City and East (London Assembly constituency)

City and East

Territorial constituency for the London Assembly
City and East shown within London
Created	2000 (2000)
Number of members	One
Member	Unmesh Desai
Party	Labour
Last election	2024
Next election	2028

City and East is a constituency represented in the London Assembly. Created in 2000 it is represented by Unmesh Desai, of the Labour Party.

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
	2016	Unmesh Desai	Labour

Mayoral election results

Below are the results for the candidate which received the highest share of the popular vote in the constituency at each mayoral election.

Year		Member	Party
	2000	Ken Livingstone	Independent
	2004	Ken Livingstone	Labour
	2008	Ken Livingstone	Labour
	2012	Ken Livingstone	Labour
	2016	Sadiq Khan	Labour
	2021	Sadiq Khan	Labour
	2024	Sadiq Khan	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 (Labour)
• Dagenham and Rainham (Labour)

Assembly election results

2024

2024 London Assembly election: City and East^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			List
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Unmesh Desai	99,570	51.4	5.3	97,432	50.2
	Conservative	Freddie Downing	29,083	15.0	6.2	28,344	14.6
	Green	Joe Hudson-Small	29,073	15.0	3.4	24,912	12.8
	Reform	David Sandground	14,535	7.5	3.4	10,899	5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Pat Stillman	11,416	5.9	0.5	9,620	5.0
	Rejoin EU					5,384	2.8
	Independent	Ak Goodman	5,310	2.7	New
	TUSC	Lois Austin	4,710	2.4	New
	Independent	Farah London				3,490	1.8
	Animal Welfare					3,423	1.8
	Britain First					3,104	1.6
	CPA					2,666	1.4
	SDP					2,000	1.0
	Communist					1,063	0.5
	Independent	Laurence Fox				1,006	0.5
	Independent	Gabe Romualdo				372	0.2
	Heritage					366	0.2
Majority			70,487	36.4	0.9
Valid Votes			193,697			194,051
Invalid Votes			2,153			1,818
Turnout			195,850	31.1		195,869	31.1
	Labour hold		Swing		0.5

2021

2021 London Assembly election: City and East^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			List
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Unmesh Desai[a]	125,025	56.7	1.1	116,148	53.32	4.29
	Conservative	Nick Vandyke	46,718	21.2	5.8	44,957	20.64	6.26
	Green	Tim Kiely	25,596	11.6	2.7	20,106	9.23	2.54
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Flowers	14,136	6.4	1.4	9,001	4.13	0.44
	Rejoin EU					4,724	2.17	New
	Animal Welfare					3,651	1.68	0.86
	Women's Equality					3,431	1.58	1.12
	CPA					2,992	1.37	0.11
	UKIP					2,734	1.26	5.42
	Reform	David Bull	9,060	4.1	New	2,459	1.13	New
	London Real					2,189	1.00	New
	Let London Live					1,649	0.76	New
	Heritage					986	0.45	New
	Londependence Party					850	0.39	New
	Communist					849	0.39	New
	TUSC					950	0.43	New
	SDP					691	0.32	New
	National Liberal					395	0.18	New
Majority			78,307	35.5	6.9
Turnout			220,535
	Labour hold		Swing
Notes Incumbent member for this constituency

2016

2016 London Assembly election: City and East^[5]

Party		Candidate	Constituency			List
			Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Unmesh Desai	122,175	57.8	-5.2	121,871	57.61
	Conservative	Chris Chapman	32,546	15.4	+0.8	30,424	14.38
	Green	Rachel Collinson	18,766	8.9	+2.5	14,151	6.69
	UKIP	Peter Harris	18,071	8.6	+5.5	14,123	6.68
	Liberal Democrats	Elaine Bagshaw	10,714	5.0	+0.8	7,799	3.69
	Respect	Mikail Rayne	6,722	3.2	New	6,784	3.21
	Women's Equality					5,718	2.70
	Britain First					3,591	1.70
	CPA					2,660	1.26
	BNP					1,828	0.86
	Animal Welfare					1,738	0.82
	Take Back The City	Amina Gichinga	1,368	0.7	New	N/A
	All People's Party	Aaron D'Souza	1,009	0.5	New	N/A
	The House Party					858	0.41
Majority			89,629	42.4	−6.0
Total formal votes			211,421	98.5	+0.4
Informal votes			3,203	1.5	−0.4
Majority			89,629	42.4	−6.0
Turnout			214,624	43.0	+8.2
	Labour hold		Swing

2012

2012 London Assembly election: City and East^[6]

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 Democrats	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	New
	UKIP	Steven Woolfe	5,243	3.1	+1.4
	Communist League	Paul Davies	1,108	0.6	+0.23
Majority			82,744	48.4	+31.0
Total formal votes			170,988	98.1
Informal votes			3,293	1.9
Majority			82,744	48.40
Turnout			174,281	34.8
	Labour hold		Swing

2008

2008 London Assembly election: City and East^[7]

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	New
	Liberal Democrats	Rajonuddin Jalal	13,724	7.48	–5.01
	Green	Heather Finlay	11,478	6.26	+0.32
	Christian (CPA)	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	New
	Left List	Michael Gavan	2,274	1.24	New
	English Democrat	John Griffiths	2,048	1.12	New
	Communist League	Julie Crawford	701	0.37	New
Majority			31,553	17.20	+6.2
Turnout			183,456
	Labour hold		Swing

2004

2004 London Assembly election: City and East^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Biggs	38,085	29.1	–16.8
	Conservative	Dr Shafi Choudhury	23,749	18.1	–1.4
	Respect	Oliur Rahman	19,675	15.0	New
	Liberal Democrats	Guy Burton	18,255	13.9	–4.6
	UKIP	Christopher Pratt	17,997	13.8	New
	Green	Terry McGrenera	8,687	6.6	–5.5
	CPA	Christopher Gill	4,461	3.4	New
Majority			14,336	11.0	–15.4
Turnout			130,909	30.0	+5.3
	Labour hold		Swing

2000

2000 London Assembly election: City and East^[9]

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	Kambiz Boomla	3,908	4.0	N/A
Majority			26,121	26.4	N/A
Turnout			98,800	24.7	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

References

1. "Constituency Member of the London Assembly Results (City & East) | London Elects" (PDF).
2. "GLA 2024 Elections, London Wide Assembly, City and East" (PDF). London Elects.
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6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 May 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
7. "BBC NEWS | Election 2008 | London Elections: City & East". BBC News.
8. "Greater London Authority Election Results". election.demon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 September 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2008.
9. London & Local Elections 2000: City and East, BBC News