The directly elected mayor of Newham is a directly elected mayor responsible for the executive function of Newham London Borough Council

Newham London Borough Council

Newham London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Newham in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in the United Kingdom capital of London. The council is unusual in that its executive function is controlled by a directly elected mayor of...

 in east London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

, England. The position is different from the previously existing and largely ceremonial, annually appointed mayors of Newham

London Borough of Newham

The London Borough of Newham is a London borough formed from the towns of West Ham and East Ham, within East London.It is situated east of the City of London, and is north of the River Thames. According to 2006 estimates, Newham has one of the highest ethnic minority populations of all the...

, now known as a 'civic ambassador' since the first election. The incumbent since the post was created on 2 May 2002 is Robin Wales

Robin Wales

Sir Robin Andrew Wales is a Labour Party politician and current Mayor of the London Borough of Newham- Early life :Wales was born in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland in 1955, and was educated at the University of Glasgow where he read Chemistry and was chair of the Glasgow University Labour Club...

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Referendum

Local authority	Date	Yes Votes	Yes Vote %	No Votes	No Vote %	Turnout %
Newham London Borough of Newham The London Borough of Newham is a London borough formed from the towns of West Ham and East Ham, within East London.It is situated east of the City of London, and is north of the River Thames. According to 2006 estimates, Newham has one of the highest ethnic minority populations of all the...	31 January 2002	27,263	68	12,687	32	26

Election results

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2006
	Party	Name	1st Choice Votes	%	2nd Choice Votes	Total	%
Robin Wales	28,655	57.4	5,406	34,061	68.2
Abdurahman Ahktar Jafar	12,898	25.8	2,983	15,881	31.8
Reza Ahmed Shafi Choudhury	8,822	17.7
Alan Craig Alan Craig Alexander Alan Craig is the leader of the Christian Peoples Alliance party and a former councillor in the London Borough of Newham for Canning Town South....	6,559	13.1
Anwar Hussain	2,886	5.8
		Total	59,820	34.5	8,389	49,942

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2010
	Party	Name	1st Choice Votes	%	2nd Choice Votes	Total	%
Robin Wales Robin Wales Sir Robin Andrew Wales is a Labour Party politician and current Mayor of the London Borough of Newham- Early life :Wales was born in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland in 1955, and was educated at the University of Glasgow where he read Chemistry and was chair of the Glasgow University Labour Club...	64,748	68.02%
Maria Allen	15,330	16.11%
KM Community Welfare	Kamran Malik	6,607	6.94%
Alan Craig Alan Craig Alexander Alan Craig is the leader of the Christian Peoples Alliance party and a former councillor in the London Borough of Newham for Canning Town South....	6,503	6.83%
Chikwe Nkemnacho	2,006	2.11%
		Total Turnout	95,194	50.37%