Mayor of Newham

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Mayor of Newham
Incumbent
Rokhsana Fiaz
since 4 May 2018
Style No courtesy title or style
AppointerElectorate of Newham
Term length Four years
Inaugural holderRobin Wales
Website https://www.newham.gov.uk/council/mayor-newham-1

The Mayor of Newham is a directly elected mayor responsible for the executive function of Newham London Borough Council in east London, England. The position is different from the previously existing (and largely ceremonial) annually appointed mayors of Newham, known as 'Civic Ambassador' from 2002 until the office was discontinued in 2009. [1] [2] The inaugural holder of the post, created on 2 May 2002, was Robin Wales, who held the position for five terms between 2002 and 2018. Wales was deselected as the Labour candidate in the 2018 election, which led to the election of Rokhsana Fiaz as mayor, after Labour held Newham in the mayoral and local council elections.

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A referendum on the governance of the council was held on 6 May 2021, in which local electors voted for the continuation of the current mayoral system as the executive of the council (described as the "Mayor and Cabinet" model) over its replacement with a councillor-led committee model of governance, which would have seen the position of mayoralty being scrapped. [3]

Referendums

Mayor of Newham referendum 31 January 2002
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Elected Mayor27,26368.2
Cabinet System12,68731.8
Required majority50
Total votes39,950100.00
Source: House of Commons Library [4]
Mayor of Newham referendum 6 May 2021
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Elected Mayor45,96055.8
Committee Model36,42444.2
Required majority50
Total votes82,384100.00
Source:

Elections

2002

Mayor of Newham Election 2 May 2002 [5]
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Labour Robin Wales 20,38450.8%
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Independent Tawfique Choudhury5,90714.7%
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Conservative Graham Postles4,63511.5%
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CPA Alan Craig 3,6499.1%
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BNP Michael Davidson2,8817.2%
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Green Gabrielle Rolfe2,6916.7%
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Labour win

2006

Mayor of Newham election 4 May 2006 [6]
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Labour Robin Wales 22,15547.9%5,40627,56163.4%
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Respect Akhtar Jafar12,89821.6%2,98315,88136.6%
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Conservative Shafi Choudhury8,82214.7%
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CPA Alan Craig 6,55911.0%
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Liberal Democrats Anwar Hussain2,8864.8%
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Labour hold

2010

Mayor of Newham election 5 May 2010 [7]
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Labour Robin Wales 64,74868.0%
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Conservative Maria-Joy Allen15,33016.1%
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Kamran Malik Communities Welfare Kamran Malik6,6076.9%
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CPA Alan Craig 6,5036.8%
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Independent Chikwe Nkemnacho2,0062.1%
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Labour hold

2014

Mayor of Newham election 22 May 2014 [8]
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Labour Robin Wales47,09561.2%
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Conservative Stefan Mrozinski13,97618.2%
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UKIP David Mears4,9606.4%
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Green Jane Lithgow3,0554.0%
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Communities United Kamran Malik2,7963.6%
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Liberal Democrats David Thorpe1,7572.3%
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TUSC Lois Austin1,7082.2%
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CPA Alex Latim1,6252.1%
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Labour hold

2018

Wales was deselected ahead of the 2018 election. [9]

Mayor of Newham election 3 May 2018 [9]
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Labour Co-op Rokhsana Fiaz [10] 53,21473.4%
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Conservative Rahima Khan [10] 8,62711.9%
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Liberal Democrats Gareth Evans [11] 6,8099.4%
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CPA Tiffany Kumalinga [12] 2,0082.8%
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Democrats and Veterans Daniel Oxley [12] 1,8152.5%
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Labour hold

2022

Mayor of Newham election 5 May 2022 [13]
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Labour Co-op Rokhsana Fiaz 35,69656.2%
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Conservative Attic Rahman7,39011.6%
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Green Robert Callender7,00311.0%
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Independent Mehmood Mirza5,3698.5%
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Liberal Democrats Saleyha Ahsan 3,5285.6%
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CPA Simeon Ademolake2,4053.8%
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TUSC Lois Auston2,0963.3%
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Labour Co-op hold

References

  1. ↑ "Newham Council - Democracy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  2. ↑ "Newham Mayors". The Newham Story. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Notice of Referendum on Governance Arrangements". London Borough of Newham.
  4. ↑ "Local Elections in England: 2 May 2002" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 9 May 2002. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Local Elections in England: 2 May 2002" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 9 May 2002. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  6. ↑ "Local Elections in England: 4 May 2006" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 10 May 2006. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  7. ↑ "Local Elections in England: 5 May 2010". House of Commons Library. 22 June 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  8. ↑ "Election results for Newham: Mayor of Newham election". Mgov.newham.gov.uk. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  9. 1 2 "Vote 2018: Newham mayoral election result". BBC News. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  10. 1 2 Newham Recorder, http://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/news/environment/rahima-khan-says-she-ll-slash-newham-s-energy-bills-by-200-1-5425997
  11. ↑ Newham Recorder, http://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/news/crime-court/lib-dem-mayoral-candidate-calls-for-glasweigan-style-crime-prevention-tactics-in-newham-1-5464687
  12. 1 2 "Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll" (PDF). www.newham.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  13. ↑ "Local Elections 2022 - Mayoral Election Result". newham.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
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