North East (London Assembly constituency)

North East
Territorial constituency for the London Assembly
	North East shown within London
Created	2000
Number of members	One
Member	Sem Moema
Party	Labour Co-op
Last election	2024
Next election	2028

North East is a constituency of the London Assembly. It is represented by Sem Moema, of the Labour Party.

It encompasses the London Boroughs of Hackney, Islington and Waltham Forest.^[1]

Assembly members[edit]

	Member	Party
2000	Meg Hillier	Labour
2004	Jennette Arnold	Labour
2021	Sem Moema	Labour

Mayoral election results[edit]

Below are the results for the candidate which received the highest share of the popular vote in the constituency at each mayoral election.

	Member	Party
2000	Ken Livingstone	Independent
2004	Ken Livingstone	Labour
2008	Ken Livingstone	Labour
2012	Ken Livingstone	Labour
2016	Sadiq Khan	Labour
2021	Sadiq Khan	Labour
2024	Sadiq Khan	Labour

Assembly election results[edit]

Ben Seifret was originally selected as the Conservative Party candidate for the 2021 election, but on 7 September 2019 resigned as a candidate citing his opposition to Brexit.^[2] He subsequently joined the Liberal Democrats. He was replaced in February 2020 by Emma Best, a local councillor in Waltham Forest.^[3]

2020s[edit]

2024 London Assembly election: North East^[4]
Party		Candidate	Constituency			List
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sem Moema	104,088	50.2	1.0	105,270
	Green	Antoinette Fernandez	44,342	21.4	1.6	39,046
	Conservative	Pearce Branigan	27,769	13.4	5.4	26,162
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Jones	12,920	6.2	0.5	10,828
	Reform UK	Tony Glover	9,086	4.4	2.5	7,187
	TUSC	Nancy Taaffe	5,595	2.7	1.2
	Rejoin EU					5,113
	Animal Welfare					3,251
	SDP					1,877
	Independent	Tan Bui	1,804	0.9	New
	Britain First					1,803
	CPA					1,761
	Communist					1,322
	Independent	Farah London				1,190
	Independent	Laurence Fox				846
	Heritage					291
	Independent	Gabe Romualdo				143
Majority			59,746	28.8	2.6
Valid Votes			205,604			206,090
Invalid Votes			1,891			1,485
Turnout			207,495	39.5		207,575	39.5
	Labour hold		Swing		1.3

2021 London Assembly election: North East^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Constituency			Regional
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Sem Moema	112,739	51.2	-7.5	105,520	48.94
	Green	Caroline Russell^[a]	43,601	19.8	+7.0	37,353	17.33
	Conservative	Emma Best^[a]	41,398	18.8	+4.6	36,853	17.09
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Pothalingham	14,827	6.7	+0.4	11,091	5.14
	Women's Equality					7,849	3.64	New
	Animal Welfare					3,493	1.62	New
	CPA					1,958	0.91	New
	UKIP					1,683	0.78	New
	London Real					1,630	0.76	New
	Reform UK	Alex Wilson	4,251	1.9	New	1,614	0.75
	TUSC	Nancy Taaffe	3,236	1.5	New	1,559	0.72
	Let London Live					1,455	0.67	New
	Heritage					1,062	0.49	New
	Communist					1,006	0.47	New
	SDP					667	0.31	New
	Londependence					608	0.28	New
	National Liberal					199	0.09	New
Majority			69,138	31.4	-13.1
Turnout			212,565
	Labour hold		Swing
Notes ^ ^a ^b Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

2010s[edit]

2016 London Assembly election: North East^[7]
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	New
	Socialist (GB)	Bill Martin	1,293	0.6	New
	Communist League	Jonathan Silberman	536	0.2	New
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	46.0	+6.9
	Labour hold		Swing

2012 London Assembly election: North East^[8]
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
	Labour hold		Swing

2008 London Assembly election: North East^[9]
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	New
	UKIP	Nicholas Jones	5,349	2.7	–6.2
	Christian (CPA)	Maxine Hargreaves	5,323	2.7	New
	English Democrat	John Dodds	3,637	1.8	New
Majority			28,437	14.4	+4.1
Total formal votes			193,811	97.9
Informal votes			4,082	2.1
Turnout			197,893	43.8	+12.5
	Labour hold		Swing

2004 London Assembly election: North East^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jennette Arnold	37,380	29.0	–7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Terry Stacy	24,042	18.7	–2.4
	Conservative	Andrew Boff	23,264	18.1	0.0
	Green	Jon Nott	16,739	13.0	–2.6
	UKIP	R. J. Selby	11,459	8.9	New
	Respect	D. R. E. Ryan	11,184	8.7	New
	CPA	A. A. Otchie	3,219	2.5	New
	Communist	J. I. Beavis	1,378	1.1	New
Majority			13,338	10.3	-4.7
Total formal votes			128,665	31.3	+2.6
Turnout			128,665
	Labour hold		Swing

2000 London Assembly election: North East^[11]
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
Turnout			117,586
	Labour win (new seat)

References[edit]

^ "Census 2011: London Assembly Constituency Profiles". London Datastore. GLA Intelligence Unit. 2013. p. 47.
^ "Conservative election candidate quits with warning that party has been 'taken over by a cult'". Camden New Journal.
^ @CampaigningBen (22 September 2019). "Twitter post" (Tweet) – via Twitter. ^{[dead link]}
^ "CONSTITUENCY MEMBER OF THE LONDON ASSEMBLY RESULTS (North East)" (PDF).
^ https://www.londonelects.org.uk/im-voter/election-results/results-2021 , London Elects; retrieved 13 May 2021
^ London elections 2021 BBC News
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 May 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 May 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "BBC NEWS | Election 2008 | London Elections: North East". news.bbc.co.uk.
^ Greater London Authority Election Results
^ London & Local Elections 2000: North East, BBC News

[fn3-7] Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

[1] "Census 2011: London Assembly Constituency Profiles". London Datastore. GLA Intelligence Unit. 2013. p. 47.

[2] "Conservative election candidate quits with warning that party has been 'taken over by a cult'". Camden New Journal.

[3] @CampaigningBen (22 September 2019). "Twitter post" (Tweet) – via Twitter. ^{[dead link]}

[4] "CONSTITUENCY MEMBER OF THE LONDON ASSEMBLY RESULTS (North East)" (PDF).

[5] ttps://www.londonelects.org.uk/im-voter/election-results/results-2021 , London Elects; retrieved 13 May 2021

[6] London elections 2021 BBC News

[8] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 May 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[9] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 May 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[10] "BBC NEWS | Election 2008 | London Elections: North East". news.bbc.co.uk.

[demon-11] Greater London Authority Election Results

[bbc-12] London & Local Elections 2000: North East, BBC News

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