This time it’s the city-wide list vote. Across the borough as a whole Labour took 55.8%, the Tories 20%, the Greens 7.6% and the Liberal Democrats 3.5%.
Below is how the vote broke down between the four main parties in each ward (and among postal voters)…
| Ward | Labour | Cons | Green | Lib Dems | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newham Postal Vote | 52.7% | 19.5% | 6.8% | 4.3% | 15.6% |
| Beckton | 48.1% | 22.7% | 7.3% | 3.4% | 15.6% |
| Boleyn | 57.4% | 19.4% | 5.8% | 2.8% | 10.6% |
| Canning Town North | 51.4% | 21.4% | 6.0% | 2.8% | 14.8% |
| Canning Town South | 46.3% | 22.2% | 8.9% | 4.2% | 15.5% |
| Custom House | 47.8% | 24.0% | 5.9% | 2.9% | 16.3% |
| East Ham Central | 55.3% | 22.9% | 5.1% | 2.5% | 9.0% |
| East Ham North | 61.1% | 20.1% | 3.6% | 1.6% | 9.3% |
| East Ham South | 54.4% | 21.5% | 5.3% | 2.7% | 11.9% |
| Forest Gate North | 51.4% | 13.5% | 15.3% | 3.1% | 13.8% |
| Forest Gate South | 57.0% | 14.7% | 9.8% | 2.8% | 12.9% |
| Green Street East | 59.8% | 19.8% | 4.0% | 1.8% | 9.0% |
| Green Street West | 58.7% | 21.2% | 4.9% | 2.0% | 8.5% |
| Little Ilford | 62.8% | 18.1% | 4.3% | 2.0% | 8.7% |
| Manor Park | 56.1% | 19.3% | 6.7% | 1.8% | 12.1% |
| Plaistow North | 57.3% | 18.1% | 7.0% | 2.2% | 11.4% |
| Plaistow South | 51.4% | 21.6% | 6.9% | 3.4% | 13.1% |
| Royal Docks | 47.8% | 20.0% | 10.5% | 5.8% | 13.6% |
| Stratford & New Town | 50.8% | 14.3% | 14.0% | 6.8% | 11.9% |
| Wall End | 61.6% | 19.5% | 4.1% | 1.8% | 8.9% |
| West Ham | 51.6% | 18.2% | 10.3% | 3.3% | 12.8% |
Despite Little Ilford scoring the biggest pro-Conservative swing in the whole of London in the mayoral election it returned Labour’s best vote share in the Assembly list. The party exceeded 50% in 16 of the 20 wards and among postal voters.
The Conservatives placed second in 19 wards, with Forest Gate North being the exception. This was also the ward with the lowest Tory vote share – 13.5%. Their best result was Custom House, with 24%. As I noted in a previous post, Shaun Bailey ‘won’ Custom House in the mayoral election, so this is clearly a target ward for them (though the ward boundaries will be somewhat different for next year’s council election).
The Greens did best in Forest Gate North, taking second place with 15.3%. They also exceeded 10% in Stratford, Royal Docks and West Ham.
If the Liberal Democrats were looking for a good showing in their target wards in the north of the borough – they have hopes for the new Olympic Park ward – this will have been a disappointment. Although Stratford & New Town was their best result they still finished in fourth place with less than half the Green share of the vote.
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