2002 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election

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

2002 Tower Hamlet London Borough Council local elections ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	35			-8	68.6	45.7	52,200	-8.5
	Liberal Democrats	16			+9	31.4	30.6	34,928	+4.7
	Conservative	0			0	0.0	15.1	17,210	+4.8
	Green	0			0	0.0	4.7	5,399	+4.7
	Independent	0			0	0.0	2.0	2,338	-1.3
	Socialist Alliance	0			0	0.0	1.1	1,224	+1.1
	New Britain Party	0			0	0.0	0.4	470	+0.4
	BNP	0			0	0.0	0.3	366	-2.0

Ward results

Bethnal Green North

Bethnal Green North (3) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Azizur Khan	1,224
	Liberal Democrats	John Griffiths	1,192
	Liberal Democrats	James Sanderson	1,097
	Labour	Stephen Beckett	878
	Labour	Raja Miah	866
	Labour	Diana Johnson	833
	Green	David Cox	233
	Green	Anna Hoad-Reddick	202
	Conservative	Sajjadur Rahman	196
	Conservative	David Ceasar	185
	Conservative	Brajendra Chaudhuri	167
	Green	Neil Thompson	166
	BNP	William Wren	162
	Socialist Alliance	Glyn Robbins	119
Turnout			7,520

Bethnal Green South

Bethnal Green South (3) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sirajul Islam	1,385
	Liberal Democrats	Akikor Rahman	1,384
	Labour	Salim Ullah	1,331
	Liberal Democrats	Nurul Karim	1,309
	Labour	Raymond Marney	1,281
	Liberal Democrats	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

Blackwall and Cubitt Town (3) ^{[1] [2]}

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 Democrats	Barrie Blandford	350
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Sanderson	310
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Ottaway	248
	Independent	Eric Pemberton	215
Turnout			5,256

Bow East

Bow East (3) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Gipson	1,248
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel McCollum	1,204
	Liberal Democrats	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

Bow West

Bow West (3) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Ludlow	1,350
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Phelps	1,149
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Rew	1,115
	Labour	Ala Uddin	946
	Labour	Belle Harris	939
	Labour	Geoffrey Thorington-Hassel	887
	Green	Janice Cartwright	280
	Green	Sandra McLeod	275
	Conservative	Kazi Alam	225
	Socialist Alliance	Sheila McGregor	168
	Conservative	Francis Brown	155
	Conservative	Simon Gordon-Clark	153
Turnout			7,642

Bromley-by-Bow

Bromley-by-Bow (3) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Edgar	1,650
	Labour	Abdul Sardar	1,641
	Labour	Khaled Khan	1,586
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Abson	353
	Liberal Democrats	Abdul Mannan	320
	Liberal Democrats	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

East India and Lansbury (3) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ali Ahmed	1,015
	Liberal Democrats	Rajib Ahmed	869
	Labour	Kevin Morton	771
	Labour	Ron Harley	756
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Pavitt	583
	Liberal Democrats	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

Limehouse

Limehouse (3) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kumar Murshid	1,026
	Labour	Judith Gardiner	1,003
	Labour	Ashton McGregor	917
	Liberal Democrats	Russell Neale	414
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Langley	413
	Socialist Alliance	Mark Weeks	391
	Conservative	Philip Briscoe	377
	Conservative	Antonio Bello	364
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Winfield	358
	Conservative	Christopher Godfrey	339
Turnout			5,602

Mile End and Globe

Mile End and Globe (3) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jainal Chowdhury	1,108
	Labour	Rofique Ahmed	1,042
	Liberal Democrats	Barrie Duffey	1,008
	Liberal Democrats	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

Mile End East (3) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helal Rahman	1,326
	Labour	Morin Uz-Zaman	1,303
	Labour	Abdus Salique	1,254
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Rahman	792
	Liberal Democrats	Bernard Cameron	791
	Liberal Democrats	Rick Pollock	739
	Conservative	John Livingstone	242
	Conservative	Simon Armand-Smith	233
	Conservative	Stephen Charge	213
	Independent	Bill Wakefield	103
Turnout			6,996

Millwall

Millwall (3) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Amos	1,089
	Labour	Betheline Chattopadhyay	986
	Labour	Mumtaz Samad	970
	Conservative	Philip Groves	446
	Conservative	Paul Ingham	422
	Conservative	Alison Newton	420
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Cuthbert	313
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Stokes	245
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin McDonald	241
	BNP	Gordon Callow	204
	Socialist Alliance	Susan Gibson	200
Turnout			5,536

St Dunstan's and Stepney Green

St Dunstan's and Stepney Green (3) ^{[1] [2]}

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 Democrats	Paula Palmer	418
	Liberal Democrats	George Crozier	393
	Liberal Democrats	Mohibur Rahman	300
	Green	Miriam Dodd	269
	Green	Craig Williams	261
	Green	Frances Schwartz	216
Turnout			7,332

St Katharine's and Wapping

St Katharine's and Wapping (3) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Denise Jones	1,082
	Labour	Shafiqul Haque	1,049
	Labour	Richard Brooks	1,034
	Conservative	Kevin Noles	842
	Conservative	William Norton	766
	Conservative	Toby Vintcent	733
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Ahmed	470
	Liberal Democrats	Marian Elsden	345
	Liberal Democrats	Alexandra Sugden	318
	New Britain Party	Dennis Delderfield	259
	New Britain Party	John Divito	211
Turnout			7,109

Shadwell

Shadwell (3) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Manir Ahmed	1,265
	Labour	Michael Keith	1,188
	Labour	Abdus Shukur	1,076
	Liberal Democrats	Nanu Miah	512
	Conservative	William Crossey	429
	Conservative	Richard Powell	402
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Buttimer	395
	Conservative	Maxwell Rumney	334
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Marsh	327
Turnout			5,928

Spitalfields and Banglatown

Spitalfields and Banglatown (3) ^{[1] [2]}

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 Democrats	Ahmed Hussain	255
	Green	Keith Magnum	198
	Liberal Democrats	Melvin Ramsay	198
	Liberal Democrats	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

Weavers (3) ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Abdul Matin	1,588
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Alexander	1,397
	Liberal Democrats	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

Whitechapel (3) ^{[1] [2]}

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 Democrats	Deborah O'Flaherty	212
	Green	Jacqueline Goodman	205
	Green	Brendon O'Connor	200
	Liberal Democrats	Sajaul Karim	174
	Green	Melina La Firenze	167
	Liberal Democrats	Gulam Hossain	162
	Socialist Alliance	Philip Billows	85
Turnout			7,588

References

• 2002 Tower Hamlets election result
• Ward results

1. Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 2 May 2002" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. pp. 158–160, 206–207. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
2. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Tower Hamlets Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 9–10. Retrieved 14 October 2025.