Mayor of Newham

The mayor of Newham is a directly elected mayor responsible for the executive function of Newham London Borough Council in east London, England. The position is different from the previously existing (and largely ceremonial) annually appointed mayors of Newham, known as 'Civic Ambassador' from 2002 until the office was discontinued in 2009.[1][2] The inaugural holder of the post, created on 2 May 2002, Robin Wales. After Labour held Newham in Local Elections, Rokhsana Fiaz was elected as mayor. Wales did not run as he was deselected as a candidate.

For civic mayors appointed before 2002, see List of mayors of Newham.

Mayor of Newham
Incumbent Rokhsana Fiaz since 04 May 2018
Style	No courtesy title or style
Appointer	Electorate of Newham
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Robin Wales
Website	http://mayor.newham.gov.uk/

Referendum

Mayor of Newham referendum
31 January 2002

Choice	Votes	%
Elected Mayor	27,263	68.2
Cabinet System	12,687	31.8
Required majority	50
Total votes		0
Source: House of Commons Library[3]

Elections

2002

Mayor of Newham Election 2 May 2002 [4]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			First round votes  Transfer votes
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Labour	Robin Wales	20,384	50.8%				​​
	Independent	Tawfique Choudhury	5,907	14.7%				​​
	Conservative	Graham Postles	4,635	11.5%				​​
	Christian Peoples Alliance	Alan Craig	3,649	9.1%				​​
	BNP	Michael Davidson	2,881	7.2%				​​
	Green	Gabrielle Rolfe	2,691	6.7%				​​
	Labour win

2006

Mayor of Newham election 4 May 2006 [5]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			First round votes  Transfer votes
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Labour	Robin Wales	22,155	47.9%	5,406	27,561	63.4%	​​
	Respect	Akhtar Jafar	12,898	21.6%	2,983	15,881	36.6%	​​
	Conservative	Shafi Choudhury	8,822	14.7%				​​
	Christian Peoples Alliance	Alan Craig	6,559	11.0%				​​
	Liberal Democrats	Anwar Hussain	2,886	4.8%				​​
	Labour hold

2010

Mayor of Newham election 5 May 2010 [6]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			First round votes  Transfer votes
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Labour	Robin Wales	64,748	68.0%				​​
	Conservative	Maria-Joy Allen	15,330	16.1%				​​
	Kamran Malik Communities Welfare	Kamran Malik	6,607	6.9%				​​
	Christian Peoples Alliance	Alan Craig	6,503	6.8%				​​
	Independent	Chikwe Nkemnacho	2,006	2.1%				​​
	Labour hold

2014

Mayor of Newham election 22 May 2014 [7]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			First round votes  Transfer votes
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Labour	Robin Wales	47,095	61.2%				​​
	Conservative	Stefan Mrozinski	13,976	18.2%				​​
	UKIP	David Mears	4,960	6.4%				​​
	Green	Jane Lithgow	3,055	4.0%				​​
	Communities United	Kamran Malik	2,796	3.6%				​​
	Liberal Democrats	David Thorpe	1,757	2.3%				​​
	TUSC	Lois Austin	1,708	2.2%				​​
	Christian Peoples Alliance	Alex Latim	1,625	2.1%				​​
	Labour hold

2018

Wales was deselected ahead of the 2018 election.[8]

Mayor of Newham election 3 May 2018 [8]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			First round votes  Transfer votes
			Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round
	Labour	Rokhsana Fiaz[9]	53,214	73.4%				​​
	Conservative	Rahima Khan[9]	8,627	11.9%				​​
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Evans [10]	6,809	9.4%				​​
	Christian Peoples Alliance	Tiffany Kumalinga [11]	2,008	2.8%				​​
	Democrats and Veterans	Daniel Oxley [11]	1,815	2.5%				​​

References

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2. "Newham Mayors". The Newham Story. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
3. "Local Elections in England: 2 May 2002" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 9 May 2002. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
4. "Local Elections in England: 2 May 2002" (PDF). House of Commons Library. 9 May 2002. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
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10. Newham Recorder, http://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/news/crime-court/lib-dem-mayoral-candidate-calls-for-glasweigan-style-crime-prevention-tactics-in-newham-1-5464687
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