Squirrels Heath (ward)

Squirrels Heath (from 2002 to 2022 Squirrel's Heath) is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Havering. The ward was first used in the 2002 elections. It returns councillors to Havering London Borough Council.

Squirrels Heath
Electoral ward for the Havering London Borough Council
Squirrels Heath ward boundaries since 2022
Borough	Havering
County	Greater London
Population	15,517 (2021)[a]
Electorate	11,623 (2022)
Major settlements	Ardleigh Green and Gidea Park
Area	2.924 square kilometres (1.129 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	2002
Number of members	3
Councillors	Christine Vickery   Keith Prince   Michael White
GSS code	E05013985 (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: Squirrels Heath (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christine Vickery	2,383	54.4
	Conservative	Keith Prince	2,331	53.2
	Conservative	Michael White	2,295	52.4
	Residents	Karen Bryan	1,124	25.7
	Residents	Robert Perry	967	22.1
	Residents	Colin Rushworth	897	20.5
	Labour	Mary Burke	871	19.9
	Labour	Nigel Meyer	741	16.9
	Labour	Christopher Purnell	714	16.3
	Independent	Melvin Wallace	237	5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Clarke	235	-3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Hibbs-Brown	184	4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Stafford	161	3.7
Turnout				38.54%
Majority			1,171	26.7
	Conservative win (new boundaries)
	Conservative win (new boundaries)
	Conservative win (new boundaries)

2002–2022 Havering council elections

Squirrel's Heath ward boundaries from 2002 to 2022

2018 election

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

2018 Havering London Borough Council election: Squirrel's Heath (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Melvin Wallace	2,507	67.5
	Conservative	Michael White	2,409	64.9
	Conservative	Damian White	2,392	64.4
	Labour	Joseph MacVeigh	801	21.6
	Labour	Sophia Mousoulides	793	21.4
	Labour	John McCole	751	20.2
	Green	Victoria Wiseman	519	14.0
	Liberal Democrats	Madge Mulliner	337	9.1
Turnout				35.27
Majority			1,591
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

2014 election

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

2014 Havering London Borough Council election: Squirrels Heath (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Melvin Wallace	2,147
	Conservative	Damian White	2,057
	Conservative	Michael White	2,015
	UKIP	Eric Munday	1,299
	UKIP	Lynden Thorpe	1,291
	UKIP	Jacqueline Walsh	1,289
	Labour	Florence Brindley	603
	Labour	Joseph Macveigh	564
	Labour	Patrick Quinn	545
	Residents	Raymond Coomer	431
	Residents	Isabelle Alexander	401
	Residents	David Godwin	311
	Green	Michael Hughes	255
	Liberal Democrats	Madge Mulliner	103
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative 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: Squirrels Heath (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynden Thorpe	4,081
	Conservative	Eric Munday	4,021
	Conservative	Michael White	3,699
	Labour	Anne-Marie Ducker	1,292
	Labour	Craig Bourne	1,241
	Residents	John Shrimpton	1,113
	Residents	Ann Webster	1,112
	Labour	Olanipe Fayokun	1,101
	Residents	Colin Maston	1,046
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

2007 by-election

The by-election took place on 23 August 2007, following the death of Edward Cahill.

2007 Squirrel's Heath by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynden Thorpe	1,828
	Residents	Denis Stevens	310
	Labour	Peter Mcinerney	210
	Liberal	Gregory Campbell	170
	UKIP	Terry Murray	134
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

2006 election

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

2006 Havering London Borough Council election: Squirrel's Heath (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Cahill	2,614	64.5
	Conservative	Eric Munday	2,487
	Conservative	Michael White	2,423
	Residents	John Shrimpton	512	12.6
	Residents	Colin Maston	486
	Residents	Timothy Williams	474
	Labour	Eric Lovett	440	10.9
	Labour	Vineet Gupta	414
	Labour	Harry Webb	401
	UKIP	Robert Gracie	270	6.7
	Independent	Gregory Campbell	215	5.3
	Independent	Ann Kent	157
	Independent	Susan Francis	130
Turnout				39.1
	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: Squirrel's Heath (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Cahill	2,993
	Conservative	Eric Munday	2,965
	Conservative	Michael White	2,917
	Labour	David Harding	836
	Labour	Neil Brindley	817
	Labour	Stephen Jaques	803
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Taylor	593
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Turner	584
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Spence	535
Turnout
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Notes

1. 2021 Census data reported for 2022 ward boundaries