Labour's Forhad Hussain becomes the new Mayor of Newham
Newham has returned Labour's Forhad Hussain as the new Mayor to lead the borough for the next four years.
Mr Hussain, from the Labour Party, secured 25,538 votes to become Newham’s first new Mayor in eight years.
Mr Hussain shared: “The election matters because people deserve a choice. Democracy works when people are willing to step forward and serve. I start work next week with energy and determination to deliver for every part of the borough.
This is the beginning of a new chapter for the borough. Together we will build a Newham where every resident will be proud to call home. It is the honour of my life to be elected Mayor of Newham, the borough that made me. '
Mr Hussain served as a Labour councillor in Plaistow North from 2010-2018 where he also held senior roles as Cabinet Member for Commercial Opportunities and then as Cabinet Member for Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour.
Mr Hussain will formally take up his new role on Tuesday and will be asked to form an executive cabinet to lead on major decisions.
The new mayor takes over from Labour’s Rokhsana Fiaz OBE who served two full terms.
Local Election results 2026
Seat totals are as follows:
- Labour Party: 26
- Newham Independents Party: 24
- Green Party: 16
| Ward |
Elected Councillors |
| Beckton |
- Syed Ahmed - Labour Party
- Tonii Wilson - Labour Party
- Blossom Young - Labour Party
|
| Boleyn |
- Muhammad Tarek Aziz - Newham Independents Party
- Moniba Khan - Newham Independents Party
- Mehmood Mirza - Newham Independents Party
|
| Canning Town North |
- Imogen Anderson - Green Party
- Aleya Hussain - Labour Party
- Shaban Mohammed - Labour Party
|
| Canning Town South |
- Aderonke Florence Benson - Labour and Co-operative Party
- Rohit Kumar Dasgupta - Labour and Co-operative Party
- John James Morris - Labour and Co-operative Party
|
| Custom House |
- Heather Lafferty - Labour and Co-operative Party
- Thelma Odoi - Labour and Co-operative Party
- Simon Rush - Labour Co-operative Party
|
| East Ham |
- Abdul Halim - Newham Independents Party
- Syed Taqi Jawad Naqvi - Newham Indpendents Party
- Begum Sahera - Newham Independents Party
|
| East Ham South |
- Sanawar Hussain - Labour Party
- Susan Masters - Labour Party
- Lakmini Shah - Labour Party
|
| Forest Gate North |
- Matthew Carlile - Green Party
- Rachel Elizabeth Tripp - Labour and Coperative Party
|
| Forest Gate South |
- Arshan Baskaran - Green Party
- Zahra Kheyre - Green Party
- Jack Pickard - Green Party
|
| Green Street East |
- Sunny Chowdhury - Newham Independents Party
- Md Zakir Hossain - Newham Independents Party
- Rohima Rahman - Labour Party
|
| Green Street West |
- Idris Ibrahim - Newham Independents Party
- Rumana Salim Bhuiyan Liza - Newham Independents Party
- Qasim Yaseen - Newham Independents Party
|
| Little Ilford |
- Tahir Mirza - Newham Independents Party
- Oli Rahman - Newham Independents Party
- Nasreen Shamima - Newham Independents Party
|
| Manor Park |
- Imam Haque - Labour Party
- Salema Khatun - Labour Party
- Salim Patel - Labour Party
|
| Maryland |
- Kelly Drake - Green Party
- Ren Tilbury - Green Party
|
| Plaistow North |
- Nizam Ali - Newham Independents Party
- Zulfiqar Ali - Labour Party
- Sophia Naqvi - Newham Indepents Party
|
| Plaistow South |
- MD Nazrul Islam - Newham Independents Party
- Obaid Khan - Newham Independents Party
- Tamzied Hossain Khan - Newham Independents Party
|
| Plaistow West and Canning Town East |
- Shantu Ferdous - Labour and Co-operative Party
- Robert Gordon - Labour and Co-operative Party
- Madeleine Sarley Pontin - Labour and Co-operative Party
|
| Plashet |
- Zuber Gulamussen - Newham Independents Party
- Ilyas Sharif - Newham Independents Party
|
| Royal Albert |
- Ann Rosemarie Easter - Labour and Co-operative Party
- Poojitha Konkati - Green Party
|
| Royal Victoria |
- Rob Callender - Green Party
- Shabd Pyari - Green Party
|
| Stratford Olympic Park |
- Nate Higgins - Green Party
- Joe Hudson-Small - Green Party
|
| Stratford |
- Danny Keeling - Green Party
- Chae Ho Hwang - Green Party
- Sonia Quintero - Green Party
|
| Wall End |
- Kumar Anand - Newham Independents Party
- Muhammad Majeed - Newham Independents Party
- Noman Md Abu - Newham Independents Party
|
| West Ham |
- Ibrahim Alom - Green Party
- John Gray - Labour and Co-operative Party
- Adjoa Kwarteng - Labour and Co-operative Party
|
