City and East (London Assembly constituency)

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City and East
Territorial constituency for the London Assembly
City and East shown within London.PNG
City and East shown within London
Created2000 (2000)
Number of membersOne
Member Unmesh Desai
Party Labour
Last election 2024
Next election2028

City and East is a constituency represented in the London Assembly. Created in 2000 it is represented by Unmesh Desai, of the Labour Party.

Contents

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.

Assembly Members

YearMemberParty
2000 John Biggs Labour
2016 Unmesh Desai Labour

Mayoral election results

Below are the results for the candidate which received the highest share of the popular vote in the constituency at each mayoral election.

YearMemberParty
2000 Ken Livingstone Independent
2004 Ken Livingstone Labour
2008 Ken Livingstone Labour
2012 Ken Livingstone Labour
2016 Sadiq Khan Labour
2021 Sadiq Khan Labour
2024 Sadiq Khan Labour

Overlapping constituencies

The City and East Assembly constituency comprises all of the following UK Parliament constituencies:

It also includes parts of the following constituencies:

Assembly election results

2024

2024 London Assembly election: City and East [1] [2]
PartyCandidateConstituencyList
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour Unmesh Desai 99,57051.4Decrease2.svg 5.397,43250.2
Conservative Freddie Downing29,08315.0Decrease2.svg 6.228,34414.6
Green Joe Hudson-Small29,07315.0Increase2.svg 3.424,91212.8
Reform UK David Sandground14,5357.5Increase2.svg 3.410,8995.6
Liberal Democrats Pat Stillman11,4165.9Decrease2.svg 0.59,6205.0
Rejoin EU 5,3842.8
Independent Ak Goodman5,3102.7New
TUSC Lois Austin4,7102.4New
Independent Farah London3,4901.8
Animal Welfare 3,4231.8
Britain First 3,1041.6
CPA 2,6661.4
SDP 2,0001.0
Communist 1,0630.5
Independent Laurence Fox 1,0060.5
Independent Gabe Romualdo3720.2
Heritage 3660.2
Majority70,48736Increase2.svg 0.5
Valid Votes193,697194,051
Invalid Votes2,1531,818
Turnout 195,85031.1195,86931.1
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg 0.5

2021

2021 London Assembly election: City and East [3] [4]
PartyCandidateConstituencyList
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour Unmesh Desai [lower-alpha 1] 125,02556.7Decrease2.svg1.1116,14853.32Decrease2.svg4.29
Conservative Nick Vandyke46,71821.2Increase2.svg5.844,95720.64Increase2.svg6.26
Green Tim Kiely25,59611.6Increase2.svg2.720,1069.23Increase2.svg2.54
Liberal Democrats Richard Flowers14,1366.4Increase2.svg1.49,0014.13Increase2.svg0.44
Rejoin EU 4,7242.17New
Animal Welfare 3,6511.68Increase2.svg0.86
Women's Equality 3,4311.58Decrease2.svg1.12
CPA 2,9921.37Increase2.svg0.11
UKIP 2,7341.26Decrease2.svg5.42
Reform UK David Bull 9,0604.1New2,4591.13New
London Real 2,1891.00New
Let London Live 1,6490.76New
Heritage 9860.45New
Londependence Party8500.39New
Communist 8490.39New
TUSC 9500.43New
SDP 6910.32New
National Liberal 3950.18New
Majority78,30735.5Decrease2.svg6.9
Turnout 220,535
Labour hold Swing
Notes
  1. Incumbent member for this constituency

2016

2016 London Assembly election: City and East [5]
PartyCandidateConstituencyList
Votes%±%Votes%±%
Labour Unmesh Desai 122,17557.8-5.2121,87157.61
Conservative Chris Chapman32,54615.4+0.830,42414.38
Green Rachel Collinson18,7668.9+2.514,1516.69
UKIP Peter Harris18,0718.6+5.514,1236.68
Liberal Democrats Elaine Bagshaw10,7145.0+0.87,7993.69
Respect Mikail Rayne6,7223.2New6,7843.21
Women's Equality 5,7182.70
Britain First 3,5911.70
CPA 2,6601.26
BNP 1,8280.86
Animal Welfare 1,7380.82
Take Back The City Amina Gichinga1,3680.7NewN/A
All People's Party Aaron D'Souza1,0090.5NewN/A
The House Party8580.41
Majority89,62942.4-6.0
Total formal votes211,42198.5+0.4
Informal votes3,2031.5-0.4
Majority89,62942.4-6.0
Turnout 214,62443.0+8.2
Labour hold Swing

2012

2012 London Assembly election: City and East [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Biggs 107,667 62.97 +28.27
Conservative John Moss24,92314.57-2.91
Green Chris Smith10,8916.4+0.1
Liberal Democrats Richard Macmillan7,3514.3-3.2
BNP Paul Borg7,0314.1-5.7
Communities United Kamran Malik6,7744.0New
UKIP Steven Woolfe 5,2433.1+1.4
Communist League Paul Davies1,1080.6+0.23
Majority82,74448.4+31.0
Total formal votes170,98898.1
Informal votes3,2931.9
Majority82,74448.40
Turnout 174,28134.8
Labour hold Swing

2008

2008 London Assembly election: City and East [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Biggs 63,635 34.69 +8.64
Conservative Phil Briscoe32,08217.49+1.25
Respect Hanif Abdulmuhit26,76014.59+1.13
BNP Bob Bailey18,0209.82New
Liberal Democrats Rajonuddin Jalal13,7247.48–5.01
Green Heather Finlay11,4786.26+0.32
Christian (CPA)Thomas Conquest7,3063.98+0.93
UKIP Michael McGough3,0781.68–10.63
National Front Graham Kemp2,3501.28New
Left List Michael Gavan2,2741.24New
English Democrat John Griffiths2,0481.12New
Communist League Julie Crawford7010.37New
Majority31,55317.20+6.2
Turnout 183,456
Labour hold Swing

2004

2004 London Assembly election: City and East [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Biggs 38,085 29.1 –16.8
Conservative Dr Shafi Choudhury23,74918.1–1.4
Respect Oliur Rahman19,67515.0New
Liberal Democrats Guy Burton18,25513.9–4.6
UKIP Christopher Pratt17,99713.8New
Green Terry McGrenera8,6876.6–5.5
CPA Christopher Gill 4,4613.4New
Majority14,33611.0–15.4
Turnout 130,90930.0+5.3
Labour hold Swing

2000

2000 London Assembly election: City and East [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Biggs 45,387 45.9 N/A
Conservative Syed Kamall 19,26619.5N/A
Liberal Democrats Janet Ludlow18,30018.5N/A
Green Peter Howell11,93912.1N/A
London Socialist Kambiz Boomla3,9084.0N/A
Majority26,12126.4N/A
Turnout 98,80024.7N/A
Labour win (new seat)

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