Whalebone (ward)

Whalebone is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.

Whalebone
Electoral ward for the Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council
Whalebone ward boundaries since 2022
Borough	Barking and Dagenham
County	Greater London
Population	13,706 (2021)[a]
Area	1.634 square kilometres (0.631 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	2002
GSS code	E05014071 (2022–present)

Barking and Dagenham council elections since 2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Barking and Dagenham in 2022.

2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022.^[1]

2022 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Whalebone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glenda Paddle	1,698	30.7	N/A
	Labour	Andrew Achilleos	1,687	30.5	N/A
	Labour	Mukhtar Yusuf	1,441	26.0	N/A
	Conservative	Subhash Nair	709	12.8	N/A
Turnout			2,421	27.2	N/A
Registered electors			8,830
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

2002–2022 Barking and Dagenham council elections

Whalebone ward boundaries from 2002 to 2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Barking and Dagenham in 2002.

2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018.^[2]

2018 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Whalebone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glenda Paddle	1,850	25.7	N/A
	Labour	Andrew Achilleos	1,804	25.1	N/A
	Labour	Amardeep Jamu	1,768	24.6	N/A
	Conservative	Maire Justice	631	8.8	N/A
	Conservative	Richard Kelly	577	8.0	N/A
	Conservative	Sunaina Mohan	557	7.7	N/A
Turnout			2,598	32.1	−5.5
Registered electors			8,085
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014.^[3]

2014 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Whalebone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John White	1,625	23.6	N/A
	Labour	Melanie Bartlett	1,620	23.6	N/A
	Labour	Liam Smith	1,526	22.2	N/A
	UKIP	Albert Bedwell	867	12.6	N/A
	Conservative	Juhel Ahmed	515	7.5	N/A
	Conservative	Jean Cockling	514	7.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	William George	204	3.0	N/A
Turnout			2,796	37.6	−26.6
Registered electors			7,427
	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.^[4]

2010 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Whalebone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Harry Perry	2,200	45.2	−10.9
	Labour	Amardeep Singh Jamu	2,103
	Labour	John Robert White	2,085
	Conservative	Christine Mary Naylor	1,112	22.8	+21.1
	Conservative	Emran Uddin	794
	Conservative	Wale Oguntona	788
	BNP	Robin Lee Lillywhite	603	12.4	N/A
	Independent	John Robert Denyer	503	10.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Maxine Lisa London	450	9.2	N/A
	Independent	Ingrid Robinson	350
	Independent	Zac Robinson	276
Turnout			4,545	64.2	+38.0
Registered electors			7,076
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2006 election

The election took place on 4 May 2006.^[5]

2006 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Whalebone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Denyer	1,304	56.1	+15.5
	Labour	Marie West	1,208
	Labour	John White	1,159
	Conservative	Paul Taylor	1,021	43.9	+26.2
	Conservative	Christine Naylor	1,014
Turnout			2,530	26.2	±0
Registered electors			6,922
	Labour gain from Residents		Swing
	Labour gain from Residents		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002.^[6]

2002 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Whalebone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Albert Gibbs	762	41.7	N/A
	Residents	John Denyer	755
	Labour	Marie West	740	40.5	N/A
	Labour	Raymond Parkin	701
	Residents	Keith Woodcock	675
	Labour	Maureen Worby	667
	Conservative	Philip Grimmer	324	17.7	N/A
	Conservative	Sylvia Grimmer	279
Turnout			1,811	26.2	N/A
Registered electors			6,922
	Residents win (new seat)
	Residents win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Notes

1. 2021 Census data reported for 2022 ward boundaries

References

1. Heywood, Joe; Loftus, Caitlin (March 2023). "London Borough Council Elections: May 2022" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
2. Colombeau, Joseph (October 2018). "London Borough Council Elections: 3 May 2018" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
3. Colombeau, Joseph (September 2014). "London Borough Council Elections: 22 May 2014" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
4. Piggott, Gareth (March 2011). "London Borough Council Elections: 6 May 2010" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
5. Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (March 2007). "London Borough Council Elections: 4 May 2006" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
6. Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (2002). "London Borough Council Elections: 2 May 2002" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 8 May 2024.