# City and East (London Assembly constituency)

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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 | 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 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Constituency | Constituency | Constituency | List | List | List |
| Party | 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 UK | 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 | Rejoin EU | Rejoin EU | Rejoin EU | 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 | Farah London | Farah London | Farah London | 3,490 | 1.8 | |
| | Animal Welfare | Animal Welfare | Animal Welfare | Animal Welfare | Animal Welfare | 3,423 | 1.8 | |
| | Britain First | Britain First | Britain First | Britain First | Britain First | 3,104 | 1.6 | |
| | CPA | CPA | CPA | CPA | CPA | 2,666 | 1.4 | |
| | SDP | SDP | SDP | SDP | SDP | 2,000 | 1.0 | |
| | Communist | Communist | Communist | Communist | Communist | 1,063 | 0.5 | |
| | Independent | Laurence Fox | Laurence Fox | Laurence Fox | Laurence Fox | 1,006 | 0.5 | |
| | Independent | Gabe Romualdo | Gabe Romualdo | Gabe Romualdo | Gabe Romualdo | 372 | 0.2 | |
| | Heritage | Heritage | Heritage | Heritage | Heritage | 366 | 0.2 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 70,487 | 36.4 | 0.9 | | | |
| Valid Votes | Valid Votes | Valid Votes | 193,697 | | | 194,051 | | |
| Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | Invalid Votes | 2,153 | | | 1,818 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 195,850 | 31.1 | | 195,869 | 31.1 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | Swing | 0.5 | | | |

### 2021

2021 London Assembly election: City and East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Constituency | Constituency | Constituency | List | List | List |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Unmesh Desai | 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 | Rejoin EU | Rejoin EU | Rejoin EU | Rejoin EU | 4,724 | 2.17 | New |
| | Animal Welfare | Animal Welfare | Animal Welfare | Animal Welfare | Animal Welfare | 3,651 | 1.68 | 0.86 |
| | Women's Equality | Women's Equality | Women's Equality | Women's Equality | Women's Equality | 3,431 | 1.58 | 1.12 |
| | CPA | CPA | CPA | CPA | CPA | 2,992 | 1.37 | 0.11 |
| | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | UKIP | 2,734 | 1.26 | 5.42 |
| | Reform UK | David Bull | 9,060 | 4.1 | New | 2,459 | 1.13 | New |
| | London Real | London Real | London Real | London Real | London Real | 2,189 | 1.00 | New |
| | Let London Live | Let London Live | Let London Live | Let London Live | Let London Live | 1,649 | 0.76 | New |
| | Heritage | Heritage | Heritage | Heritage | Heritage | 986 | 0.45 | New |
| | Londependence Party | Londependence Party | Londependence Party | Londependence Party | Londependence Party | 850 | 0.39 | New |
| | Communist | Communist | Communist | Communist | Communist | 849 | 0.39 | New |
| | TUSC | TUSC | TUSC | TUSC | TUSC | 950 | 0.43 | New |
| | SDP | SDP | SDP | SDP | SDP | 691 | 0.32 | New |
| | National Liberal | National Liberal | National Liberal | National Liberal | National Liberal | 395 | 0.18 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 78,307 | 35.5 | 6.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 220,535 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Notes ↑ Incumbent member for this constituency |||||||||

### 2016

2016 London Assembly election: City and East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Constituency | Constituency | Constituency | List | List | List |
| Party | 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 | Women's Equality | Women's Equality | Women's Equality | Women's Equality | 5,718 | 2.70 | |
| | Britain First | Britain First | Britain First | Britain First | Britain First | 3,591 | 1.70 | |
| | CPA | CPA | CPA | CPA | CPA | 2,660 | 1.26 | |
| | BNP | BNP | BNP | BNP | BNP | 1,828 | 0.86 | |
| | Animal Welfare | Animal Welfare | Animal Welfare | Animal Welfare | 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 | The House Party | The House Party | The House Party | The House Party | 858 | 0.41 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 89,629 | 42.4 | −6.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 211,421 | 98.5 | +0.4 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,203 | 1.5 | −0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 89,629 | 42.4 | −6.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 214,624 | 43.0 | +8.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### 2012

2012 London Assembly election: City and East :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 82,744 | 48.4 | +31.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 170,988 | 98.1 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,293 | 1.9 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 82,744 | 48.40 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 174,281 | 34.8 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### 2008

2008 London Assembly election: City and East :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 31,553 | 17.20 | +6.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 183,456 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### 2004

2004 London Assembly election: City and East :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 14,336 | 11.0 | –15.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 130,909 | 30.0 | +5.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### 2000

2000 London Assembly election: City and East :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 26,121 | 26.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 98,800 | 24.7 | N/A |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |