Candidates in West Ham and Beckton — Local Elections 2026
These are the people standing in the upcoming local elections on 7 May 2026. Click a candidate to learn more about them.
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Beckton
17 candidates
Aditya Krishnanand Kadle
Afusatu Olajumoke Adedapo
Angharad Hillier
Blossom Young
Deyan Atanasov
Heather Green
June Taylor
Lazar Monu
Lois Austin
Mohammed Abdul Karim
Mohammed Mashud Ahmed
Ramona-Lavinia Elvin
Shahzad Mumtaz Abbasi
Sidy Ali Kounta
Syed Ahmed
Tonii Wilson
Tony Challinor
Canning Town North
16 candidates
Aleya Hussain
Aminul Islam
Bryan Houston
Goodness Nkire
Gowry Paraneeharan
Ibrahim Hussein
Imogen Anderson
Larisa Zilickaja
Mohammed Delwar Hussain
Nicolas Motte
Precious Nkire
Redawanur Rahman
Robert Claeson
Samir Raheem
Shaban Mohammed
Zulfiqar Ahmed
Canning Town South
19 candidates
Abdul Aziz Saud
Aderonke Florence Benson
Ahmed Omar Sheikh Faqai
Ahrash Dianat
Alex Cline
Amir Ali
Belgica Guana
Feven Yohannes
James Reilly
John James Morris
Linda Ann Jordan
Luke Robert Black
Maria Khan
MD Abdur Rahim
Myrtle Verona Laing
Prossy Namwanje
Rohit Kumar Dasgupta
Syed Rafiz Hayder
Syed Uzaib Alam
Custom House
19 candidates
Alexander Tuppen
Badrul Islam
Ben Moss
Ben Tiley
Chandrika Wijesinghe
Heather Lafferty
Idiat Lawal
James Matthew Mudd
Mushtaq Hussain Mughal
Raphael Smith
Rois Miah
Rustam Sikander Buck
Simon Rush
Suze Gurmeseva
Thelma Odoi
Tim Roll-Pickering
Tony Mehegan
Wazed Ali
Zafer Felek
Plaistow South
17 candidates
Akmol Hussain
Alin Petcu
Asheem Singh
Frederik Kai Grunta
Gabriel Constantin
Herbert Leonelli
Ivaylo Kanev
Jane Lofthouse
Kocotchy Tchesse
MD Nazrul Islam
Md. Atiqur Rahman
Mohammed Alam Begum
Obaid Khan
Pippa King
Rubi Begum
Shazia Anjum
Tamzied Hossain Khan
Plaistow West & Canning Town East
14 candidates
Abdul Hakeem Chaudhari
Ben Beeler
Benedetto Litteri
Constantin Ladan
Karen Flanagan
Madeleine Sarley Pontin
MD Saiful Islam
Misrak Tefra
Rajan Miah
Robert Gordon
Shantu Ferdous
Shayne Wiskin
Susha Sooral
Syeda Fozia Tariq
Royal Albert
11 candidates
Ann Rosemarie Easter
Anthony McAlmont
Daniel Oxley
Faruque Sikder
James Alan-Rumsby
Jason Wilkinson
Kia Summers
Nadia Sukander
Palmira Taran
Poojitha Konkati
Ziyan Pathan
Royal Victoria
10 candidates
Bradley James Fage
Caroline Oladapo
Ehsan Mughal
George Joseph Benjamin Wright
Kevin Okparaeke
Richard East
Rob Callender
Shabd Pyari
Steve Brayshaw
Tomek Zygarowski
West Ham
15 candidates
Adjoa Kwarteng
Andy Green
Armyn Hennessy
Attia Bano
Deb Scott
Fokoruddin Ahmed
Ibrahim Alom
John Gray
Karib Mostafa
Karina Celis Rangel
Kawsar Mohammed Shirazul
Manir Uzzaman Khan
Mayra Crean
Robert Constantin
Sam Michael Mannion