Newham council 2018 -22 (probably)

The Forest Gate North candidates and their supporters

Over the past two weekends Labour members in Newham have been selecting the 60 candidates that will contest May’s local elections. Given the party’s massive polling lead across London and the expectation it will be taking control of true blue Tory boroughs like Wandsworth, the prospect of losing even a single seat in ultra-safe Newham is extremely remote.

One ward, Plaistow South, failed to select any candidates after members rejected both women on the shortlist. The meeting will have to be re-convened.

So here are 57 of the 60 people who will (almost certainly) be your councillors for the next four years:

(* = sitting councillor for the same ward; ** = current councillor for a different ward)

East Ham

Beckton

• James Asser
• Ayesha Chowdhury*
• Tonii Wilson*

Boleyn

• Genevieve Kitchen
• Veronica Oakeshott*
• Harvinder Singh Virdee*

East Ham South

• Susan Masters*
• Quintin Peppiatt*
• Lakmini Shah*

East Ham Central

• Julianne Marriott*
• Aisha Siddiquah
• Sugathan Thekkeppurayil

East Ham North

• Daniel Blaney
• Zuber Gulamussen*
• Firoza Ahmed Nekiwala*

Green Street East

• Muhammad Ali
• Nilufa Jahan
• Muzibur Rahman

Little Ilford

• Nazir Ahmed
• Pushpa Makwana
• Riaz Mirza

Manor Park

• Ken Clark**
• Mariam Dawood
• Salim Patel*

Royal Docks

• Steve Brayshaw*
• Anthony McAlmont*
• Patrick Murphy*

Wall End

• Jennifer Bailey
• Omana Gangadharan
• Lester Hudson*

West Ham

Canning Town North

• Ann Easter*
• Shaban Mohammed
• Delphine Tohoure

Canning Town South

• Rohit Dasgupta
• Alan Griffiths*
• Belgica Guana

Custom House

• James Beckles**
• Rokhsana Fiaz*
• Patricia Holland*

Forest Gate North

• Sasha Das Gupta
• Anam Islam*
• Rachel Tripp*

Forest Gate South

• Mas Patel*
• Tahmina Rahman**
• Winston Vaughan*

Green Street West

• Hanif Abdulmuhit*
• Mushtaq Hussain
• Mumtaz Khan

Plaistow North

• Zulfiqa Ali
• Joy Laguda*
• Daniel Lee-Phakoe

Plaistow South

• Selection suspended

Stratford and New Town

• Joshua Garfield
• Nareser Natalie Osei
• Terry Paul*

West Ham

• John Gray*
• Charlene McLean**
• John Whitworth*

A number of sitting councillors are seeking re-selection but have so far not secured a position (with only Plaistow South still to be resolved):

• Aleen Alarice (sitting councillor in Plaistow South)
• Jose Alexander
• Andrew Baikie
• Clive Furness
• Idris Ibrahim
• Mukesh Patel
• Paul Duraisamy Sathianesan
• Neil Wilson (sitting councillor in Plaistow South)

In addition, a large number of councillors decided step down this year, including three who were ineligible due to suspension:

• Seyi Akiwowo
• Freda Bourne
• David Christie
• Frances Clarke
• Bryan Collier
• Ian Corbett
• Jo Corbett
• Richard Crawford
• Unmesh Desai
• Forhad Hussain
• Obaid Khan
• Conor McAuley
• Ahmed Noor
• Rohima Rahman
• Kay Scoresby
• Amarjit Singh
• Ted Sparrowhawk
• Sheila Thomas
• Dianne Walls

Tags: Labour, local elections