Canning Town South (ward)

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Canning Town South
Electoral ward
for the Newham London Borough Council
Canning Town South (ward)
Canning Town South ward boundaries since 2022
Borough Newham
County Greater London
Population7,122 (2021) [a]
Electorate5,003 (2022)
Major settlements Canning Town
Area0.6693 square kilometres (0.2584 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created2002
Number of members3
Councillors
  •   Alan Griffiths
  •   Rohit Dasgupta
  •   Belgica Guana
GSS code E05013907

Canning Town South is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Newham. The ward was first used in the 2002 elections. It returns councillors to Newham London Borough Council.

Contents

List of councillors

TermCouncillorParty
2002–2010 Alan Craig CPA
  • 2002–2006
  • 2010-2014
Alan Taylor Labour
2002–2006Maureen Jones Labour
2006–2010Denise Stafford CPA
2006–2010Simeon Ademolake CPA
2010–2018Bryan Collier Labour
2010–2014Michael Nicholas Labour
2014–presentAlan Griffiths Labour
2014–2018Sheila Thomas Labour
2018–present Rohit Dasgupta Labour
2018–presentBelgica Guana Labour

Newham Council elections since 2022

2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022. [1]

2022 Newham London Borough Council election: Canning Town South (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rohit Dasgupta 630
Labour Alan Griffiths 585
Labour Belgica Guana 536
Independent Carel Buxton187
Green Oliver Reynolds185
Green Deb Scott161
Independent Darshi Wijesinghe155
Conservative Tim Gamble144
Conservative Marc Pooler122
Green Benjamin Smith106
Conservative Rachel Nabudde103
CPA Myrtle Laing74
CPA Sharmila Swarna54
CPA Prossy Namwanje50
Turnout
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

2002–2022 Newham council elections

Canning Town South (ward)
Canning Town South ward boundaries from 2002 to 2022

2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018. [2]

2018 Newham London Borough Council election: Canning Town South (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Griffiths 1,991
Labour Rohit Dasgupta 1,965
Labour Belgica Guana 1,693
Liberal Democrats Caroline Carey652
Conservative Marc Pooler643
Conservative Mark Seymour559
Green Danny Keeling464
Conservative Mahyar Tousi378
CPA Myrtle Laing222
CPA Sharmila Swarna145
CPA Prossy Namwanje144
Turnout 28.2
Registered electors 11,749
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014. [3]

2014 Newham London Borough Council election: Canning Town South (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bryan Collier 1,896
Labour Alan Griffiths 1,600
Labour Sheila Thomas 1,581
UKIP Kay McKenzie657
Conservative Abul Mohammed632
Conservative Gareth Knight537
Conservative Jaja Rachel420
CPA Faith Johnson387
CPA Benjamin Stafford279
CPA Ethel Odiete237
Turnout 33.0
Registered electors 10,170
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

2010 election

The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election. [4]

2010 Newham London Borough Council election: Canning Town South (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bryan Collier 2,263
Labour Alan Taylor 2,074
Labour Michael Nicholas 2,028
CPA Alan Craig 1,399
CPA Denise Stafford1,004
CPA Hamilton Amachree892
Conservative Christopher Buckwell858
Conservative Gareth Knight794
Conservative Abul Kashem721
Turnout 43.8
Registered electors 9,187
Labour gain from CPA Swing
Labour gain from CPA Swing
Labour gain from CPA Swing

2006 election

The election took place on 4 May 2006. [5]

2006 Newham London Borough Council election: Canning Town South (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPA Alan Craig 1,536
CPA Denise Stafford 1,170
CPA Simeon Ademolake 1,091
Labour Bryan Collier927
Labour Alan Griffiths887
Labour Julie Sussex855
Conservative Christopher Buckwell332
Conservative Abul Abdul306
Respect Khadija Hassan225
Conservative Bakary Ceesay193
Respect Mohammed Rob193
Respect Berlyne Hamilton192
Turnout 32.8
Registered electors 8,661
CPA hold Swing
CPA gain from Labour Swing
CPA gain from Labour Swing

2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002. [6]

2002 Newham London Borough Council election: Canning Town South (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPA Alan Craig 959
Labour Alan Taylor 946
Labour Maureen Jones 887
Labour Simon Tucker808
CPA Benjamin Stafford739
CPA Rose Irtwangejibril525
Turnout 26.2
Registered electors 7,601
CPA win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Notes

  1. ↑ 2021 Census data reported for 2022 ward boundaries

References

  1. ↑ Heywood, Joe; Loftus, Caitlin (March 2023). "London Borough Council Elections: May 2022" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  2. ↑ Colombeau, Joseph (October 2018). "London Borough Council Elections: 3 May 2018" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  3. ↑ Colombeau, Joseph (September 2014). "London Borough Council Elections: 22 May 2014" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  4. ↑ Piggott, Gareth (March 2011). "London Borough Council Elections: 6 May 2010" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  5. ↑ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (March 2007). "London Borough Council Elections: 4 May 2006" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  6. ↑ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (2002). "London Borough Council Elections: 2 May 2002" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
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