2022 Newham London Borough Council election

2022 Newham London Borough Council election
← 2018 5 May 2022 2026 →

All 66 seats to Newham London Borough Council
  First party Second party
 
Leader Rokhsana Fiaz Rob Callender
Party Labour Green
Leader since May 2018
Leader's seat Directly Elected Mayor
Last election 60 seats, 67.2% 0 seats, 5.2%
Seats before 58 0
Seats won 64 2
Seat change Increase4 Increase2
Popular vote 100,535 27,268
Percentage 61.19 16.59

Map of the results of the 2022 Newham council election. Labour in red & Green Party in green.

council control before election


Labour

Subsequent council control


Labour

The 2022 Newham London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 66 members of Newham London Borough Council were elected. The election took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.

In the previous election in 2018, the Labour Party maintained its control of the council, winning all 60 seats. The 2022 election took place under new election boundaries, which increased the number of councillors to 66. The election coincided with an election for the mayor of Newham after a governance referendum resulted in the borough keeping a directly elected mayor. In the 2022 Local Newham Council Election The Labour Party won every seat except for two which the Green Party of England and Wales won, taking the ward of Stratford Olympic Park led by the Leader of the Opposition Danny Keeling.