City and East (London Assembly constituency) facts for kids
Territorial constituency for the London Assembly | |
City and East shown within London
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Created | 2000 |
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Number of members | One |
Member | Unmesh Desai |
Party | Labour |
Last election | 2016 |
Next election | 2020 |
City and East is a constituency represented in the London Assembly. Created in 2000 it was represented by John Biggs until 2016.
Since the 2016 assembly elections the constituency has been represented by Unmesh Desai, of the Labour Party.
Boundaries
It consists of the combined area of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, the City of London, the London Borough of Newham, and the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Overlapping constituencies
The City and East Assembly constituency comprises all of the following UK Parliament constituencies:
- Barking (Labour)
- Bethnal Green and Bow (Labour)
- East Ham (Labour)
- Poplar and Limehouse (Labour)
- West Ham (Labour)
It also includes parts of the following constituencies:
- Cities of London and Westminster (Conservative)
- Dagenham and Rainham (Labour)
Election results
London Assembly election, 2016: City and East | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Unmesh Desai | 122,175 | 57.8 | -5.2 | |
Conservative | Chris Chapman | 32,546 | 15.4 | +0.8 | |
Green | Rachel Collinson | 18,766 | 8.9 | +2.5 | |
UKIP | Peter Harris | 18,071 | 8.6 | +5.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Elaine Bagshaw | 10,714 | 5. | +0.8 | |
Respect | Mikail Rayne | 6,722 | 3.2 | N/A | |
Take Back The City | Amina Gichinga | 1,368 | 0.7 | N/A | |
All People's Party | Aaron D'Souza | 1,009 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 89,629 | 42.4 | -6 | ||
Total formal votes | 211,421 | 98.5 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 3,203 | 1.5 | -0.4 | ||
Turnout | 214,624 | 43 | +8.2 |
London Assembly election, 2012: City and East | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | John Biggs | 107,667 | 62.97 | +28.27 | |
Conservative | John Moss | 24,923 | 14.57 | -2.91 | |
Green | Chris Smith | 10,891 | 6.4 | +0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Macmillan | 7,351 | 4.3 | -3.2 | |
BNP | Paul Borg | 7,031 | 4.1 | -5.7 | |
Communities United | Kamran Malik | 6,774 | 4.0 | N/A | |
UKIP | Steven Woolfe | 5,243 | 3.1 | +1.4 | |
Communist League | Paul Davies | 1,108 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 82,744 | 48.4 | +31 | ||
Total formal votes | 170,988 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 3,293 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 174,281 | 34.8 |
London Assembly election, 2008: City and East | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | John Biggs | 63,635 | 34.69 | +8.64 | |
Conservative | Phil Briscoe | 32,082 | 17.49 | +1.25 | |
Respect | Hanif Abdulmuhit | 26,760 | 14.59 | +1.13 | |
BNP | Bob Bailey | 18,020 | 9.82 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Rajonuddin Jalal | 13,724 | 7.48 | –5.01 | |
Green | Heather Finlay | 11,478 | 6.26 | +0.32 | |
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UKIP | Michael McGough | 3,078 | 1.68 | –10.63 | |
National Front | Graham Kemp | 2,350 | 1.28 | N/A | |
Left List | Michael Gavan | 2,274 | 1.24 | N/A | |
English Democrat | John Griffiths | 2,048 | 1.12 | N/A | |
Communist League | Julie Crawford | 701 | 0.37 | N/A | |
Majority | 31,553 | 17.2 | +6.2 | ||
Turnout | 183,456 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
London Assembly election, 2004: City and East | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | John Biggs | 38,085 | 29.1 | –16.9 | |
Conservative | Shafi Choudhury | 23,749 | 18.1 | –1.4 | |
Respect | Oliur Rahman | 19,675 | 15.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Guy Burton | 18,255 | 13.9 | –4.6 | |
UKIP | Christopher Pratt | 17,997 | 13.8 | N/A | |
Green | Terry McGrenera | 8,687 | 6.6 | –5.4 | |
CPA | Christopher Gill | 4,461 | 3.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 14,336 | 11.0 | –13.7 | ||
Turnout | 130,909 | 30.0 | +5.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
London Assembly election, 2000: City and East | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | John Biggs | 45,387 | 45.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Syed Kamall | 19,266 | 19.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Janet Ludlow | 18,300 | 18.5 | N/A | |
Green | Peter Howell | 11,939 | 12.1 | N/A | |
London Socialist | Austin Burnett | 3,908 | 4.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 26,121 | 26.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 98,800 | 24.7 | N/A | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
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