Local Election Results 2002
Newham
Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.
Other results for Newham:
2006
2010
2014
2018
By-elections for Newham (may be incomplete): 26th March 2009 (Royal Docks)
— 11th September 2014 (Beckton)
— 7th May 2015 (Stratford & New Town)
— 3rd December 2015 (Boleyn)
— 14th July 2016 (Forest Gate N.)
— 1st November 2018 (Boleyn)
— 6th May 2021 (East Ham C.)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Sir Robin Wales |
Lab |
20384 |
50.8% |
| Tawfique Choudhury |
Ind |
5907 |
14.7% |
| Graham Postles |
C |
4635 |
11.5% |
| Alan Craig |
CPA |
3649 |
9.1% |
| Michael Davidson |
BNP |
2881 |
7.2% |
| Gabrielle Rolfe |
Grn |
2691 |
6.7% |
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Labour |
23965 |
49.3% |
59 |
| Conservative |
9678 |
19.9% |
0 |
| Green Party |
5993 |
12.3% |
0 |
| Christian Peoples Alliance |
2178 |
4.5% |
1 |
| Liberal Democrat |
1917 |
3.9% |
0 |
| Independent |
1849 |
3.8% |
0 |
| Newham Independents Association |
1060 |
2.2% |
0 |
| Socialist Alliance |
906 |
1.9% |
0 |
| British National Party |
736 |
1.5% |
0 |
| UK Independence Party |
233 |
0.5% |
0 |
| Socialist Labour Party |
122 |
0.3% |
0 |
| Alec Kellaway |
Lab |
945 |
43.8% |
| Ayesha Chowdhury |
Lab |
930 |
|
| Christopher Seddon |
Lab |
860 |
|
| Stephen Bell |
LD |
369 |
17.1% |
| Damian Sutton |
C |
348 |
16.1% |
| Nick Davies |
Grn |
277 |
12.8% |
| Margaret Stones |
BNP |
217 |
10.1% |
| June Leitch |
Lab |
1321 |
49.0% |
| Sardar Ali |
Lab |
1224 |
|
| Joseph Ejiofor |
Lab |
1122 |
|
| Elaine Sutton |
C |
579 |
21.5% |
| Marya Spence |
Grn |
507 |
18.8% |
| Joy Shekarau-Jibril |
CPA |
289 |
10.7% |
| Marie Collier |
Lab |
948 |
39.6% |
| Clive Furness |
Lab |
901 |
|
| Paul Schafer |
Lab |
784 |
|
| Kara Greig |
Grn |
426 |
17.8% |
| Michael Davidson |
BNP |
389 |
16.2% |
| Sydney Burnett |
CPA |
322 |
13.5% |
| Edward Nkemnacho |
Ind |
187 |
7.8% |
| Robert Siggins |
SocLab |
122 |
5.1% |
| Alan Craig |
CPA |
959 |
50.3% |
| Alan Taylor |
Lab |
946 |
49.7% |
| Maureen Jones |
Lab |
887 |
|
| Simon Tucker |
Lab |
808 |
|
| Benjamin Stafford |
CPA |
739 |
|
| Rose Irtwangejibril |
CPA |
525 |
|
| Patricia Holland |
Lab |
887 |
47.3% |
| Ronald Manley |
Lab |
765 |
|
| Conor McAuley |
Lab |
709 |
|
| Paul Maynard |
C |
519 |
27.7% |
| James Clark |
C |
467 |
|
| Douglas Taylor |
C |
416 |
|
| Mary Robinson |
Grn |
240 |
12.8% |
| Bolanle Shasanmi |
CPA |
229 |
12.2% |
| Mary Skyers |
Lab |
1538 |
59.8% |
| Ian Corbett |
Lab |
1479 |
|
| Unmesh Desai |
Lab |
1437 |
|
| Stewart Lindsay |
C |
587 |
22.8% |
| Diane McBrinn |
Grn |
446 |
17.3% |
| Sukhdev Marway |
Lab |
1367 |
38.2% |
| Lester Hudson |
Lab |
1248 |
|
| Patricia Sheekey |
Lab |
1244 |
|
| Mohammed Akram |
C |
896 |
25.0% |
| Swaminathan Balakrishnan |
Ind |
578 |
16.1% |
| Kathleen King |
LD |
313 |
8.7% |
| Gary Hewett |
Grn |
252 |
7.0% |
| Berlyne Hamilton |
SocAll |
177 |
4.9% |
| Kevin Jenkins |
Lab |
1244 |
53.3% |
| Quintin Peppiatt |
Lab |
1081 |
|
| Pearson Shillingford |
Lab |
981 |
|
| Linda Lindsay |
C |
586 |
25.1% |
| Frederick Jones |
Newham |
503 |
21.6% |
| Paul Brickell |
Lab |
1333 |
47.4% |
| John Saunders |
Lab |
1265 |
|
| Shama Ahmad |
Lab |
1253 |
|
| Mary Forse |
Grn |
628 |
22.3% |
| Charles Meaby |
C |
344 |
12.2% |
| Paul Phillips |
SocAll |
272 |
9.7% |
| Gerard Batten |
UKIP |
233 |
8.3% |
| Akbar Chaudhary |
Lab |
1274 |
54.3% |
| Alan Griffiths |
Lab |
1142 |
|
| Winston Vaughan |
Lab |
1102 |
|
| John Gray |
LD |
472 |
20.1% |
| Patricia Mahoney |
LD |
460 |
|
| Christopher Lomax |
LD |
443 |
|
| Brian Maze |
C |
323 |
13.8% |
| Mubin Haq |
SocAll |
276 |
11.8% |
| Lyn Brown |
Lab |
1488 |
52.3% |
| Mahmood Ahmad |
Lab |
1403 |
|
| Abdul Shakoor |
Lab |
1319 |
|
| Abdullah Atcha |
C |
635 |
22.3% |
| Nazma Uddin |
Ind |
381 |
13.4% |
| Sandra Springall |
Grn |
341 |
12.0% |
| Giash Talukdar |
Ind |
299 |
|
| Abdul Sheikh |
Lab |
1594 |
57.1% |
| Rustam Talati |
Lab |
1448 |
|
| Harvinder Virdee |
Lab |
1439 |
|
| Reza Choudhury |
C |
826 |
29.6% |
| John Widdowson |
Grn |
371 |
13.3% |
| Josephine Corbett |
Lab |
1086 |
49.1% |
| Andrew Baikie |
Lab |
1063 |
|
| Richard Crawford |
Lab |
1052 |
|
| Akmul Choudhury |
C |
869 |
39.3% |
| Faizur Rahman |
C |
844 |
|
| Harun Rashid |
C |
795 |
|
| Mee Foong Lee |
Grn |
257 |
11.6% |
| Amarjit Singh |
Lab |
1236 |
46.0% |
| Christine Bowden |
Lab |
1219 |
|
| Khalilur Kazi |
Lab |
1149 |
|
| Mahbub Ahmed |
C |
1009 |
37.5% |
| Shahidur Chowdhury |
C |
968 |
|
| Kaisar Jalal |
C |
890 |
|
| Ronald Smith |
Grn |
444 |
16.5% |
| Regina Williams |
Lab |
1224 |
50.4% |
| Riaz Mirza |
Lab |
1163 |
|
| Joy Laguda |
Lab |
1110 |
|
| Frederick Warwick |
Ind |
507 |
20.9% |
| Jacqueline Chandler-Oatts |
Grn |
356 |
14.7% |
| Johanna Watson |
C |
342 |
14.1% |
| Anthoulla Osben |
C |
278 |
|
| Neil Wilson |
Lab |
1180 |
50.0% |
| Graham Lane |
Lab |
1138 |
|
| Bryan Collier |
Lab |
1064 |
|
| Jacqueline Burns |
C |
374 |
15.8% |
| Barry Roberts |
C |
355 |
|
| Gabrielle Rolfe |
Grn |
340 |
14.4% |
| Jamieson Moore |
LD |
320 |
13.6% |
| Danuta Gradosielska |
C |
263 |
|
| Josephine Phillips |
Newham |
147 |
6.2% |
| Donald Freeman |
Newham |
139 |
|
| Michael Law |
Lab |
433 |
39.3% |
| Victor Turner |
Lab |
398 |
|
| Sarah Ruiz |
Lab |
346 |
|
| Ayotunde Thanni |
Ind |
196 |
17.8% |
| Graham Postles |
C |
175 |
15.9% |
| Beatrice Appiah |
CPA |
168 |
15.2% |
| Glyn Weare |
C |
159 |
|
| Mark Lond |
BNP |
130 |
11.8% |
| Funmike Daodu |
CPA |
103 |
|
| Judith Garfield |
Lab |
1163 |
54.2% |
| David Griffin |
Lab |
1090 |
|
| Anthony McAlmont |
Lab |
938 |
|
| Oisin |
Grn |
398 |
18.5% |
| Richard Arnopp |
C |
374 |
17.4% |
| Armyn Hennessy |
C |
330 |
|
| Nigel Nadolski |
C |
286 |
|
| Victoria Wya |
CPA |
211 |
9.8% |
| Paul Sathianesan |
Lab |
1608 |
55.7% |
| Edward Sparrowhawk |
Lab |
1426 |
|
| Omanakutty Gangadharan |
Lab |
1350 |
|
| Zubaida Hashmi |
C |
433 |
15.0% |
| Terence Aird |
Newham |
410 |
14.2% |
| Leslie Smith |
C |
400 |
|
| David Piper |
Newham |
373 |
|
| Trudy Cannin |
Newham |
359 |
|
| Howard Mendick |
Grn |
257 |
8.9% |
| Robert Davies |
SocAll |
181 |
6.3% |
| John Whitworth |
Lab |
1150 |
45.9% |
| Megan Harris |
Lab |
1057 |
|
| Murtland Inverary |
Lab |
965 |
|
| Josephine Child |
C |
459 |
18.3% |
| Rita Reale |
Grn |
453 |
18.1% |
| Kathleen Chater |
LD |
443 |
17.7% |
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