Rohit Dasgupta
Rohit Dasgupta is a Labour Party candidate in Canning Town South in the London Borough of Newham.
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About Rohit Dasgupta
Wikipedia
Rohit K. Dasgupta is an Associate Professor of Gender and Sexuality at the London School of Economics and Political Science and a British Labour Party politician. Prior to this he was a Senior Lecturer in the School of Culture and Creative Arts at the University of Glasgow where he remains as an Honorary Senior Research Fellow. In 2018 he was elected Councillor in the London Borough of Newham for the Canning Town South ward. He was re-elected for the same ward again in 2022. He contested the Parliamentary seat of East Hampshire for the Labour Party in 2017, coming second with an increase of 7% vote share. He is also Secretary of the Newham Branch of the Fabian Society. In 2019 he was selected as an MEP candidate for the South East region but failed to get elected. Dasgupta is also a member of Labour's National Policy Forum and sits on the Work, Pensions and Equality Policy Commission. In May 2025, he was appointed chair and first citizen of the Newham Council for the municipal year 2025-26.
Read more on Wikipedia| Date | Election | Party | Results | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Canning Town South: London Borough of Newham | Labour Party | (Results due after 07 May 2026) | Position not available |
| 2022 | Canning Town South: London Borough of Newham | Labour and Co-operative Party | 630 votes (elected) | 1st / 14 candidates |
| 2019 | South East: European Parliament (UK) elections | Labour Party | Not elected (vote count not available) | Position not available |
| 2018 | Canning Town South: Newham local election | Labour and Co-operative Party | 1,965 votes (elected) | 2nd / 11 candidates |
| 2017 | East Hampshire: UK Parliamentary general election | Labour Party | 9,411 votes (not elected) | 2nd / 5 candidates |
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