Squirrels Heath (ward)
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{{Infobox constituency
|name = Squirrels Heath
|constituency_type = electoral ward
|parl_name = Havering London Borough Council
|district_label = Borough
|district = Havering
|region = Greater London
|region_label = County
|towns = Ardleigh Green and Gidea Park
|year = 2002
|abolished =
|members_label = Councillors
|members = {{ubl
| {{Color box|{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=darkgray}} Christine Vickery
| {{Color box|{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=darkgray}} Keith Prince
| {{Color box|{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=darkgray}} Michael White
}}
|elects_howmany = 3
|previous =
|next =
|population = 15,517 (2021){{efn|2021 Census data reported for 2022 ward boundaries}}
|electorate = 11,623 (2022)
|area = {{convert|2.924|sqkm}}
|image = {{maplink|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Squirrels Heath (ward) 2022}}|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=250|frame-height=245}}
|caption = Squirrels Heath ward boundaries since 2022
|blank1_name = GSS code
|blank1_info = E05013985 (2022–present)
}}
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.
Havering council elections since 2022
There was a revision of ward boundaries in Havering in 2022.
=2022 election=
{{Election box begin | title= 2022 Havering London Borough Council election: Squirrels Heath (3)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Christine Vickery
|votes = 2,383
|percentage = 54.4
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Keith Prince
|votes = 2,331
|percentage = 53.2
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael White
|votes = 2,295
|percentage = 52.4
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Residents Association|candidate=Karen Bryan|votes=1,124|percentage=25.7|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Residents Association|candidate=Robert Perry|votes=967|percentage=22.1|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Residents Association|candidate=Colin Rushworth|votes=897|percentage=20.5|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Mary Burke|votes=871|percentage=19.9|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Nigel Meyer|votes=741|percentage=16.9|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Christopher Purnell |votes=714|percentage=16.3|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent|candidate=Melvin Wallace|votes=237|percentage=5.4|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Thomas Clarke|votes=235|percentage=-3.7|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Caroline Hibbs-Brown|votes=184|percentage=4.2|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Christopher Stafford|votes=161|percentage=3.7|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=|percentage=38.54%|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1,171|percentage=26.7|change=}}
{{Election box new boundary win |winner = Conservative Party (UK) |swing = }}
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{{Election box end}}
2002–2022 Havering council elections
{{maplink|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Squirrel's Heath (ward) 2002}}|frame=yes|text=Squirrel's Heath ward boundaries from 2002 to 2022}}
=2018 election=
{{Election box begin |title=2018 Havering London Borough Council election: Squirrel's Heath (3)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Melvin Wallace
|votes = 2,507
|percentage = 67.5
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael White
|votes = 2,409
|percentage = 64.9
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Damian White
|votes = 2,392
|percentage = 64.4
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Joseph MacVeigh
|votes = 801
|percentage = 21.6
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Sophia Mousoulides
|votes = 793
|percentage = 21.4
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = John McCole
|votes = 751
|percentage = 20.2
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Victoria Wiseman
|votes = 519
|percentage = 14.0
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Madge Mulliner
|votes = 337
|percentage = 9.1
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes =
|percentage = 35.27
|change =
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{{Election box majority
|votes = 1,591 |percentage = |change = }}
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
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=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=13 October 2023 |date=September 2014}}
{{Election box begin |title=2014 Havering London Borough Council election: Squirrels Heath (3)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Melvin Wallace
|votes = 2,147
|percentage =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Damian White
|votes = 2,057
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael White
|votes = 2,015
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = UKIP
|candidate = Eric Munday
|votes = 1,299
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = UKIP
|candidate = Lynden Thorpe
|votes = 1,291
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = UKIP
|candidate = Jacqueline Walsh
|votes = 1,289
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Florence Brindley
|votes = 603
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Joseph Macveigh
|votes = 564
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Patrick Quinn
|votes = 545
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Residents Association
|candidate = Raymond Coomer
|votes = 431
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Residents Association
|candidate = Isabelle Alexander
|votes = 401
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Residents Association
|candidate = David Godwin
|votes = 311
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Michael Hughes
|votes = 255
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Madge Mulliner
|votes = 103
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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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=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=13 October 2023 |date=March 2011 |url-status=}}
{{Election box begin | title= 2010 Havering London Borough Council election: Squirrels Heath (3)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
| party = Conservative Party (UK)
| candidate = Lynden Thorpe
| votes = 4,081
| percentage =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link
| party = Conservative Party (UK)
| candidate = Eric Munday
| votes = 4,021
| percentage =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link
| party = Conservative Party (UK)
| candidate = Michael White
| votes = 3,699
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{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Labour Party (UK)
| candidate = Anne-Marie Ducker
| votes = 1,292
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{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Labour Party (UK)
| candidate = Craig Bourne
| votes = 1,241
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{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Residents Association
| candidate = John Shrimpton
| votes = 1,113
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{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Residents Association
| candidate = Ann Webster
| votes = 1,112
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{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Labour Party (UK)
| candidate = Olanipe Fayokun
| votes = 1,101
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{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Residents Association
| candidate = Colin Maston
| votes = 1,046
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{{Election box hold with party link | winner = Conservative Party (UK) | swing= }}
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{{Election box end}}
=2007 by-election=
The by-election took place on 23 August 2007, following the death of Edward Cahill.
{{Election box begin | title=2007 Squirrel's Heath by-election}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Lynden Thorpe
|votes = 1828
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Residents Association
|candidate = Denis Stevens
|votes = 310
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Mcinerney
|votes = 210
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Party (UK, 1989)
|candidate = Gregory Campbell
|votes = 170
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = United Kingdom Independence Party
|candidate = Terry Murray
|votes = 134
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
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{{Election box end}}
=2006 election=
{{Election box begin | title=2006 Havering London Borough Council election: Squirrel's Heath (3)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
| party = Conservative Party (UK)
| candidate = Edward Cahill
| votes = 2,614
| percentage = 64.5
| change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link
| party = Conservative Party (UK)
| candidate = Eric Munday
| votes = 2,487
| percentage =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link
| party = Conservative Party (UK)
| candidate = Michael White
| votes = 2,423
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{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Residents Association
| candidate = John Shrimpton
| votes = 512
| percentage = 12.6
| change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Residents Association
| candidate = Colin Maston
| votes = 486
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{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Residents Association
| candidate = Timothy Williams
| votes = 474
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{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Labour Party (UK)
| candidate = Eric Lovett
| votes = 440
| percentage = 10.9
| change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Labour Party (UK)
| candidate = Vineet Gupta
| votes = 414
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{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Labour Party (UK)
| candidate = Harry Webb
| votes = 401
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{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = UK Independence Party
| candidate = Robert Gracie
| votes = 270
| percentage = 6.7
| change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Independent (politician)
| candidate = Gregory Campbell
| votes = 215
| percentage = 5.3
| change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Independent (politician)
| candidate = Ann Kent
| votes = 157
| percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Independent (politician)
| candidate = Susan Francis
| votes = 130
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{{Election box turnout
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| percentage = 39.1
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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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{{Election box end}}
=2002 election=
The election took place on 2 May 2002.{{cite web |last1=Minors |first1=Michael |last2=Grenham |first2=Dennis |title=London Borough Council Elections: 2 May 2002 |url=https://data.london.gov.uk/download/council-elections-voters-2002/7ab5d023-6683-44ee-8638-dd00593e2055/London-Borough-Council-Elections-2002.pdf |website=London Datastore |publisher=Greater London Authority |access-date=13 October 2023 |date=2002 |url-status=}} As an experiment, it was a postal voting election, with the option to hand the papers in on election day.
{{Election box begin | title=2002 Havering London Borough Council election: Squirrel's Heath (3)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Edward Cahill
|votes = 2,993
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Eric Munday
|votes = 2,965
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael White
|votes = 2,917
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Harding
|votes = 836
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Neil Brindley
|votes = 817
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Stephen Jaques
|votes = 803
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Brian Taylor
|votes = 593
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Caroline Turner
|votes = 584
|percentage =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Peter Spence
|votes = 535
|percentage =
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{{Election box new seat win |winner=Conservative Party (UK)}}
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{{Electoral wards in the London Borough of Havering}}