Newham Council election, 2006
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Elections to Newham Council in London, England were held on 4 May 2006. The whole council, including the directly elected Mayor, was up for election for the first time since the 2002 election. The Labour Party maintained control of the council.
Mayoral election result
| Newham Council Mayoral Election 2006 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Name | 1st Choice Votes | % | 2nd Choice Votes | Total | % | |
| Robin Wales | 28,655 | 57.4 | 5,406 | 34,061 | 68.2 | ||
| Abdurahman Ahktar Jafar | 12,898 | 25.8 | 2,983 | 15,881 | 31.8 | ||
| Reza Ahmed Shafi Choudhury | 8,822 | 17.7 | |||||
| Alan Craig Alan Craig Alexander Alan Craig is the leader of the Christian Peoples Alliance party and a former councillor in the London Borough of Newham for Canning Town South.... |
6,559 | 13.1 | |||||
| Anwar Hussain | 2,886 | 5.8 | |||||
| Total | 59,820 | 34.5 | 8,389 | 49,942 |