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   Party Labour Last election 60 seats, 59.7% Seats won 60 Seat change Popular vote 51,294 Percentage 67.2% Swing 7.5%
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	58.0	+4.4
	Labour	Ayesha Chowdhury*	1,717	57.9	+4.7
	Labour	Tonii Wilson*	1,445	48.7	−2.6
	Independent	Syed Ahmed	598	20.1	−10.8
	Conservative	Joshua Lindl	454	15.3	−15.6
	Green	Jane Lithgow	428	14.4	N/A
	Conservative	Conny Nasmyth	359	12.1	−9.8
	Conservative	Emmanuel Obasi	296	10.0	−8.4
	CPA	June Taylor	193	6.5	−0.7
	CPA	Alice Olaiya	144	4.9	−0.5
	CPA	Chike Dunkwu	142	4.8	−1.3
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	Genevieve Kitchen	2,824	73.3	+10.9
	Labour	Veronica Oakeshott*	2,544	66.0	+7.2
	Labour	Harvinder Virdee*	2,280	59.2	+2.3
	Conservative	Fazlul Karim	693	18.0	−2.4
	Conservative	Sayadur Rahman	450	11.7	−7.6
	Green	Helen Lynch	405	10.5	N/A
	Conservative	Khatija Meaby	384	10.0	−7.7
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	75.9	+18.1
	Labour	Shaban Mohammed	2,282	67.0	+12.1
	Labour	Delphine Tohoura	2,010	59.0	+6.9
	Conservative	Ahmed Faqai	406	11.9	−5.8
	Conservative	Maxwell Marah	395	11.6	−4.9
	Conservative	Rachel Nabudde	341	10.0	−1.0
	CPA	Chishala Kumalinga	319	9.4	+2.0
	UKIP	Alan Craig	263	7.7	−10.3
	UKIP	Stuart Goodwin	249	7.3	N/A
	CPA	Bapu Rani	204	6.0	−0.3
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	60.0	+12.3
	Labour	Rohit K Dasgupta	1,965	59.2	+2.6
	Labour	Belgica Guana	1,693	51.0	+3.8
	Conservative	Marc Pooler	643	19.4	+0.5
	Conservative	Mark Seymour	559	16.8	+0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Carey	552	16.6	N/A
	Green	Danny Keeling	464	14.0	N/A
	Conservative	Mahyar Tousi	378	11.4	−1.1
	CPA	Myrtle Laing	222	6.7	−4.8
	CPA	Sharmila Swarna	145	4.4	−3.9
	CPA	Prossy Namwanje	144	4.3	−2.7
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	67.8	+6.2
	Labour	James Beckles*	1,655	63.2	+13.7
	Labour	Sarah Ruiz	1,458	55.7	+6.3
	Conservative	Nicole Garrett	414	15.8	−0.2
	Conservative	Tim Roll-Pickering	312	11.9	−1.8
	Conservative	Akram Mwanga	302	11.5	+0.5
	Democrats and Veterans	Daniel Oxley	190	7.3	N/A
	Democrats and Veterans	Kay McKenzie	182	7.0	N/A
	CPA	Cynthia Owusu-Addai	173	6.6	−4.8
	CPA	Paul Banjoko	169	6.5	−1.8
	CPA	Lanre Shedowo	149	5.7	−1.0
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	74.1	+12.4
	Labour	Aisha Siddiqah	2,819	71.1	+7.8
	Labour	Suga Thekkeppurayil	2,568	64.7	+1.9
	Conservative	Rafeh Ahmed	507	12.8	−16.9
	Conservative	Bishwajit Bal	475	12.0	−15.6
	Conservative	Sabir Banglawala	427	10.8	−15.6
	CPA	Dominic Anthony	326	8.2	+3.6
	CPA	Roja Chika	192	4.8	+1.9
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	64.7	+10.3
	Labour	Daniel Blaney	2,627	62.4	+9.1
	Labour	Firoza Nekiwala*	2,614	62.0	+6.2
	Conservative	Ilyas Sharif	994	23.6	−7.1
	Conservative	Mohammed Azharuddin	992	23.5	−2.0
	Conservative	Durai Kannan	763	18.1	−8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Naveed Akbar	230	5.5	−4.3
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	73.1	+15.1
	Labour	Quintin Peppiatt*	2,471	64.9	+9.4
	Labour	Lakmini Shah*	2,286	60.1	+8.8
	Conservative	Mostafizur Rahman	508	13.3	−9.1
	Conservative	Syed Kabir	496	13.0	−7.1
	Conservative	Aiden Langley	466	12.2	−4.9
	TUSC	Mary Finch	255	6.7	−0.8
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	63.2	+8.4
	Labour	Sasha Dasgupta	2,346	61.2	+1.1
	Labour	Anamul Islam*	2,070	54.0	−1.0
	Green	Nate Higgins	743	19.4	+4.9
	Green	Frankie-Rose Taylor	729	19.0	+4.5
	Green	Michael Spracklin	606	15.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Christian Moon	399	10.4	+5.1
	Conservative	Abdul Chowdhury	327	8.5	−5.7
	Conservative	Brian Maze	314	8.2	−4.2
	Conservative	Ariful Islam	281	7.3	−5.4
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	65.3	+9.2
	Labour	Tahmina Rahman	2,510	64.5	+11.3
	Labour	Winston Vaughan*	2,485	63.9	+12.5
	Green	Hugh Barnard	600	15.4	N/A
	Conservative	Matthew Edwards	416	10.7	−14.5
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Fox	387	10.0	+2.6
	Conservative	Shaeb Khan	371	9.5	−15.3
	Conservative	Olenka Gradosielska	357	9.2	−8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Madeleine Haysey	344	8.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	James Jones	284	7.3	N/A
	TUSC	Lois Austen	158	4.1	−1.9
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	73.4	+19.6
	Labour	Mohammed Rahman	2,941	72.6	+17.0
	Labour	Nilufa Jahan	2,915	71.9	+18.8
	Conservative	Kirankumar Patel	630	15.5	−12.0
	Conservative	Matthew Kinghorn	593	14.6	−12.2
	Conservative	Mohammad Rahman	469	11.6	−12.7
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	76.4	+15.6
	Labour	Mushtaq Hussain	2,715	69.4	+11.9
	Labour	Mumtaz Khan	2,591	66.2	+9.0
	Conservative	Abdul Sheikh	709	18.1	−6.2
	Conservative	Muhammad Chishti	696	17.8	−8.6
	Conservative	Kamran Yousaf	611	15.6	−8.1
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	79.8	+13.2
	Labour	Riaz Mirza	2,904	76.2	+10.6
	Labour	Pushpa Makwana	2,843	74.6	+10.4
	Conservative	Zilor Mannan	409	10.7	−8.6
	Conservative	Ravindrareddy Nandivelugu	381	10.0	−8.5
	Conservative	Kashem Uddin	359	9.4	−8.0
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	79.7	+13.9
	Labour	Ken Clark*	3,081	78.9	+16.8
	Labour	Salim Patel*	2,810	72.0	+14.1
	Green	Derek Jackson	401	10.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Michael German	338	8.7	N/A
	Conservative	Afzal Hossain	333	8.5	−14.9
	Conservative	Nasima Khatun	318	8.1	−13.6
	Conservative	Ibrahim Amanji	311	8.0	−9.9
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	75.3	+15.8
	Labour	Joy Laguda*	2,369	65.2	+10.7
	Labour	Daniel Lee-Phakoe	2,288	64.2	+5.5
	Conservative	Fokoruddin Ahmed	454	12.7	−10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Fisher	407	11.4	+5.1
	Conservative	Walye Jahedi	368	10.3	−9.6
	Conservative	Aimee Alado	352	9.9	−11.3
	CPA	Paul Jobson	295	8.3	+2.7
	CPA	Winky Newman	202	5.7	−0.4
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	68.1	+10.8
	Labour	Jane Lofthouse	2,476	66.3	+12.8
	Labour	Neil Wilson*	2,269	60.8	+4.6
	Conservative	Nazrul Islam	573	15.3	−5.4
	Conservative	Farhana Firdous	517	13.8	−6.4
	Conservative	Rois Miah	501	13.4	−5.7
	Liberal Democrats	James Raymond	412	11.0	+5.0
	Green	Edward Lynch	392	10.5	N/A
	CPA	Flora Amar	194	5.2	−9.0
	CPA	Earna Gibson	180	4.8	+0.4
	Communist League	Hugh Robertson	52	1.4	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	57.6	+0.8
	Labour	Patrick Murphy*	1,315	53.3	+1.8
	Labour	Tony McAlmont*	1,292	52.4	+1.2
	Conservative	Mary Antwi	504	20.4	−1.6
	Conservative	Charles Meaby	452	18.3	−1.3
	Conservative	Attic Rahman	372	15.1	−3.9
	Independent	Keith Murray	360	14.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Tahir Saiyed	320	13.0	N/A
	CPA	Ethel Odiete	156	6.3	+1.5
	TUSC	James Ivens	94	3.8	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	60.8	−4.8
	Labour	Nareser Osei	2,970	54.9	−9.1
	Labour	Terence Paul*	2,825	52.2	−10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Evans	1,195	22.1	N/A
	Green	Rachel Nunson	1,017	18.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Sheree Miller	848	15.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	James Rumsby	790	14.6	N/A
	Conservative	Andrius Kavaliauskas	642	11.9	−7.9
	Conservative	John Oxley	635	11.7	−7.2
	Conservative	Shardi Shameli	529	9.8	−6.6
	CPA	John Falana	172	3.2	−0.8
	CPA	Esther Smith	136	2.5	−2.6
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	69.9	+15.5
	Labour	Omanakutty Gangadharan	2,885	69.3	+18.3
	Labour	Lester Hudson*	2,633	63.2	+12.5
	Conservative	Mufti Islam	701	16.8	−7.1
	Conservative	Masbah Khan	693	16.6	−6.6
	Conservative	Mohammed Ali	627	15.1	−7.7
	CPA	Amalraj Kakumanu	169	4.1	+1.3
	TUSC	Hannah Sell	127	3.0	N/A
	CPA	Shashir Kakumanu	118	2.8	+0.2
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	68.8	+13.5
	Labour	Charlene McLain*	2,188	65.9	+6.7
	Labour	John Whitworth*	2,112	63.6	+7.5
	Conservative	Thomas Barbert	430	12.9	−4.9
	Green	Kenneth Lyle	396	11.9	N/A
	Conservative	Abul Abdullah	393	11.8	−3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Tuppen	341	10.3	+2.8
	Conservative	Natalie Pendrous	334	10.1	−3.1
	CPA	Sheila Brown	203	6.1	−0.6
	CPA	Barbara Chukwurah	153	4.6	+0.2
	CPA	Dieutane Parson	142	4.3	+0.4
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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