Editing Cranham (section)

==Governance==
Cranham forms part of the [[Hornchurch and Upminster (UK Parliament constituency)|Hornchurch and Upminster UK Parliament constituency]], and is partly within the Havering wards of Upminster and Cranham. Together these form the Upminster Area Committee.<ref name=area_notes>{{Cite web | url=http://www.havering.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=18289&p=0 | publisher=Havering London Borough Council | author=Upminster Area Committee | date=June 2009 | title=Upminster Area Committee (Cranham & Upminster Wards) Agenda | access-date=23 February 2010 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608212526/http://www.havering.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=18289&p=0 | archive-date=8 June 2011 }}</ref> The current MP is [[Julia Lopez (politician)]]. Each ward elects three councillors to [[Havering London Borough Council]]. All six councillors elected in 2010 for the two wards were the [[Upminster and Cranham Residents' Association]] candidates<ref name="havering cranham">{{Cite web|publisher=Havering London Borough Council |url=http://www.havering.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=6032 |title=Cranham Ward – Local election results 2006 |date=16 November 2007 |access-date=23 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608192140/http://www.havering.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=6032 |archive-date=8 June 2011 }}</ref><ref name="havering upminster">{{Cite web|publisher=Havering London Borough Council |url=http://www.havering.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=6050 |title=Upminster Ward – Local election results 2006 |date=16 November 2007 |access-date=23 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608192159/http://www.havering.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=6050 |archive-date=8 June 2011 }}</ref> and the area is unusual in that the residents' association is strongly active.<ref name="Havering and Redbridge">{{Cite web| url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2008/feb/08/havering.redbridge | title=Havering and Redbridge | work=The Guardian| author=Baston, Lewis | date=8 February 2008  | access-date=23 February 2010 }}</ref> From 1945 to 1974 Cranham formed part of the [[Hornchurch (UK Parliament constituency)|Hornchurch constituency]] and from 1974 to 2010 it formed part of the [[Upminster (UK Parliament constituency)|Upminster constituency]]. Cranham is within the [[Havering and Redbridge (London Assembly constituency)|Havering and Redbridge London Assembly constituency]].