Bridge (Redbridge ward)
{{Short description|Electoral ward in the London borough of Redbridge}}
{{Infobox constituency
|name = Bridge
|constituency_type = electoral ward
|parl_name = Redbridge London Borough Council
|district_label = Borough
|district = Redbridge
|region = Greater London
|region_label = County
|towns =
|year = 1965
|abolished =
|members_label = Councillors
|members = {{ubl
| {{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=darkgray}} Syeda Choudhury
| {{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=darkgray}} Gurdial Bhamra
| {{Color box|{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=darkgray}} Paul Canal
}}
|elects_howmany = {{ubl|1965–1978: 4|1978–present: 3}}
|previous =
|next =
|population = 13,391 (2021)
|electorate = 9,549 (2022)
|area = {{convert|3.271|sqkm}}
|image = {{maplink|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Bridge (Redbridge ward) 2018}}|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=250|frame-height=245}}
|caption = Bridge ward boundaries since 2018
|blank1_name = GSS code
|blank1_info = {{ubl|E05000497 (2002–2018)|E05011236 (2018–present)}}
}}
Bridge is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Redbridge. The ward has existed since the creation of the borough on 1 April 1965 and was first used in the 1964 elections. It returns three councillors to Redbridge London Borough Council.
Redbridge council elections since 2018
There was a revision of ward boundaries in Redbridge in 2018.
= 2022 election =
{{Election box begin | title= 2022 Redbridge London Borough Council election: Bridge }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Syeda Choudhury
|votes = 1,470
|percentage = 36.8
|change ={{decrease}} 5.0
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Gurdial Bhamra
|votes = 1,454
|percentage = 36.4
|change ={{decrease}} 8.9
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Paul Canal
|votes = 1,351
|percentage = 33.9
|change ={{decrease}} 15.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Kamal Qureshi|votes=1,343|percentage=33.7|change={{decrease}} 10.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Has Ahmed|votes=1,265|percentage=31.7|change={{decrease}} 17.0}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Sheree Rackham|votes=1,224|percentage=30.7|change={{decrease}} 14.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Rachel Collinson|votes=564|percentage=14.1|change={{increase}} 1.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Claire Hunt|votes=354|percentage=8.9|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reform UK|candidate=Alex Wilson|votes=274|percentage=6.9|change=New}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Christopher Pallet|votes=255|percentage=6.4|change=New}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=3,991|percentage=35.5|change={{decrease}} 2.7}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=2018 election=
{{Election box begin | title=2018 Redbridge London Borough Council election: Bridge }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Paul Canal|votes=1,735|percentage=49.30|change= N/A}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Anita Boateng|votes=1,714|percentage=48.71|change= N/A}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Robin Turbefield|votes=1,605|percentage=45.61|change= N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Lloyd Duddridge|votes=1,593|percentage=45.27|change= N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Guy Williams|votes=1,552|percentage=44.10|change= N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Ellie Taylor|votes=1,470|percentage=41.77|change= N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=David Reynolds|votes=456|percentage=12.96|change= N/A}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=3,519|percentage=36.19|change=}}
{{Election box new boundary win||winner= Conservative Party (UK)}}
{{Election box new boundary win||winner= Conservative Party (UK)}}
{{Election box new boundary win||winner= Conservative Party (UK)}}
{{Election box end}}
2002–2018 Redbridge council elections
{{maplink|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Bridge (Redbridge ward) 2002}}|frame=yes|text=Bridge ward boundaries from 2002 to 2018}}
There was a revision of ward boundaries in Redbridge in 2002.
=2014 election=
The election took place on 22 May 2014.{{cite web |title=London Borough Council Elections: 22 May 2014 |url=https://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/London-Borough-Council-Elections-2014.pdf | first=Joseph | last=Colombeau |website=London Datastore |publisher=Greater London Authority |access-date=27 July 2024 |date=September 2014}}
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=2010 election=
The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election.{{cite web |last1=Piggott |first1=Gareth |title=London Borough Council Elections: 6 May 2010 |url=https://data.london.gov.uk/download/borough-council-election-results-2010/5fa51a32-5e23-4929-b3bd-2d572240a006/London-Borough-Council-Elections-2010.pdf |website=London Datastore |publisher=Greater London Authority |access-date=27 July 2024 |date=March 2011 |url-status=}}
{{Election box begin | title= 2010 Redbridge London Borough Council election: Bridge }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Paul Canal
|votes = 2,538
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Fairley-Churchill
|votes = 2,484
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Robin Turbefield
|votes = 2,161
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Garry Chick-Mackay
|votes = 1,579
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Pearce
|votes = 1,297
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Chris Stone
|votes = 1,241
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Janet Cornish
|votes = 1,032
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Pat Ilett
|votes = 1,015
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Angela Yeoman
|votes = 1,012
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Danny Warville
|votes = 751
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 65.2
|change = +30.2
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
| winner = Conservative Party (UK)
| swing =
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{{Election box hold with party link
| winner = Conservative Party (UK)
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{{Election box hold with party link
| winner = Conservative Party (UK)
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{{Election box end}}
=2006 by-election=
The by-election took place on 13 July 2006, following the death of James Leal.
{{Election box begin | title=2006 Bridge by-election}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Geoffrey Hinds
|votes = 1,014
|percentage = 39.6
|change = -13.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Daniel Warville
|votes = 857
|percentage = 33.4
|change = +33.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Mark Epstein
|votes = 299
|percentage = 11.7
|change = -7.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Angela Yeoman
|votes = 245
|percentage = 9.6
|change = -5.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = David Reynolds
|votes = 147
|percentage = 5.7
|change = -7.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 157
|percentage = 6.2
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,562
|percentage = 30.3
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=2006 election=
{{Election box begin | title=2006 Redbridge London Borough Council election: Bridge }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
| party = Conservative Party (UK)
| candidate = John Fairley-Churchill
| votes = 1,665
| percentage = 52.7
| change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link
| party = Conservative Party (UK)
| candidate = James Leal
| votes = 1,617
| percentage =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link
| party = Conservative Party (UK)
| candidate = Robin Turbefield
| votes = 1,521
| percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Labour Party (UK)
| candidate = Lucinda Culpin
| votes = 598
| percentage = 18.9
| change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Labour Party (UK)
| candidate = Neil McKellar
| votes = 510
| percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Labour Party (UK)
| candidate = Martin Chew
| votes = 507
| percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
| candidate = Angela Yeoman
| votes = 490
| percentage = 15.5
| change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
| candidate = Valerie Taylor
| votes = 464
| percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
| candidate = Andrew Diamond
| votes = 422
| percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Green Party of England and Wales
| candidate = David Reynolds
| votes = 404
| percentage = 12.8
| change =
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{{Election box turnout
| votes =
| percentage = 35.0
| change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
| winner = Conservative Party (UK)
| swing =
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{{Election box hold with party link
| winner = Conservative Party (UK)
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{{Election box hold with party link
| winner = Conservative Party (UK)
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{{Election box end}}
=2002 election=
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1978–2002 Redbridge council elections
{{maplink|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Bridge (Redbridge ward) 1978}}|frame=yes|text=Bridge ward boundaries from 1978 to 1995}}
There was a revision of ward boundaries in Redbridge in 1978. The boundaries of the ward were revised in 1995.{{cite web |title=The Essex and Greater London (County Boundaries) Order 1993 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/2091/made |website=www.legislation.gov.uk |access-date=25 December 2024 |language=en}}
=1998 election=
The election took place on 7 May 1998.{{cite web |last1=Minors |first1=Michael |last2=Grenham |first2=Dennis |title=London Borough Council Elections: 7 May 1998 |url=https://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1998-5-7.pdf|website=London Datastore |publisher=London Research Centre |access-date=27 July 2024 |date=1998 }}
{{Election box begin | title= 1998 Redbridge London Borough Council election: Bridge}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Peter Lawrence|votes=1,463|percentage=45.34|change=}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Claire Cooper|votes=1,382|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Morris Hickey|votes=1,360|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Barbara Cohen|votes=1,241|percentage=37.94|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Maureen Lambert|votes=1,212|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Mohammed Sheikh|votes=1,066|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Colin Daren|votes=357|percentage=11.13|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Madeline Sinclair|votes=341|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Nicolette Pashby|votes=331|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Nicola Hoarau|votes=173|percentage=5.59|change=}}
{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=9,389|change=}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=3,284|percentage=34.98|change=}}
{{Election box rejected|votes=13|percentage=0.40|change=}}
{{Election box new boundary win|winner=Conservative Party (UK)}}
{{Election box new boundary win|winner=Conservative Party (UK)}}
{{Election box new boundary win|winner=Conservative Party (UK)}}
{{Election box end}}
=1994 election=
The election took place on 5 May 1994.{{cite web |last1=Minors |first1=Michael |last2=Grenham |first2=Dennis |title=London Borough Council Elections: 5 May 1994 |url=https://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1994-5-5.pdf |website=London Datastore |publisher=London Research Centre |access-date=27 July 2024 |date=1994 }}
{{Election box begin | title= 1994 Redbridge London Borough Council election: Bridge}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Coral Jackson|votes=1,666|percentage=41.19|change={{increase}} 7.21}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|votes=1,640|candidate=Peter Lawrence|percentage=42.11|change={{decrease}} 4.53}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Morris Hickey|votes=1583|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Tak Chan|votes=1,566|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Robert Littlewood|votes=1,556|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Mohammed Sheikh|votes=1,461|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Leslie Everest|votes=657|percentage=16.70|change={{increase}} 8.45}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Nicolette Pashby|votes=649|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=James Swallow|votes=594|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=8,379|change={{decrease}} 366}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=4,131|percentage=49.30|change={{decrease}} 0.56}}
{{Election box rejected|votes=5|percentage=0.12|change={{increase}} 0.05}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|winner=Labour Party (UK)|loser=Conservative Party (UK)}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=Conservative Party (UK)}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=Conservative Party (UK)}}
{{Election box end}}
=1990 election=
{{missing section|date=December 2024}}
=1986 election=
{{missing section|date=December 2024}}
=1982 election=
{{missing section|date=December 2024}}
=1978 election=
{{missing section|date=December 2024}}
1964–1978 Redbridge council elections
{{external media|image1=[https://maps.nls.uk/view/196759781 Map showing Bridge ward boundaries from 1965 to 1978]}}
=1974 election=
{{missing section|date=December 2024}}
=1971 election=
{{missing section|date=December 2024}}
=1968 election=
The election took place on 9 May 1968.{{cite web |title=London Borough Council Elections: 9 May 1968 |url=https://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1968-5-9.pdf |website=London Datastore |publisher=Greater London Council |access-date=30 March 2025 |date=April 1969 |url-status=}}
{{Election box begin | title= 1968 Redbridge London Borough Council election: Bridge (4)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = A. Escott
|votes = 2614
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = L. Bridgeman
|votes = 2592
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = R. Underwood
|votes = 2573
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = D. Stephens
|votes = 2492
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = S. Fraser
|votes = 478
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = G. Grindley
|votes = 441
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = M. Silverston
|votes = 440
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = R. Scott
|votes = 433
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = C. Lamb
|votes = 399
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = R. Tomlinson
|votes = 398
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = A. Carter
|votes = 386
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = R. Andrews
|votes = 327
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of Great Britain
|candidate = S. Brown
|votes = 183
|percentage =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
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{{Election box end}}
=1964 election=
The election took place on 7 May 1964.{{cite web |title=London Borough Council Elections: 7 May 1964 |url=https://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/docs/LBCE_1964-5-7.pdf |website=London Datastore |publisher=London County Council |access-date=30 March 2025 |date=November 1964 |url-status=}}
{{Election box begin | title= 1964 Redbridge London Borough Council election: Bridge (4)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = A. Escott
|votes = 2,443
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = L. Bridgeman
|votes = 2,407
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = E. Hollis
|votes = 2,405
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = H. Moss
|votes = 2,377
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = W. Robinson
|votes = 1,870
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = K. Dowling
|votes = 1,683
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = E. Jones
|votes = 1,679
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = D. Bonsor
|votes = 1,632
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = T. Fox
|votes = 1,441
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = K. Mountjoy
|votes = 1,368
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = S. Fraser
|votes = 1,367
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = E. Downing
|votes = 1,318
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of Great Britain
|candidate = F. Browning
|votes = 264
|percentage =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 5,644
|percentage = 49.3
|change =
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{{Election box new seat win
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
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{{Election box new seat win
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
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{{Election box new seat win
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
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{{Election box new seat win
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
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{{Election box end}}
References
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{{Electoral wards in the London Borough of Redbridge}}
Category:Wards of the London Borough of Redbridge