Emerson Park (ward)

Emerson Park 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.

Emerson Park
Electoral ward for the Havering London Borough Council
Emerson Park ward boundaries since 2022
Borough	Havering
County	Greater London
Population	9,535 (2021)[a]
Electorate	7,241 (2022)
Major settlements	Emerson Park
Area	3.752 square kilometres (1.449 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	1965
Number of members	1965–2022: 3 2022–present: 2
Councillors	Laurance Garrard   David Godwin
GSS code	E05013970 (2022–present)

Havering council elections since 2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Havering in 2022.

2022 election

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

2022 Havering London Borough Council election: Emerson Park (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Laurance Garrard	1,512	52.5
	Residents	David Godwin	1,498	52.0
	Conservative	Dominic Swan	947	32.9
	Conservative	Noshaba Khiljee	835	29.0
	Labour	Anil Gupta	331	11.5
	Labour	Michael McCarthy	331	11.5
	Independent	Sharon Heron	104	3.6
	Independent	Victoria Hogan	95	3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Coles	64	2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Potter	44	1.5
Turnout				41.11%
Majority			558	19.1
	Residents win (new boundaries)
	Residents win (new boundaries)

2002–2022 Havering council elections

Emerson Park 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.^[2]

2018 Havering London Borough Council election: Emerson Park (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Ramsey	1,857	46.1
	Conservative	Robert Perry	1,790	44.4
	Conservative	Matthew Sutton	1,495	37.1
	Residents	Laurance Garrard	1,491	37.0
	Residents	David Godwin	1,434	35.6
	Residents	John Stone	1,393	34.6
	Labour	Anil Gupta	570	14.1
	Labour	Susan Bearman	553	13.7
	Labour	Edwyn Mayhew	448	11.1
	UKIP	David Johnson	269	6.7
	Green	Ian Pirie	187	4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Potter	89	2.2
Turnout				41.18%
Majority			4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

2014 election

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

2014 Havering London Borough Council election: Emerson Park (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Ramsey	1,661
	Conservative	Steven Kelly	1,499
	UKIP	John Glanville	1,450
	Conservative	Paul Rochford	1,414
	Residents	Irene Eagling	1,408
	Residents	Laurance Garrard	1,364
	Residents	Christopher Wilkins	1,159
	Labour	Graham Bramley	482
	Labour	Christopher Purnell	425
	Labour	Terence Hughes	405
	Green	Carina Ancell	313
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Potter	89
Turnout				46
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing

2010 election

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

2010 Havering London Borough Council election: Emerson Park (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Ramsey	3,851
	Conservative	Steven Kelly	3,507
	Conservative	Paul Rochford	3,331
	Labour	Julia Darvill	1,238
	Residents	Joan Kaye	1,221
	Labour	Christopher Purnell	1,139
	Labour	Neil Brindley	1,133
	Residents	Irene Eagling	1,094
	UKIP	John Glanville	1,007
	Residents	Nina Willers	985
	Independent	Nakkeeran Arasaratnam	146
	Independent	Ronald Lockhart	130
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

2006 election

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

2006 Havering London Borough Council election: Emerson Park (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Ramsey	2,495	61.8
	Conservative	Steven Kelly	2,373
	Conservative	Paul Rochford	2,291
	Residents	Jacqueline Long	679	16.8
	Residents	John Corrigan	675
	Residents	Giovanni Anastasi	597
	Labour	Terence Hughes	470
	Labour	Frances Chalk	470	11.6
	Labour	Sean Willis	425
	UKIP	Sunita Seenath	214	5.3
	Independent	Julia Fraser	179	4.4
	Independent	Robert Samson	151
	Independent	Gregory Segal	100
Turnout				41.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002.^[6] 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: Emerson Park (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Ramsey	2,853
	Conservative	Peter Gardner	2,747
	Conservative	Paul Rochford	2,727
	Labour	Pamela Reid	767
	Labour	Irene Eagling	737
	Labour	Terence Hughes	720
	Residents	Valerie Morris	646
	Residents	John Parker	607
	Residents	Ron Ower	593
	Liberal Democrats	Madge Mulliner	331
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Tegg	331
	Liberal Democrats	Albert Rabone	309
Turnout
	Conservative win (new boundaries)
	Conservative win (new boundaries)
	Conservative win (new boundaries)

1978–2002 Havering council elections

Emerson Park ward boundaries from 1978 to 2002

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Havering in 1978.

1998 election

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

1998 Havering London Borough Council election: Emerson Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Gardner	1,019
	Conservative	Paul Rochford	981
	Labour	Maureen Scott	594
	Ind. Residents	Anthony Benton	591
	Ind. Residents	James Saunders	573
	Labour	Ronald Whitworth	506
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Watkins	184
	Liberal Democrats	Garry White	178
Turnout
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

1994 election

The election took place on 5 May 1994.^[8]

1994 Havering London Borough Council election: Emerson Park (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Ramsey	1,647	51.33	10.94
	Conservative	Angela Watkinson	1,567
	Labour	Martyn Cooper	865	26.57	0.38
	Labour	Keith Dutton	798
	Liberal Democrats	David Bowman	724	22.10	10.55
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Sanderson	660
Registered electors			7,169		54
Turnout			3,172	44.25	3.97
Rejected ballots			4	0.13	0.16
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1990 election

The election took place on 3 May 1990.^[9]

1990 Havering London Borough Council election: Emerson Park (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Ramsey	2,119	62.27
	Conservative	Kenneth Roe	1,947
	Labour	Joseph Moore	865	26.19
	Labour	Gordon Thompson	845
	Liberal Democrats	Albert Rabone	379	11.55
	Liberal Democrats	John Porter	375
Registered electors			7,105
Turnout			3,423	48.18
Rejected ballots			10	0.29
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1986 election

The election took place on 8 May 1986.^[10]

1986 Havering London Borough Council election: Emerson Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Ramsey	1,853
	Conservative	Kenneth Roe	1,647
	Alliance	Antony Gunton	615
	Alliance	John Smailes	555
	Labour	Peter Baines	470
	Labour	Sheila Hills	427
	Green	David Marshall	95
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1982 election

The election took place on 6 May 1982.^[11]

1982 Havering London Borough Council election: Emerson Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jack Moultrie	2,178
	Conservative	William Sibley	2,103
	Alliance	Malcolm Inman	753
	Alliance	Frederick Trotman	733
	Labour	Arthur Oliver	316
	Labour	Dereck Smith	269
Turnout
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1978 election

The election took place on 4 May 1978.^[12]

1978 Havering London Borough Council election: Emerson Park (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jack Moultrie	2,323
	Conservative	William Sibley	2,241
	Labour	John Scott	524
	Labour	Glyn Harris	479
	Ind. Residents	Lynn Lewis	249
Turnout
	Conservative win (new boundaries)
	Conservative win (new boundaries)

1964–1978 Havering council elections

External image
Map showing Emerson Pakr ward boundaries from 1965 to 1978

1975 by-election

The by-election took place on 18 September 1975, following the death of Dennis Peters.^[12]

1975 Emerson Park by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leonard Trott	2,118
	Labour	John Scott	325
	Liberal	Keith Brewington	251
	Ind. Ratepayers	Ian Wilkes	80
Turnout				25.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

1974 election

The election took place on 2 May 1974.^[13]

1974 Havering London Borough Council election: Emerson Park (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jack Moultrie	2,774
	Conservative	William Sibley	2,728
	Conservative	Dennis Peters	2,718
	Labour	P. Saunders	667
	Labour	M. Hoepelman	634
	Labour	G. Harris	632
	Liberal	C. Hamilton	403
	Ind. Ratepayers	J. Whitton-Williams	370
	Liberal	D. de Sarandy	368
	Ind. Ratepayers	P. Whitton-Williams	363
	Ind. Ratepayers	I. Wilkes	357
	Liberal	D. Kruger	346
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1971 by-election

The by-election took place on 25 November 1971.^[13]

1971 Emerson Park by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	T. Kemp	1,088
	Labour	I. Whysall	437
	Ind. Ratepayers	J. Bates	241
	Liberal	B. Sell	128
Turnout				17.9%
	Conservative hold		Swing

1971 election

The election took place on 13 May 1971.^[14]

1971 Havering London Borough Council election: Emerson Park (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jack Moultrie	2,339
	Conservative	E. Gallant	2,317
	Conservative	William Sibley	2,303
	Labour	J. Gillman	1135
	Labour	G. Mulhern	1116
	Labour	D. Ramstead	1099
	Ind. Ratepayers	J. Bates	382
	Ind. Ratepayers	I. Wilkes	346
	Ind. Ratepayers	G. Morris	340
	Liberal	J. Bastick	287
	Liberal	A. Chudley	279
	Liberal	S. Howard	266
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1968 election

The election took place on 9 May 1968.^[15]

1968 Havering London Borough Council election: Emerson Park (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R. Carnaby	3,446
	Conservative	E. Gallant	3,392
	Conservative	N. Kemble	3,313
	Liberal	P. Ratchford	643
	Liberal	J. Bastick	614
	Labour	B. Whitworth	465
	Labour	A. Mais	439
	Labour	R. Whitworth	435
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1964 election

The election took place on 7 May 1964.^[16]

1964 Havering London Borough Council election: Emerson Park (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jack Moultrie	2,312
	Conservative	E. Foye	2,305
	Conservative	William Sibley	2,271
	Labour	S. Mugaseth	1,225
	Labour	P. Rudlin	1,222
	Labour	V. Murphy	1,207
	Liberal	W. West	828
	Liberal	O. Hill	722
	Liberal	A. Watts	712
Turnout			4,341	46.7
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Notes

1. 2021 Census data reported for 2022 ward boundaries