| Forest Gate North | |
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| Electoral ward for the Newham London Borough Council | |
 Forest Gate North ward boundaries since 2022 | |
| Borough | Newham |
| County | Greater London |
| Population | 10,987 (2021) [lower-alpha 1] |
| Electorate | 7,246 (2022) |
| Area | 0.8705 square kilometres (0.3361 sq mi) |
| Current electoral ward | |
| Created | 2002 |
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Forest Gate North 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.
| Term | Councillor | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002–2014 | Paul Brickell | Labour | |
| 2002–2006 | John Saunders | Labour | |
| 2002–2014 | Shama Ahmad | Labour | |
| 2006–2010 | Michael Nicholas | Labour | |
| 2010–2016 | Ellie Robinson | Labour | |
| 2014–2018 | Seyi Akiwowo | Labour | |
| 2014–present | Rachel Tripp | Labour | |
| 2016–2022 | Anamul Islam | Labour | |
| 2018–2024 | Sasha Das Gupta | Labour | |
| 2024–present | Liz Cronin | Labour | |
There was a revision of ward boundaries in Newham in 2022. The Forest Gate North ward lost territory in the west to the new ward of Maryland and the number of councillors representing Forest Gate North was reduced from three to two.
The by-election on 4 July 2024 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election. It followed the resignation of Sasha Das Gupta. [1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Liz Cronin | 1,757 | |||
| Independent | Zakaria Bhariwala | 1073 | |||
| Green | Zahra Kheyre | 810 | |||
| Conservative | Malcolm Madden | 251 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Jamie Bryant | 192 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The election took place on 5 May 2022. [2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Rachel Tripp | 1,366 | 66.1 | N/A | |
| Labour | Sasha Das Gupta | 1,268 | 61.4 | N/A | |
| Green | Gary Pendlebury | 435 | 21.1 | N/A | |
| Green | Michael Spracklin | 388 | 18.8 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Fokoruddin Ahmed | 284 | 13.7 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Philip Reynolds | 201 | 9.7 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Ellis Hudson | 189 | 9.2 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 2,373 | 32.7 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 7,246 | ||||
| Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
| Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
The election took place on 3 May 2018. [3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Rachel Tripp | 2,425 | 24.0 | N/A | |
| Labour | Sasha Das Gupta | 2,346 | 23.0 | N/A | |
| Labour | Anamul Islam | 2,070 | 20.0 | N/A | |
| Green | Nate Higgins | 743 | 7.0 | N/A | |
| Green | Frankie-Rose Taylor | 729 | 7.0 | N/A | |
| Green | Michael Spracklin | 606 | 6.0 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Christian Moon | 399 | 4.0 | +2.0 | |
| Conservative | Abdul Chowdhury | 327 | 3.0 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Brian Maze | 314 | 3.0 | −2.0 | |
| Conservative | Ariful Islam | 281 | 3.0 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 3,835 | 37.8 | −0.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 10,140 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election took place on 14 July 2016, following the resignation of Ellie Robinson. [3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Anamul Islam | 1,150 | 53 | −5.1 | |
| Green | Elisabeth Whitebread | 681 | 31 | +17.2 | |
| Conservative | John Oxley | 301 | 14 | +0.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | James Rumsby | 57 | 3 | −2.5 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 2,189 | 21 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The election took place on 22 May 2014. [4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ellie Robinson | 2,324 | 23.0 | N/A | |
| Labour | Seyi Akiwowo | 2,126 | 21.0 | N/A | |
| Labour | Rachel Tripp | 2,120 | 21.0 | N/A | |
| Green | Alan Cooper | 562 | 6.0 | N/A | |
| Green | Jane Lithgow | 559 | 6.0 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Shaeb Khan | 548 | 6.0 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Dawn Lennon | 490 | 5.0 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Brian Maze | 480 | 5.0 | N/A | |
| TUSC | Bob Severn | 222 | 2.0 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Christian Moon | 206 | 2.0 | N/A | |
| CPA | Lynn Donaldson | 174 | 2.0 | N/A | |
| CPA | Christina Doyle | 146 | 1.0 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 3,866 | 38.7 | −10.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 9,981 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election. [5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Paul Brickell | 3,652 | 60.2 | +17.9 | |
| Labour | Ellie Robinson | 3,631 | N/A | ||
| Labour | Shama Ahmad | 3,335 | N/A | ||
| Green | Jane Lithgow | 905 | 14.9 | −0.3 | |
| Conservative | Brian Maze | 836 | 13.8 | +0.8 | |
| Conservative | Charles Meaby | 730 | N/A | ||
| Conservative | Ulla Mahaka | 710 | N/A | ||
| CPA | Sydney Burnett | 411 | 6.8 | −3.5 | |
| CPA | Tom Conquest | 347 | N/A | ||
| Independent | Manpreet Singh | 267 | 4.4 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 5,509 | 49.3 | +14.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 10,053 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The election took place on 4 May 2006. [6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Paul Brickell | 1,678 | 42.3 | +5.1 | |
| Labour | Michael Nicholas | 1,552 | N/A | ||
| Labour | Shama Ahmad | 1,443 | N/A | ||
| Respect | Muhammed Ahmed | 757 | 19.1 | N/A | |
| Respect | Imran Mustak | 720 | N/A | ||
| Respect | April Williams | 673 | N/A | ||
| Green | Jane Lithgow | 603 | 15.2 | −7.1 | |
| Conservative | Jacqueline Burns | 517 | 13.0 | +0.8 | |
| Conservative | Charles Meaby | 454 | N/A | ||
| Conservative | Brian Maze | 418 | N/A | ||
| CPA | Stephen Williamson | 409 | 10.3 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 3,378 | 35.3 | +8.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 9,558 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The election took place on 2 May 2002. [7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Paul Brickell | 1,333 | 47.4 | N/A | |
| Labour | John Saunders | 1,265 | N/A | ||
| Labour | Shama Ahmad | 1,253 | N/A | ||
| Green | Mary Forse | 628 | 22.3 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Charles Meaby | 344 | 12.2 | N/A | |
| Socialist Alliance | Paul Phillips | 272 | 9.7 | N/A | |
| UKIP | Gerard Batten | 233 | 8.3 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 2,200 | 26.6 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 8,287 | ||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
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