City and East (London Assembly constituency)

City and East

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	2012
Next election	2016

City and East is a constituency represented in the London Assembly. Created in 2000 it was represented by John Biggs until 2016.

Since the 2016 assembly elections the constituency has been represented by Unmesh Desai.

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.

Assembly Members

Year		Member	Party
	2000	John Biggs	Labour

Overlapping constituencies

The City and East Assembly constituency comprises all of the following UK Parliament constituencies:

• Barking (Labour)
• Bethnal Green and Bow (Labour)
• East Ham (Labour)
• Poplar and Limehouse (Labour)
• West Ham (Labour)

It also includes parts of the following constituencies:

• Cities of London and Westminster (Conservative)
• Dagenham and Rainham (Labour)

Election results

London Assembly election, 2016: City and East[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Unmesh Desai	122,175	57.80%	-5.17%
	Conservative	Chris Chapman	32,546	15.40%	+0.83%
	Green	Rachel Collinson	18,766	8.88%	+2.48%
	UKIP	Peter Harris	18,071	8.55%	+5.45%
	Liberal Democrat	Elaine Bagshaw	10,714	5.07%	+0.77%
	Respect	Mikail Rayne	6,722	3.18%	N/A
	Take Back The City	Amina Gichinga	1,368	0.65%	N/A
	All People's Party	Aaron D'Souza	1,009	0.48%	N/A
Majority
Total formal votes
Informal votes
Turnout

London Assembly election, 2012: City and East[2]
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 Democrat	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	N/A
	UKIP	Steven Woolfe	5,243	3.1	+1.4
	Communist League	Paul Davies	1,108	0.6	N/A
Majority			82,744
Total formal votes			170,988	98.1
Informal votes			3,293	1.9
Turnout			174,281	34.8

London Assembly election, 2008: City and East[3]
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	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Rajonuddin Jalal	13,724	7.48	–5.01
	Green	Heather Finlay	11,478	6.26	+0.32
	Christian (Christian Peoples)	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 Democrats	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

London Assembly election, 2004: City and East[4]
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 Democrat	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
	Christian Peoples	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

London Assembly election, 2000: City and East[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Biggs	45,387	45.9	N/A
	Conservative	Syed Kamall	19,266	19.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	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

References

3. BBC Election 2008: results
4. Greater London Authority Election Results
5. London & Local Elections 2000: City and East, BBC News