The Mayor of Newham is a
directly elected mayor responsible for the executive function of
Newham London Borough Council in east
London
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, England. The position is different from the previously existing (and largely ceremonial)
annually appointed mayors of
Newham
The London Borough of Newham () is a London boroughs, London borough created in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963. It covers an area previously administered by the Essex county boroughs of County Borough of West Ham, West Ham and County ...
, known as 'Civic Ambassador' from 2002 until the office was discontinued in 2009.
The inaugural holder of the post, created on 2 May 2002, was
Robin Wales, who held the position for five terms between 2002 and 2018. Wales was deselected as the Labour candidate in the 2018 election, which led to the election of
Rokhsana Fiaz as mayor, after Labour held Newham in the mayoral and local council elections.
A referendum on the governance of the council was held on 6 May 2021, in which local electors voted for the continuation of the current mayoral system as the executive of the council (described as the "Mayor and Cabinet" model) over its replacement with a councillor-led committee model of governance, which would have seen the position of mayoralty being scrapped.
Referendums
Elections
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018
Wales was deselected ahead of the 2018 election.
2022
References
{{Directly elected mayors in the United Kingdom
Politics of the London Borough of Newham, *
Newham
The London Borough of Newham () is a London boroughs, London borough created in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963. It covers an area previously administered by the Essex county boroughs of County Borough of West Ham, West Ham and County ...
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