Beckton (ward)

Beckton
Electoral ward for the Newham London Borough Council
Beckton ward boundaries since 2022
Borough	Newham
County	Greater London
Population	16,146 (2021) [a]
Electorate	10,513 (2022)
Area	5.618 square kilometres (2.169 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	1965
Number of members	3
Councillors	Blossom Young   Rohima Rahman   Tonii Wilson
GSS code	E05013904 (2022–present)

Beckton is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Newham. The ward was first used in the 1964 elections. It returns councillors to Newham London Borough Council.

Newham council elections since 2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Newham in 2022.

2024 by-election

The by-election took place on 18 July 2024, following the resignation of James Asser. ^[1]

2024 Beckton by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Blossom Young	597
	Independent	Shahzad Abbasi	476
	Green	Justine Levoir	228
	Conservative	Maria Clifford	144
	Liberal Democrats	James Alan-Rumsby	96
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022. ^[2]

2022 Newham London Borough Council election: Beckton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Asser	1,386	52.9	N/A
	Labour	Rohima Rahman	1,263	48.2	N/A
	Labour	Tonii Wilson	1,103	42.1	N/A
	Green	Alison McLucas	873	33.3	N/A
	Green	Karen Webb-Green	826	31.6	N/A
	Green	Sol Bourgeon	797	30.4	N/A
	Conservative	Abedin Kazi	423	16.2	N/A
	Conservative	Victor Aning	400	15.3	N/A
	Conservative	Benedetto Litteri	363	13.9	N/A
	CPA	Nancy Ameku	182	7.0	N/A
	CPA	Phebe Newman	123	4.7	N/A
	CPA	June Taylor	115	4.4	N/A
Turnout			2,943	27.8	N/A
Registered electors			10,513
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

2002–2022 Newham council elections

Beckton ward boundaries from 2002 to 2022

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Newham in 2002.

2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018. ^[3]

2018 Newham London Borough Council election: Beckton

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

Notes

1. 2021 Census data reported for 2022 ward boundaries

References

1. Gbago, Abi (3 June 2024). "Notice of Election: Beckton". Newham Council. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
2. Heywood, Joe; Loftus, Caitlin (March 2023). "London Borough Council Elections: May 2022" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
3. Colombeau, Joseph (October 2018). "London Borough Council Elections: 3 May 2018" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 27 May 2024.