Chadwell Heath (ward)

Not to be confused with Chadwell (ward).

Chadwell Heath is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. 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 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council.

Chadwell Heath
Electoral ward for the Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council
Chadwell Heath ward boundaries since 2022
Borough	Barking and Dagenham
County	Greater London
Population	14,086 (2021)[a]
Electorate	8,985 (2022)
Area	3.559 square kilometres (1.374 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	1965
Number of members	1965–1978: 4 1978–present: 3
Councillors	Sade Bright   Simon Perry   Michael Pongo
GSS code	E05000029 (2002–2022) E05014058 (2022–present)

List of councillors

Term	Councillor	Party
1964–1978	D Grandison		Residents
1964–1971	C Jillings		Residents
1964–1982	Cyril Ayres		Residents
1964–1968	H Jones		Residents
1968–1982	Peggy Miller		Residents
1971–1982	H Jones		Residents
1971–1974	P Jarvis		Residents
1974–1982	Joan Harper		Residents
1982–1994	Raymond Gowland		Residents
1982–2006	Robert Jeyes		Residents
1982–1983	William Hibble		Residents
1983–2002	Albert Gibbs		Residents
1994–2006	Ronald Curtis		Residents
2002–2006	Terry Justice		Conservative
2006–2010	Sarah Baillie		Labour
2006–2010	Nadine Smith		Labour
2006–2010	Shaun Carroll		Labour
2010–2014	Milton McKenzie		Labour
2010–2018	Jeff Wade		Labour
2010–2018	Sam Tarry		Labour
2014–present	Sade Bright		Labour
2018–present	Simon Perry		Labour
2018–2022	Mohammed Khan		Labour
2022–present	Michael Pongo		Labour

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

•   Residents
•   Conservative
•   Labour

Barking and Dagenham council elections since 2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Barking and Dagenham in 2022. The southern boundary of the ward was aligned fully to High Road and some streets were gained to the east of Whalebone Lane North.

2022 election

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

2022 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Chadwell Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sade Bright	1,723	30.9	N/A
	Labour	Simon Perry	1,693	30.4	N/A
	Labour	Michael Pongo	1,486	26.7	N/A
	Conservative	Martin Lynch	672	12.1	N/A
Turnout			2,374	26.2	N/A
Registered electors			7,454
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

2002–2022 Barking and Dagenham council elections

Chadwell Heath ward boundaries from 2002 to 2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Barking and Dagenham in 2002. Chadwell Heath gained territory that had been the Marks Gate ward to the north and the southern boundary was retracted to became mostly aligned to the High Road.

2018 election

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

2018 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Chadwell Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sade Bright	1,528	23.4	+3.7
	Labour	Simon Perry	1,510	23.1	N/A
	Labour	Mohammed Khan	1,447	22.1	N/A
	Conservative	Terry Justice	746	11.4	N/A
	Conservative	Monica Mohan	653	10.0	N/A
	Conservative	Glyn Lewis	651	10.0	N/A
Turnout			2,378	31.9	−4.6
Registered electors			7,454
	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: Chadwell Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeff Wade	1,416	20.1	N/A
	Labour	Sade Bright	1,389	19.7	N/A
	Labour	Sam Tarry	1,356	19.2	N/A
	UKIP	Ronald Curtis	869	12.3	N/A
	UKIP	Ingrid Spindler	805	11.4	N/A
	Conservative	Albert Sacky	377	5.3	N/A
	Conservative	Jamil Miah	354	5.0	N/A
	Green	Debbie Rosaman	320	4.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David Croft	160	2.3	N/A
Turnout			2,710	36.5	−24.9
Registered electors			7,424
	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: Chadwell Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Milton McKenzie	1,984	39.3	+1.6
	Labour	Jeff Wade	1,818
	Labour	Sam Tarry	1,785
	Conservative	Terry Justice	1,411	27.9	+2.0
	Conservative	Maire Justice	1,306
	Conservative	Cathal Gough	1,121
	BNP	George Woodward	594	11.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Gina Probert	481	9.5	N/A
	UKIP	Kerry Smith	369	7.3	−5.9
	Green	Debbie Rosaman	213	4.2	N/A
	Green	Angie Cooke	201
	Green	Mike Ridout	159
Turnout			4,210	61.4	+29.2
Registered electors			6,859
	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: Chadwell Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Baillie	1,101	37.7	+6.7
	Labour	Nadine Smith	999
	Labour	Shaun Carroll	987
	Conservative	Terry Justice	873	29.9	−3.6
	Conservative	Maire Justice	734
	Conservative	Sharron Chytry	583
	Independent	Ronald Curtis	560	19.2	−16.4
	UKIP	Doreen Tucker	385	13.2	N/A
	UKIP	Ronald Long	376
Turnout			2,523	36.2	+9.5
Registered electors			6,972
	Labour gain from Residents		Swing
	Labour gain from Residents		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

2002 election

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

2002 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Chadwell Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Ronald Curtis	682	35.6	−26.6
	Residents	Robert Jeyes	667
	Conservative	Terry Justice	642	33.5	+24.2
	Residents	Donna Lewis	624
	Labour	Patricia Northover	594	31.0	+2.4
	Labour	Abdul Aziz	513
	Labour	Alok Agrawal	485
Turnout			1,827	26.7	−5.0
Registered electors			6,855
	Residents win (new boundaries)
	Residents win (new boundaries)
	Conservative win (new boundaries)

1994–2002 Barking and Dagenham council elections

The boundaries of the ward were adjusted on 1 April 1994.^[7]

1998 election

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

1998 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Chadwell Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Ronald Curtis	1,347	62.2	+13.7
	Residents	Albert Gibbs	1,344
	Residents	Robert Jeyes	1,287
	Labour	Donna Beckett	619	28.6	−10.1
	Labour	Peter Metia	593
	Labour	Nana-Aba Andah	537
	Conservative	Mary Justice	201	9.3	+2.4
Turnout			2,136	31.7	−8.9
Registered electors			6,738
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing

1994 election

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

1994 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Chadwell Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Albert Gibbs	1,362	48.5	−1.2
	Residents	Ronald Curtis	1,359
	Residents	Robert Jeyes	1,269
	Labour	Violet Gasson	1,089	38.7	−0.5
	Labour	Vera Cridland	1,071
	Labour	Malcolm Murchie	956
	Conservative	Mark Gilding	193	6.9	−5.2
	Conservative	John Graham	183
	Liberal Democrats	Anil Fernando	167	5.9	N/A
	Conservative	Sharon Keefe	143
Turnout			2,776	40.6	−1.7
Registered electors			6,835
	Residents win (new boundaries)
	Residents win (new boundaries)
	Residents win (new boundaries)

1978–1994 Barking and Dagenham council elections

Chadwell Heath ward boundaries from 1978 to 1994

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Barking in 1978. The part of the ward north of Eastern Avenue became a new ward of Marks Gate. The name of the borough and council changed from Barking to Barking and Dagenham on 1 January 1980.

1990 election

The election took place on 3 May 1990.^[10]

1990 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Chadwell Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Albert Gibbs	1,456	51.8	−18.7
	Residents	Raymond Gowland	1,456
	Residents	Robert Jeyes	1,360
	Labour	Violet Gasson	1,120	36.4	+6.9
	Labour	Hilda Jones	942
	Labour	Julie West	938
	Conservative	David Jackson	353	11.9	N/A
	Conservative	Karen Smith	328
	Conservative	Nicholas Smith	298
Rejected ballots			2	0.1	N/A
Turnout			2,913	42.3	+4.7
Registered electors			6,881
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing

1986 election

The election took place on 8 May 1986.^[11]

1986 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Chadwell Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Albert Gibbs	1,643	70.5	−9.8
	Residents	Raymond Gowland	1,585
	Residents	Robert Jeyes	1,585
	Labour	Terence Collins	689	29.5	+12.0
	Labour	Charles Chown	684
	Labour	Michael O'Shea	625
Turnout				37.6	−1.1
Registered electors			6,843
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing

1983 by-election

The by-election took place on 5 May 1983, following the resignation of William Hibble.^[11]

1983 Chadwell Heath by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Albert Gibbs	1,184	50.8	−29.5
	Conservative	Norman Houlder	490	21.0	+21.0
	Labour	William Summers	390	16.7	−0.8
	Alliance	David Kingaby	266	11.4	+11.4
Majority			694	29.8	N/A
Turnout				34.1	−4.6
Registered electors			6,866
	Residents hold		Swing

1982 election

The election took place on 6 May 1982.^[12]

1982 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Chadwell Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Raymond Gowland	2,024	80.3	+4.2
	Residents	Robert Jeyes	2,012
	Residents	William Hibble	1,972
	Labour	William Summers	440	17.5	−4.7
	Labour	Morris Ness	411
	Labour	Joanne Williams	384
	Communist	Alfred Ott	57	2.3	+0.6
Turnout				38.7	−1.4
Registered electors			6,888
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing

1978 election

The election took place on 4 May 1978.^[13]

1978 Barking London Borough Council election: Chadwell Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Cyril Ayres	2,100	76.1
	Residents	Joan Harper	2,097
	Residents	Peggy Miller	2,033
	Labour	Eric Harris	613	22.2
	Labour	James Jones	536
	Labour	Eric Mansell	495
	Communist	Alfred Ott	46	1.7
Turnout				40.1
Registered electors			6,899
	Residents win (new boundaries)
	Residents win (new boundaries)
	Residents win (new boundaries)

1964–1978 Barking council elections

External images
Chadwell Heath ward boundaries from 1965 to 1978 (south)
Chadwell Heath ward boundaries from 1965 to 1978 (north)

1974 election

The election took place on 2 May 1974.^[14]

1974 Barking London Borough Council election: Chadwell Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	D Grandison	1,783	54.9	+1.2
	Residents	Cyril Ayres	1,763		N/A
	Residents	Peggy Miller	1,733		N/A
	Residents	Joan Harper	1,698		N/A
	Labour	F Coomber	898	27.7	−13.9
	Labour	L Henstock	872		N/A
	Labour	J O'Donogue	841		N/A
	Labour	J Tweed	817		N/A
	Conservative	G Hyams	413	12.7	N/A
	Conservative	L Hyams	360		N/A
	Communist	D Connor	151	4.7	−0.1
Turnout				29.9	−0.9
Registered electors			9,459
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing

1971 by-election

The by-election took place on 14 October 1971.^[14]

1971 Chadwell Heath by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	P Jarvis	1,108	68.4	+13.5
	Labour	H Pope	492	30.4	+2.7
	Communist	D Connor	20	1.2	−3.5
Majority			616	38.0	N/A
Turnout				16.6	−12.7
Registered electors			9,731
	Residents hold		Swing

1971 election

The election took place on 13 May 1971.^[15]

1971 Barking London Borough Council election: Chadwell Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Peggy Miller	1,719	53.7	−21.1
	Residents	H Jones	1,633		N/A
	Residents	D Grandison	1,631		N/A
	Residents	Cyril Ayres	1,575		N/A
	Labour	H Pope	1,331	41.6	+23.2
	Labour	W Webb	1,308		N/A
	Labour	V Pope	1,292		N/A
	Labour	Robert Crane	1,267		N/A
	Communist	D Connor	153	4.8	−1.9
Turnout				30.8	+1.5
Registered electors			9,669
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing

1968 election

The election took place on 9 May 1968.^[16]

1968 Barking London Borough Council election: Chadwell Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	D Grandison	2,054	74.8	+28.8
	Residents	Peggy Miller	2,041		N/A
	Residents	C Jillings	2,040		N/A
	Residents	Cyril Ayres	2,032		N/A
	Labour	E Bradley	506	18.4	−14.4
	Labour	F Rusha	496		N/A
	Labour	F Goodger	485		N/A
	Labour	W Webb	481		N/A
	Communist	D Connor	185	6.7	+3.8
Turnout				29.3	−2.1
Registered electors			9,276
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing

1964 election

The election took place on 7 May 1964.^[17]

1964 Barking London Borough Council election: Chadwell Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	D Grandison	1,636	46.0	N/A
	Residents	C Jillings	1,577		N/A
	Residents	Cyril Ayres	1,560		N/A
	Residents	H Jones	1,495		N/A
	Labour	S Warr	1,168	32.8	N/A
	Labour	J Moore	1,088		N/A
	Labour	J Lawrence	1,088		N/A
	Labour	C Ayrton	1,059		N/A
	Conservative	R Holland	651	18.3	N/A
	Conservative	A Cobban	606		N/A
	Conservative	G Santry	606		N/A
	Conservative	G Herer	583		N/A
	Communist	D Connor	104	2.9	N/A
Turnout			3,391	31.4	N/A
Registered electors			9,076
	Residents win (new seat)
	Residents win (new seat)
	Residents win (new seat)
	Residents win (new seat)

Notes

1. 2021 Census data reported for 2022 ward boundaries