1994 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election

1994 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
Registered	112,366 [1]
Turnout	60,734, 54.05% [1] ( 7.95)
First party Second party   Leader John R. Biggs Peter Hughes Party Labour Liberal Democrats Leader since 1991 1991 Leader's seat St. Dunstans Lansbury (lost) Last election 20 seats, 45.95% 30 seats, 44.93% Seats before 20 27 Seats won 43 7 Seat change 23 20 Popular vote 82,192 40,407 Percentage 55.42% 27.24% Swing 9.47 17.69   Third party Fourth party   Leader Derek W. Beackon [n 1] Unknown Party BNP Ind. Lib Dem Last election 0 seats, 0.42% Did not stand Seats before 1 2 Seats won 0 0 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 9,337 7,538 Percentage 6.30% 5.08% Swing 5.88 New
Council control before election Liberal Democrats Council control after election Labour

Elections to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council were held on 5 May 1994. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained overall control of the council from the Liberal Democrats.

Election result

Tower Hamlets Local Election Result 1994 ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	43	23	0	23	86.0	55.42	82,192	9.47
	Liberal Democrats	7	0	20	20	14.0	27.24	40,407	17.69
	BNP	0	0	1	1	0.00	6.30	9,337	5.88
	Ind. Lib Dem	0	0	2	2	0.00	5.08	7,538	New
	Conservative	0	0	0		0.00	3.57	5,297	1.73
	Independent Labour	0	0	0		0.00	0.91	1,356	New
	Independent	0	0	0		0.00	0.74	1,094	0.59
	Green	0	0	0		0.00	0.54	799	1.23
	Independent Residents	0	0	0		0.00	0.20	300	New
Total		50						148,320

Ward results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

(†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a different ward

Blackwall

Blackwall (2) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Shawcroft*	1,147	70.98	2.05
	Labour	Dennis Twomey	1,024
	Liberal Democrats	John P. Moore	321	20.92	6.05
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Ramsay	319
	Conservative	Pamela Drew	127	8.10	New
	Conservative	Robert J. Neill	121
Registered electors			3,132		1,035
Turnout			1,650	52.68	17.11
Rejected ballots			18	1.09	0.42
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Bow

Bow (3) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia L. Catchpole*	1,308	53.58	11.23
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond G. Gipson	1,258
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia M. Webb*	1,187
	Labour	Bernard G. Richmond	962	40.17	4.98
	Labour	Jonathan A.C. Sterne	935
	Labour	William E. Wakefield	918
	Conservative	Simon M. Gordon-Clark	176	6.25	New
	Conservative	Ronald D. Mitchell	131
	Conservative	Jessica F.L. Phibbs	130
Registered electors			6,126		2
Turnout			2,710	44.24	2.91
Rejected ballots			23	0.85	0.57
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Bromley

Bromley (3) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur W. Downes*	2,040	68.44	6.54
	Labour	Neil J. McAree*	1,998
	Labour	Carol M. Hinvest	1,967
	Liberal Democrats	Derek England	568	18.36	16.37
	Liberal Democrats	Belinda J. Knowles	534
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Wood	509
	Green	David J. Cox	253	8.65	New
	Conservative	Graem M. Corfield	161	4.55	1.18
	Conservative	Lawrence Ailerv	120
	Conservative	Linda M. Ransom	118
Registered electors			6,220		560
Turnout			3,099	49.82	8.04
Rejected ballots			17	0.55	0.27
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

East India

East India (2) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen J. Beckett	1,310	58.08	15.91
	Labour	Yve Amor	1,211
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel P. Huxted*	823	37.91	19.92
	Liberal Democrats	Terence J.E. Stacy	823
	Conservative	Amanda J. Palmer	87	4.01	New
	Conservative	David C. Hoile	86
Registered electors			4,254		640
Turnout			2,407	56.58	11.12
Rejected ballots			21	0.87	0.47
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Grove

Grove (2) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Janet I. Ludlow*	991	51.15	8.76
	Liberal Democrats	Ricky C. Hunn	968
	Labour	Anthony H. Everington	777	38.62	6.66
	Labour	Anthony J. Sharpe	702
	Green	Stephen Petter	120	6.26	1.01
	Conservative	John S. Livingstone	94	3.97	1.09
	Conservative	Barbara J. Perrott	58
Registered electors			3,957		165
Turnout			2,028	51.25	1.18
Rejected ballots			9	0.44	0.19
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Holy Trinity

Holy Trinity (3) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nooruddin Ahmed	1,407	34.94	6.03
	Labour	Linda Gregory	1,398
	Labour	Joseph Ramanoop	1,258
	Liberal Democrats	Nicola K. Gale	1,039	23.77	31.94
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathon S. Stokes*	1,002
	BNP	David M. King	786	19.48	10.77
	BNP	Lynda Miller	743
	BNP	Edward J. McHale	737
	Liberal Democrats	Akikur Rahman*	722
	Ind. Lib Dem	John P. Nudds	680	17.55	New
	Green	Richard H. Klein	165	4.26	2.41
Registered electors			6,267
Turnout			3,651	58.26
Rejected ballots			11	0.30
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Lansbury

Lansbury (3) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eric A. Commons	1,450	45.59	7.39
	Labour	Diana R. Johnson	1,436
	Labour	Kevin V. Morton	1,373
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Hughes*	1,192	36.02	23.18
	Liberal Democrats	Barry A. Blandford*	1,101
	Liberal Democrats	Paul A. Bargery	1,072
	Independent	David A. Hemingway	483	15.50	New
	Conservative	James McLachlan	103	2.89	0.29
	Conservative	David J. McCure	93
	Conservative	David Ransom	75
Registered electors			5,771		603
Turnout			3,275	56.75	7.20
Rejected ballots			15	0.46	0.21
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Limehouse

Limehouse (3) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David J. Edgar	1,592	58.86	22.49
	Labour	John P. Ryan	1,562
	Labour	Soyful Alom	1,559
	Liberal Democrats	Maurice Caplan*	989	34.13	24.84
	Liberal Democrats	Gwendoline Lee	886
	Liberal Democrats	Stewart G. Rayment*	858
	Conservative	Paul A. Goodman	109	3.34	New
	Independent	Mohammed T. Khan	98	3.67	New
	Conservative	Harry C. Smith	88
	Conservative	Abu Samih	71
Registered electors			5,191		919
Turnout			2,839	54.69	6.47
Rejected ballots			20	0.70	0.19
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Millwall

Millwall (3) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julia Mainwaring	3,547	50.34	5.29
	Labour	Martin Young	3,447
	Labour	Stephen Molyneaux	3,446
	BNP	Derek W. Beackon* [n 2]	2,041	26.66	New
	BNP	Gordon Callow	1,775
	BNP	Alan Smith	1,713
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan P. Mathews	874	12.01	27.92
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer E. Mills	861
	Liberal Democrats	George G. Pye	754
	Island Independent	James J. Hunt	386	5.58	New
	Conservative	Timothy R. Dickenson	322	3.62	3.85
	Conservative	Jeremy P. Fage	217
	Conservative	Crispin B.G. Hayhoe	210
	Independent	Olwen C. Osmond	124	1.79	New
Registered electors			10,532		1,329
Turnout			7,004	66.50	25.17
Rejected ballots			11	0.16	0.08
	Labour gain from BNP
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Park

Park (2) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Baunton* [n 3]	1,083	58.72	3.88
	Liberal Democrats	Paul A. Brown	911
	Labour	Margaret A. Roe	634	36.98	4.33
	Labour	Philip N. Royal	621
	Conservative	Victoria C. Benjamin	77	4.30	2.17
	Conservative	Christopher Parslew	68
Registered electors			3,865		425
Turnout			1,912	49.47	4.75
Rejected ballots			15	0.78	0.44
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Redcoat

Redcoat (2) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Belle Harris	1,431	57.92	31.77
	Labour	Frederick P. Stratford	1,429
	Liberal Democrats	James Langan	1,009	38.64	22.11
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy J. McNally	899
	Conservative	Zlata Peacock	85	3.44	1.71
Registered electors			4,585		352
Turnout			2,602	56.75	2.63
Rejected ballots			35	1.35	0.75
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

St Dunstans

St Dunstans (3) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John R. Biggs*	2,213	71.73	11.02
	Labour	Mohammed S. Uddin	1,965
	Labour	Derek J. Gadd*	1,964
	Liberal Democrats	Philip K. Wearne	601	20.03	7.11
	Liberal Democrats	Abdul M. Khan	589
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley A. Morpurgo	552
	Independent	Mukith Miah	239	8.24	New
Registered electors			6,230		191
Turnout			3,251	52.18	6.35
Rejected ballots			57	1.75	1.44
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

St James'

St James' (2) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark E. Taylor	1,441	47.80	12.36
	Labour	Lorraine K. Melvin	1,402
	Liberal Democrats	Albert J. Snooks*	938	30.25	24.22
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer S. Mitchell*	862
	BNP	Victor J. Dooley	653	21.95	18.09
Registered electors			4,825		90
Turnout			2,938	60.89	9.38
Rejected ballots			12	0.41	0.08
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

St Katharines

St Katharines (3) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Abdul Asad*	2,131	45.61	7.40
	Labour	Denise Jones	2,116
	Labour	Rajan U. Jalal*	2,020
	Liberal Democrats	David J. Goodwin	1,195	25.39	New
	Liberal Democrats	Josephine Harriott	1,167
	Liberal Democrats	Afzal H.S. Miah	1,127
	Independent Labour	Ali H. Ali	537	11.72	New
	Conservative	Kevin A. Bell	381	7.45	13.16
	Conservative	Pamela A. Singleton	334
	Conservative	Adrian C. Thompson	308
	Independent Residents	Jack Isaacs	300	6.55	New
	Independent	Gwendolen R. Tilly	150	3.28	New
Registered electors			9,182		195
Turnout			4,389	47.80	6.42
Rejected ballots			14	0.32	0.41
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

St Mary's

St Mary's (2) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Amanda Linton	1,625	66.76	32.24
	Labour	Bodrul Alom	1,560
	Ind. Lib Dem	Robert Bowler	551	22.97	New
	Ind. Lib Dem	Raymond J. Warner	545
	Liberal Democrats	Abdul Ali	141	5.91	29.20
	Conservative	Mohammed A.S. Khan	104	4.36	1.49
Registered electors			4,332		700
Turnout			2,382	55.11	9.46
Rejected ballots			18	0.76	0.69
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

St Peter's

St Peter's (3) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip A. Maxwell† [n 4]	2,092	44.85	10.88
	Labour	Ala Uddin	2,010
	Labour	Raymond Marney	1,967
	Ind. Lib Dem	Anne E. Ambrose	893	19.00	New
	BNP	Paul Maxwell	889	19.71	New
	Ind. Lib Dem	Kathleen Caulfield	876
	Ind. Lib Dem	Betty Wright*	803
	Liberal Democrats	Syed S. Islam	627	13.23	44.47
	Liberal Democrats	Michael P.J. Patton	567
	Conservative	Jane E. Emmerson	161	3.21	New
	Conservative	Charles W. Southcombe	128
Registered electors			8,110		770
Turnout			4,306	53.09	4.83
Rejected ballots			13	0.30	0.48
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
	Labour gain from Ind. Lib Dem

Shadwell

Shadwell (3) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Lilley*	1,870	47.50	27.26
	Labour	Pola M. Uddin*	1,652
	Labour	Abdus Shukur	1,635
	Liberal Democrats	Richard F. Roberts	889	22.05	New
	Liberal Democrats	Victoria L. Ocuneff	776
	Liberal Democrats	Hilal Miah	730
	Independent Labour	Azad Miah	523	14.45	New
	Conservative	Richard H. Powell	367	8.79	16.45
	Conservative	Paul W.E. Ingham	294
	Conservative	Iain C. Dale	293
	Green	David J. Baker	261	7.21	New
Registered electors			6,832		591
Turnout			3,510	51.38	13.29
Rejected ballots			30	0.85	1.42
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Spitalfields

Spitalfields (3) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Syed A. Mizan* [n 5]	1,937	58.97	0.73
	Labour	Ghulam Mortuza*	1,864
	Labour	Ataur Rahman	1,740
	Liberal Democrats	Muhammad N. Huque	1,018	31.58	New
	Liberal Democrats	Syed N. Islam	1,013
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed A. Matin	935
	Independent Labour	Uddin Mohi	296	9.45	New
Registered electors			5,950		341
Turnout			3,201	53.80	10.87
Rejected ballots			69	2.16	1.66
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Weavers

Weavers (3) ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sunahwar Ali	1,518	42.68	11.39
	Labour	Vanessa L. Peters	1,462
	Labour	Albert C. Jacob	1,427
	Ind. Lib Dem	Jeremy A. Shaw*	1,224	30.88	New
	Ind. Lib Dem	Terry B. Milson	1,044
	Liberal Democrats	Kofi B. Appiah*	937	26.44	38.70
	Ind. Lib Dem	Nizam Uddin	922
	Liberal Democrats	Sajjad Miah*	882
Registered electors			6,745		317
Turnout			3,580	53.08	1.92
Rejected ballots			55	1.54	1.02
	Labour gain from Ind. Lib Dem
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Notes

1. Beackon is De Facto leader as he is the only BNP councillor before the election
2. Beackon replaced Cllr. David J. Chapman after their resignation in 1993
3. Baunton replaced Cllr. Margaret R. Atkins after her death in 1990
4. Maxwell was a sitting councillor representing Spitalfields ward
5. Mazin replaced Cllr. Abbas Uddin after their resignation in 1992

References

1. Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 5 May 1994 - Ward Voting Statistics" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 218. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
2. Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 5 May 1994" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 167–169, 218–219. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
3. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Tower Hamlets Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 7–8.