Bridge (Redbridge ward)

Bridge 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 three councillors to Redbridge London Borough Council.

Bridge
Electoral ward for the Redbridge London Borough Council
Bridge ward boundaries since 2018
Borough	Redbridge
County	Greater London
Population	13,391 (2021)
Electorate	9,549 (2022)
Area	3.271 square kilometres (1.263 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	1965
Number of members	1965–1978: 4 1978–present: 3
Councillors	Syeda Choudhury   Gurdial Bhamra   Paul Canal
GSS code	E05000497 (2002–2018) E05011236 (2018–present)

Redbridge council elections since 2018

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Redbridge in 2018.

2022 election

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

2022 Redbridge London Borough Council election: Bridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Syeda Choudhury	1,470	36.8	5.0
	Labour	Gurdial Bhamra	1,454	36.4	8.9
	Conservative	Paul Canal	1,351	33.9	15.4
	Labour	Kamal Qureshi	1,343	33.7	10.4
	Conservative	Has Ahmed	1,265	31.7	17.0
	Conservative	Sheree Rackham	1,224	30.7	14.9
	Green	Rachel Collinson	564	14.1	1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Hunt	354	8.9	New
	Reform UK	Alex Wilson	274	6.9	New
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Pallet	255	6.4	New
Turnout			3,991	35.5	2.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

2018 election

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

2018 Redbridge London Borough Council election: Bridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Canal	1,735	49.30	N/A
	Conservative	Anita Boateng	1,714	48.71	N/A
	Conservative	Robin Turbefield	1,605	45.61	N/A
	Labour	Lloyd Duddridge	1,593	45.27	N/A
	Labour	Guy Williams	1,552	44.10	N/A
	Labour	Ellie Taylor	1,470	41.77	N/A
	Green	David Reynolds	456	12.96	N/A
Turnout			3,519	36.19
	Conservative win (new boundaries)
	Conservative win (new boundaries)
	Conservative win (new boundaries)

2002–2018 Redbridge council elections

Bridge ward boundaries from 2002 to 2018

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

2014 election

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

2010 election

The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election.^[4]

2010 Redbridge London Borough Council election: Bridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Canal	2,538
	Conservative	John Fairley-Churchill	2,484
	Conservative	Robin Turbefield	2,161
	Labour	Garry Chick-Mackay	1,579
	Labour	David Pearce	1,297
	Labour	Chris Stone	1,241
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Cornish	1,032
	Liberal Democrats	Pat Ilett	1,015
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Yeoman	1,012
	BNP	Danny Warville	751
Turnout				65.2	+30.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

2006 by-election

The by-election took place on 13 July 2006, following the death of James Leal.^[4]

2006 Bridge by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Hinds	1,014	39.6	−13.1
	BNP	Daniel Warville	857	33.4	+33.4
	Labour	Mark Epstein	299	11.7	−7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Yeoman	245	9.6	−5.9
	Green	David Reynolds	147	5.7	−7.1
Majority			157	6.2
Turnout			2,562	30.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

2006 election

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

2006 Redbridge London Borough Council election: Bridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Fairley-Churchill	1,665	52.7
	Conservative	James Leal	1,617
	Conservative	Robin Turbefield	1,521
	Labour	Lucinda Culpin	598	18.9
	Labour	Neil McKellar	510
	Labour	Martin Chew	507
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Yeoman	490	15.5
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Taylor	464
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Diamond	422
	Green	David Reynolds	404	12.8
Turnout				35.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

2002 election

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

1978–2002 Redbridge council elections

Bridge ward boundaries from 1978 to 1995

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Redbridge in 1978. The boundaries of the ward were revised in 1995.^[7]

1998 election

The election took place on 7 May 1998.^[8]

1998 Redbridge London Borough Council election: Bridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Lawrence	1,463	45.34
	Conservative	Claire Cooper	1,382
	Conservative	Morris Hickey	1,360
	Labour	Barbara Cohen	1,241	37.94
	Labour	Maureen Lambert	1,212
	Labour	Mohammed Sheikh	1,066
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Daren	357	11.13
	Liberal Democrats	Madeline Sinclair	341
	Liberal Democrats	Nicolette Pashby	331
	Socialist Labour	Nicola Hoarau	173	5.59
Registered electors			9,389
Turnout			3,284	34.98
Rejected ballots			13	0.40
	Conservative win (new boundaries)
	Conservative win (new boundaries)
	Conservative win (new boundaries)

1994 election

The election took place on 5 May 1994.^[9]

1994 Redbridge London Borough Council election: Bridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Coral Jackson	1,666	41.19	7.21
	Conservative	Peter Lawrence	1,640	42.11	4.53
	Conservative	Morris Hickey	1,583
	Conservative	Tak Chan	1,566
	Labour	Robert Littlewood	1,556
	Labour	Mohammed Sheikh	1,461
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie Everest	657	16.70	8.45
	Liberal Democrats	Nicolette Pashby	649
	Liberal Democrats	James Swallow	594
Registered electors			8,379		366
Turnout			4,131	49.30	0.56
Rejected ballots			5	0.12	0.05
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

1990 election

1986 election

1982 election

1978 election

1964–1978 Redbridge council elections

External image
Map showing Bridge ward boundaries from 1965 to 1978

1974 election

1971 election

1968 election

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

1968 Redbridge London Borough Council election: Bridge (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Escott	2,614
	Conservative	L. Bridgeman	2,592
	Conservative	R. Underwood	2,573
	Conservative	D. Stephens	2,492
	Liberal	S. Fraser	478
	Liberal	G. Grindley	441
	Liberal	M. Silverston	440
	Liberal	R. Scott	433
	Labour	C. Lamb	399
	Labour	R. Tomlinson	398
	Labour	A. Carter	386
	Labour	R. Andrews	327
	Communist	S. Brown	183
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1964 election

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

1964 Redbridge London Borough Council election: Bridge (4)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Escott	2,443
	Conservative	L. Bridgeman	2,407
	Conservative	E. Hollis	2,405
	Conservative	H. Moss	2,377
	Labour	W. Robinson	1,870
	Labour	K. Dowling	1,683
	Labour	E. Jones	1,679
	Labour	D. Bonsor	1,632
	Liberal	T. Fox	1,441
	Liberal	K. Mountjoy	1,368
	Liberal	S. Fraser	1,367
	Liberal	E. Downing	1,318
	Communist	F. Browning	264
Turnout			5,644	49.3
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)