Tower Hamlets London Borough Council, the local authority for the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, is elected every four years.
Political control
|
Overall control |
Conservative |
Labour |
Lib Dem |
Communist |
Respect |
Others |
2010 |
Independent - Lutfur Rahman |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2010 |
Labour |
8 |
41 |
1 |
- |
1 |
- |
2006 |
Labour |
7 |
26 |
6 |
- |
12 |
- |
2002 |
Labour |
- |
35 |
16 |
- |
- |
- |
1998 |
Labour |
- |
41 |
9 |
- |
- |
- |
1994 |
Labour |
- |
43 |
7 |
- |
- |
- |
1990 |
Liberal Democrat |
- |
20 |
30 |
- |
- |
- |
1986 |
Liberal/S.D.P. Alliance |
- |
24 |
26 |
- |
- |
- |
1982 |
Labour |
- |
31 |
18 |
- |
- |
1 |
1978 |
Labour |
- |
43 |
7 |
- |
- |
- |
1974 |
Labour |
- |
60 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1971 |
Labour |
- |
60 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1968 |
Labour |
- |
57 |
- |
3 |
- |
- |
1964 |
Labour |
- |
55 |
- |
3 |
- |
2 |
Council elections
- Tower Hamlets Council elections, 1964-1990
- Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election, 1964
- Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election, 1968
- Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election, 1971
- Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election, 1974
- Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election, 1978 (boundary changes increased the number of seats by ten)[1]
- Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election, 1982
- Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election, 1986
- Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election, 1990
- Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election, 1994 (boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[n 1][n 2][n 3]
- Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election, 1998
- Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election, 2002 (boundary changes increased the number of seats by one)[2]
- Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election, 2006
- Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election, 2010
- Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election, 2014 (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by six)[3]
Mayoral elections
- Tower Hamlets mayoral election, 2010
Borough result maps
By-election results
1964-1968
Poplar Millwall by-election, 19 November 1965 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Ted Johns |
662 |
|
|
|
Tenants Association |
L.A. Jordan |
535 |
|
|
Majority |
127 |
|
|
Turnout |
5,505 |
21.8 |
|
|
Labour gain from Independent |
Swing |
|
|
- The gain was from the Residents' Association.
1968-1971
1971-1974
There were no by-elections.[5]
1974-1978
1978-1982
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Peter Gray.
Blackwall by-election, 9 July 1981[6] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
John J. Boles |
512 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Simon P. McCall |
105 |
|
|
|
Independent Labour |
Peter Read |
54 |
|
|
|
National Front |
Susan I. Clapp |
19 |
|
|
|
Nationalist Party |
George A. Williams |
12 |
|
|
Majority |
407 |
|
|
Turnout |
4,260 |
16.6 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Arthur Sanders.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Arthur M. Praag.
1982-1986
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Edward Lewis.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Patrick A. Desmond.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Dennis Hallam.
Spitalfields by-election, 18 July 1985[7] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Abbas Uddin |
784 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Muhammad A. Hannan |
775 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Peter J. Ainsworth |
174 |
|
|
Majority |
9 |
|
|
Turnout |
5,065 |
34.7 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Annie Elboz.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. John J. Boles.
1986-1990
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Belinda J. Knowles.
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Mohammed S. Ahmed.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Pauline P. Fletcher.
1990-1994
Park by-election, 19 July 1990[9] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Ms. Elizabeth Baunton |
779 |
50.5 |
|
|
Labour |
Philip N. Royal |
598 |
38.8 |
|
|
BNP |
Stephen Smith |
130 |
8.4 |
|
|
Green |
Derek England |
18 |
1.2 |
|
|
Conservative |
John Livingstone |
17 |
1.1 |
|
Majority |
181 |
11.7 |
|
Turnout |
4,271 |
36.4 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat hold |
Swing |
|
|
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Margaret R. Atkins.
St Peter's by-election, 30 August 1990[9] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Ms. Suzanne Sullivan |
1,030 |
45.3 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Terence Cowley |
915 |
40.3 |
|
|
BNP |
Kenneth Walsh |
275 |
12.1 |
|
|
Conservative |
Ms. Sarah-Jane Quinlan |
53 |
2.3 |
|
Majority |
115 |
5.0 |
|
Turnout |
7,375 |
30.8 |
|
|
Labour gain from Lib Dem Focus Team |
Swing |
|
|
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Brenda M. Collins.
Spitalfields by-election, 27 August 1992[9] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Syed A. Mizan |
1,098 |
64.0 |
|
|
Conservative |
Mohammed S. Bakth |
536 |
31.2 |
|
|
BNP |
Kenneth A. Walsh |
82 |
4.8 |
|
Majority |
562 |
32.8 |
|
Turnout |
5,501 |
31.2 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Abbas Uddin.
Millwall by-election, 1 October 1992[9] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Edwin T. Johns |
1,275 |
38.7 |
-6.3 |
|
Lib Dem Focus Team |
Jonathan P. Mathews |
1,178 |
35.8 |
-4.1 |
|
BNP |
Barry J. Osborne |
657 |
20.0 |
|
|
Conservative |
Jeremy P. Fage |
182 |
5.5 |
-1.9 |
Majority |
97 |
2.9 |
|
Turnout |
9,756 |
33.8 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ivan F. Walker.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. David J. Chapman.
1994-1998
Shadwell by-election, 15 September 1994[10] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Michael J. Keith |
1,783 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Richard F. Roberts |
317 |
|
|
|
BNP |
Gordon Callow |
305 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Paul W. E. Ingham |
74 |
|
|
Majority |
1,466 |
|
|
Turnout |
6,848 |
36.2 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Albert Lilley.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Eric A. Commons.
Weavers by-election, 22 February 1995[10] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Mohammed Ali |
1,388 |
|
|
|
Independent Liberal Democrat |
Terry B. Milson |
551 |
|
|
|
BNP |
David M. King |
486 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Sajjad Miah |
482 |
|
|
|
Militant Labour |
Hugo C. Pierre |
112 |
|
|
Majority |
837 |
|
|
Turnout |
6,846 |
44.1 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Vanessa L. Peters.
Limehouse by-election, 9 November 1995[10] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
William E. Wakefield |
1,467 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Paul A. Bargery |
625 |
|
|
|
BNP |
Gordon T. Callow |
147 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
David C. Hoile |
53 |
|
|
Majority |
842 |
|
|
Turnout |
5,877 |
39.0 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. John P. Ryan.
St Mary's by-election, 9 May 1996[10] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Judith A. Gardiner |
1,027 |
62.5 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
James Langan |
267 |
16.3 |
|
|
Conservative |
Reza A. Choudhury |
243 |
14.8 |
|
|
Militant Labour |
Hugo C. Pierre |
106 |
6.4 |
|
Majority |
760 |
46.2 |
|
Turnout |
4,346 |
37.8 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Amanda Linton.
1998-2002
Holy Trinity by-election, 28 June 2001[2] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Sirajul Islam |
1,081 |
53.5 |
+11.5 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Rosina S. Tucker |
817 |
40.5 |
-2.9 |
|
BNP |
Lynda Miller |
74 |
3.7 |
-1.0 |
|
Socialist Alliance |
Pauline Kempster |
47 |
2.3 |
+2.3 |
Majority |
264 |
13.0 |
|
Turnout |
2,019 |
|
|
|
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat |
Swing |
|
|
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Albert J. Snooks.
2002-2006
Blackwall & Cubitt Town by-election, 27 June 2002 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Brian Son |
686 |
31.3 |
-12.3 |
|
Conservative |
Timothy J. Archer |
676 |
30.8 |
+2.5 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Nurul Karim |
361 |
16.4 |
-1.0 |
|
Independent |
Terry D. Johns |
252 |
11.5 |
+0.8 |
|
BNP |
Gordon Callow |
87 |
4.0 |
+4.0 |
|
Independent |
Eric Pemberton |
68 |
3.1 |
+3.1 |
|
Independent |
Shah M. A. Haque |
21 |
1.0 |
+1.0 |
|
New Britain |
Dennis W. Delderfield |
19 |
0.9 |
+0.9 |
|
Green |
Keith O. Magnum |
16 |
0.7 |
+0.7 |
|
Socialist Alliance |
Theresa R. Selby |
9 |
0.4 |
+0.4 |
Majority |
10 |
0.5 |
|
Turnout |
2,195 |
24.0 |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Lutfur R. Ali.
St Dunstans & Stepney Green by-election, 29 July 2004 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Respect |
Oliur Rahman |
878 |
31.1 |
+31.1 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Jalal Uddin |
754 |
26.7 |
+11.5 |
|
Labour |
Shah H. Rahman |
578 |
20.4 |
-24.4 |
|
Conservative |
Alexander P. Story |
445 |
15.7 |
-14.4 |
|
National Front |
Lynda Miller |
172 |
6.1 |
+6.1 |
Majority |
124 |
4.4 |
|
Turnout |
2,827 |
29.9 |
|
|
Respect gain from Labour |
Swing |
|
|
The by-election was called following the disqualification of Cllr. Nasir Uddin.
Millwall by-election, 9 September 2004 |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
Simon P. Rouse |
828 |
34.8 |
+15.0 |
|
Respect |
Paul R. L. McGarr |
635 |
26.7 |
+26.7 |
|
Labour |
John C. Cray |
571 |
24.0 |
-24.4 |
|
Independent |
Andrew P. Sweeney |
195 |
8.2 |
+8.2 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Barry A. Blandford |
150 |
6.3 |
-7.6 |
Majority |
193 |
8.1 |
|
Turnout |
2,379 |
23.2 |
|
|
Conservative gain from Labour |
Swing |
|
|
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Mumtaz Samad.
2006-2010
Shadwell by-election, 9 August 2007[11] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Respect |
Harun Miah |
1,512 |
43.2 |
-1.7 |
|
Labour |
Michael Keith |
1,415 |
40.4 |
+9.2 |
|
Conservative |
William Crossey |
476 |
13.6 |
-3.9 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Rosie Clarke |
98 |
2.8 |
-3.6 |
Majority |
97 |
2.8 |
|
Turnout |
3,501 |
39.7 |
|
|
Respect hold |
Swing |
|
|
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Shamin A. Chowdhury.
Millwall by-election, 1 May 2008[11] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Conservative |
David A. Snowdon |
2,133 |
48.5 |
+4.7 |
|
Labour |
Doros Ullah |
1,421 |
32.3 |
+0.6 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Mohammed N. Uddin |
370 |
8.4 |
-0.7 |
|
BNP |
Jeffrey Marshall |
219 |
5.0 |
+5.0 |
|
Respect |
Reza Mahbob |
170 |
3.9 |
-11.5 |
|
Left List |
Rebecaa J. Townesend |
83 |
1.9 |
+1.9 |
Majority |
712 |
16.2 |
|
Turnout |
4,396 |
38.6 |
|
|
Conservative hold |
Swing |
|
|
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Simon P. Rouse.
Weavers by-election, 1 May 2008[11] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Fazlul Haque |
1,421 |
37.4 |
+18.3 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
John D. Griffiths |
930 |
24.5 |
-16.2 |
|
Respect |
Dilwara Begum |
637 |
16.8 |
-1.8 |
|
Conservative |
Gias U. Ahmed |
435 |
11.5 |
+5.8 |
|
BNP |
Russell Pick |
154 |
4.1 |
+4.1 |
|
Independent |
Sara A. J. Dixon |
143 |
3.8 |
-3.9 |
|
Independent |
Niru Murshid |
77 |
2.0 |
+2.0 |
Majority |
491 |
12.9 |
|
Turnout |
3,797 |
47.7 |
|
|
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat |
Swing |
|
|
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Louise Alexander.
Mile End East by-election, 20 November 2008[11] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
Rachael Saunders |
1,208 |
47.3 |
+18.5 |
|
Conservative |
Motiur Rahman |
630 |
24.7 |
+13.7 |
|
Respect |
Hafiz Choudury |
604 |
23.7 |
-0.9 |
|
Liberal Democrat |
Jainal Chowdury |
110 |
4.3 |
-15.6 |
Turnout |
|
|
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
19.4 |
|
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Rupert Bawden.
2010-2014
Spitalfields & Banglatown by-election, 16 December 2010[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Respect |
Fozol Miah |
666 |
45.4 |
|
|
Labour |
Abdul Alim |
553 |
37.7 |
|
|
Conservative |
Matt Smith |
135 |
9.2 |
|
|
Green |
Maggie Crosbie |
52 |
3.5 |
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Ferdy North |
33 |
2.2 |
|
|
Independent |
Jewel Choudhury |
28 |
1.9 |
|
Majority |
113 |
7.7 |
|
Turnout |
8,827 |
16.8 |
|
|
Respect gain from Labour |
Swing |
10.1 |
|
The by-election was called following the disqualification of Cllr. Lutfur Rahman.
Spitalfields & Banglatown by-election, 19 April 2012[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Independent |
Gulam Robbani |
1030 |
|
|
|
Labour |
Ala Uddin |
987 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Matthew J. Smith |
140 |
|
|
|
Green |
Ms. Kirsty Blake |
99 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Richard A. Macmillan |
39 |
|
|
Turnout |
|
31.4% |
|
|
Independent hold |
Swing |
|
|
The by-election was called following the disqualification of Cllr. Ms. Shelina Akhtar.
Weavers by-election, 3 May 2012[3] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labour |
John Pierce |
1544 |
|
|
|
Respect |
Abjol Miah |
1260 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Ms. Caroline J. Kerswell |
415 |
|
|
|
Green |
Alan Duffel |
373 |
|
|
|
Liberal Democrat |
Azizur R. Khan |
208 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Oli Rothschild |
36 |
|
|
Turnout |
|
44.6% |
|
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Ms. Anna S. Lynch.
2014–2018
A by-election for the ward of Stepney Green will be held on 11 June 2015,[12] after the sitting councillor, Alibor Choudhury, was found guilty of corrupt and illegal practices by an election court.[13]
See also
References
- ↑ The City and London Borough Boundaries Order 1993
- ↑ The East London Boroughs (London Borough Boundaries) (No. 2) Order 1993
- ↑ The Hackney and Tower Hamlets (London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993
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