Unmesh Desai has been re-elected as London Assembly member for City and East.
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Unmesh Desai has outlined his top priorities after he was comfortably re-elected to the London Assembly for the City and East constituency.
The Labour candidate was a runaway winner for the seat, which covers Newham, Barking and Dagenham, and Tower Hamlets boroughs.
He was first elected to represent the area in 2016 and spent 20 years as a Newham councillor.
Mr Desai received 125,025 votes this time around, just less than 80,000 ahead of second-placed Nick Vandyke for the Conservatives (46,718).
His majority was slightly reduced on 2016, when he triumphed by around 90,000 votes.
19:29 EDT, 1 May 2021
A memorial of candles and flowers still lies near the scene of the latest atrocity in London s violent crime wave.
The killing of teenager Junior Jah in the borough of Newham happened just a stone s throw from Mayor Sadiq Khan s new City Hall – leaving those in the area too terrified to leave their own homes.
The 18-year-old was killed just four years after his brother Ahmed, 21, was stabbed to death in the same area as he bought a soft drink.
The killing of teenager Junior Jah in the borough of Newham happened just a stone s throw from Mayor Sadiq Khan s new City Hall – leaving those in the area too terrified to leave their own homes
I’ve lived in London since I was 18, went to medical school here, worked as a doctor and set up a business in London.
I will fight tirelessly to reopen London’s economy, help businesses and especially the self-employed to thrive, support our theatres, restaurants, and champion our cultural and heritage sites.
We urgently need to support our London NHS to work through the backlog of patients that urgently need to be seen.
We must tackle inequalities in health, drug misuse and get people back on their feet.
Unmesh Desai.
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Unmesh Desai - Labour and Co-operative Party
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