Unmesh Desai

Unmesh Desai (born May 1959) is a Labour Party politician. A long standing member of Newham London Borough Council, since 2016 he has been Member of the London Assembly for the City and East Constituency.

He was elected to Newham Council in 1998 as a councillor for St Stephen's Ward, East Ham. Following boundary changes, he was elected to the council in 2002 as a councillor for the new East Ham Central Ward, and was re-elected in 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014.

In September 2015 it was announced that John Biggs, sitting Labour Party Assembly Member for City and East, would not be standing at the 2016 election, Desai was chosen to be the Labour candidate.