2018 Newham London Borough Council election

2018 Newham Council election
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All 60 council seats
30 seats needed for a majority
  First party
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Party Labour
Last election 60 seats, 59.7%
Seats won 60
Seat change Steady
Popular vote 51,294
Percentage 67.2
Swing Increase7.5%
Map of the results of the 2018 Newham council election. Labour in red.
Largest Party before election


Labour

Largest Party


Labour

The 2018 Newham London Borough Council election was held on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Newham London Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Elections were held for the Mayor of Newham and for all 60 seats on the council. The Labour Party candidate Rokhsana Fiaz won the mayoral election.[1] Labour candidates won all 60 seats on the council, as they did in 2014[2] and 2010.[3]

Summary results

The Labour Party won 67% of the vote and all 60 seats for the third election in a row.[4][5][6]

Newham Local Election Result 2018
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 60 0 0 ±0.0 100.0 67.2 51,294 +7.5
  Conservative 0 0 0 ±0.0 0.0 15.2 11,627 -7.8
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 0 ±0.0 0.0 5.9 4,523 +2.4
  Green 0 0 0 ±0.0 0.0 5.2 3,940 +4.5
  CPA 0 0 0 ±0.0 0.0 3.7 2,828 -2.0
  Independent 0 0 0 ±0.0 0.0 1.3 958 +0.8
  TUSC 0 0 0 ±0.0 0.0 0.8 634 -1.6
  UKIP 0 0 0 ±0.0 0.0 0.3 263 -3.9
  Democrats and Veterans 0 0 0 ±0.0 0.0 0.2 190 N/A
  Communist League 0 0 0 ±0.0 0.0 0.1 52 N/A

Background

A total of 181 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 20 wards. Candidates included a full slate from the Labour party (as had been the case at every election since the borough council had been formed in 1964), whilst the Conservative party also ran a full slate for the second election in a row, and the Liberal Democrats ran 14 candidates. Other candidates running were 25 Christian Peoples Alliance, 11 Greens, 4 TUSC, 2 UKIP, 2 Democrats and Veterans, 1 Communist League and 2 Independents.[5]

Ward results

An asterisk * indicates an incumbent Councillor seeking re-election.

Beckton

Beckton (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Asser 1,722 23.0 N/A
Labour Ayesha Chowdhury* 1,717 23.0 +2.0
Labour Tonii Wilson* 1,445 19.0 N/A
Independent Syed Ahmed 598 7.9 N/A
Conservative Joshua Lindl 454 6.0 N/A
Green Jane Lithgow 428 6.0 N/A
Conservative Conny Nasmyth 359 5.0 N/A
Conservative Emmanuel Obasi 296 4.0 −3.0
CPA June Taylor 193 3.0 N/A
CPA Alice Olaiya 144 2.0 N/A
CPA Chike Dunkwu 142 2.0 ±0.0
Turnout 2,968 29.0 −2.8
Registered electors 10,251
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Boleyn

Boleyn (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gen Kitchen 2,824 29.0 N/A
Labour Veronica Oakeshott* 2,544 27.0 N/A
Labour Harvinder Virdee* 2,280 24.0 +2.0
Conservative Fazlul Karim 693 7.0 N/A
Conservative Sayadur Rahman 450 5.0 N/A
Green Helen Lynch 405 4.0 N/A
Conservative Khatija Meaby 384 4.0 N/A
Turnout 3,852 38.9 −5.1
Registered electors 9,900
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Canning Town North

Canning Town North (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Canon Easter* 2,586 29.0 +6.0
Labour Shaban Mohammed 2,282 25.0 N/A
Labour Delphine Tohoura 2,010 22.0 N/A
Conservative Ahmed Faqai 406 4.0 N/A
Conservative Maxwell Marah 395 4.0 ±0.0
Conservative Rachel Nabudde 341 4.0 N/A
CPA Chishala Kumalinga 319 4.0 N/A
UKIP Alan Craig 263 3.0 N/A
UKIP Stuart Goodwin 249 3.0 N/A
CPA Bapu Rani 204 2.0 N/A
Turnout 3,408 31.6 −4.3
Registered electors 10,777
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Canning Town South

Canning Town South (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Griffiths* 1,991 23.0 +4.0
Labour Rohit K Dasgupta 1,965 22.0 N/A
Labour Belgica Guana 1,693 19.0 N/A
Conservative Marc Pooler 643 7.0 N/A
Conservative Mark Seymour 559 6.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Caroline Carey 552 6.0 N/A
Green Danny Keeling 464 5.0 N/A
Conservative Mahyar Tousi 378 4.0 N/A
CPA Myrtle Laing 222 3.0 N/A
CPA Sharmila Swarna 145 2.0 N/A
CPA Prossy Namwanje 144 2.0 N/A
Turnout 3,319 28.2 −4.8
Registered electors 11,749
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Custom House

Custom House (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patricia Holland* 1,775 26.0 +1.0
Labour James Beckles* 1,655 24.0 N/A
Labour Sarah Ruiz 1,458 22.0 N/A
Conservative Nicole Garrett 414 6.0 N/A
Conservative Tim Roll-Pickering 312 5.0 N/A
Conservative Akram Mwanga 302 4.0 N/A
Democrats and Veterans Daniel Oxley 190 3.0 N/A
Democrats and Veterans Kay McKenzie 182 3.0 N/A
CPA Cynthia Owusu-Addai 173 3.0 N/A
CPA Paul Banjoko 169 2.0 N/A
CPA Lanre Shedowo 149 2.0 N/A
Turnout 2,618 28.8 −3.4
Registered electors 9,082
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

East Ham Central

East Ham Central (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Julianne Marriott* 2,939 29.0 +8.0
Labour Aisha Siddiqah 2,819 27.0 N/A
Labour Suga Thekkeppurayil 2,568 25.0 N/A
Conservative Rafeh Ahmed 507 5.0 N/A
Conservative Bishwajit Bal 475 5.0 N/A
Conservative Sabir Banglawala 427 4.0 N/A
CPA Dominic Anthony 326 3.0 +1.0
CPA Roja Chika 192 2.0 +1.0
Turnout 3,967 39.6 −2.9
Registered electors 10,018
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

East Ham North

East Ham North (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Zuber Gulamussen* 2,726 25.0 +5.0
Labour Daniel Blaney 2,627 24.0 N/A
Labour Firoza Nekiwala* 2,614 24.0 +3.0
Conservative Ilyas Sharif 994 9.0 −3.0
Conservative Mohammed Azharuddin 992 9.0 N/A
Conservative Durai Kannan 763 7.0 −3.0
Liberal Democrats Naveed Akbar 230 2.0 N/A
Turnout 4,213 45.2 −6.8
Registered electors 9,322
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

East Ham South

East Ham South (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Susan Masters* 2,784 30.0 +7.0
Labour Quintin Peppiatt* 2,471 27.0 +5.0
Labour Lakmini Shah* 2,286 25.0 +4.0
Conservative Mostafizur Rahman 508 5.0 N/A
Conservative Syed Kabir 496 5.0 N/A
Conservative Aiden Langley 466 5.0 N/A
TUSC Mary Finch 255 3.0 N/A
Turnout 3,806 38.2 −4.3
Registered electors 9,976
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Forest Gate North

Forest Gate North (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rachel Tripp* 2,425 24.0 N/A
Labour Sasha Dasgupta 2,346 23.0 N/A
Labour Anamul Islam* 2,070 20.0 N/A
Green Nate Higgins 743 7.0 N/A
Green Frankie-Rose Taylor 729 7.0 N/A
Green Michael Spracklin 606 6.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Christian Moon 399 4.0 +2.0
Conservative Abdul Chowdhury 327 3.0 N/A
Conservative Brian Maze 314 3.0 −2.0
Conservative Ariful Islam 281 3.0 N/A
Turnout 3,835 37.8 −0.9
Registered electors 10,140
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Forest Gate South

Forest Gate South (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Masihullah Patel 2,540 24.0 +2.0
Labour Tahmina Rahman 2,510 24.0 N/A
Labour Winston Vaughan* 2,485 24.0 +4.0
Green Hugh Barnard 600 6.0 N/A
Conservative Matthew Edwards 416 4.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Michael Fox 387 4.0 N/A
Conservative Shaeb Khan 371 4.0 N/A
Conservative Olenka Gradosielska 357 3.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Madeleine Haysey 344 3.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats James Jones 284 3.0 N/A
TUSC Lois Austen 158 2.0 N/A
Turnout 3,889 35.4 −3.7
Registered electors 10,973
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Green Street East

Green Street East (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Muhammad Ali 2,973 28.0 N/A
Labour Mohammed Rahman 2,941 28.0 N/A
Labour Nilufa Jahan 2,915 28.0 N/A
Conservative Kirankumar Patel 630 6.0 N/A
Conservative Matthew Kinghorn 593 6.0 N/A
Conservative Mohammad Rahman 469 4.0 N/A
Turnout 4,053 42.6 −6.2
Registered electors 9,507
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Green Street West

Green Street West (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hanif Abdulmuhit* 2,991 29.0 +6.0
Labour Mushtaq Hussain 2,715 26.0 N/A
Labour Mumtaz Khan 2,591 25.0 N/A
Conservative Abdul Sheikh 709 7.0 −2.0
Conservative Muhammad Chishti 696 7.0 N/A
Conservative Kamran Yousaf 611 6.0 N/A
Turnout 3,913 41.2 −7.9
Registered electors 9,503
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Little Ilford

Little Ilford (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nazir Ahmed 3,039 31.0 N/A
Labour Riaz Mirza 2,904 29.0 N/A
Labour Pushpa Makwana 2,843 29.0 N/A
Conservative Zilor Mannan 409 4.0 N/A
Conservative Ravindrareddy Nandivelugu 381 4.0 N/A
Conservative Kashem Uddin 359 4.0 N/A
Turnout 3,810 36.9 −8.6
Registered electors 10,335
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Manor Park

Manor Park (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mariam Dawood 3,112 29.0 N/A
Labour Ken Clark* 3,081 29.0 N/A
Labour Salim Patel* 2,810 26.0 +1.0
Green Derek Jackson 401 4.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Michael German 338 3.0 N/A
Conservative Afzal Hossain 333 3.0 N/A
Conservative Nasima Khatun 318 3.0 N/A
Conservative Ibrahim Amanji 311 3.0 N/A
Turnout 3,903 40.3 −1.6
Registered electors 9,680
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Plaistow North

Plaistow North (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Zulfiqar Ali 2,737 29.0 N/A
Labour Joy Laguda* 2,369 25.0 +4.0
Labour Daniel Lee-Phakoe 2,288 24.0 N/A
Conservative Fokoruddin Ahmed 454 5.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Alexander Fisher 407 4.0 N/A
Conservative Walye Jahedi 368 4.0 −4.0
Conservative Aimee Alado 352 4.0 N/A
CPA Paul Jobson 295 3.0 +1.0
CPA Winky Newman 202 2.0 N/A
Turnout 3,634 37.9 −3.2
Registered electors 9,585
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Plaistow South

Plaistow South (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Carleene Lee-Phakoe 2,544 25.0 N/A
Labour Jane Lofthouse 2,476 24.0 N/A
Labour Neil Wilson* 2,269 22.0 +1.0
Conservative Nazrul Islam 573 6.0 N/A
Conservative Farhana Firdous 517 5.0 N/A
Conservative Rois Miah 501 5.0 −2.0
Liberal Democrats James Raymond 412 4.0 N/A
Green Edward Lynch 392 4.0 N/A
CPA Flora Amar 194 2.0 N/A
CPA Earna Gibson 180 2.0 N/A
Communist League Hugh Robertson 52 1.0 N/A
Turnout 3,734 35.8 −11.6
Registered electors 10,440
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Royal Docks

Royal Docks (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen Brayshaw* 1,421 23.0 ±0.0
Labour Patrick Murphy* 1,315 21.0 ±0.0
Labour Tony McAlmont* 1,292 21.0 ±0.0
Conservative Mary Antwi 504 8.0 N/A
Conservative Charles Meaby 452 7.0 N/A
Conservative Attic Rahman 372 6.0 N/A
Independent Keith Murray 360 6.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Tahir Saiyed 320 5.0 N/A
CPA Ethel Odiete 156 2.0 N/A
TUSC James Ivens 94 1.0 N/A
Turnout 2,466 29.0 −4.6
Registered electors 8,512
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Stratford and New Town

Stratford and New Town (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joshua Garfield 3,288 22.0 N/A
Labour Nareser Osei 2,970 20.0 N/A
Labour Terence Paul* 2,825 19.0 −5.0
Liberal Democrats Gareth Evans 1,195 8.0 N/A
Green Rachel Nunson 1,017 7.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Sheree Miller 848 6.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats James Rumsby 790 5.0 N/A
Conservative Andrius Kavaliauskas 642 4.0 N/A
Conservative John Oxley 635 4.0 N/A
Conservative Shardi Shameli 529 4.0 N/A
CPA John Falana 172 1.0 −1.0
CPA Esther Smith 136 1.0 N/A
Turnout 5,411 29.6 −4.0
Registered electors 18,252
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Wall End

Wall End (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jennifer Bailey 2,911 27.0 N/A
Labour Omanakutty Gangadharan 2,885 27.0 N/A
Labour Lester Hudson* 2,633 24.0 +5.0
Conservative Mufti Islam 701 6.0 N/A
Conservative Masbah Khan 693 6.0 N/A
Conservative Mohammed Ali 627 6.0 N/A
CPA Amalraj Kakumanu 169 2.0 +1.0
TUSC Hannah Sell 127 1.0 N/A
CPA Shashir Kakumanu 118 1.0 ±0.0
Turnout 4,164 43.2 −5.9
Registered electors 9,640
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

West Ham

West Ham (3)[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Gray* 2,284 25.0 +3.0
Labour Charlene McLean* 2,188 24.0 N/A
Labour John Whitworth* 2,112 24.0 +2.0
Conservative Thomas Barbert 430 5.0 N/A
Green Kenneth Lyle 396 4.0 N/A
Conservative Abul Abdullah 393 4.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Alexander Tuppen 341 4.0 N/A
Conservative Natalie Pendrous 334 4.0 N/A
CPA Sheila Brown 203 2.0 −1.0
CPA Barbara Chukwurah 153 2.0 N/A
CPA Dieutane Parson 142 2.0 N/A
Turnout 3,322 33.8 −12.0
Registered electors 9,819
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

By-elections between 2018 and 2022

Boleyn

Boleyn by-election, 1 November 2018[7]>
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Moniba Khan 1,725 74.8 N/A
Conservative Fazlul Karim 327 14.2 N/A
Green Frankie Rose-Taylor 172 7.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Arun Pirapaharan 83 3.6 N/A
Majority 1,398 60.6 N/A
Turnout 23.5 −15.4
Registered electors
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Veronica Oakeshott.

East Ham

East Ham Central by-election, 6 May 2021[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Farah Nazeer 2,297 54.4 N/A
Conservative Sk Zakir Hossain 1,288 30.5 N/A
Green Danny Keeling 283 6.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Ed Comaromi 239 5.7 N/A
CPA Paul Jobson 115 2.7 N/A
TUSC Lois Austin 91 2.1 N/A
Majority 1,009 23.9 N/A
Turnout 4,313
Registered electors
Labour Co-op hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Julianne Marriott.

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