1998 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election

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

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Election result

Tower Hamlets Local Election Result 1998
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 41-182.054.255,961
  Liberal Democrats 9+218.025.926,689
  Conservative 0000010.310,671
  Liberal 000003.63,758
  Independent 001-103.33,432
  BNP 000002.32,391
  National Front 000000.3270

Ward results

Blackwall (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen Wright701
Labour Khan Murshid691
Liberal Democrats Jane Jackson287
Liberal Democrats Patricia Ramsay242
Conservative Crispin Hayhoe128
Conservative Sarah Hoile107
Turnout 2,156
Bow (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Raymon Gipson1,138
Liberal Democrats Terry Stacy1,063
Liberal Democrats Marian Williams1,010
Labour Arthur Downes797
Labour Arun Chattopadhyay793
Labour Benjamin Leapman696
Conservative Tafique Chowdhury246
Conservative Simon Gordon-Clark138
Turnout 5,881
Bromley (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Abdul Sardar1,504
Labour Carol Hinvest1,293
Labour Betheline Chattopadhyay1,116
Liberal Democrats Bernard Cameron666
Liberal Democrats Rosemarie Peters580
Liberal Democrats Ron Converson547
Conservative John Livingstone239
Conservative Barbara Perrott187
Conservative Gregory Price157
Turnout 6,289
East India (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brian Son826
Labour Rajib Ahmed790
Liberal Democrats Nigel Huxted432
Liberal Democrats Annabelle Steggles331
Conservative Nathaniel Cross129
Turnout 2,508
Grove (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Janet Ludlow874
Liberal Democrats Frederick Hunn848
Labour Olwen Jacobs704
Labour Jonathan Swain674
Conservative Syed Hoque113
Turnout 3,213
Holy Trinity (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Albert Snooks1,358
Liberal Democrats Barrie Duffey1,342
Labour Salim Ullah1,314
Liberal Democrats Rosina Tucker1,270
Labour Judith Gardiner1,181
Labour Anthony Sharpe1,156
Conservative Mustak Syed313
BNP Paul Costello147
Turnout 8,081
Lansbury (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Diana Johnson 1,082
Labour Michael Keating1,023
Labour Kevin Morton964
Liberal Democrats Barry Blandford692
Liberal Democrats Peter Carlin604
Liberal Democrats Russell Neale508
Independent David Hemingway499
National Front Lynda Miller270
Conservative Harry Benham137
Conservative Sharon Jones107
Conservative James Mclachlan107
Turnout 5,993
Limehouse (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Helal Abbas928
Labour David Edgar778
Labour Soyful Alom771
Independent William Wakefield520
Liberal Democrats Timothy McNally443
Independent Maurice Caplan441
Liberal Democrats Stewart Rayment431
Independent Abu Hossain425
Independent Parvin Begum402
Liberal Democrats Martin Pantling399
Independent Derek England388
Conservative Motiur Rahman260
Conservative Pamela Drew101
Conservative Paul Goodman84
Turnout 6,371
Millwall (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Julia Mainwaring2,315
Labour Martin Young2,315
Labour Stephen Molyneaux2,279
BNP David Hill665
BNP Gordon Callow637
BNP Steven Harrington606
Conservative Philip Groves495
Conservative Jennifer Kendall-Tobias489
Conservative William Norton468
Liberal Democrats Richard Flowers371
Liberal Democrats Alexander Wilcock335
Liberal Democrats Linda Hunn318
Turnout 11,293
Park (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Baunton1,076
Liberal Democrats Derek Charles958
Labour Alan Amos418
Labour Philip Royal392
Turnout 2,844
Redcoat (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ataur Rahamn922
Labour David Bayat906
Liberal Democrats James Lanagan636
Liberal Democrats Josephine Harriott599
Conservative Robert Neil129
Turnout 3,192
Shadwell (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Keith1,346
Labour Bodrul Alom1,229
Labour Abdus Shukur1,112
Independent Abdul Malik757
Conservative Richard Powell589
Conservative Paul Ingham547
Conservative Lawrence Ailreu-Thomas490
Turnout 6,070
Spitalfields (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Syed Mizan1,454
Labour Ghulam Mortuza1,435
Labour Ala Uddin1,316
Conservative Eaoyor Shaikh621
Conservative David Webb558
Turnout 5,384
St. Dunstans (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Biggs 1,421
Labour Shahab Ahmed1,231
Labour Mohammed Uddin1,220
Conservative Edna Hill602
Turnout 4,474
St. James (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mark Taylor941
Labour Lorriane Melvin889
Liberal Democrats Barrie Martin847
Liberal Democrats John Griffiths841
BNP Paul Maxwell168
BNP Paul McHale168
Conservative Mohammed Ullah89
Turnout 3,943
St. Katharines (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Denise Jones1,582
Labour Abdul Asad1,496
Labour Anamul Hoque1,333
Conservative Jane Emmerson1,206
Conservative Mostofa Miah1,082
Liberal Democrats Gyles Glover610
Liberal Democrats Hilal Miah540
Liberal Democrats Patricia Snooks528
Turnout 8,377
St. Mary's (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Motin Uz-Zaman826
Labour Alexander Heslop819
Conservative Habibur Choudhury358
Turnout 2,003
St. Peters (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jusna Begum1,405
Labour Raja Miah1,223
Labour Raymond Marney1,218
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Chowdhury802
Liberal Kathleen Cook798
Liberal Brian Lafferty590
Liberal Betty Wright586
Liberal Democrats Timothy O'Flaherty460
Liberal Democrats Michael Elston441
Conservative Jay Tarbey237
Turnout 7,760
Weavers (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohammed Ali1,229
Labour Christopher Creegan985
Labour Catherine Tuitt922
Liberal Democrats Kofi Appiah776
Liberal Terry Milson770
Liberal Democrats Abdul Khan748
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Mathews738
Liberal Kathleen Caulfield705
Liberal Justin Sillman309
Conservative Mohammed Uddin158
Turnout 7,340

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