North East (London Assembly constituency)

North East is a constituency of the London Assembly. It is represented by Jennette Arnold who was directly elected at the 2004 London Assembly election after previously being elected by the Labour Party list in the 2000 London Assembly election.

North East
Territorial constituency for the London Assembly
North East shown within London
Created2000 (2000)
Number of membersOne
MemberJennette Arnold
PartyLabour
Last election2016
Next election2021

It encompasses the London Boroughs of Hackney, Islington and Waltham Forest.

Assembly members
ElectionMemberParty
2000 Meg Hillier Labour
2004 Jennette Arnold Labour

Election results

Ben Seifret was originally selected as the Conservative Party candidate, but on 7 September 2019 resigned as a candidate citing his opposition to Brexit.[1] He subsequently joined the Liberal Democrats. He was replaced in February 2020 by Emma Best, a local councillor in Waltham Forest. [2]

2020 London Assembly election: North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Emma Best
Liberal Democrats Kate Pothalingham
Labour Sem Moema
2016 London Assembly election: North East[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Jennette Arnold 134,307 58.7 +5.6
Conservative Sam Malik 32,565 14.2 -4.4
Green Samir Jeraj 29,401 12.8 -2.7
Liberal Democrats Terry Stacy 14,312 6.3 -0.6
UKIP Freddy Vachha 11,315 5.0 +1.6
Respect Tim Allen 5,068 2.2 N/A
Socialist (GB) Bill Martin 1,293 0.6 N/A
Communist League Jonathan Silberman 536 0.2 N/A
Majority 101,742 44.5 +10.0
Total formal votes 228,797 98.8 +0.5
Informal votes 2,734 1.2 -0.5
Turnout 231,531 46 +6.9
2012 London Assembly election: North East[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Jennette Arnold 101,902 53.1 +15.1
Conservative Naomi Newstead 35,714 18.6 -4.7
Green Caroline Allen 29,677 15.5 +2.1
Liberal Democrats Farooq Qureshi 13,237 6.9 -8.1
UKIP Paul Wiffen 6,623 3.4 +0.7
Independent Ijaz Hayat 4,842 2.5 +2.5
Majority 66,188 34.5 +19.4
Total formal votes 191,995 98.3 +0.4
Informal votes 3,326 1.7 -0.4
Turnout 195,321 39.1 -4.7
2008 London Assembly election: North East[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Jennette Arnold 73,551 37.2 +8.2
Conservative Alexander Ellis 45,114 22.8 +4.7
Liberal Democrats Meral Ece 28,973 14.6 –4.1
Green Aled Fisher 25,845 13.1 +0.1
Left List Unjum Mirza 6,019 3.0 N/A
UKIP Nicholas Jones 5,349 2.7 –6.2
Christian (Christian Peoples Alliance) Maxine Hargreaves 5,323 2.7 N/A
English Democrat John Dodds 3,637 1.8 N/A
Majority 28,437 14.7 +4.3
Total formal votes 193,811 97.9
Informal votes 4,082 2.1
Turnout 197,893 43.8 +12.5
2004 London Assembly election: North East[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Jennette Arnold 37,380 29.0 –7.1
Liberal Democrats Terry Stacy 24,042 18.7 –2.5
Conservative Andrew Boff 23,264 18.1 +0.3
Green Jon Nott 16,739 13.0 –2.6
UKIP R. J. Selby 11,459 8.9 N/A
Respect D. R. E. Ryan 11,184 8.7 N/A
Christian Peoples Alliance A. A. Otchie 3,219 2.5 N/A
Communist J. I. Beavis 1,378 1.1 N/A
Majority 13,338 10.4 -4.6
Total formal votes 128,665 31.3 +2.6
2000 London Assembly election: North East[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Meg Hillier 42,459 36.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Paul Fox 24,856 21.1 N/A
Conservative Eric Ollerenshaw 20,975 18.1 N/A
Green Yen Chit Chong 18,382 15.6 N/A
London Socialist Cecelia Prosper 8,269 7.0 N/A
Independent Paul Shaer 1,501 1.3 N/A
Reform 2000 Erol Basarik 1,144 1.0 N/A
Majority 17,603 15.0 N/A
Total formal votes 117,586 28.7 N/A

References
  1. http://camdennewjournal.com/article/candidate-quits-warning-conservative-party-has-been-taken-over-by-a-cult
  2. https://twitter.com/CampaigningBen/status/1175837512146784266?s=19
  5. BBC Election 2008: results
  6. Greater London Authority Election Results
  7. London & Local Elections 2000: North East, BBC News
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