
	Ratepayers	Owen Ware	1,920
	Labour	Megan Lamb	449
	Labour	Joseph Moore	365
	Labour	William Nicholls	351
Turnout
	Conservative win (new boundaries)
	Conservative win (new boundaries)
	Conservative win (new boundaries)

1964–1978 Havering council elections

External image
Map showing Upminster ward boundaries from 1965 to 1978

For elections to the Greater London Council, the ward was part of the Havering electoral division from 1965 and then the Upminster division from 1973.

1974 election

The election took place on 2 May 1974.^[15]

1974 Havering London Borough Council election: Upminster (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bruce Gordon-Picking	2,334
	Conservative	Rodney Chamberlain	2,242
	Conservative	L. Reilly	2,080
	Ind. Ratepayers	F. Everett	1,906
	Ind. Ratepayers	R. Manning	1,752
	Ind. Ratepayers	F. Morley	1,736
	Labour	C. Murray	399
	Labour	J. Scott	333
	Labour	L. Thompson	321
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Ind. Ratepayers		Swing
	Conservative gain from Ind. Ratepayers		Swing
	Conservative gain from Ind. Ratepayers		Swing

1971 election

The election took place on 13 May 1971.^[16]

1971 Havering London Borough Council election: Upminster (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Ratepayers	F. Everett	2,245
	Ind. Ratepayers	F. Morley	2,201
	Ind. Ratepayers	R. Manning	2,196
	Conservative	O. Collins	1,669
	Conservative	Bruce Gordon-Picking	1,635
	Conservative	L. Reilly	1,554
	Labour	S. Miller	433
	Labour	S. Gibson	412
	Labour	M. Hoepelman	394
	Liberal	P. Atkinson	164
	Liberal	A. Rabone	160
	Liberal	D. Kruger	120
Turnout
	Ind. Ratepayers hold		Swing
	Ind. Ratepayers hold		Swing
	Ind. Ratepayers hold		Swing

1968 election

1968 Havering London Borough Council election: Upminster (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Residents	F. Everett	2,631
	Ind. Residents	R. Manning	2,603
	Ind. Residents	F. Morley	2,592
	Conservative	O. Collins	1,755
	Conservative	P. Ellis	1,728
	Conservative	R. Guest	1,723
	Labour	W. Mansfield	264
	Labour	H. Sparks	216
	Labour	A. Booton	212
	Liberal	A. Rabone	167
	Liberal	B. Thame	162
	Liberal	G. Burnett	153
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.^[17]

1964 Havering London Borough Council election: Upminster (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	T. Dix	2,403
	Independent	Kenneth Hay	2,339
	Independent	F. Morley	2,270
	Conservative	C. Ellis	1,305
	Conservative	O. Collins	1,241
	Conservative	P. Dughes	1,202
	Labour	W. Mills	347
	Labour	G. Miles	334
	Labour	S. Moore	328
Turnout			3,965	46.2
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Notes

1. 2021 Census data reported for 2022 ward boundaries