Hacton (ward)

Hacton 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. The ward includes the Racecourse Estate in Hornchurch which was built on the former Hacton Farm.

Hacton
Electoral ward for the Havering London Borough Council
Hacton ward boundaries since 2022
Borough	Havering
County	Greater London
Population	8,489 (2021)[a]
Electorate	7,088 (2022)
Major settlements	Hornchurch
Area	1.727 square kilometres (0.667 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	1965
Number of members	1965–2022: 3 2022–present: 2
Councillors	Ray Morgon   Reginald Whitney
GSS code	E05013972 (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: Hacton (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Ray Morgon	2,315	80.5
	Residents	Reginald Whitney	2,124	73.8
	Conservative	Paul Connew	430	14.9
	Conservative	Patrick Marks	337	11.7
	Labour	Susan Jiggens	275	9.6
	Labour	Sinead Earley	272	9.5
Turnout				41.2
Majority			1,694	58.9
	Residents win (new boundaries)
	Residents win (new boundaries)

2002–2022 Havering council elections

Hacton 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: Hacton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Ray Morgon	2,653	65.2
	Residents	Louis Dodin	2,483	61.0
	Residents	Reginald Whitney	2,286	56.1
	Conservative	Carol Perry	807	19.8
	Conservative	Patricia Clark	781	19.2
	Conservative	Mazim Nwafor	630	15.5
	Labour	Michael Davis	567	13.9
	Labour	Sinead Earley	533	13.1
	Labour	Susan Jiggens	522	12.8
	UKIP	Jeffrey Long	289	7.1
	Green	David Beesley	200	4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Willmer	102	2.5
Turnout				40.93%
Majority			1,479
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing

2014 election

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

2014 Havering London Borough Council election: Hacton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Ray Morgon	2,708
	Residents	Louis Dodin	2,590
	Residents	Barbara Matthews	2,576
	UKIP	Jeffrey Garnett	1,288
	Conservative	Ruth Edes	679
	Conservative	Carol Perry	616
	Conservative	Terence Mustoo	535
	Labour	Natasha Moreno-Roberts	424
	Labour	Sinead Earley	413
	Labour	Susan Jiggens	374
	Green	David Beesley	271
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Brewington	102
Turnout				47
	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.^[4]

2010 Havering London Borough Council election: Hacton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Ray Morgon	3,227
	Residents	Barbara Matthews	3,172
	Residents	Louis Dodin	3,080
	Conservative	Patricia Baumber	2,165
	Conservative	Christine Mckenzie	1,985
	Conservative	Ruth Edes	1,857
	Labour	Edward Baglin	887
	Labour	Allen Roach	801
	Labour	Kathleen Vann	768
	UKIP	Anthony Whitenstall	750
	Green	David Beesley	342
	Independent	Sally Logan	161
	Independent	Joan Morrison	109
	Independent	Jade Jackson	98
Turnout
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing

2006 election

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

2006 Havering London Borough Council election: Hacton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Ray Morgon	2,341	52.3
	Residents	Barbara Reith	2,322
	Residents	Stephen Whittaker	2,035
	Conservative	Ruth Edes	1,181	26.4
	Labour	Julia Darvill	524	11.7
	Labour	Susan Jiggens	523
	Labour	Allen Roach	500
	National Liberal	Gary Roberts	272	6.1
	National Liberal	Nakkeeran Arasaratnam	190
	Independent	Pramjit Singh Sadra	162	3.6
Turnout				40.1
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents 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: Hacton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Ivor Cameron	2,321
	Residents	Eileen Cameron	2,285
	Residents	Barbara Reith	2,260
	Conservative	Andrew Everett	1,322
	Conservative	Ruth Edes	1,238
	Conservative	Nicola Everett	1,174
	Labour	David Burn	1,025
	Labour	Susan Jiggens	871
	Labour	Kathleen Vann	832
	Third Way	David Durant	289
Turnout
	Residents win (new boundaries)
	Residents win (new boundaries)
	Residents win (new boundaries)

1978–2002 Havering council elections

Hacton 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: Hacton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Barbara Reith	1,544
	Residents	Eileen Cameron	1,522
	Residents	Ivor Cameron	1,517
	Labour	Susan Jiggens	849
	Labour	Richard Harradine	836
	Labour	Bryan Vincent	823
	Conservative	Sidney Ball	537
	Conservative	Maureen Carter	494
	Conservative	Donald Cawthorne	490
Turnout
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing

1994 election

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

1994 Havering London Borough Council election: Hacton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Barbara Reith	2,080	48.22	6.89
	Residents	Ivor Cameron	2,032
	Residents	Stephen Whittaker	1,994
	Labour	Ken Clark	1,545	35.64	1.54
	Labour	Joan Clark	1.511
	Labour	William Howard	1,457
	Conservative	Sidney Ball	665	16.14	8.43
	Conservative	Laurence Hagger	665
	Conservative	Maureen Carter	653
Registered electors			8,557		1
Turnout			4,438	51.86	0.77
Rejected ballots			14	0.32	0.30
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing

1990 election

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

1990 Havering London Borough Council election: Hacton 3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Barbara Reith	1,755	41.33
	Residents	Ivor Cameron	1,713
	Residents	Kevin Walland	1,629
	Labour	William Howard	1,419	34.10
	Labour	David Burn	1,413
	Labour	Ernest Rawlins	1,375
	Conservative	Kathleen Jewell	1,028	24.57
	Conservative	Eric Nicholls	1,026
	Conservative	Edwin Singleton	976
Registered electors			8,558
Turnout			4,372	51.09
Rejected ballots			1	0.02
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing

1988 by-election

The by-election took place on 14 April 1988, following the death of Norman Richards.^[9]

1988 Chase Cross by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Stephen Whittaker	1,315
	Conservative	Dennis Bull	918
	Labour	William Howard	665
	Green	Helen Smith	41
	Independent	Michael Griffin	27
Turnout
	Residents hold

1986 election

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

1986 Havering London Borough Council election: Hacton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Albert Davis	1,381
	Residents	Norman Richards	1,297
	Residents	Barbara Reith	1,283
	Conservative	Dennis Bull	1,015
	Conservative	Margaret Ashby	994
	Conservative	Valerie Colebourn	937
	Labour	David Burn	897
	Labour	Christine French	864
	Labour	Lee Sorrell	859
	Alliance	Roma Penfold	617
	Alliance	David Williams	607
	Alliance	John Hewitt	585
Turnout
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing

1982 election

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

1982 Havering London Borough Council election: Hacton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Albert Davis	1,593
	Residents	Norman Miles	1,462
	Residents	Norman Richards	1,412
	Conservative	Dennis Bull	1,364
	Conservative	Margaret Ashby	1,231
	Conservative	Martin Smeaton	1,165
	Alliance	David Williams	672
	Alliance	John Hewitt	654
	Alliance	Mark Long	626
	Labour	William Howard	596
	Labour	Ernest Rawlins	595
	Labour	Arthur Eade	576
Turnout
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing
	Residents hold		Swing

1978 election

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

1978 Havering London Borough Council election: Hacton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Albert Davis	1,515
	Residents	Norman Miles	1,469
	Residents	Norman Richards	1,376
	Conservative	Norman Kemble	1,271
	Conservative	Frederick Thompson	1,234
	Conservative	Wendy Thompson	1,055
	Labour	Ernest Rawlins	962
	Labour	Gordon Thompson	921
	Labour	Cyril Whitelock	885
Turnout
	Residents win (new boundaries)
	Residents win (new boundaries)
	Residents win (new boundaries)

1964–1978 Havering council elections

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Map showing Hacton ward boundaries from 1965 to 1978

1974 election

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

1974 Havering London Borough Council election: Hacton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Ratepayers	Albert Davis	1,724
	Ind. Ratepayers	Norman Miles	1,679
	Ind. Ratepayers	Norman Richards	1,647
	Labour	E. Rawlins	929
	Labour	E. Jones	928
	Labour	H. Hull	911
	Conservative	K. Humphries	652
	Conservative	C. Stancombe	626
	Conservative	A. Plain	609
	Liberal	G. Burnett	139
	Liberal	P. Burnett	139
	Liberal	K. Penfold	126
Turnout
	Ind. Ratepayers hold		Swing
	Ind. Ratepayers hold		Swing
	Ind. Ratepayers hold		Swing

1971 election

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

1971 Havering London Borough Council election: Hacton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Ratepayers	Albert Davis	1,647
	Ind. Ratepayers	Norman Miles	1,628
	Ind. Ratepayers	Norman Richards	1,567
	Labour	H. Moss	1,455
	Labour	E. Jones	1,452
	Labour	E. Rawlins	1,418
	Conservative	C. Stancombe	880
	Conservative	D. Forster	875
	Conservative	D. Biddlecombe	818
Turnout
	Ind. Ratepayers hold		Swing
	Ind. Ratepayers hold		Swing
	Ind. Ratepayers hold		Swing

1968 election

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

1968 Havering London Borough Council election: Hacton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Residents	Norman Miles	1,621
	Ind. Residents	Albert Davis	1,591
	Ind. Residents	Norman Richards	1,482
	Conservative	L. Klein	1,376
	Conservative	S. New	1,351
	Conservative	S. Johnson	1,332
	Labour	A. Connor	611
	Labour	C. Connor	608
	Labour	V. Belcher	554
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.^[16]

1964 Havering London Borough Council election: Hacton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Norman Miles	1,608
	Independent	Albert Davis	1,584
	Independent	Norman Richards	1,563
	Labour	Frank Coffin	1,267
	Labour	H. Reid	1,252
	Labour	M. French	1,211
	Conservative	J. Collins	620
	Conservative	R. Carnaby	552
Turnout			3,461	42.5
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Notes

1. 2021 Census data reported for 2022 ward boundaries