Tower Hamlets Council election, 1998

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Elections to Tower Hamlets Council were held on 7 May 1998. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.

[edit] Election result

Tower Hamlets Local Election Result 1998
Party Seats Gains Losses Net Gain/Loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/-
  Labour 41 -1 82.0 54.2 55,961
  Liberal Democrat 9 +2 18.0 25.9 26,689
  Conservative 0 0 0 0 0 10.3 10,671
  Liberal 0 0 0 0 0 3.6 3,758
  Independent 0 0 1 -1 0 3.3 3,432
  British National Party 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 2,391
  National Front 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 270

[edit] Ward results

Blackwall (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen Wright 701
Labour Khan Murshid 691
Liberal Democrat Jane Jackson 287
Liberal Democrat Patricia Ramsay 242
Conservative Crispin Hayhoe 128
Conservative Sarah Hoile 107
Turnout 2,156
Bow (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Raymon Gipson 1,138
Liberal Democrat Terry Stacy 1,063
Liberal Democrat Marian Williams 1,010
Labour Arthur Downes 797
Labour Arun Chattopadhyay 793
Labour Benjamin Leapman 696
Conservative Tafique Chowdhury 246
Conservative Simon Gordon-Clark 138
Turnout 5,881
Bromley (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Abdul Sardar 1,504
Labour Carol Hinvest 1,293
Labour Betheline Chattopadhyay 1,116
Liberal Democrat Bernard Cameron 666
Liberal Democrat Rosemarie Peters 580
Liberal Democrat Ron Converson 547
Conservative John Livingstone 239
Conservative Barbara Perrott 187
Conservative Gregory Price 157
Turnout 6,289
East India (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brian Son 826
Labour Rajib Ahmed 790
Liberal Democrat Nigel Huxted 432
Liberal Democrat Annabelle Steggles 331
Conservative Nathaniel Cross 129
Turnout 2,508
Grove (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Janet Ludlow 874
Liberal Democrat Frederick Hunn 848
Labour Olwen Jacobs 704
Labour Jonathan Swain 674
Conservative Syed Hoque 113
Turnout 3,213
Holy Trinity (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Albert Snooks 1,358
Liberal Democrat Barrie Duffey 1,342
Labour Salim Ullah 1,314
Liberal Democrat Rosina Tucker 1,270
Labour Judith Gardiner 1,181
Labour Anthony Sharpe 1,156
Conservative Mustak Syed 313
British National Party Paul Costello 147
Turnout 8,081
Lansbury (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Diana Johnson 1,082
Labour Michael Keating 1,023
Labour Kevin Morton 964
Liberal Democrat Barry Blandford 692
Liberal Democrat Peter Carlin 604
Liberal Democrat Russell Neale 508
Independent David Hemingway 499
National Front Lynda Miller 270
Conservative Harry Benham 137
Conservative Sharon Jones 107
Conservative James Mclachlan 107
Turnout 5,993
Limehouse (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Helal Abbas 928
Labour David Edgar 778
Labour Soyful Alom 771
Independent William Wakefield 520
Liberal Democrat Timothy McNally 443
Independent Maurice Caplan 441
Liberal Democrat Stewart Rayment 431
Independent Abu Hossain 425
Independent Parvin Begum 402
Liberal Democrat Martin Pantling 399
Independent Derek England 388
Conservative Motiur Rahman 260
Conservative Pamela Drew 101
Conservative Paul Goodman 84
Turnout 6,371
Millwall (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Julia Mainwaring 2,315
Labour Martin Young 2,315
Labour Stephen Molyneaux 2,279
British National Party David Hill 665
British National Party Gordon Callow 637
British National Party Steven Harrington 606
Conservative Philip Groves 495
Conservative Jennifer Kendall-Tobias 489
Conservative William Norton 468
Liberal Democrat Richard Flowers 371
Liberal Democrat Alexander Wilcock 335
Liberal Democrat Linda Hunn 318
Turnout 11,293
Park (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Elizabeth Baunton 1,076
Liberal Democrat Derek Charles 958
Labour Alan Amos 418
Labour Philip Royal 392
Turnout 2,844
Redcoat (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ataur Rahamn 922
Labour David Bayat 906
Liberal Democrat James Lanagan 636
Liberal Democrat Josephine Harriott 599
Conservative Robert Neil 129
Turnout 3,192
Shadwell (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Keith 1,346
Labour Bodrul Alom 1,229
Labour Abdus Shukur 1,112
Independent Abdul Malik 757
Conservative Richard Powell 589
Conservative Paul Ingham 547
Conservative Lawrence Ailreu-Thomas 490
Turnout 6,070
Spitalfields (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Syed Mizan 1,454
Labour Ghulam Mortuza 1,435
Labour Ala Uddin 1,316
Conservative Eaoyor Shaikh 621
Conservative David Webb 558
Turnout 5,384
St. Dunstans (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Biggs 1,421
Labour Shahab Ahmed 1,231
Labour Mohammed Uddin 1,220
Conservative Edna Hill 602
Turnout 4,474
St. James (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mark Taylor 941
Labour Lorriane Melvin 889
Liberal Democrat Barrie Martin 847
Liberal Democrat John Griffiths 841
British National Party Paul Maxwell 168
British National Party Paul McHale 168
Conservative Mohammed Ullah 89
Turnout 3,943
St. Katharines (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Denise Jones 1,582
Labour Abdul Asad 1,496
Labour Anamul Hoque 1,333
Conservative Jane Emmerson 1,206
Conservative Mostofa Miah 1,082
Liberal Democrat Gyles Glover 610
Liberal Democrat Hilal Miah 540
Liberal Democrat Patricia Snooks 528
Turnout 8,377
St. Mary's (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Motin Uz-Zaman 826
Labour Alexander Heslop 819
Conservative Habibur Choudhury 358
Turnout 2,003
St. Peters (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jusna Begum 1,405
Labour Raja Miah 1,223
Labour Raymond Marney 1,218
Liberal Democrat Mohammed Chowdhury 802
Liberal Kathleen Cook 798
Liberal Brian Lafferty 590
Liberal Betty Wright 586
Liberal Democrat Timothy O'Flaherty 460
Liberal Democrat Michael Elston 441
Conservative Jay Tarbey 237
Turnout 7,760
Weavers (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mohammed Ali 1,229
Labour Christopher Creegan 985
Labour Catherine Tuitt 922
Liberal Democrat Kofi Appiah 776
Liberal Terry Milson 770
Liberal Democrat Abdul Khan 748
Liberal Democrat Jonathan Mathews 738
Liberal Kathleen Caulfield 705
Liberal Justin Sillman 309
Conservative Mohammed Uddin 158
Turnout 7,340

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Preceded by
Tower Hamlets Council election 1994		 Tower Hamlets local elections Succeeded by
Tower Hamlets Council election 2002