Heath (Barking and Dagenham ward)

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

Heath
Electoral ward for the Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council
Heath ward boundaries since 2022
Borough	Barking and Dagenham
County	Greater London
Population	8,994 (2021)[a]
Electorate	5,901 (2022)
Area	1.630 square kilometres (0.629 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	1965
Councillors	Ingrid Robinson   Harriet Spoor
GSS code	E05000034 (2002–2022 E05014063 (2022–present)

Barking and Dagenham council elections since 2022

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

2023 by-election

The by-election took place on 30 March 2023, following the death of Olawale Martins.^[1][2]

2023 Heath by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harriet Spoor	777	62.1	N/A
	Conservative	Joe Lynch	408	32.6	N/A
	Green	Kim Arrowsmith	41	3.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Zygimantas Adomavicius	26	2.1	N/A
Majority			369	29.5	N/A
Turnout			1,252	21.8	−1.3
Registered electors			5,774
	Labour hold		Swing

2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022.^[3]

2022 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Olawale Martins	952	37.2	N/A
	Labour	Ingrid Robinson	930	36.4	N/A
	Conservative	Martynas Cekavicius	338	13.2	N/A
	Conservative	Angelica Olawepo	338	13.2	N/A
Turnout			1,383	23.1	N/A
Registered electors			5,901
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

2002–2022 Barking and Dagenham council elections

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

2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018.^[4]

2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014.^[5]

2010 election

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

2006 election

The election took place on 4 May 2006.^[7]

2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002.^[8]

2002 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election: Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Fairbrass	966	57.6	+11.4
	Labour	Bryan Osborn	918
	Labour	Sidney Kallar	904
	Conservative	George Woodward	362	21.6	+5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Whyte	349	20.8	+5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Antony Stepton	328
Turnout			1,514	21.8	−1.9
Registered electors			6,951
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

1978–2002 Barking and Dagenham council elections

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Barking in 1978. The name of the borough and council changed from Barking to Barking and Dagenham on 1 January 1980.

1998 election

The election took place on 7 May 1998.^[9]

1994 election

The election took place on 5 May 1994.^[10]

1990 election

The election took place on 3 May 1990.^[11]

1986 election

The election took place on 8 May 1986.^[12]

1982 election

The election took place on 6 May 1982.^[13]

1978 election

The election took place on 4 May 1978.^[14]

1978 Barking London Borough Council election: Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Fairbrass	1,502	64.8	−5.5
	Labour	John Allam	1,442		N/A
	Labour	Brian Wilkins	1,331		N/A
	Conservative	Leonard Groves	681	29.4	−5.7
	Conservative	Joan Preston	660		N/A
	Communist	Helena Ott	135	5.8	−0.2
Turnout				30.4	+13.1
Registered electors			7,698
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1964–1978 Barking council elections

1974 election

The election took place on 2 May 1974.^[15]

1974 Barking London Borough Council election: Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Fairbrass	2,020	70.3	−8.5
	Labour	J Thomas	1,947		N/A
	Labour	Brian Wilkins	1,890		N/A
	Labour	K Darby	1,794		N/A
	Labour	Thomas Reynolds	1,668		N/A
	Conservative	Ada Horrell	682	23.7	−7.0
	Conservative	Sydney Horrell	659		N/A
	Communist	Helena Ott	173	6.0	+1.4
Turnout				17.3	−8.0
Registered electors			12,548
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1971 election

The election took place on 13 May 1971.^[16]

1971 Barking London Borough Council election: Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Noyce	2,754	78.7	+34.9
	Labour	John Davis	2,740		N/A
	Labour	Charles Fairbrass	2,726		N/A
	Labour	J Lawrence	2,648		N/A
	Labour	Jack Thomas	2,625		N/A
	Conservative	J Doyle	584	16.7	−32.9
	Conservative	R Barrett	574		N/A
	Conservative	C Barrett	570		N/A
	Conservative	L Pyke	554		N/A
	Conservative	A Sabourin	523		N/A
	Communist	Helena Ott	161	4.6	−2.0
Turnout				25.3	+2.8
Registered electors			13,022
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

1968 election

The election took place on 9 May 1968.^[17]

1968 Barking London Borough Council election: Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D Attridge	1,189	49.6	+35.3
	Conservative	A East	1,139		N/A
	Conservative	E Woods	1,131		N/A
	Conservative	L Rimington	1,124		N/A
	Conservative	W Padington	1,111		N/A
	Labour	Richard Blackburn	1,051	43.8	−19.9
	Labour	William Noyce	1,013		N/A
	Labour	Matthew Eales	996		N/A
	Labour	H Powell	946		N/A
	Labour	J Kendall	944		N/A
	Communist	Helena Ott	159	6.6	+3.1
Turnout				22.5	−3.1
Registered electors			10,869
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

1964 election

The election took place on 7 May 1964.^[18]

1964 Barking London Borough Council election: Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W Bellamy	1,897	63.7	N/A
	Labour	William Noyce	1,857		N/A
	Labour	R Blackburn	1,852		N/A
	Labour	F Spraggins	1,808		N/A
	Labour	H Powell	1,776		N/A
	Liberal	G Andrews	553	18.6	N/A
	Liberal	D Purdue	552		N/A
	Liberal	W Chesney	540		N/A
	Liberal	H Corcoran	528		N/A
	Liberal	F Thompson	524		N/A
	Conservative	R Pascoe	425	14.3	N/A
	Conservative	A Morley	422		N/A
	Conservative	K Coomber	421		N/A
	Conservative	E Woods	405		N/A
	Conservative	R Wells	400		N/A
	Communist	A Bower	104	3.5	N/A
	Communist	C Truefitt-Baker	26		N/A
Turnout			2,911	25.6	N/A
Registered electors			11,349
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Notes

1. 2021 Census data reported for 2022 ward boundaries