Newham London Borough Council elections

Newham London Borough Council is elected every four years.

• 1964 Newham London Borough Council election
• 1968 Newham London Borough Council election
• 1971 Newham London Borough Council election
• 1974 Newham London Borough Council election
• 1978 Newham London Borough Council election (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[1]
• 1982 Newham London Borough Council election
• 1986 Newham London Borough Council election
• 1990 Newham London Borough Council election
• 1994 Newham London Borough Council election (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^{[n 1][n 2]}
• 1998 Newham London Borough Council election
• 2002 Newham London Borough Council election (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[2]
• 2006 Newham London Borough Council election
• 2010 Newham London Borough Council election
• 2014 Newham London Borough Council election
• 2018 Newham London Borough Council election
• 2022 Newham London Borough Council election (boundary changes took place and the number of seats increased from 60 to 66)^[3]

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  2022 results map

There were no by-elections.^[4]

West Ham by-election, 6 February 1969^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	T. H. Camp	613
	Conservative	R. J. Blake	275
	Residents	J. P. Davis	188
	Liberal	J. W. Giles	146
	National Front	J. B. Newham	142
Majority			438		N/A
Turnout				22.4
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

South by-election, 4 June 1970^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. C. Taylor	1,164
	Conservative	A. J. Retter	373
	National Front	W. T. Anderson	17
Majority			791		N/A
Turnout				15.3
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

Custom House and Silvertown by-election, 23 November 1972^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. A. Chapman	841
	Ratepayers	R. F. C. Ower	200
	National Front	Miss A. J. Hammond	181
	Conservative	M. L. Jordan	25
Turnout			8178	15.2%

Manor Park by-election, 9 October 1975^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher J. Palme	799
	Ratepayers	James W. F. Hucker	758
	Conservative	Cyril A. Rugg	574
	Liberal	Lionel H. Cohen	120
Turnout			9393	24.0%

Canning Town and Grange by-election, 14 July 1977^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack A. Hart	787
	National Front	John J. Johnston	260
	Conservative Trade Unionist	Robert F. Williams	160
	Liberal	Anthony Hetherington	115
	Ratepayers	Michael L. Finch	40
	Labour, Co-op & Trade Union	John Clements	17
Turnout			4777	29.0%

Hudsons by-election, 14 July 1977^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick Jones	1024
	Conservative	Edward J. Oakes	438
	National Front	Robert D. V. Ray	290
	Ratepayers	George V. S. Nottage	103
	Liberal	Margaret Bahr	47
Turnout			8002	23.8%

Central by-election, 8 November 1979^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher J. McLoughlin	872
	Liberal	David J. Corney	574
	Conservative	Donald MacIver	162
	Ratepayers	Herbert H. Martin	155
	Socialist Current Organisation	Margaret R. Boukerou	28
Turnout				28.4%
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Henry E. L. Ronan.

South by-election, 8 November 1979^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leonard D. Manley	792
	Ratepayers & Citizens	Francis C. Nicholson	233
	Conservative	Cedric A. Day	197
	Independent Socialist	David T. Grainger	79
	National Front	Carol A. Armond	50
Turnout				17.6%
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Joseph C. Taylor.

Castle by-election, 27 March 1980^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John A. McAulay	956
	Ratepayers & Citizens	Alfred W. R. King	553
	Conservative	Peter J. Doe	147
Turnout				25.6%
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Herbert G. Simpson.

Central by-election, 15 May 1980^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Mattingly	1050
	Liberal	David J. Corney	815
	Ratepayers & Citizens	Francis C. Nicholson	123
	Conservative	Donald MacIver	83
Turnout				33.2%
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Sidney A. Elson.

Wall End by-election, 15 May 1980^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah J. Reeves	1282
	Conservative	Damian P. J. Sutton	451
	Ratepayers & Citizens	Stanley Vine	209
	Liberal	Christopher M. Hill	153
Turnout				24.1%
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. John Clark.

Forest Gate by-election, 14 June 1984^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret P. Olley	1517
	Liberal	David C. Powell	469
	Conservative	Robin D. Atter	407
Turnout			7845	30.7%
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Michael T. Foley. Liberal Party stood as Liberal Alliance Focus Team.

Little Ilford by-election, 14 June 1984^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ann C. Winfield	1868
	Labour	Stephen C. Timms	1780
	Labour	Colin M. Copus	1763
	Liberal	Rif Winfield	1715
Turnout			8431	45.3%
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignations of Cllrs. Ann Winfield and Rif Winfield. Liberal Party stood as Liberal Focus Team.

New Town by-election, 28 June 1984^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wendy Mallard	987
	Alliance	Lee Reeves	264
	Conservative	Victor E. Jackson	125
Turnout			4845	28.4%
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Maurice Sampson.

South by-election, 5 February 1987^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Alec J. Kellaway	1000
	Labour	Doris A. Maxwell	805
	Conservative	Damian P. J. Sutton	769
	Green	Terence C. J. Macdonald	68
Turnout			9240	28.66%
	Alliance gain from Labour		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation death of Cllr. John Wilson.

Little Ilford by-election, 13 October 1988^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lyn C. Brown	1027
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie E. Groombridge	614
	Conservative	John P. R. Colthurst	324
	Independent	Dexter H. Hanoomansingh	54
Turnout				24.89%
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Colin M. Copus.

St Stephens by-election, 13 October 1988^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Catherine J. Parry	704
	Conservative	Charles R. P. G. Meaby	219
	Independent Labour	Baldev Barrah	214
	SDP	Peter Bragg	143
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew M. Huntbach	49
Turnout				24.77%
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Thomas Nolan.

Plashet by-election, 30 November 1989^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammad K. Khawaja	801
	Conservative	Barry W. Roberts	385
	Green	Amanda J. Sandford	205
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed A. Siddiqui	149
Turnout				18.79%
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Joseph C. Sambrano.

Bemersyde by-election, 27 June 1991^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Clark	552	35.0%
	Labour	Neil J. Wilson	524	33.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie E. Groombridge	410	26.0%
	Green	Philip H. Rimmer	91	5.8%
Turnout				36.3%
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. David P. Kellaway.

Forest Gate by-election, 27 February 1992^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glynis A. Carpenter	1094	46.7%
	Conservative	Richard J. Arnopp	634	27.0%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen T. Bell	489	20.9%
	Green	Arthur L. Taylor	128	5.5%
Turnout				31.1%
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the disqualification of Cllr. Pamela Furness.

Central by-election, 9 July 1992^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian K. Corbett	711	56.9%
	Conservative	Thirugnanam Rameshan	416	33.3%
	Green	Arthur L. Taylor	122	9.8%
Turnout				22.2%
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Pallavi B. Patel.

Little IIford by-election, 9 July 1992^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew R. Baikie	836
	Labour	Robert A. Wales	772
	Liberal Democrats	Leslie E. Groombridge	580
	Liberal Democrats	Kathleen V. King	551
	Conservative	Colin D. Robinson	485
	Conservative	Gary C. Whitmarsh	449
Turnout				24.1%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllrs. Patricia A. Heron and Bobby Thomas.

Greatfield by-election, 26 November 1992^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary C. Whitmarsh	818	38.3%
	Labour	Derek W. Jones	780	36.6%
	Liberal Democrats	Kathleen V. King	536	25.1%
Turnout				26.1%
	Conservative hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Sean Cadogan.

Custom House and Silvertown by-election, 6 May 1993^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher T. Raddey	1137	45.5%
	Conservative	David C. Gladstone	999	40.0%
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Holland	306	12.2%
	Liberal	Elizabeth Oram	56	2.2%
Turnout				28.7%
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Kevin Gillespie.

Park by-election, 6 May 1993^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Saunders	987	61.2%
	Conservative	Charles Meaby	276	17.1%
	Green	Ian Trebetherick	214	13.3%
	Anti-Federalist League	Gerard Batten	75	4.7%
	Monster Raving Loony	Lord Toby Jug	60	3.7%
Turnout				22.7%
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Dominic G. Gough.

South by-election, 26 January 1995^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Ruiz	1441
	Conservative	Christopher Boden	473
	BNP	Peter Hart	360
	Newham Independent	Alex Thompson	276
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Laird	248
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Thomas A. Jenkinson.

Forest Gate by-election, 21 November 1996^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Graeme M. Cambage	757
	Socialist Labour	Anne E. J. Brook	326
	Conservative	Ian A. Riddoch	205
	Independent	Fergus M. Dodd	138
	BNP	Colin D. Smith	86
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth C. Lutzeier	63
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Glynis A. Carpenter.

Central by-election, 23 January 1997^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sardar Ali	910
	Conservative	Carol A. Costantino	258
	BNP	Michael P. Davidson	97
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Christopher B. Allen.

Canning Town and Grange by-election, 7 May 1997^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clive W. Furness	1567
	Conservative	Christopher Boden	558
	BNP	Michael P. Davidson	407
	Liberal Democrats	Kathleen V. King	282
	Newham Independent	Keith W. Woodman	122
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Dennis R. Horwood.

Little Ilford by-election, 7 May 1997^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Ejiofor	2450
	Conservative	Zubaida N. Hashmi	449
	Liberal Democrats	David C. Oxford	413
	Newham Independent	Frederick C. Jones	410
	BNP	Pauline Smith	158
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Stephen C. Timms.

South by-election, 7 May 1997^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Quintin B. Peppiatt	3705
	Conservative	Jeanette A. Worth	1396
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen T. Bell	948
	BNP	Peter Hart	642
	Newham Independent	Lillian A. E. Hopes	209
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Theodore L. Etherden.

Ordnance by-election, 23 October 1997^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Megan Harris	465
	Liberal Democrats	Peter R. W. Guest	99
	BNP	Kenneth F. Francis	84
	Newham Independent	Terence C. Macdonald	59
	Conservative	Richard J. Arnopp	47
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Judith A. Jorsling.

Custom House and Silvertown by-election, 23 July 1998^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia M. Holland	526
	Conservative	Christopher P. Boden	149
	BNP	Paul Borg	112
	Newham Independent	Colin J. Brown	110
	UKIP	Raymond P. Hollands	56
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. William A. Chapman.

Plashet by-election, 24 February 2000^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Regina T. Williams	826
	Conservative	Reza A. S. Choudhury	585
	Newham Independent	Swaminathan Balakrishnan	135
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Harbans S. Jabbal.

Stratford by-election, 19 October 2000^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Garfield	465
	Conservative	Douglas Taylor	270
	Socialist Alliance	Paul Phillips	60
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. James G. Newstead.

Custom House and Silvertown by-election, 7 December 2000^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Pinder	578
	Conservative	Paul Maynard	329
	Socialist Alliance	Maureen Stephenson	55
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Christopher T. Rackley.

Beckton by-election, 29 March 2001^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Taylor	384
	Independent	Alan Craig	376
	BNP	Michael Davidson	163
	Conservative	Paul Maynard	99
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Maureen Knight.

There were no by-elections.^[12]

Royal Docks by-election, 26 March 2009^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen E. Brayshaw	723
	Conservative	Neil W. R. Pearce	720
	CPA	Ms. Anne-Marie Philip	194
	Respect	Haroon Juneja	35
Turnout				23.59%	−22.32%
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr Simon P. Tucker.

There were no by-elections.^[14]

Beckton by-election, 11 September 2014^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tonii Wilson	1,006
	Conservative	Syed Ahmed	798
	UKIP	David Mears	694
	Green	Jane Lithgow	81
	Liberal Democrats	David Thorpe	43
	CPA	Kayode Shedowo	33
	TUSC	Mark Dunne	21
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr Alec Kellaway.

Stratford and New Town by-election, 7 May 2015^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charlene McLean	4,607
	Conservative	Matthew Gass	2,778
	Green	Isabelle Anderson	1,170
	UKIP	Jamie Ross McKenzie	984
	CPA	Joe Mettle	99
	TUSC	Bob Severn	70
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the disqualification due to non-attendance of Cllr Charlene McLean

Boleyn by-election, 3 December 2015^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Veronica Oakeshott	1,440
	Liberal Democrats	Sheree Miller	581
	Conservative	Emmanuel Finndoro-Obasi	471
	Green	Frankie-Rose Taylor	207
	UKIP	David Mears	178
	BNP	Diane Marie	104
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr Charity Fibresima

Forest Gate North by-election, 14 July 2016^[15]

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 Alan Rumsby	57	3	−2.5
Majority
Turnout			2,189	21
	Labour hold		Swing	11.2 LAB to GRN

The by-election was called following the resignation of Councillor Ellie Robinson to accept a job with the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan.^[16]

Boleyn by-election, 1 November 2018^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Moniba Khan	1,725	74.8	N/A
	Conservative	Fazlul Karim	327	14.2	N/A
	Green	Frankie Rose-Taylor	172	7.5	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Arun Pirapaharan	83	3.6	N/A
Majority			1,398	60.6	N/A
Turnout				23.5	15.4
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Veronica Oakeshott.

East Ham Central by-election, 6 May 2021^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Farah Nazeer	2,297	54.4	N/A
	Conservative	Sk Zakir Hossain	1,288	30.5	N/A
	Green	Danny Keeling	283	6.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ed Comaromi	239	5.7	N/A
	CPA	Paul Jobson	115	2.7	N/A
	TUSC	Lois Austin	91	2.1	N/A
Majority			1,009	23.9	N/A
Turnout			4,313		N/A
Registered electors
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Julianne Marriott.

Boleyn by-election, 13th July 2023^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mehmood Mirza	1,153	42.5	N/A
	Labour	Sofia Patel	871	32.1	−27.0
	Green	Joe Hudson-Small	572	21.1	+3.5
	Conservative	Laurencia Durojaiye	69	2.5	−15.6
	Reform UK	Daniel Oxley	23	0.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David Terrar	22	0.8	N/A
Majority			282	10.4
Turnout			2,729	27.7
Registered electors			9,866
	Independent gain from Labour

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Cecilia Welsh.

Wall End by-election, 13th July 2023^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephanie Garfield	1,659	61.1	+12.5
	Conservative	Durai Kannan	739	27.2	+12.3
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Pattie	138	5.1	N/A
	Green	Tassadduq Cheema	123	4.5	−4.5
	Reform UK	David Sandground	58	2.1	−0.2
Majority			920	33.9
Turnout			2,733	25.1
Registered electors			10,900
	Labour hold		Swing	0.1

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Luke Charters.

Plaistow North by-election, 23 November 2023^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sophia Naqvi	1,266	46.3
	Labour	Aktharul Alam	750	27.4
	Independent	Anasur Rahman Khan	274	10.0
	Conservative	James Clifford	257	9.4
	Green	Zahra Kheyre	113	4.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Terrar	73	2.7
Majority			516	18.9
Turnout			2,733	25.2	−3.2
Registered electors			10,905
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Daniel Lee-Phakoe.^[22]

Forest Gate North by-election, 4 July 2024^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Liz Cronin	1,757	43.0	−16.8
	Newham Independents	Zakaria Bhariwala	1,073	26.3	+26.3
	Green	Zahra Kheyre	810	19.8	+0.8
	Conservative	Malcolm Madden	251	6.1	−6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Bryant	192	4.7	−4.1
Majority			684	16.8
Turnout			4,083
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Sasha Das Gupta.

Maryland by-election, 4 July 2024^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Melanie Onovo	1,626	43.0	−17.0
	Newham Independents	Linda Jordan	896	23.7	+23.7
	Green	Chris Brooks	712	18.8	+2.8
	Conservative	Mary Antwi	360	9.5	+0.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Terrar	185	4.9	−4.9
Majority			730	19.3
Turnout			3,779
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Ken Penton.

Beckton by-election, 18 July 2024^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Blossom Young	597	38.7	−9.4
	Newham Independents	Shahzhad Abbasi	476	30.9	+30.9
	Green	Levoir Justine	228	14.8	−15.7
	Conservative	Maria Clifford	144	9.3	−5.5
	Liberal Democrats	James Alan-Rumsby	96	6.2	+6.2
Majority			121	7.9
Turnout			1,541
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr James Asser.

Little Ilford by-election, 18 July 2024^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Akhtarul Alam	884	39.0	−13.4
	Newham Independents	Tahir Mirza	738	32.6	+32.6
	Liberal Democrats	Akm Mahibur Rahman	274	12.1	−0.1
	Independent	Vijay Parthiban	163	7.2	+7.2
	Conservative	Mohamadu Faheem	104	4.6	−4.7
	Green	Joe Oteng	103	4.5	−2.7
Majority			146	6.4
Turnout			2,266
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Elizabeth Booker.