Hylands (ward)

Hylands was an electoral ward in the London Borough of Havering from 1965 to 2022. The ward was first used in the 1964 elections and last used at the 2018 elections. It returned councillors to Havering London Borough Council. The ward covered the northwest part of Hornchurch that blends into southern Romford. The name came from Hylands Park. The ward was replaced by Hylands and Harrow Lodge in 2022.

Hylands
Former electoral ward for the Havering London Borough Council
Hylands ward boundaries from 2002 to 2022
Borough	Havering
County	Greater London
Population	12,952 (2011)
Former electoral ward
Created	1965
Abolished	2022
Councillors	3
Replaced by	Hylands and Harrow Lodge
ONS code	00ARGM (2002–2022)
GSS code	E05000315 (2002–2022)

2002–2022 Havering council elections

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

2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018.^[1]

2018 Havering London Borough Council election: Hylands (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christine Smith	2,527	56.6
	Conservative	Andromahi Themistocli	2,509	56.2
	Conservative	Ciaran White	2,425	54.3
	Residents	Derek Ganly	1,215	27.2
	Residents	David Malillos-Cabezas	1,138	25.5
	Residents	Jody Ganly	1,121	25.1
	Labour	Neil Brindley	667	14.9
	Labour	Robert Tomlinson	631	14.1
	Labour	Mohammed Hassan	602	13.5
	Green	Amanda Haines	203	4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Brewington	91	2.0
Turnout				42.34%
Majority			1,210
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Residents		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014.^[2]

2014 Havering London Borough Council election: Hylands (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Garry Pain	1,596
	Residents	Jody Ganly	1,553
	Conservative	Carol Smith	1,542
	Conservative	Christine Smith	1,449
	Residents	Jeremy Wilkes	1,356
	UKIP	Neil Hall	1,346
	Residents	Lorraine Moss	1,287
	UKIP	Peter Gardner	1,263
	Labour	Amanda McInerney	440
	Labour	Penelope White	422
	Labour	William Murphy	410
	Labour	Mohammed Hassan	602
	Green	David Voak	285
	Liberal Democrats	James Snell	68
Turnout				44
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Residents gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

2010 election

The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election.^[3]

2010 Havering London Borough Council election: Hylands (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Georgina Galpin	3,102
	Conservative	Peter Gardner	2,815
	Conservative	Damian White	2,661
	Residents	Jeremy Wilkes	2,094
	Residents	Raymond Coomer	1,994
	Residents	Paul Wilson	1,879
	Labour	Sarah Alison	1,326
	Labour	Herbert White	1,141
	Labour	Michael Agunbiade	1,005
	UKIP	Terry Murray	967
	Green	David Voak	437
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

2006 election

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

2006 Havering London Borough Council election: Hylands (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Georgina Galpin	1,430	37.1
	Conservative	Mark Gadd	1,356
	Conservative	Malcolm Brace	1,325
	Residents	Susan Belcher	998	25.9
	Residents	Jeremy Wilkes	942
	Residents	Valerie Morris	897
	Labour	Raymond Shaw	670	17.4
	Labour	Michael Wood	637
	Labour	Patricia Wood	615
	UKIP	Kenneth Hayes	549	14.2
	UKIP	Terry Murray	538
	UKIP	Alan Scott	505
	National Liberal	Philip Davey	140	3.6
	National Liberal	Patricia Frater	111
	Independent	Paul Randell	72	1.9
Turnout				39.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002.^[5] 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: Hylands (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry Oddy	1,912
	Conservative	Georgina Galpin	1,860
	Conservative	Malcolm Brace	1,765
	Labour	Raymond Shaw	1,315
	Residents	Linda Winter	1,250
	Residents	Victoria Johnston-Messore	1,213
	Labour	Barry Norwin	1,166
	Labour	Victoria Walford	1,115
Turnout
	Conservative win (new boundaries)
	Conservative win (new boundaries)
	Conservative win (new boundaries)

1978–2002 Havering council elections

Hylands ward boundaries from 1978 to 1994

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Havering in 1978. There was a very minor adjustment of the ward boundaries on 1 April 1994.^[6]

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: Hylands (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raymond Shaw	1,393
	Labour	May Whitelock	1,371
	Labour	Michael Wood	1,296
	Conservative	Martin Sinclair	1,064
	Conservative	Anthony Fawcett	1,019
	Conservative	John Ross	999
	Liberal Democrats	David Bruck	298
	Liberal Democrats	Reginald Leavens	291
	Liberal Democrats	Albert Rabone	287
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1994 election

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

1994 Havering London Borough Council election: Hylands (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raymond Shaw	1,884	39.49	4.57
	Labour	David Martin	1,878
	Labour	Michael Wood	1,795
	Conservative	Anthony Fawcett	1,056	22.28	16.11
	Conservative	Janet Levy	1,047
	Conservative	Martin Sinclair	1,032
	Liberal Democrats	David Williams	502	9.96	New
	Independent	George Cullen	463	9.87	New
	Liberal Democrats	Kevan Wilding	452
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Miller	447
	Independent	Terry Murray	435	9.28	New
	Independent	Steven Hudson	428	9.12	New
Registered electors			8,950		142
Turnout			3,945	44.08	3.14
Rejected ballots			2	0.05	0.07
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1990 election

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

1990 Havering London Borough Council election: Hylands (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graham Carr	1,838	44.06
	Labour	Michael Flynn	1,816
	Labour	Raymond Shaw	1,776
	Conservative	Stephen Evans	1,616	38.39
	Conservative	Olive Baruch	1,588
	Conservative	William Jones	1,528
	SDP	Margery Ford	466	8.45
	SDP	Terence Matthews	466
	Ind. Conservative	Alan Cash	374	9.10
	SDP	Alan Ryan	108
Registered electors			8,808
Turnout			4,159	47.22
Rejected ballots			5	0.12
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

1986 election

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

1986 Havering London Borough Council election: Hylands (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Evans	1,361
	Labour	Dennis Daflon	1,309
	Conservative	Olive Baruch	1,299
	Conservative	Martin Sinclair	1,294
	Labour	Howard Moss	1,211
	Labour	May Whitelock	1,167
	Alliance	Martin Heazell	1,086
	Alliance	David Kendall	1,086
	Alliance	Elizabeth Heazell	1,079
	Green	Helen Smith	103
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1983 by-election

The by-election took place on 10 November 1983, following the resignation of Irene Pearce.^[10]

1983 Hylands by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Sinclair	767
	Labour	Anthony Hunt	756
	Alliance	Martin Heazell	502
	Residents	Ronald Whittaker	235
	Ecology	Andrew Moore	38
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

1982 election

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

1982 Havering London Borough Council election: Hylands (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gerald Clarke	1,498
	Conservative	Olive Baruch	1,354
	Conservative	Irene Pearce	1,344
	Residents	Alan Prescott	955
	Residents	Colin Scott	927
	Residents	Brian Parker	926
	Labour	Stephen Clarke	880
	Labour	Colin Stickland	871
	Labour	Jess Taylor	871
	Alliance	Norma Kirkman	569
	Alliance	William Halliday	568
	Alliance	Brian Aldridge	560
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

1978 election

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

1978 Havering London Borough Council election: Hylands (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jean Frost	1,855
	Conservative	Irene Pearce	1,803
	Conservative	Frederick Roberts	1,779
	Labour	Alan Prescott	1,563
	Labour	Peter Osborne	1,542
	Labour	Stewart Binns	1,484
	Liberal	Henry King	203
	Liberal	John Hewitt	195
	Liberal	Brian McCarthy	193
	Ind. Ratepayers	Pamela Wilkes	155
	Ind. Ratepayers	Kenneth Mainstone	127
	Ind. Ratepayers	Laurence Munroe	123
Turnout
	Conservative win (new boundaries)
	Conservative win (new boundaries)
	Conservative win (new boundaries)

1964–1978 Havering council elections

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Map showing Hylands ward boundaries from 1965 to 1978

1974 election

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

1974 Havering London Borough Council election: Hylands (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Valentine Birnie	1,421
	Labour	Peter Osborne	1,417
	Labour	Alan Prescott	1,415
	Conservative	Jimmy Greaves	1,387
	Conservative	J. Frost	1,327
	Conservative	F. Roberts	1,262
	Independent	B. Percy-Davis	964
	Liberal	B. McCarthy	543
	Liberal	A. Kendall	490
	Liberal	J. Hewitt	489
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

1971 election

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

1971 Havering London Borough Council election: Hylands (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Valentine Birnie	1,992
	Labour	Peter Osborne	1,971
	Labour	Alan Prescott	1,970
	Conservative	J. Frost	1,041
	Ind. Ratepayers	R. Reid	1,037
	Conservative	T. Kemp	1,023
	Conservative	G. Panormo	962
	Ind. Ratepayers	K. Roe	850
	Ind. Ratepayers	L. Long	825
	Independent	B. Percy-Davis	271
Turnout
	Labour gain from Ind. Ratepayers		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

1968 election

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

1968 Havering London Borough Council election: Hylands (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Residents	R. Reid	1,370
	Conservative	T. Kemp	1,362
	Conservative	G. Panormo	1,335
	Ind. Residents	T. Dix	1,316
	Ind. Residents	D. Worker	1,278
	Conservative	B. Dawson	1,265
	Labour	E. Watson	884
	Labour	W. Hegarty	862
	Labour	K. Ince	818
Turnout
	Ind. Residents gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

1964 election

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

1964 Havering London Borough Council election: Hylands (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Twigger	1,918
	Labour	W. Hegarty	1,807
	Labour	A. Winch	1,732
	Independent	R. Reid	1,254
	Conservative	P. Wheatstone	879
	Liberal	L. Elliott	828
	Conservative	A. Ayer	790
	Liberal	F. May	686
Turnout			3,718	44.0
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)