2006 Newham London Borough Council election

2006 Newham Council election
All 60 council seats to Newham London Borough Council ; 31 seats needed for a majority
	Map of the results of the 2006 Newham council election. Christian Peoples Alliance in purple, Labour in red and Respect in light red.
Council control before election; ; Labour	Council control after election ; ; Labour

Elections to Newham London Borough Council in London, England were held on 4 May 2006. The whole council, including the directly elected mayor, was up for election for the first time since the 2002 election. The Labour Party maintained control of the council.^[1]^[2]

Election result

Newham Local Election Result 2006^[1]^[2]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	54	0	5	–5	90.0	41.4	29,389	-7.9
Respect	3	3	0	+3	5.0	23.2	16,459	N/A
Conservative	0	0	0	±0	0.0	14.3	10,135	-5.6
CPA	3	2	0	+2	5.0	10.7	7,621	+6.2
Green	0	0	0	±0	0.0	5.7	4,060	-6.6
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	±0	0.0	2.9	2,070	-1.0
Independent	0	0	0	±0	0.0	1.5	1,067	-2.3
British Public Party	0	0	0	±0	0.0	0.2	129

Background

A total of 237 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 20 wards. Candidates included a full slate from the Labour party (as had been the case at every election since the borough council had been formed in 1964), whilst the Conservative party also ran a full slate and the Liberal Democrats ran 10 candidates. Respect, running for the first time, also ran a full slate. Other candidates running were 12 Greens, 29 Christian Peoples Alliance, and 6 Independents.^[1]^[2]

Results by ward

Beckton

Beckton (3)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alec James Kellaway	1,188	45.1	−1.3
	Labour	Christine Helen Bowden	1,187		*N/A*
	Labour	Ayesha Chowdhury	1,130		*N/A*
	Conservative	Reza Ahmed Faisol Choudhury	627	23.8	+7.7
	Conservative	Paul Clark	593		N/A
	Conservative	Rashid Salik	455		N/A
	Respect	Aisha Siddiqah	448	17.0	N/A
	Respect	Tipu Rahman	413		N/A
	Respect	Mubin Haq	386		N/A
	CPA	Lynn Denise Donaldson	369	14.0	N/A
	CPA	Jason Yasin	230		N/A
Turnout			2,536	26.6	+5.2
Registered electors			9,518
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Boleyn

Boleyn (3)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	June Elizabeth Leitch	1,627	44.2	−4.8
	Labour	Riad Ahmed Mirza	1,547		*N/A*
	Labour	Pearson John Shillingford	1,512		*N/A*
	Respect	Moshiur Molla	1,219	33.1	N/A
	Respect	Edward John Davies	1,082		N/A
	Respect	Omar Khawaja	1,007		N/A
	Conservative	Aminur Raja Choudhury	528	14.3	−7.2
	Conservative	Ahmed Iqbal	484		N/A
	Conservative	Rose Irtwange	426		N/A
	CPA	David John Bamber	308	8.4	−2.3
Turnout			3,578	37.8	+10.3
Registered electors			9,478
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Canning Town North

Canning Town North (3)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marie Sylvia Collier	1,443	54.4	+14.8
	Labour	Paul William Leslie Schafer	1,310		*N/A*
	Labour	Clive William Furness	1,232		*N/A*
	CPA	Sydney James Burnett	524	19.8	+6.3
	CPA	John Jackson	507		N/A
	Conservative	Mohammed Ayna Miah	373	14.1	N/A
	Conservative	Nazrul Islam	345		N/A
	CPA	Pervaiz Ahkter Khan	326		N/A
	Respect	Mohamed Ali Farah	313	11.8	N/A
	Respect	Sayad Hussien Mohammed	311		N/A
	Conservative	Felicia Azuka Nwoye	293		N/A
	Respect	Yuri Prohan Prasad	225		N/A
Turnout			2,679	27.5	+4.7
Registered electors			9,729
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Canning Town South

Canning Town South (3)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPA	Alan Craig	1,536	50.9	+0.6
	CPA	Denise Stafford	1,170		*N/A*
	CPA	Simeon Adewole Ademolake	1,091		*N/A*
	Labour	Bryan Collier	927	30.7	−19.0
	Labour	Alan Griffiths	887		N/A
	Labour	Julie Ann Sussex	855		N/A
	Conservative	Christopher Brian Buckwell	332	11.0	N/A
	Conservative	Abul Kashem Mohammed Abdullah	306		N/A
	Respect	Khadija Hassan	225	7.5	N/A
	Conservative	Bakary Ceesay	193		N/A
	Respect	Mohammed Abdur Rob	193		N/A
	Respect	Berlyne Hamilton	192		N/A
Turnout			2,845	32.8	+6.6
Registered electors			8,661
	CPA hold		Swing
	CPA gain from Labour		Swing
	CPA gain from Labour		Swing

Custom House

Custom House (3)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Mary Holland	1,289	48.7	+1.4
	Labour	James Butler	1,165		*N/A*
	Labour	Conor Michael McAuley	1,008		*N/A*
	CPA	Beatrice Appiah	734	27.7	+15.5
	CPA	Malcolm Williamson	685		N/A
	CPA	Thomas Conquest	671		N/A
	Conservative	Adrian Trevor Machin	328	12.4	−15.3
	Conservative	Bahri James Chinn	298		N/A
	Respect	Abdul Qayyum Ghani	295	11.1	N/A
	Conservative	Navnit Ranchhoddas Hindocha	262		N/A
	Respect	Kevin Peter Davis	254		N/A
	Respect	Ghada Razuki	215		N/A
Turnout			2,613	28.8	+8.5
Registered electors			9,065
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

East Ham Central

East Ham Central (3)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Marjorie Skyers	1,821	48.5	−11.3
	Labour	Ian Keith Corbett	1,757		*N/A*
	Labour	Unmesh Desai	1,720		*N/A*
	Respect	Mohammed Iqbal Nakhuda	1,090	29.0	N/A
	Respect	Fazan Khaliq	1,086		N/A
	Respect	Charanjeet Hullen	961		N/A
	Conservative	Tufail Topu Basith	535	14.2	−8.6
	Conservative	Sadir Najib Hussain	524		N/A
	Conservative	Sadeque Miah	446		N/A
	CPA	Harold Bhatty	310	8.3	N/A
Turnout			3,695	38.3	+8.9
Registered electors			9,650
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

East Ham North

East Ham North (3)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Duraisamy Sathianesan	1,939	44.5	+6.3
	Labour	Sukhdev Singh Marway	1,760		*N/A*
	Labour	Patricia Lillian Sheekey	1,718		*N/A*
	Respect	Ashfaq Ahmed	1,390	31.9	N/A
	Respect	Mohammed Kwawaja	1,308		N/A
	Respect	Sarah Jane Ruiz	1,299		N/A
	Conservative	Mohammed Akram	685	15.7	−9.3
	Conservative	Chaudhry Sabir Hussain	593		N/A
	Conservative	Gopinathan Benoy	589		N/A
	Green	Shana Yarnell	212	4.9	−2.1
	CPA	Emmanuel Yaw Kpikpi	136	3.1	N/A
Turnout			4,244	45.2	+10.6
Registered electors			9,382
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

East Ham South

East Ham South (3)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin John Jenkins	1,569	39.8	−13.5
	Labour	Quintin Brian Peppiatt	1,453		*N/A*
	Labour	Lakmini Sewwandi Shah	1,224		*N/A*
	Conservative	Rezia Begum Choudhury	588	14.9	−10.2
	Respect	Raheela Ajmal Ali	556	14.1	N/A
	Conservative	Enamul Haque	501		N/A
	Respect	Riaz Uddin	465		N/A
	Respect	Roderick Finlayson	450		N/A
	Conservative	Muhammed Ashraf Ul Islam	449		N/A
	Independent	Frederick Charles Jones	367	9.3	−12.3
	Green	Keith McIlveen	316	8.0	N/A
	CPA	Kwame Otti	305	7.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Abdul Kayum	241	6.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Anwar Hussain	223		N/A
Turnout			3,170	33.9	+9.3
Registered electors			9,356
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Forest Gate North

Forest Gate North (3)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Martin Brickell	1,678	42.3	+5.1
	Labour	Michael Arthur Nicholas	1,552		*N/A*
	Labour	Shama Sultana Mahmood Ahmad	1,443		*N/A*
	Respect	Muhammed Zaki Ahmed	757	19.1	N/A
	Respect	Imran Mustak	720		N/A
	Respect	April Williams	673		N/A
	Green	Jane Alison Lithgow	603	15.2	−7.1
	Conservative	Jacqueline Melissa Burns	517	13.0	+0.8
	Conservative	Charles Richard Patrick Gaitskell Meaby	454		N/A
	Conservative	Brian Iliff Maze	418		N/A
	CPA	Stephen Craig Williamson	409	10.3	N/A
Turnout			3,378	35.3	+8.7
Registered electors			9,558
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Forest Gate South

Forest Gate South (3)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Anne Naomi Garfield	1,410	36.2	−18.1
	Labour	Winston Theodore Vaughan	1,408		*N/A*
	Labour	Akbar Ali Chaudhary	1,384		*N/A*
	Respect	Salim Patel	1,296	33.3	N/A
	Respect	Simon Jacob Shaw	1,285		N/A
	Respect	Zenib Jalil	1,250		N/A
	Green	Adrian John Hedges	450	11.6	N/A
	Conservative	Barry William Roberts	430	11.0	−2.8
	Conservative	David Michael Eveleigh	425		N/A
	Conservative	Ikram Wahid	380		N/A
	CPA	Reginald Leonard Eade	308	7.9	N/A
Turnout			3,606	35.6	+9.1
Registered electors			10,117
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Green Street East

Green Street East (3)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rohima Rahman	1,869	41.9	−10.4
	Labour	Sharaf Mahmood	1,815		*N/A*
	Labour	Abdul Shakoor	1,716		*N/A*
	Respect	Abdurahman Ahktar Jafar	1,260	28.2	N/A
	Respect	Abdul Khaliq Mian	1,180		N/A
	Respect	Kevin Francis Corr	1,168		N/A
	Conservative	Shamim Ahmed	452	10.1	−12.2
	Conservative	Mohammed Abdul Noor Choudhury	393		N/A
	Green	Abigail Louise Kingston	316	7.1	−4.9
	Conservative	Kaisar Uddin Jalal	311		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Mahbub Choudhury	294	6.6	N/A
	CPA	Nigel Lee Weekes	272	6.1	N/A
Turnout			3,962	40.1	+7.9
Registered electors			9,874
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Green Street West

Green Street West (3)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Respect	Asif Karim	1,829	40.4	*N/A*
	Respect	Abdul Karim Sheikh	1,784		*N/A*
	Respect	Hanif Abdulmuhit	1,751		*N/A*
	Labour	Rustam Hasan Talati	1,585	35.0	−22.1
	Labour	Harvinder Singh Virdee	1,511		N/A
	Labour	Nirmal Kaur Chadha	1,422		N/A
	Conservative	Phyllis Edith Paice	300	6.6	−23.0
	Liberal Democrats	Shamimara Choudhury	264	5.8	N/A
	Conservative	Khatija Suleman Meaby	256		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Emran Chowdhury	235		N/A
	Conservative	Zubaida Nishat Hashmi	235		N/A
	Green	Mary Elizabeth Forse	223	4.9	−8.4
	Independent	Abdul Mohshin	180	4.0	N/A
	CPA	Alessandra Awolowo	144	3.2	N/A
Turnout			4,179	43.9	+12.4
Registered electors			9,522
	Respect gain from Labour		Swing
	Respect gain from Labour		Swing
	Respect gain from Labour		Swing

Little Ilford

Little Ilford (3)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Josephine Hilary Corbett	1,387	35.3	−13.8
	Labour	Andrew Robert Ernest Baikie	1,351		*N/A*
	Labour	Kahlil Kazi	1,261		*N/A*
	Respect	Sajid Rehman	815	20.7	N/A
	Respect	Rebecca Palmer	809		N/A
	Conservative	Mahbub Ahmed	732	18.6	−20.7
	Respect	Summer Shahbaz	699		N/A
	Conservative	Fatema Polly Hussain	555		N/A
	Conservative	Alizaman Aurongozeb	509		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Watson	382	9.7	N/A
	CPA	Reginald Gardner	266	6.8	N/A
	Green	Mehmet Kani	218	5.5	−6.1
	Independent	Mohammed Tanveer Anjum	129	3.3	N/A
Turnout			3,300	34.9	+8.1
Registered electors			9,451
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Manor Park

Manor Park (3)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kay Diane Scoresby	1,491	38.8	−7.2
	Labour	Amarjit Singh	1,457		*N/A*
	Labour	Ayub Korom Ali	1,402		*N/A*
	Respect	Sana Saleem	1,032	26.9	N/A
	Respect	Muhammad Ali Misbah	1,007		N/A
	Respect	Lane Adam Paul Taylor	890		N/A
	Conservative	Rashid Ahmed	651	16.9	−20.6
	Conservative	Reza Ahmed Shafi Choudhury	634		N/A
	Green	Mary Elizabeth Robinson	490	12.8	−3.7
	Conservative	Michael Law	484		N/A
	CPA	Ursuline Austricia Khan	179	4.7	N/A
Turnout			3,475	36.2	+2.0
Registered electors			9,596
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Plaistow North

Plaistow North (3)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Zulfiqar Ali	1,328	40.0	−10.4
	Labour	Jonathan Knott	1,306		*N/A*
	Labour	Joy Hazvirehwi Laguda	1,193		*N/A*
	Respect	Forhad Hussain	1,117	33.6	N/A
	Respect	Nazir Ahmed Harif	1,007		N/A
	Respect	Sabia Begum Kamali	893		N/A
	Conservative	Leslie Albert Smith	424	12.8	−1.3
	Conservative	Lisa Caroline Sutton	408		N/A
	Conservative	Shantelle Tamzin Prosper	380		N/A
	CPA	Therence Lindsey Johnston	350	10.5	N/A
	Independent	Daudu L. Kuku	104	3.1	N/A
Turnout			3,082	35.4	+8.3
Registered electors			8,711
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Plaistow South

Plaistow South (3)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maureen Jones	1,411	40.7	−9.3
	Labour	Neil James Wilson	1,410		*N/A*
	Labour	Graham John Lane	1,386		*N/A*
	Respect	Mohammed Amir Chowdhury	588	17.0	N/A
	Respect	Rezwan Ahmed	575		N/A
	Respect	Katherine Mary Jennings	498		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Faruk Ahmed Choudhury	487	14.1	+0.5
	Conservative	Damian Philip James Sutton	458	13.2	−2.6
	Conservative	Graham Eric Postles	445		N/A
	Conservative	Shiv Kumar Bagga	366		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Margaret Mahoney	349		N/A
	CPA	Osei Asibey	321	9.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jamieson Woods Moore	318		N/A
	Green	Richard John Scrase	201	5.8	−8.6
Turnout			3,166	31.9	+6.9
Registered electors			9,919
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Royal Docks

Royal Docks (3)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Berchinan McAlmot	770	46.5	+7.2
	Labour	Patrick John Andrew Murphy	757		*N/A*
	Labour	Simon Peter Tucker	756		*N/A*
	Conservative	Julian Francis	522	31.5	+15.6
	Conservative	Michelle Gillian Mendes	520		N/A
	Conservative	Neil William Robert Pearce	514		N/A
	CPA	William Francis Perry	202	12.2	−3.0
	CPA	Paul Martin Jobson	190		N/A
	Respect	Michael David Allchin	161	9.7	N/A
	Respect	Kevin Ovenden	156		N/A
	Respect	Hsaio Hung Pai	152		N/A
	CPA	Benjamin Stafford	136		N/A
Turnout			1,906	27.2	+7.4
Registered electors			7,018
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Stratford and New Town

Stratford and New Town (3)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Alan Griffin	1,399	44.1	−10.1
	Labour	Regina Tina Williams	1,380		*N/A*
	Labour	Richard James Crawford	1,371		*N/A*
	Respect	Chorwar Zada	663	20.9	N/A
	Respect	Robert Webb	631		N/A
	Respect	Mohammad Mushtaq Bux	605		N/A
	Green	Jonathan Cox	467	14.7	−3.8
	Conservative	Barbara Mary Postles	358	11.3	−6.1
	Conservative	Armyn Hennessy	316		N/A
	Conservative	Alexandra Dunata Gradosielska	314		N/A
	CPA	Abayomi Mojeed	285	9.0	−0.8
Turnout			2,832	27.9	+4.9
Registered electors			10,170
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Wall End

Wall End (3)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Omanakutty Gangadharan	1,858	40.9	−14.8
	Labour	Edward Henry Sparrowhawk	1,548		*N/A*
	Labour	Lester Thompson Hudson	1,538		*N/A*
	Conservative	Gnanasegeram Rajkumar	877	19.3	+4.3
	Respect	Abdul Rauf	832	18.3	N/A
	Respect	Hanif Mohammed Patel	795		N/A
	Respect	Ahsan Mahboob	784		N/A
	Conservative	Ratnarajeswari Indrakumar	766		N/A
	Conservative	Mohammed Abdul Munem	561		N/A
	Independent	Arunasalam Pirapaharan	416	9.2	N/A
	CPA	Shirley Williamson	344	7.6	N/A
	Green	Saif Uddin Osmani	211	4.6	−4.3
	Independent	Nnamdi Ifediora	127		N/A
Turnout			3,905	40.2	+6.2
Registered electors			9,727
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

West Ham

West Ham (3)^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Freda Ann Bourne	1,400	40.4	−5.5
	Labour	Ronald Norman George Manley	1,346		*N/A*
	Labour	Megan Harris	1,295		*N/A*
	Respect	Abdul Rahim	573	16.5	N/A
	Respect	Kevin Evans	550		N/A
	Respect	Mohammed Abdul Naeem Sheikh	544		N/A
	Conservative	Roy John King	418	12.1	−6.2
	Liberal Democrats	Kathleen Alice Chater	402	11.6	−6.1
	Conservative	Josephine Mary Child	379		N/A
	Green	Paul Edward Regan	353	10.2	−7.9
	CPA	Andrew David Williamson	319	9.2	N/A
	Conservative	Danuta Aleksandra Gradosielska	234		N/A
Turnout			2,834	30.8	+6.7
Registered electors			9,200
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

By-elections between 2006 and 2010

Royal Docks

Royal Docks by-election, 26 March 2009^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen E. Brayshaw	723	46.3	−0.2
	Conservative	Neil W. R. Pearce	708	45.4	+13.9
	UKIP	Ms. Anne-Marie Philip	94	6.0	N/A
	Respect	Haroon Juneja	35	2.3	−7.4
Majority			15	0.9	N/A
Turnout				23.6	−3.6
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing

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

References

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