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How Newham is Governed

Your Councillors

Councillors or 'Members' help the Mayor run the council on behalf of the community.

Your Councillor

Find information on your councillor.

You can search for councillors alphabetically, by Ward or by political party and find their contact details. You can also find details of councillors and their surgeries by contacting the call centre on 020 8430 2000.

About councillors

There are 60 Councillors in all. Newham is divided into 20 areas called 'Wards', each having three Councillors.

Councillors are elected at Local Elections, which are held every four years. The next one is due in 2010. For the full results from the last election (May 2006) and more general information on elections, please see our voting & elections pages.

Unlike the officers, councillors are not employees of the council and they are not paid a salary for their duties. However, they do get an allowance. See the Mayor and Councillors' Allowances for more information.

Councillors' Surgeries

Councillors are elected to serve and represent the community. They want to be accessible to the people in their wards so they hold regular advice surgeries where people can comment on the council and its services and raise queries or problems about them.

Alternatively, you can contact them directly, either by phone, in writing, by email or via the Town Hall.

If you have a question, comment or enquiry about a council service, please use our Enquiry Form.

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