City_and_East

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	2021
Next election	2024

City and East (London Assembly constituency)

Constituency of the London Assembly

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

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Previously, it was represented by John Biggs until 2016.

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[fn1-4] Incumbent member for this constituency

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Results 2021 LondonElects

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

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London & Local Elections 2000: City and East, BBC News

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Party		Candidate	Constituency			List
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	TUSC	Lois Austin
	Labour	Unmesh Desai
	Conservative	Freddie Downing
	Independent	AK Goodman
	Green	Joe Hudson-Small
	Reform UK	David Kenton Sandground
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Thomas Stillman

Party		Candidate	Constituency			List
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Unmesh Desai^{[lower-alpha 1]}	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 UK	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

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

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

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

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City and East (London Assembly constituency)

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	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

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

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)