Grove Green is an interface area of Leyton and Leytonstone in east London. It is situated with the London Borough of Waltham Forest. The population of the ward at the 2011 census was 14,604.[1]

Geography

The ward's boundaries are roughly Midland, Norlington, and Pretoria Roads to the East; the north side of the M11 motorway as far as Leyton High Road to the south; the High Road itself bordering the ward to the west. Other surrounding wards are Leyton to the west, Forest to the north-east, Leytonstone to the east, and Cathall to the south.[2]

Demography

Grove Green ward is the ninth most populous district in the borough,[3] inhabited by slightly less than 13,000 people, with 51% being officially designated of Black Asian and Minority Asian background.[4]

Social issues

The council, as of 2011, assessed 30% of the ward population to be in poverty.[4]

M11 motorway extension

In the early 1990s, the southern part of the ward was the focus of a continuing protest against road-building in general and the M11 extension in particular.[5]

Transport

The ward contains no London Overground, National Rail, or tube stations; only the High Road and Grove Green road itself serve the ward by local buses.[6]

Waltham Forest council elections

2022 election

Grove Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Khevyn Limbajee 1,615 56.9
Labour Anna Mbachu 1,516 53.4
Labour Uzma Rasool 1,487 52.4
Liberal Democrats Arran Angus 937 33.0
Liberal Democrats Naomi McCarthy 819 28.9
Green Maureen Measure 733 25.8
Liberal Democrats Joe Dyer 720 25.4
Conservative Kathleen Berg 182 6.4
Conservative Iona Berg 181 6.4
Conservative Luke Berg 171 6.0
TUSC Kevin Parslow 150 5.3
Turnout 30.5
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

2018 election

Grove Green (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Anna Mbachu 2,052 59.2
Labour Co-op Khevyn Limbajee 2,047 59.0
Labour Co-op Chris Robbins 1,997 57.6
Liberal Democrats Arran Paul Angus 897 25.9
Liberal Democrats Naomi McCarthy 725 20.9
Liberal Democrats Ukonu Elisha Obasi 623 18.0
Green Deanna Donovan 456 13.1
Green Liam Bonisch Connor 416 12.0
Conservative Jane Bartram 247 7.1
Conservative James Ellingham 216 6.2
Conservative Thor Fenrir Pallson Halland 200 5.8
TUSC Sarah Elizabeth Sachs-Eldridge 128 3.7
Turnout 34.93%
Majority 1,100
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing

2014 election

2010 election

2006 election

2002 election

1998 election

1994 election

1990 election

1986 election

1982 election

1978 election

References

  1. ↑ "Waltham Forest ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  2. ↑ http://www.walthamforest.gov.uk%2Fdocuments%2Fward-profile-grove-green-ward.pdf, p. 1
  3. ↑ http://www.walthamforest.gov.uk%2Fdocuments%2Fward-profile-grove-green-ward.pdf, p. 3
  4. 1 2 http://www.walthamforest.gov.uk%2Fdocuments%2Fward-profile-grove-green-ward.pdf, p. 2
  5. ↑ M11 link road protest#CITEREFCohen and Mawhinney.2C in Hansard19 December 1994
  6. ↑ "List of London Bus Routes | The Transport for London Forum". thetflforum.co.uk. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
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