Forest (Waltham Forest ward)

Not to be confused with Forest (Mbeya ward).

Forest
Electoral ward for the Waltham Forest London Borough Council
Borough	London Borough of Waltham Forest
County	Greater London
Population	17,257 (2021)
Area	2.183 km²
Current electoral ward
Created	1965
Number of members	3
Councillors	Simone McNichols-Thomas   Yuksel Gonul   Paul Perkins

Forest is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. The ward was first used in the 1964 elections and elects three councillors to Waltham Forest London Borough Council.

Geography

The ward is based on the Hollow Pond area between Leytonstone and Walthamstow.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2002		Jane Duran (Labour)		Kabal Dhillon (Labour)		Mohammed Rahman (Labour)
2006		Farooq Qureshi (Liberal Democrats)		Imran Abrahim (Liberal Democrats)	Faiz Yunis (Labour)
2010		Shabana Dhedhi (Labour)	Gerry Lyons (Labour)
2014		Kastriot Berberi (Labour)
2018
2022	Marsela Berberi (Labour)	Zafran Malik (Labour)
2026		Simone McNichols-Thomas (Green)		Yuksel Gonul (Green)		Paul Perkins (Green)

Elections

2022

Forest (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marsela Berberi	2,045	68.8
	Labour	Zafran Malik	1,982	66.6
	Labour	Kastriot Berberi	1,961	65.9
	Green	Glyn Roberts	716	24.1
	Liberal Democrats	Josh Hadley	431	14.5
	Liberal Democrats	Justin Randle	361	12.1
	Liberal Democrats	Gavin Sallery	316	10.6
	Conservative	Sakarya Karamehmet	289	9.7
	Conservative	Ismet Karamehmet	284	9.5
	Conservative	Sema Karamehmet	262	8.8
	TUSC	Arshad Ahmad	172	5.8
	TUSC	Arnold Ssekandwa	103	3.5
Turnout				30.0
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

See also

• List of electoral wards in Greater London