City and East (London Assembly constituency)
Appearance
Territorial constituency for the London Assembly | |
Created | 2000 |
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Number of members | One |
Member | John Biggs |
Party | Labour |
Last election | 2024 |
Next election | 2028 |
City and East is a constituency represented in the London Assembly.
Boundaries
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.
Westminster seats
The corresponding Westminster seats here are:
- Barking (Labour)
- Bethnal Green and Bow (Respect)
- Cities of London and Westminster (Conservative) [but only those section within the City of London; the entire City of Westminster falls within the West Central constituency]
- Dagenham (Labour)
- East Ham (Labour)
- Poplar and Canning Town (Labour)
- West Ham (Labour)
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Rajonuddin Jalal | 13,724 | 7.48 | –5.01 | |
Green | Heather Finlay | 11,478 | 6.26 | +0.32 | |
Christian Peoples Alliance/Christian Party Joint ticket | 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 | N/A | |
Left List | Michael Gavan | 2,274 | 1.24 | N/A | |
English Democrat | John Griffiths | 2,048 | 1.12 | N/A | |
Communist League | Julie Crawford | 701 | 0.37 | N/A | |
Majority | 31,553 | ||||
Turnout | 183,456 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Biggs | 38,085 | 29.1 | –16.9 | |
Conservative | Shafi Choudhury | 23,749 | 18.1 | –1.4 | |
Respect | Oliur Rahman | 19,675 | 15.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Guy Burton | 18,255 | 13.9 | –4.6 | |
UKIP | Christopher Pratt | 17,997 | 13.8 | N/A | |
Green | Terry McGrenera | 8,687 | 6.6 | –5.4 | |
CPA | Christopher Gill | 4,461 | 3.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 14,336 | 11.0 | –13.7 | ||
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 | Austin Burnett | 3,908 | 4.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 26,121 | 26.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 98,800 | 24.7 | N/A | ||
Labour hold | Swing |