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Mawneys (ward)

electoral ward in the London borough of Havering

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ56295749 ↗
Source-derived summary

Mawneys (from 1965 to 2002 Mawney) is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Havering.

Havering council elections since 2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Havering in 2022.

2026 election

The election took place on 7 May 2026.

2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022.

2002–2022 Havering council elections

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Havering in 2002.

2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018.

2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014.

2010 election

The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election.

2006 election

The election took place on 4 May 2006.

2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Mawneys (ward)” as electoral ward in the London borough of Havering. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1965, 2002, 2022, 2026—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Mawneys, ward and electoral can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as electoral ward in the London borough of Havering. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q56295749. The first chronological checks are 1965, 2002, 2022 and 2026.

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This entry incorporates text from “Mawneys (ward)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.