Waltham Forest local elections
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Waltham Forest Council in London is elected every four years.
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[edit] Political control
Labour 1964 - 1968
Conservative 1968 - 1971
Labour 1971 - 1994
No overall control 1994 - 1998
Labour 1998 - 2002
No overall control 2002 - present
[edit] Council elections
Waltham Forest Council election, 1998
Waltham Forest Council election, 2002
Waltham Forest Council election, 2006
[edit] By-election results
| Wood Street By-Election 1 May 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 2,718 | 49.5 | +8.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 1,717 | 31.2 | -14.5 | ||
| Conservative | 1,079 | 19.6 | +5.9 | ||
| Majority | 1,001 | 18.3 | |||
| Turnout | 5,514 | 63.1 | |||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
| Leytonstone By-Election 1 October 1998 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 997 | 47.3 | +0.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 965 | 45.8 | +18.5 | ||
| Conservative | 78 | 3.7 | -4.2 | ||
| Independent | 66 | 3.1 | -2.7 | ||
| Majority | 32 | 1.5 | |||
| Turnout | 2,106 | 27.8 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Forest By-Election 15 May 2003 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | 1,283 | 45.5 | +17.7 | ||
| Labour | 717 | 25.4 | -12.9 | ||
| Conservative | 417 | 14.8 | +3.8 | ||
| Independent | 183 | 6.5 | +6.5 | ||
| Green | 171 | 6.1 | -6.0 | ||
| Socialist Alliance | 47 | 1.7 | -1.6 | ||
| Majority | 566 | 20.1 | |||
| Turnout | 2,818 | 38.0 | |||
| Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| William Morris By-Election 4 September 2003 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | 1,051 | 43.6 | +18.9 | ||
| Labour | 932 | 38.7 | -11.9 | ||
| Conservative | 188 | 7.8 | -7.1 | ||
| Green | 151 | 6.3 | +6.3 | ||
| Socialist Alliance | 84 | 3.5 | -6.3 | ||
| Majority | 119 | 4.9 | |||
| Turnout | 2,406 | 30.3 | |||
| Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Valley By-Election 28 October 2004 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 791 | 36.9 | -17.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 710 | 33.2 | +21.6 | ||
| Labour | 552 | 25.8 | -8.3 | ||
| Respect | 88 | 4.1 | +4.1 | ||
| Majority | 81 | 3.7 | |||
| Turnout | 2,141 | 27.6 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Hoe Street By-Election 18 November 2004 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 774 | 40.4 | -1.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 561 | 29.2 | +13.1 | ||
| Conservative | 299 | 15.6 | -4.7 | ||
| Green | 199 | 10.4 | -6.4 | ||
| Socialist Alliance | 85 | 4.4 | -1.0 | ||
| Majority | 213 | 11.2 | |||
| Turnout | 1,918 | 23.0 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Leytonstone By-Election 14 July 2005 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 937 | 38.0 | +3.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 765 | 31.3 | -2.4 | ||
| Respect | 354 | 14.5 | +14.5 | ||
| Conservative | 225 | 9.1 | +1.7 | ||
| Green | 165 | 6.7 | -8.0 | ||
| Majority | 172 | 6.7 | |||
| Turnout | 2,446 | 30.9 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Chingford Green By-Election 26 April 2007 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Andrew Hemsted | 1,694 | 55.2 | -14.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Graham Woolnough | 1,022 | 33.3 | +14.3 | |
| Labour | Gerry Lyons | 208 | 6.8 | -4.2 | |
| UK Independence | Robert Brock | 143 | 4.7 | +4.7 | |
| Majority | 672 | 21.9 | |||
| Turnout | 3,067 | 38.5 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Leyton By-Election 14 February 2008 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Winnifred Smith | 1,360 | 56.0 | +12.8 | |
| Labour | Khevyn Limbajee | 695 | 28.6 | -14.1 | |
| Independent | Carole Vincent* | 176 | 7.2 | +7.2 | |
| Conservative | Edwin Northover | 108 | 4.4 | -2.1 | |
| Green | William Measure | 90 | 3.7 | -3.9 | |
| Majority | 665 | 27.4 | |||
| Turnout | 2,429 | 27.8 | |||
| Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
*No description (rather than independent). Candidate is a member of the Respect Party and was supported by the local branch. She was unable to use Respect as her description due to a split in the party. Current UK electoral law allows candidates to stand without any description rather than independent if preferred.
