| Territorial constituency for the London Assembly | |
 City and East shown within London | |
| Created | 2000 |
|---|---|
| Number of members | One |
| Member | Unmesh Desai |
| Party | Labour |
| Last election | 2024 |
| Next election | 2028 |
City and East is a constituency represented in the London Assembly. Created in 2000 it is represented by Unmesh Desai, of the Labour Party.
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.
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | John Biggs | Labour | |
| 2016 | Unmesh Desai | Labour | |
Below are the results for the candidate which received the highest share of the popular vote in the constituency at each mayoral election.
The City and East Assembly constituency comprises all of the following UK Parliament constituencies:
It also includes parts of the following constituencies:
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | List | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour | Unmesh Desai | 99,570 | 51.4 |  5.3 | 97,432 | 50.2 | ||
| Conservative | Freddie Downing | 29,083 | 15.0 | 6.2 | 28,344 | 14.6 | ||
| Green | Joe Hudson-Small | 29,073 | 15.0 |  3.4 | 24,912 | 12.8 | ||
| Reform UK | David Sandground | 14,535 | 7.5 | 3.4 | 10,899 | 5.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Pat Stillman | 11,416 | 5.9 | 0.5 | 9,620 | 5.0 | ||
| Rejoin EU | 5,384 | 2.8 | ||||||
| Independent | Ak Goodman | 5,310 | 2.7 | New | ||||
| TUSC | Lois Austin | 4,710 | 2.4 | New | ||||
| Independent | Farah London | 3,490 | 1.8 | |||||
| Animal Welfare | 3,423 | 1.8 | ||||||
| Britain First | 3,104 | 1.6 | ||||||
| CPA | 2,666 | 1.4 | ||||||
| SDP | 2,000 | 1.0 | ||||||
| Communist | 1,063 | 0.5 | ||||||
| Independent | Laurence Fox | 1,006 | 0.5 | |||||
| Independent | Gabe Romualdo | 372 | 0.2 | |||||
| Heritage | 366 | 0.2 | ||||||
| Majority | 70,487 | 36 | 0.5 | |||||
| Valid Votes | 193,697 | 194,051 | ||||||
| Invalid Votes | 2,153 | 1,818 | ||||||
| Turnout | 195,850 | 31.1 | 195,869 | 31.1 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | 0.5 | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | List | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour | Unmesh Desai [lower-alpha 1] | 125,025 | 56.7 | 1.1 | 116,148 | 53.32 | 4.29 | |
| Conservative | Nick Vandyke | 46,718 | 21.2 | 5.8 | 44,957 | 20.64 | 6.26 | |
| Green | Tim Kiely | 25,596 | 11.6 | 2.7 | 20,106 | 9.23 | 2.54 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Flowers | 14,136 | 6.4 | 1.4 | 9,001 | 4.13 | 0.44 | |
| Rejoin EU | 4,724 | 2.17 | New | |||||
| Animal Welfare | 3,651 | 1.68 | 0.86 | |||||
| Women's Equality | 3,431 | 1.58 | 1.12 | |||||
| CPA | 2,992 | 1.37 | 0.11 | |||||
| UKIP | 2,734 | 1.26 | 5.42 | |||||
| Reform UK | David Bull | 9,060 | 4.1 | New | 2,459 | 1.13 | New | |
| London Real | 2,189 | 1.00 | New | |||||
| Let London Live | 1,649 | 0.76 | New | |||||
| Heritage | 986 | 0.45 | New | |||||
| Londependence Party | 850 | 0.39 | New | |||||
| Communist | 849 | 0.39 | New | |||||
| TUSC | 950 | 0.43 | New | |||||
| SDP | 691 | 0.32 | New | |||||
| National Liberal | 395 | 0.18 | New | |||||
| Majority | 78,307 | 35.5 | 6.9 | |||||
| Turnout | 220,535 | |||||||
| Labour hold | Swing | |||||||
| Party | Candidate | Constituency | List | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% | |||
| Labour | Unmesh Desai | 122,175 | 57.8 | -5.2 | 121,871 | 57.61 | ||
| Conservative | Chris Chapman | 32,546 | 15.4 | +0.8 | 30,424 | 14.38 | ||
| Green | Rachel Collinson | 18,766 | 8.9 | +2.5 | 14,151 | 6.69 | ||
| UKIP | Peter Harris | 18,071 | 8.6 | +5.5 | 14,123 | 6.68 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Elaine Bagshaw | 10,714 | 5.0 | +0.8 | 7,799 | 3.69 | ||
| Respect | Mikail Rayne | 6,722 | 3.2 | New | 6,784 | 3.21 | ||
| Women's Equality | 5,718 | 2.70 | ||||||
| Britain First | 3,591 | 1.70 | ||||||
| CPA | 2,660 | 1.26 | ||||||
| BNP | 1,828 | 0.86 | ||||||
| Animal Welfare | 1,738 | 0.82 | ||||||
| Take Back The City | Amina Gichinga | 1,368 | 0.7 | New | N/A | |||
| All People's Party | Aaron D'Souza | 1,009 | 0.5 | New | N/A | |||
| The House Party | 858 | 0.41 | ||||||
| Majority | 89,629 | 42.4 | -6.0 | |||||
| Total formal votes | 211,421 | 98.5 | +0.4 | |||||
| Informal votes | 3,203 | 1.5 | -0.4 | |||||
| Majority | 89,629 | 42.4 | -6.0 | |||||
| Turnout | 214,624 | 43.0 | +8.2 | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | |||||||
| 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 | New | |
| UKIP | Steven Woolfe | 5,243 | 3.1 | +1.4 | |
| Communist League | Paul Davies | 1,108 | 0.6 | +0.23 | |
| Majority | 82,744 | 48.4 | +31.0 | ||
| Total formal votes | 170,988 | 98.1 | |||
| Informal votes | 3,293 | 1.9 | |||
| Majority | 82,744 | 48.40 | |||
| Turnout | 174,281 | 34.8 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Rajonuddin Jalal | 13,724 | 7.48 | –5.01 | |
| Green | Heather Finlay | 11,478 | 6.26 | +0.32 | |
| Christian (CPA) | Thomas Conquest | 7,306 | 3.98 | +0.93 | |
| UKIP | Michael McGough | 3,078 | 1.68 | –10.63 | |
| National Front | Graham Kemp | 2,350 | 1.28 | New | |
| Left List | Michael Gavan | 2,274 | 1.24 | New | |
| English Democrat | John Griffiths | 2,048 | 1.12 | New | |
| Communist League | Julie Crawford | 701 | 0.37 | New | |
| Majority | 31,553 | 17.20 | +6.2 | ||
| Turnout | 183,456 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John Biggs | 38,085 | 29.1 | –16.8 | |
| Conservative | Dr Shafi Choudhury | 23,749 | 18.1 | –1.4 | |
| Respect | Oliur Rahman | 19,675 | 15.0 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Guy Burton | 18,255 | 13.9 | –4.6 | |
| UKIP | Christopher Pratt | 17,997 | 13.8 | New | |
| Green | Terry McGrenera | 8,687 | 6.6 | –5.5 | |
| CPA | Christopher Gill | 4,461 | 3.4 | New | |
| Majority | 14,336 | 11.0 | –15.4 | ||
| Turnout | 130,909 | 30.0 | +5.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | Kambiz Boomla | 3,908 | 4.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 26,121 | 26.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 98,800 | 24.7 | N/A | ||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
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