Canning Town South (ward)

Canning Town South
Electoral ward for the Newham London Borough Council
Canning Town South ward boundaries since 2022
Borough	Newham
County	Greater London
Population	7,122 (2021)^[a]
Electorate	5,003 (2022)
Major settlements	Canning Town
Area	0.6693 square kilometres (0.2584 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	2002
Number of members	3
Councillors	Alan Griffiths Rohit Dasgupta Belgica Guana
GSS code	E05013907

Canning Town South is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Newham. The ward was first used in the 2002 elections. It returns councillors to Newham London Borough Council.

List of councillors

Term	Councillor	Party
2002–2010	Alan Craig		CPA
2002–2006 2010-2014	Alan Taylor		Labour
2002–2006	Maureen Jones		Labour
2006–2010	Denise Stafford		CPA
2006–2010	Simeon Ademolake		CPA
2010–2018	Bryan Collier		Labour
2010–2014	Michael Nicholas		Labour
2014–present	Alan Griffiths		Labour
2014–2018	Sheila Thomas		Labour
2018–present	Rohit Dasgupta		Labour
2018–present	Belgica Guana		Labour

Newham Council elections since 2022

2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022.^[1]

2022 Newham London Borough Council election: Canning Town South (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rohit Dasgupta	630
	Labour	Alan Griffiths	585
	Labour	Belgica Guana	536
	Independent	Carel Buxton	187
	Green	Oliver Reynolds	185
	Green	Deb Scott	161
	Independent	Darshi Wijesinghe	155
	Conservative	Tim Gamble	144
	Conservative	Marc Pooler	122
	Green	Benjamin Smith	106
	Conservative	Rachel Nabudde	103
	CPA	Myrtle Laing	74
	CPA	Sharmila Swarna	54
	CPA	Prossy Namwanje	50
Turnout
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

2002–2022 Newham council elections

2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018.^[2]

2018 Newham London Borough Council election: Canning Town South (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Griffiths	1,991
	Labour	Rohit Dasgupta	1,965
	Labour	Belgica Guana	1,693
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Carey	652
	Conservative	Marc Pooler	643
	Conservative	Mark Seymour	559
	Green	Danny Keeling	464
	Conservative	Mahyar Tousi	378
	CPA	Myrtle Laing	222
	CPA	Sharmila Swarna	145
	CPA	Prossy Namwanje	144
Turnout				28.2
Registered electors			11,749
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014.^[3]

2014 Newham London Borough Council election: Canning Town South (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bryan Collier	1,896
	Labour	Alan Griffiths	1,600
	Labour	Sheila Thomas	1,581
	UKIP	Kay McKenzie	657
	Conservative	Abul Mohammed	632
	Conservative	Gareth Knight	537
	Conservative	Jaja Rachel	420
	CPA	Faith Johnson	387
	CPA	Benjamin Stafford	279
	CPA	Ethel Odiete	237
Turnout				33.0
Registered electors			10,170
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2010 election

The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election.^[4]

2010 Newham London Borough Council election: Canning Town South (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bryan Collier	2,263
	Labour	Alan Taylor	2,074
	Labour	Michael Nicholas	2,028
	CPA	Alan Craig	1,399
	CPA	Denise Stafford	1,004
	CPA	Hamilton Amachree	892
	Conservative	Christopher Buckwell	858
	Conservative	Gareth Knight	794
	Conservative	Abul Kashem	721
Turnout				43.8
Registered electors			9,187
	Labour gain from CPA		Swing
	Labour gain from CPA		Swing
	Labour gain from CPA		Swing

2006 election

The election took place on 4 May 2006.^[5]

2006 Newham London Borough Council election: Canning Town South (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPA	Alan Craig	1,536
	CPA	Denise Stafford	1,170
	CPA	Simeon Ademolake	1,091
	Labour	Bryan Collier	927
	Labour	Alan Griffiths	887
	Labour	Julie Sussex	855
	Conservative	Christopher Buckwell	332
	Conservative	Abul Abdul	306
	Respect	Khadija Hassan	225
	Conservative	Bakary Ceesay	193
	Respect	Mohammed Rob	193
	Respect	Berlyne Hamilton	192
Turnout				32.8
Registered electors			8,661
	CPA hold		Swing
	CPA gain from Labour		Swing
	CPA gain from Labour		Swing

2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002.^[6]

2002 Newham London Borough Council election: Canning Town South (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPA	Alan Craig	959
	Labour	Alan Taylor	946
	Labour	Maureen Jones	887
	Labour	Simon Tucker	808
	CPA	Benjamin Stafford	739
	CPA	Rose Irtwangejibril	525
Turnout				26.2
Registered electors			7,601
	CPA win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Notes

^ 2021 Census data reported for 2022 ward boundaries

References

^ Heywood, Joe; Loftus, Caitlin (March 2023). "London Borough Council Elections: May 2022" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
^ Colombeau, Joseph (October 2018). "London Borough Council Elections: 3 May 2018" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
^ Colombeau, Joseph (September 2014). "London Borough Council Elections: 22 May 2014" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
^ Piggott, Gareth (March 2011). "London Borough Council Elections: 6 May 2010" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
^ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (March 2007). "London Borough Council Elections: 4 May 2006" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
^ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (2002). "London Borough Council Elections: 2 May 2002" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 29 June 2025.