Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election, 2002
Map of the results of the 2002 Tower Hamlets council election.
Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.
Elections to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1998 increasing the number of seats by 1. The Labour party kept overall control of the council.
Election result
Tower Hamlets Local Election Result 2002 |
Party |
Seats |
Gains |
Losses |
Net gain/loss |
Seats % |
Votes % |
Votes |
+/− |
|
Labour |
35 |
|
|
-8 |
68.6 |
45.7 |
52,200 |
-8.5% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
16 |
|
|
+9 |
31.4 |
30.6 |
34,928 |
+4.7% |
|
Conservative |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
15.1 |
17,210 |
+4.8% |
|
Green |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
4.7 |
5,399 |
+4.7% |
|
Independent |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
2.0 |
2,338 |
-1.3% |
|
Socialist Alliance |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
1.1 |
1,224 |
+1.1% |
|
New Britain Party |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
0.4 |
470 |
+0.4% |
|
BNP |
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
0.3 |
366 |
-2.0% |
Ward results
Bethnal Green South (3) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Sirajul Islam |
1,385 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Akikor Rahman |
1,384 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Salim Ullah |
1,331 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Nurul Karim |
1,309 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Raymond Marney |
1,281 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Robert Waites |
1,252 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Shahin Ahmed |
239 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Anamul Haque |
201 |
|
|
|
Green |
Jonathan Hackett |
190 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Nicholas Sellick |
181 |
|
|
|
Green |
Peter Howell |
177 |
|
|
|
Green |
Gizelle Rush |
166 |
|
|
Turnout |
9,096 |
|
|
Blackwall and Cubitt Town (3) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Lutfur Ali |
876 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Julia Mainwaring |
865 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Anthony Sharpe |
793 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Tim Archer |
568 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Patricia Napier |
534 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Simon Rouse |
497 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Barrie Blandford |
350 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Alison Sanderson |
310 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Richard Ottaway |
248 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Eric Pemberton |
215 |
|
|
Turnout |
5,256 |
|
|
Bow East (3) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Raymond Gipson |
1,248 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Nigel McCollum |
1,204 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Marian Williams |
1,155 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Rupert Bawden |
519 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Alexander Heslop |
493 |
|
|
|
Labour |
David Guppy |
475 |
|
|
|
Green |
Jessica Lack |
136 |
|
|
|
Green |
Benjamin Holt |
125 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Alastair Holmes |
120 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Susanna Webb |
116 |
|
|
|
Green |
Volker Heineman |
112 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Timothy Hudspith |
99 |
|
|
Turnout |
5,802 |
|
|
Bromley-by-Bow (3) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
David Edgar |
1,650 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Abdul Sardar |
1,641 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Khaled Khan |
1,586 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Brian Abson |
353 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Abdul Mannan |
320 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Phyllis Sheehan |
310 |
|
|
|
Green |
Matthew Corbishley |
225 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
James McLachlan |
204 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Barbara Perrott |
186 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Robert Neill |
178 |
|
|
|
Green |
Hidr Yildirim |
132 |
|
|
Turnout |
6,785 |
|
|
East India and Lansbury (3) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Ali Ahmed |
1,015 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Rajib Ahmed |
869 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Kevin Morton |
771 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Ron Harley |
756 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Harry Pavitt |
583 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Robert Wallace |
583 |
|
|
|
Socialist Alliance |
Kambiz Boomla |
261 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Peter Golds |
253 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Gareth Kennedy |
239 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Gillian Thomas |
196 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Mohammed Haque |
178 |
|
|
Turnout |
5,704 |
|
|
Mile End and Globe (3) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Jainal Chowdhury |
1,108 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Rofique Ahmed |
1,042 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Barrie Duffey |
1,008 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Rosina Tucker |
950 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Sharmin Shajahan |
778 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Graham Taylor |
727 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Jahidul Hoque |
326 |
|
|
|
Green |
Christopher Coombes |
267 |
|
|
|
Green |
Amelia Gordon |
218 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Michael Fletcher |
217 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Mohammad Karim |
174 |
|
|
|
Green |
Jeremy Hicks |
156 |
|
|
Turnout |
6,971 |
|
|
Mile End East (3) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Helal Rahman |
1,326 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Morin Uz-Zaman |
1,303 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Abdus Salique |
1,254 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Mohammed Rahman |
792 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Bernard Cameron |
791 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Rick Pollock |
739 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
John Livingstone |
242 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Simon Armand-Smith |
233 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Stephen Charge |
213 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Bill Wakefield |
103 |
|
|
Turnout |
6,996 |
|
|
St Dunstan's and Stepney Green (3) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Ataur Rahman |
1,232 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Nasir Uddin |
1,226 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Mohammed Uddin |
1,105 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Hafizur Rahman |
828 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Shamim Choudhury |
566 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Muhammade Hoque |
518 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Paula Palmer |
418 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
George Crozier |
393 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Mohibur Rahman |
300 |
|
|
|
Green |
Miriam Dodd |
269 |
|
|
|
Green |
Craig Williams |
261 |
|
|
|
Green |
Frances Schwartz |
216 |
|
|
Turnout |
7,332 |
|
|
Shadwell (3) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Manir Ahmed |
1,265 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Michael Keith |
1,188 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Abdus Shukur |
1,076 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Nanu Miah |
512 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
William Crossey |
429 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Richard Powell |
402 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Catherine Buttimer |
395 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Maxwell Rumney |
334 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Gary Marsh |
327 |
|
|
Turnout |
5,928 |
|
|
Spitalfields and Banglatown (3) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Helal Abbas |
936 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Ghulam Mortuza |
848 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Lutfur Rahman |
846 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Mohammed Rahman |
400 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Pir Quium |
345 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
David Webb |
272 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Ahmed Hussain |
255 |
|
|
|
Green |
Keith Magnum |
198 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Melvin Ramsay |
198 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Alas Uddin |
186 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Muhit Ahmed |
157 |
|
|
|
Green |
Annika Sanders |
146 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Ismail Malik |
137 |
|
|
|
Green |
Kerry Seager |
130 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Alexander Vracas |
124 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Sultan Ahmed |
53 |
|
|
Turnout |
5,231 |
|
|
Weavers (3) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Abdul Matin |
1,588 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Louise Alexander |
1,397 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Timothy O'Flaherty |
1,298 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Sirajul Islam |
925 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Humaiun Kobir |
919 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Eric Taylor |
732 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Mohammed Kadir |
295 |
|
|
|
Green |
Benjamin Hancocks |
204 |
|
|
|
Green |
Marc Weaver |
184 |
|
|
|
Green |
Stephen Wood |
159 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Jane Meehan |
145 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Joanna Noles |
137 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Matt Bass |
51 |
|
|
Turnout |
8,024 |
|
|
Whitechapel (3) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Abdul Asad |
1,263 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Fanu Miah |
1,142 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Doros Ullah |
1,125 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Mostafa Miah |
592 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Shafique Miah |
475 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Monsur Ahmed |
466 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Mohamed Ahmed |
462 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Shamsuddin Ahmed |
451 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Anu Miah |
407 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Deborah O'Flaherty |
212 |
|
|
|
Green |
Jacqueline Goodman |
205 |
|
|
|
Green |
Brendon O'Connor |
200 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Sajaul Karim |
174 |
|
|
|
Green |
Melina La Firenze |
167 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Gulam Hossain |
162 |
|
|
|
Socialist Alliance |
Philip Billows |
85 |
|
|
Turnout |
7,588 |
|
|
References