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	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.

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)
Ilford South (Labour)

Assembly members

Year		Member	Party
	2000	John Biggs	Labour
	2016	Unmesh Desai	Labour

Assembly election results

2024

2024 London Assembly election: City and East^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Constituency			List
Party		Candidate	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
Party		Candidate	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
Party		Candidate	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)

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		Candidate
2000	Independent	Ken Livingstone
2004	Labour	Ken Livingstone
2008	Labour	Ken Livingstone
2012	Labour	Ken Livingstone
2016	Labour	Sadiq Khan
2021	Labour	Sadiq Khan
2024	Labour	Sadiq Khan

2024 London mayoral election (City and East)^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sadiq Khan	108,977	55.9	N/A
	Conservative	Susan Hall	38,626	19.8	N/A
	Green	Zoë Garbett	13,256	6.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Blackie	7,551	3.88	N/A
	Reform	Howard Cox	6,898	3.54	N/A
	Independent	Natalie Campbell	4,149	2.13	N/A
	Independent	Tarun Ghulati	2,692	1.38	N/A
	SDP	Amy Gallagher	2,686	1.38	N/A
	Animal Welfare	Femy Amin	2,671	1.37	N/A
	Independent	Andreas Michli	2,473	1.27	N/A
	Britain First	Nick Scanlon	2,019	1.04	N/A
	Count Binface for Mayor of London	Count Binface	1,918	0.984	N/A
	London Real	Brian Rose	924	0.474	N/A
Turnout			195,981	31.2%	−4.21%
Rejected ballots			2,153
Registered electors			628,856		−1.33%

2021 London mayoral election (City and East)^[11]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round	1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
	Labour	Sadiq Khan	99,971	47.5%
	Conservative	Shaun Bailey	58,145	27.6%
	Green	Siân Berry	13,616	6.47%
	Independent	Niko Omilana	7,920	3.77%
	Liberal Democrats	Luisa Porritt	5,906	2.81%
	London Real	Brian Rose	3,613	1.72%
	Reclaim	Laurence Fox	3,174	1.51%
	Rejoin EU	Richard Hewison	2,718	1.29%
	Let London Live	Piers Corbyn	2,242	1.07%
	Count Binface for Mayor of London	Count Binface	1,968	0.936%
	Animal Welfare	Vanessa Hudson	1,773	0.843%
	UKIP	Peter John Gammons	1,589	0.756%
	Independent	Farah London	1,515	0.72%
	Women's Equality	Mandu Reid	1,420	0.675%
	Independent	Nims Obunge	1,004	0.477%
	Heritage	David Kurten	939	0.447%
	Renew	Kam Balayev	826	0.393%
	SDP	Steve Kelleher	812	0.386%
	Independent	Max Fosh	601	0.286%
	Burning Pink	Valerie Brown	542	0.258%
Turnout			225,461	35.4%
Registered electors			637,319

2016 London mayoral election (City and East)^[12]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round	1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
	Labour	Sadiq Khan	125,908	60.2%
	Conservative	Zac Goldsmith	40,194	19.2%
	Green	Siân Berry	11,025	5.27%
	UKIP	Peter Whittle	8,931	4.27%
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Pidgeon	6,039	2.89%
	Respect	George Galloway	5,474	2.62%
	Women's Equality	Sophie Walker	3,734	1.78%
	Britain First	Paul Golding	3,183	1.52%
	Cannabis is Safer than Alcohol	Lee Eli Harris	1,928	0.921%
	BNP	David Furness	1,630	0.779%
	Independent	Prince Zylinski	745	0.356%
	One Love	Ankit Love	475	0.227%
Turnout			214,748	42.6%
Registered electors			504,379

2012 London mayoral election (City and East)^[13]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round	1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
	Labour	Ken Livingstone	106,149	62.6%
	Conservative	Boris Johnson	42,704	25.2%
	Green	Jenny Jones	5,926	3.49%
	Independent	Siobhan Benita	4,682	2.76%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Paddick	4,548	2.68%
	BNP	Carlos Cortiglia	3,330	1.96%
	UKIP	Lawrence Webb	2,231	1.32%
Turnout			174,367	34.8%
Registered electors			500,527

2008 London mayoral election (City and East)^[14]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round	1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
	Labour	Ken Livingstone	94,921	52%
	Conservative	Boris Johnson	49,666	27.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Paddick	12,724	6.97%
	BNP	Richard Barnbrook	10,214	5.6%
	Christian Choice	Alan Craig	4,906	2.69%
	Green	Siân Berry	4,817	2.64%
	UKIP	Gerard Batten	1,916	1.05%
	Left List	Lindsey German	1,851	1.01%
	English Democrat	Matt O'Connor	882	0.483%
	Independent	Winston McKenzie	566	0.31%
Turnout			187,568	39.8%
Registered electors			470,863

2004 London mayoral election (City and East)^[15]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round	1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
	Labour	Ken Livingstone	51,842	37.4%
	Conservative	Steve Norris	25,503	18.4%
	Respect	Lindsey German	17,585	12.7%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Hughes	16,426	11.8%
	UKIP	Frank Maloney	10,086	7.27%
	BNP	Julian Leppert	7,766	5.6%
	CPA	Ram Gidoomal	4,154	2.99%
	Green	Darren Johnson	3,934	2.84%
	Independent Working Class Action	Lorna Reid	912	0.657%
	Independent	Tammy Nagalingam	552	0.398%
Turnout			146,081	33.4%
Registered electors			437,309

2000 London mayoral election (City and East)^[16]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
Party		Candidate	Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round	1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
	Independent	Ken Livingstone	46,236	40.6%
	Labour	Frank Dobson	24,382	21.4%
	Conservative	Steve Norris	19,025	16.7%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Kramer	9,919	8.7%
	BNP	Michael Newland	5,081	4.46%
	CPA	Ram Gidoomal	3,009	2.64%
	Green	Darren Johnson	2,383	2.09%
	UKIP	Damian Hockney	1,264	1.11%
	Pro-Motorist Small Shop	Geoffrey Ben-Nathan	1,123	0.985%
	Natural Law	Geoffrey Clements	816	0.716%
	Independent	Ashwin Kumar	783	0.687%
Turnout			118,466	29.6%
Registered electors			400,139

References

↑ "Constituency Member of the London Assembly Results (City & East) | London Elects" (PDF).
↑ "GLA 2024 Elections, London Wide Assembly, City and East" (PDF). London Elects.
↑ "Results" (PDF). towerhamlets.gov.uk. 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
↑ Results 2021 LondonElects
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 May 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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↑ "BBC NEWS | Election 2008 | London Elections: City & East". BBC News.
↑ "Greater London Authority Election Results". election.demon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 September 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2008.
↑ London & Local Elections 2000: City and East, BBC News
↑ "London Mayor Local Count (At Constituency Level)" (PDF). London Elects. Greater London Authority. 2024. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
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↑ "London Mayor Results (At Constituency Level)" (PDF). London Elects. Greater London Authority. 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
↑ "London Mayor Results (At Constituency Level)" (PDF). London Elects. Greater London Authority. 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
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[fn1-5] Incumbent member for this constituency

[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.

[3] "Results" (PDF). towerhamlets.gov.uk. 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

[4] Results 2021 LondonElects

[6] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 May 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[7] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 May 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[8] "BBC NEWS | Election 2008 | London Elections: City & East". BBC News.

[demon-9] "Greater London Authority Election Results". election.demon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 September 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2008.

[bbc-10] London & Local Elections 2000: City and East, BBC News

[11] "London Mayor Local Count (At Constituency Level)" (PDF). London Elects. Greater London Authority. 2024. Retrieved 25 August 2026.

[12] "London Mayor Results (At Constituency Level)" (PDF). London Elects. Greater London Authority. 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2026.

[13] "London Mayor Results (At Constituency Level)" (PDF). London Elects. Greater London Authority. 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2026.

[14] "London Mayor Results (At Constituency Level)" (PDF). London Elects. Greater London Authority. 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2026.

[15] "2008 election for the Mayor of London". London Elects. Greater London Authority. 2008. Retrieved 25 August 2026.

[16] "2004 election for the Mayor of London". London Elects. Greater London Authority. 2004. Retrieved 25 August 2026.

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