Unmesh Desai
Unmesh Desai | |
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Unmesh in 2017 | |
| Member of the London Assembly for City and East | |
| Assumed office 6 May 2016 | |
| Preceded by | John Biggs |
| Majority | 78,307 |
| Councillor on London Borough of Newham for East Ham Central (2002-2018) | |
| In office 1998–2018 | |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Labour and Co-op |
| Profession | Politician |
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Unmesh Desai is a British politician. A member of the Labour Party, he has represented the City and East constituency in the London Assembly since 2016. He served as a councillor on the London Borough of Newham from 1998 until 2018, representing East Ham Central from 2002 onwards. Desai has been an anti-racism activist since the 1970s; he organised marches and demonstrations in response to a wave of racist murders, and helped to found the Newham Youth Movement to confront the rise in racial violence and injustice.