Crayford (ward)

Crayford, named Crayford Town until 1978, is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Bexley established in 1964. It returns three councillors to Bexley London Borough Council.

List of councillors

*councillors classified as one, two, and three are in no particular order.

Election
2026	Ref	Sandra Cerisola	Ref	Debbie Ryan	Ref	Oke Ene
2022	Con	Melvin Seymour	Con	Geraldine Lucia-Hennis	Con	Felix Di Netimah^[i]
2018^[ii]		Melvin Seymour				Christine Bishop
2014		John Davey				Christine Bishop
2010		Melvin Seymour				Eileen Pallen
2006		Melvin Seymour				Howard Marinner
2002^[iii]	Lab	John Shepheard^[iv]	Lab	Tonya Kelsey	Lab	Trevor Perrin
1998				Tonya Kelsey		Trevor Perrin
1994				R. Allen		J. Wood
1990						June McKay^[v]
1988 by						June McKay^[v]
1986						R. Penton
1982				A. Turner
1980 by
1978^[vi]		B. Kemp
1974		L. Francis				H. Sutton
1971		L. Francis				H. Sutton
1968	Con	C. Pollock	Con	S. Woolterton	Con	B. Freeman
1964	Lab	J. Kerr	Lab	A. Turner	Lab	E. White

↑Leaves the Conservative group in April 2023.
↑Boundaries redrawn for the 2018 election.
↑Boundaries redrawn for the 2002 election.
↑Elected at the 1980 by-election.
↑Elected at the 1988 by-election.
↑Boundaries redrawn for the 1978 election. Ward renamed to Crayford.

The longest serving councillor was John Shepheard (1980–2006) who served 26 years. The second longest is Geraldine Lucia-Harris (2006–2026), serving 20 years, and the third longest was A. Turner (1964–1968, 1971–1986) serving 19 years non-consecutively if you include Crayford Town, or Melvin Seymour (2006–2014, 2018–2026) serving 16 years non-consecutively if you don't include Crayford Town.

Bexley council elections (2018–present)

The boundaries for Bexley wards were last redrawn in 2018. Currently, Crayford ward consists of Crayford and Barnes Cray. The ward is centered on the river Cray which enters from the south west at Hall Place gardens and exits the ward just before Crayford Marshes in the north east. Major local roads include Crayford Way, Perry Street (making up a portion of the north west boundary), Mayplace Road East extending the ward northwest in a panhandle connecting to Barnehurst, and the A206 (where Thames Road makes up a portion of the north east boundary) which exits the ward via Northend Road going to Erith. Gravel Hill (A220) forms the boundary in the southwest. From Crayford city centre, London Road and then Watling Street forms the route to Bexleyheath to the north west, Bourne Road (A223) forms the route to Old Bexley to the south west, and Crayford and then Dartford Road forms the route to Dartford, Kent to the east.

The population of the ward at the 2021 census was 16,281.

2022 election

The election on 5 May 2022 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom local elections.^[2]

2022 Bexley London Borough Council election: Crayford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Melvin Seymour*	1,890	55.5	5.0
	Conservative	Geraldine Lucia-Hennis*	1,872	55.0	5.6
	Conservative	Felix Di Netimah	1,717	50.5
	Labour	Abi Johnson	1,628	47.8
	Labour	Anthony Riches	1,554	45.7
	Labour	Nick Hair	1,549	45.5
Turnout			10,210	32.6	−2.54
	Conservativehold		Swing
	Conservativehold		Swing
	Conservativehold		Swing

2018 election

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

2018 Bexley London Borough Council election: Crayford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Melvin Seymour	1,958	50.5
	Conservative	Geraldine Lucia-Hennis	1,918	49.4	2.8
	Conservative	Christine Bishop	1,896	48.9	2.3
	Labour	Anna Day	1,489	38.4
	Labour	Elizabeth Folarin	1,270	32.7
	Labour	Munir Malik	1,254	32.3
	UKIP	Keith Forster	460	11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Sean Michael Peter Ash	375	9.7
Turnout			3,902	35.1
	Conservativehold		Swing
	Conservativehold		Swing
	Conservativehold		Swing

Bexley council elections (2002–2018)

The ward boundaries were redrawn in 2002 and used until 2018.

2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014.^[4]

2014 Bexley London Borough Council election: Crayford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christine Bishop	1,575	46.6	9.0
	Conservative	Geraldine Lucia-Hennis	1,547
	Conservative	John Davey	1,466
	Labour	John Shepheard	1,266	37.5	12.0
	Labour	Alexis Chase	1,161
	Labour	Wendy Perfect	1,126
	BNP	Stephen James	539	15.9	4.6
Turnout			2,894	37.6	–16.4
	Conservativehold		Swing
	Conservativehold		Swing
	Conservativehold		Swing

2010 election

The election took place on 6 May 2010.^[5]

2010 Bexley London Borough Council election: Crayford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geraldene Lucia-Hennis	2,355	37.6	1.1
	Conservative	Melvin Seymour	2,220
	Conservative	Eileen Pallen	2,069
	Labour	Tonya Kelsey	1,599	25.5	5.8
	Labour	John Shepheard	1,560
	Labour	Trevor Perrin	1,418
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Fowler	1,040	16.6	5.2
	BNP	Stephen James	710	11.3	9.5
	English Democrat	Maggi Young	562	9.0	New
Turnout				54.0	+11.7
	Conservativehold		Swing
	Conservativehold		Swing
	Conservativehold		Swing

2006 election

The election took place on 4 May 2006.^[6]

2006 Bexley London Borough Council election: Crayford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geraldene Lucia-Hennis	1,378	36.5	0.5
	Conservative	Howard Marriner	1,345
	Conservative	Melvin Seymour	1,286
	Labour	John Shepheard	1,180	31.3	18.0
	Labour	Tonya Kelsey	1,147
	Labour	Trevor Perrin	1,058
	BNP	Stephen James	786	20.8	13.3
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Buckley	430	11.4	New
Turnout				42.3	+12.9
	Conservativegain from Labour		Swing
	Conservativegain from Labour		Swing
	Conservativegain from Labour		Swing

2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002.^[7]

2002 Bexley London Borough Council election: Crayford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Shepheard	1,132	49.3	5.2
	Labour	Tonya Kelsey	1,078
	Labour	Trevor Perrin	1,024
	Conservative	Robert Stead	828	36.0	6.1
	Conservative	Daisy Clement	808
	Conservative	Bernard Clewes	801
	BNP	John Bowles	173	7.5	3.4
	UKIP	Kevin Cronin	164	7.1	New
Turnout				29.4
	Labourhold		Swing
	Labourhold		Swing
	Labourhold		Swing

Bexley council elections (1978–2002)

The ward was created in 1978, and the boundaries were used until 2002.

1998 election

The election took place on 7 May 1998.^[8]

1998 Bexley London Borough Council election: Crayford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Shepheard	1,475	54.5	0.0
	Labour	Tonya Kelsey	1,415
	Labour	Trevor Perrin	1,384
	Conservative	Robert Stead	809	29.9	0.3
	Conservative	M. Reeve	753
	Conservative	Daisy Clement	746
	Liberal Democrats	J. Cudmore	312	11.5	4.3
	Liberal Democrats	W. Boyd	307
	Liberal Democrats	A. Rigby	245
	BNP	C. Smith	112	4.1	New
	BNP	S. Turner	97
Turnout			8,582	39.9	–7.2
	Labourhold		Swing
	Labourhold		Swing
	Labourhold		Swing

1994 election

The election took place on 5 May 1994.^[9]

1994 Bexley London Borough Council election: Crayford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raymond C. Allen	2,093	54.5	2.4
	Labour	John D. Shepheard	2,055
	Labour	June Wood	1,896
	Conservative	David K. Gleed	1,197	29.6	8.1
	Conservative	Shirley J. Vick	1,053
	Conservative	Rosemary W. White	1,037
	Liberal Democrats	Roger K. Pryor	624	15.8	5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin M. Hepworth	601
	Liberal Democrats	Agnes Rigby	532
Registered electors			8,638
Turnout			4,072	47.1
	Labourhold		Swing
	Labourhold		Swing
	Labourhold		Swing

1990 election

1990 Bexley London Borough Council election: Crayford (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Allen*	2,123	52.1	7.1
	Labour	J. Shepheard*	1,991
	Labour	Ms. J. McKay	1,913
	Conservative	Ms. M. Wiltshire	1,535	37.7	3.9
	Conservative	D. French	1,491
	Conservative	Ms. D. Clement	1,466
	SDP	Ms. P. Holman	419	10.3	10.9
Turnout			TBD	47.3
	Labourhold		Swing
	Labourhold		Swing
	Labourhold		Swing

1988 by-election

Crayford by-election, 5 May 1988^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	June McKay	1,457	45.77
	Conservative	Daisy Clement	1,081	33.96
	SDP	David Smith	645	20.26
Registered electors			9,050
Turnout			3,183	35.18
	Labourhold

1986 election

1986 Bexley London Borough Council election: Crayford (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Shepheard*	1,579	45.0	2.6
	Labour	R. Allen	1,530
	Labour	R. Penton*	1,468
	Conservative	D. French	1,187	33.8	1.3
	Conservative	Ms. H. Cox	1,179
	Conservative	Ms. D. Clement	1,131
	Alliance	J. Saunders	746	21.2	1.3
	Alliance	R. Hudson	683
	Alliance	Ms. C. Dimitros	666
Turnout			TBD	42.3
	Labourhold		Swing
	Labourhold		Swing
	Labourhold		Swing

1982 election

1982 Bexley London Borough Council election: Crayford (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Turner*	1,265	42.4	21.9
	Labour	J. Shepheard	1,265
	Labour	R. Penton*	1,121
	Conservative	D. French	1,048	35.1	0.6
	Conservative	R. Gillespie	986
	Conservative	Ms J. Todd-Dunning	971
	Alliance	M. Gardner	672	22.5	New
	Alliance	J. Lee	621
	Alliance	J. Noyes	609
Turnout			TBD	41.1
	Labourhold		Swing
	Labourhold		Swing
	Labourhold		Swing

1980 by-election

Crayford by-election, 22 May 1980^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Shepheard	1,571	65.79
	Conservative	Helga Connors	671	28.10
	Ecology	Bernard Morris	94	3.94
	NNF	Peter Skelton	52	2.18
Registered electors			7,770
Turnout			2,388	30.73
	Labourhold

1978 election

1978 Bexley London Borough Council election: Crayford (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Turner*	1,799	64.3	4.0
	Labour	B. Kemp	1,721
	Labour	R. Penton	1,591
	Conservative	J. Taylor	1,000	35.7	4.0
	Conservative	D. French	995
	Conservative	A. Smith	993
Turnout			TBD	40.1
	Labourhold		Swing
	Labourhold		Swing
	Labourhold		Swing

Bexley council elections (1964–1978)

During this period, the ward was known as Crayford Town.

Three wards were drawn out of the Crayford Urban District which had been absorbed into the London Borough of Bexley in 1965: Crayford West which included Barnehurst, Crayford North which included Slade Green, and Crayford Town which included Crayford itself. The river Cray enters from the south west at the eastern-most fringes of Hall Place gardens, the majority of which were in Upton, and exits beneath the North Kent Line as it begins to comprise the Greater London–Kent boundary. The ward's boundaries are very similar to the modern Crayford ward with some border anomalies such as cutting Perry Street in half and the inclusion of just some parts of London Road (Watling Street) and Bourne Road but not all of it.

1974 election

Crayford Town (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A. Turner*	1,377	68.3	7.2
	Labour	H. Sutton*	1,335
	Labour	L. Francis*	1,293
	Conservative	K. Roberts	639	31.7	7.2
	Conservative	J. Swallow	597
	Conservative	R. Gillespie	597
Turnout			TBD	28.0
	Labourhold		Swing
	Labourhold		Swing
	Labourhold		Swing

1971 election

Crayford Town (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Sutton	2,444	75.5	29.1
	Labour	A. Turner	2,420
	Labour	L. Francis	2,388
	Conservative	C. Pollock*	793	24.5	23.7
	Conservative	S. Woolterton*	767
	Conservative	L. Belcham	757
Turnout			TBD	44.8
	Labourgain from Conservative		Swing
	Labourgain from Conservative		Swing
	Labourgain from Conservative		Swing

1968 election

Crayford Town (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. Pollock	1,411	48.2	*New*
	Conservative	S. Woolterton	1,396
	Conservative	B. Freeman	1,364
	Labour	A. Turner*	1360	46.4	29.2
	Labour	Ms. M. Bradley	1337
	Labour	L. Francis	1309
	Independent	P. Blunt	157	5.4	New
Turnout			TBD	41.7
	Conservativegain from Labour		Swing
	Conservativegain from Labour		Swing
	Conservativegain from Labour		Swing

1964 election

Crayford Town (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Kerr	2,155	75.6
	Labour	Mrs. E. White	2,118
	Labour	A. Turner	2,110
	Liberal	J. S. Lacey	694	24.4
	Liberal	P. A. Bawcutt	680
	Liberal	M. A. Green	659
Turnout			2,888	41.2
	Labourwin (new seat)
	Labourwin (new seat)
	Labourwin (new seat)

Notes

↑Ward named Crayford Town from 1964 to 1978

References

↑"Crayford ward statistics from Census 2021". Bexley.gov.uk. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
↑Heywood, Joe; Loftus, Caitlin (March 2023). "London Borough Council Elections: 6 May 2010"(PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
↑Colombeau, Joseph (October 2018). "London Borough Council Elections: 3 May 2018"(PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
↑Gareth, Piggott (September 2014). "London Borough Council Elections: 22 May 2014"(PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
↑Gareth, Piggott (March 2011). "London Borough Council Elections: 6 May 2010"(PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
↑"Local Election Results 2006". andrewteale.me.uk. 2006. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
↑"Local Election Results 2002". andrewteale.me.uk. 2002. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
↑"London Borough of Bexley Election Results 1964-2010"(PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
↑"London Borough Council Elections 5 May 1994 including Results from the European Elections"(PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
↑"London Borough Council Elections 3rd May 1990"(PDF). London datastore. London Research Centre. Archived from the original(PDF) on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
↑"London Borough Council Elections 6 May 1982"(PDF). Londonn Datastore. Greater London Council. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2023.

[3] Leaves the Conservative group in April 2023.

[4] Boundaries redrawn for the 2018 election.

[5] Boundaries redrawn for the 2002 election.

[6] Elected at the 1980 by-election.

[7] Elected at the 1988 by-election.

[8] Boundaries redrawn for the 1978 election. Ward renamed to Crayford.

[2] Ward named Crayford Town from 1964 to 1978

[1] "Crayford ward statistics from Census 2021". Bexley.gov.uk. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 18 May 2024.

[2022_results-9] Heywood, Joe; Loftus, Caitlin (March 2023). "London Borough Council Elections: 6 May 2010"(PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 18 May 2024.

[2018_results-10] Colombeau, Joseph (October 2018). "London Borough Council Elections: 3 May 2018"(PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 18 May 2024.

[2014_results-11] Gareth, Piggott (September 2014). "London Borough Council Elections: 22 May 2014"(PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 18 May 2024.

[2010_results-12] Gareth, Piggott (March 2011). "London Borough Council Elections: 6 May 2010"(PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 19 May 2024.

[2006_results-13] "Local Election Results 2006". andrewteale.me.uk. 2006. Retrieved 19 May 2024.

[2002_results-14] "Local Election Results 2002". andrewteale.me.uk. 2002. Retrieved 19 May 2024.

[1998_results-15] "London Borough of Bexley Election Results 1964-2010"(PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 19 May 2024.

[1994_results-16] "London Borough Council Elections 5 May 1994 including Results from the European Elections"(PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.

[elect86-90-17] "London Borough Council Elections 3rd May 1990"(PDF). London datastore. London Research Centre. Archived from the original(PDF) on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2023.

[byelect1978-82-18] "London Borough Council Elections 6 May 1982"(PDF). Londonn Datastore. Greater London Council. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2023.

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