Newham Council election, 2010
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Elections to Newham Council in London, England was held on 6 May 2010. This was on the same day as other UK local elections, 2010.
The whole council, including the directly elected Mayor
, was up for election for the first time since the 2006 election
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The whole council, including the directly elected Mayor
Directly elected mayor of Newham
The directly elected 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, now known as a 'civic...
, was up for election for the first time since the 2006 election
Newham Council election, 2006
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....
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Council election result
Mayoral election result
| Newham Council Mayoral Election 2010 | |||||||
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| Party | Name | 1st Choice Votes | % | 2nd Choice Votes | Total | % | |
| Robin Wales Robin Wales Sir Robin Andrew Wales is a Labour Party politician and current Mayor of the London Borough of Newham- Early life :Wales was born in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland in 1955, and was educated at the University of Glasgow where he read Chemistry and was chair of the Glasgow University Labour Club... |
64,748 | 68.02% | |||||
| Maria Allen | 15,330 | 16.11% | |||||
| KM Communities Welfare | Kamran Malik | 6,607 | 6.94% | ||||
| 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.... |
6,503 | 6.83% | |||||
| Chikwe Nkemnacho | 2,006 | 2.11% | |||||
| Total Turnout | 95,194 | 50.37% |