1990 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election

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1990 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election
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All 50 seats up for election to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council
26 seats needed for a majority
Registered113,315 [1]
Turnout52,239, 46.10% [1]
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Party Lib Dem Focus Team Labour Conservative
Seats before26240
Seats won30200
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 4Decrease2.svg 4Steady2.svg
Popular vote57,85959,1716,826
Percentage44.93%45.95%5.30%
Council control before election


Lib Dem Focus Team

Council control after election


Lib Dem Focus Team

Elections to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council were held on 3 May 1990. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 42.9%.

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Election result

Tower Hamlets Local Election Result 1990 [2] [3]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Lib Dem Focus Team 3051Increase2.svg 560.0044.9357,859
  Labour 2015Decrease2.svg 440.0045.9559,171
  Conservative 000Steady2.svg0.005.306,826
  Green 000Steady2.svg0.001.772,274
 Community Campaign000Steady2.svg0.000.821,061
  BNP 000Steady2.svg0.000.42546
 Tenant's Leaseholders & Residents000Steady2.svg0.000.41527
 Independent Tenant000Steady2.svg0.000.19248
  Independent 00000.000.15190
 Independent Islamic000Steady2.svg0.000.0677
Total50 128,779

Ward results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

Blackwall

Blackwall (2) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour David Lawrence 1,020 73.03
Labour Christine Shawcroft* 1,015
Lib Dem Focus Team Peter Lear38726.97
Lib Dem Focus Team Peter Segura365
Registered electors 4,167
Turnout 1,48235.57
Rejected ballots100.67
Labour hold
Labour gain from Lib Dem Focus Team

Bow

Bow (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lib Dem Focus Team Patricia Catchpole* 1,548 64.81
Lib Dem Focus Team Ronald Lebar* 1,497
Lib Dem Focus Team Patricia Webb 1,451
Labour Belle Harris86035.19
Labour Rory Moore805
Labour Benard Richmond776
Registered electors 6,128
Turnout 2,53341.33
Rejected ballots70.28
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold

Bromley

Bromley (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Anne Delargy* 1,634 61.90
Labour Neil McAree* 1,600
Labour William Downes* 1,557
Lib Dem Focus Team Beryl Day95634.73
Lib Dem Focus Team Karen Chambers890
Lib Dem Focus Team Carolyn Manser843
Conservative Geoffrey Lenox-Smith973.37
Conservative Peter Sayer77
Registered electors 6,780
Turnout 2,83341.78
Rejected ballots80.28
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

East India

East India (2) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lib Dem Focus Team Nigel Huxted 1,166 57.83
Lib Dem Focus Team Gwendoline Lee* 1,160
Labour Patrick Little85042.17
Labour Stephen Beckett845
Registered electors 4,894
Turnout 2,22545.46
Rejected ballots90.40
Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour
Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour

Grove

Grove (2) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lib Dem Focus Team Eric Flounders* 1,169 59.91
Lib Dem Focus Team Janet Ludlow* 1,159
Labour William Wakefield63731.96
Labour Emmanuel Penner604
Green Stephen Petter1025.25
Conservative Barbara Perrott612.88
Conservative Linda Ransom51
Registered electors 3,792
Turnout 1,98852.43
Rejected ballots50.25
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold

Holy Trinity

Holy Trinity (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lib Dem Focus Team John Nudds* 1,965 55.71
Lib Dem Focus Team Jonathon Stokes 1,909
Lib Dem Focus Team Akikur Rahman 1,688
Labour Edward Caunter97528.91
Labour Sunahwar Ali958
Labour Rosemary Maher954
BNP Stephen Smith2908.71
Green Christine Law2226.67
Registered electors 6,613
Turnout 3,30249.93
Rejected ballots140.42
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold

Lansbury

Lansbury (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lib Dem Focus Team Gwyneth Deakins* 1,735 56.9
Lib Dem Focus Team Barry Blandford* 1,702
Lib Dem Focus Team Peter Hughes 1,697
Labour Stephen Bowen1,24040.7
Labour Rhys Johnson1,056
Labour Sally Witcher1,015
Conservative Michael Tate752.5
Registered electors 6,374
Turnout 3,15849.55
Rejected ballots80.25
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold

Limehouse

Limehouse (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lib Dem Focus Team David Lewis* 1,655 58.97
Lib Dem Focus Team Maurice Caplan 1,652
Lib Dem Focus Team Stewart Rayment* 1,625
Labour Dennis Twomey1,03336.37
Labour Khan Murshid1,005
Labour Patrick Seery1,004
Green Alexander Hopwood1304.66
Registered electors 6,110
Turnout 2,94648.22
Rejected ballots150.51
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold

Millwall

Millwall (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour David Chapman 1,755 45.05
Labour Yvonne Amor 1,689
Labour Ivan Walker 1,551
Lib Dem Focus Team Rita Bensley1,50739.94
Lib Dem Focus Team Jonathan Mathews1,471
Lib Dem Focus Team George Pye1,449
Conservative David Hughes2947.47
Conservative Paul Ingham284
Green Stephen James2797.55
Conservative David Hoile249
Registered electors 9,203
Turnout 3,80441.33
Rejected ballots90.24
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Park

Park (2) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lib Dem Focus Team Margaret Atkins 1,434 62.60
Lib Dem Focus Team Gyles Glover 1,387
Labour Philip Royal74732.65
Labour Jonathan Sterne725
Green Michael Foreman592.62
Conservative David Ransom492.13
Conservative John Livingstone46
Registered electors 4,290
Turnout 2,32654.22
Rejected ballots80.34
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold

Redcoat

Redcoat (2) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lib Dem Focus Team Christopher Birt* 1,606 60.75
Lib Dem Focus Team Ludlow Smith* 1,558
Labour Ashek Ali71426.15
Labour Chuen Lam647
Tenants, Leaseholders & ResidentsPeter Gibson1063.99
Tenants, Leaseholders & ResidentsJames Langan102
Independent Abdul Khan993.80
BNP Derek Beackon 933.57
Conservative James Lucy511.73
Conservative Zlata Peacock39
Registered electors 4,937
Turnout 2,67254.12
Rejected ballots160.60
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold

St Dunstan's

St Dunstan's (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour John Biggs 1,733 60.71
Labour Derek Gadd 1,630
Labour Shahab Ahmed 1,628
Lib Dem Focus Team Terence Cowley80827.14
Lib Dem Focus Team Christine McNair751
Lib Dem Focus Team James Randall673
Green Derek England1906.93
Conservative Robert Ingram1635.22
Conservative Sarah-Jane Quinlan138
Conservative Matthew Martyn129
Registered electors 6,421
Turnout 2,94345.83
Rejected ballots90.31
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

St James'

St James' (2) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lib Dem Focus Team Albert Snooks 1,318 54.47
Lib Dem Focus Team Jennifer Mitchell 1,304
Labour Albert Jacob*88835.44
Labour Oona Hickson818
Green Paul Costas1074.44
BNP David Ettridge933.86
Conservative Lillian Ingram451.79
Conservative Adrian Thompson40
Registered electors 4,735
Turnout 2,43951.51
Rejected ballots80.33
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour

St Katharine's

St Katharine's (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Abdul Asad 2,028 53.01
Labour Rajan Jalal 1,951
Labour Shirazul Islam 1,931
Conservative Richard Currie85020.61
Conservative Nicola Dunsford846
Green John Southworth68118.33
Conservative Abdul Hamid601
Community CampaignAshfaque Ahmed3018.05
Community CampaignMuhammed Anas297
Registered electors 8,987
Turnout 3,71941.38
Rejected ballots270.73
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

St Mary's

St Mary's (2) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lib Dem Focus Team Ronald Osborne 604 35.11
Lib Dem Focus Team Justine Ward 596
Labour Barnett Saunders59234.52
Labour Julia Mainwaring588
Community CampaignShah Haque21912.81
Tenants, Leaseholders & ResidentsEmmanuel Parris1749.36
Tenants, Leaseholders & ResidentsRaymond Warner145
Independent Abu Hassain915.32
Conservative Mohammed Khan582.86
Conservative Andrew Smith39
Registered electors 3,632
Turnout 1,65845.65
Rejected ballots241.45
Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour
Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour

St Peter's

St Peter's (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lib Dem Focus Team Brenda Collins 2,089 57.70
Lib Dem Focus Team Abdul Rohim 1,981
Lib Dem Focus Team Betty Wright 1,933
Labour Fanu Miah1,23233.97
Labour Amanda Owen1,202
Labour Terence Penton1,101
Green Harvey Gilbert2898.33
Registered electors 7,340
Turnout 3,54248.26
Rejected ballots170.48
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold

Shadwell

Shadwell (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Albert Lilley 1,679 74.76
Labour John Riley 1,575
Labour Pola Uddin 1,447
Conservative Nicholas Martin57425.24
Conservative Isobel Taylor507
Conservative Thomas Taylor507
Registered electors 6,241
Turnout 2,37738.09
Rejected ballots542.27
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Spitalfields

Spitalfields (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Philip Maxwell 1,501 58.24
Labour Ghulam Mortuza 1,482
Labour Abbas Uddin 1,451
Conservative Abdul Kadir37211.15
Conservative Jane Emmerson266
Independent TenantMichael McGeorge2489.77
Community CampaignAbdul Khan2449.61
Green Edward Reddin2158.47
Conservative Jennifer Tobin211
BNP Kenneth Walsh702.76
Registered electors 5,609
Turnout 2,40842.93
Rejected ballots120.50
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Weavers

Weavers (3) [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Lib Dem Focus Team Jeremy Shaw 2,504 65.14
Lib Dem Focus Team Sajjad Miah 2,335
Lib Dem Focus Team Kofi Appiah 2,332
Labour Sirajul Islam1,17731.29
Labour Jil Cove1,145
Labour Donald Hoyle1,121
Independent IslamicMohammed Rakib772.10
Conservative Shundor Ali661.47
Conservative Shelim Uddin41
Registered electors 7,062
Turnout 3,88455.00
Rejected ballots200.52
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold

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