2002 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2002 Tower Hamlets council election. Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Tower Hamlets London UK local election 2002 map.svg
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.

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Election result

Tower Hamlets Local Election Result 2002
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 35-868.645.752,200-8.5%
  Liberal Democrats 16+931.430.634,928+4.7%
  Conservative 00015.117,210+4.8%
  Green 0004.75,399+4.7%
  Independent 0002.02,338-1.3%
  Socialist Alliance 0001.11,224+1.1%
  New Britain Party 0000.4470+0.4%
  BNP 0000.3366-2.0%

Ward results

Bethnal Green North (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Azizur Khan1,224
Liberal Democrats John Griffiths1,192
Liberal Democrats James Sanderson1,097
Labour Stephen Beckett878
Labour Raja Miah866
Labour Diana Johnson833
Green David Cox233
Green Anna Hoad-Reddick202
Conservative Sajjadur Rahman196
Conservative David Ceasar185
Conservative Brajendra Chaudhuri167
Green Neil Thompson166
BNP William Wren162
Socialist Alliance Glyn Robbins119
Turnout 7,520
Bethnal Green South (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sirajul Islam1,385
Liberal Democrats Akikor Rahman1,384
Labour Salim Ullah1,331
Liberal Democrats Nurul Karim1,309
Labour Raymond Marney1,281
Liberal Democrats Robert Waites1,252
Conservative Shahin Ahmed239
Conservative Anamul Haque201
Green Jonathan Hackett190
Conservative Nicholas Sellick181
Green Peter Howell177
Green Gizelle Rush166
Turnout 9,096
Blackwall and Cubitt Town (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lutfur Ali876
Labour Julia Mainwaring865
Labour Anthony Sharpe793
Conservative Tim Archer568
Conservative Patricia Napier534
Conservative Simon Rouse497
Liberal Democrats Barrie Blandford350
Liberal Democrats Alison Sanderson310
Liberal Democrats Richard Ottaway248
Independent Eric Pemberton215
Turnout 5,256
Bow East (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Raymond Gipson1,248
Liberal Democrats Nigel McCollum1,204
Liberal Democrats Marian Williams1,155
Labour Rupert Bawden519
Labour Alexander Heslop493
Labour David Guppy475
Green Jessica Lack136
Green Benjamin Holt125
Conservative Alastair Holmes120
Conservative Susanna Webb116
Green Volker Heineman112
Conservative Timothy Hudspith99
Turnout 5,802
Bow West (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Janet Ludlow1,350
Liberal Democrats Hilary Phelps1,149
Liberal Democrats Martin Rew1,115
Labour Ala Uddin946
Labour Belle Harris939
Labour Geoffrey Thorington-Hassel887
Green Janice Cartwright280
Green Sandra McLeod275
Conservative Kazi Alam225
Socialist Alliance Sheila McGregor168
Conservative Francis Brown155
Conservative Simon Gordon-Clark153
Turnout 7,642
Bromley-by-Bow (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Edgar1,650
Labour Abdul Sardar1,641
Labour Khaled Khan1,586
Liberal Democrats Brian Abson353
Liberal Democrats Abdul Mannan320
Liberal Democrats Phyllis Sheehan310
Green Matthew Corbishley225
Conservative James McLachlan204
Conservative Barbara Perrott186
Conservative Robert Neill178
Green Hidr Yildirim132
Turnout 6,785
East India and Lansbury (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ali Ahmed1,015
Liberal Democrats Rajib Ahmed869
Labour Kevin Morton771
Labour Ron Harley756
Liberal Democrats Harry Pavitt583
Liberal Democrats Robert Wallace583
Socialist Alliance Kambiz Boomla261
Conservative Peter Golds253
Conservative Gareth Kennedy239
Conservative Gillian Thomas196
Independent Mohammed Haque178
Turnout 5,704
Limehouse (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kumar Murshid1,026
Labour Judith Gardiner1,003
Labour Ashton McGregor917
Liberal Democrats Russell Neale414
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Langley413
Socialist Alliance Mark Weeks391
Conservative Philip Briscoe377
Conservative Antonio Bello364
Liberal Democrats Richard Winfield358
Conservative Christopher Godfrey339
Turnout 5,602
Mile End and Globe (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jainal Chowdhury1,108
Labour Rofique Ahmed1,042
Liberal Democrats Barrie Duffey1,008
Liberal Democrats Rosina Tucker950
Labour Sharmin Shajahan778
Labour Graham Taylor727
Conservative Jahidul Hoque326
Green Christopher Coombes267
Green Amelia Gordon218
Conservative Michael Fletcher217
Conservative Mohammad Karim174
Green Jeremy Hicks156
Turnout 6,971
Mile End East (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Helal Rahman1,326
Labour Morin Uz-Zaman1,303
Labour Abdus Salique 1,254
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Rahman792
Liberal Democrats Bernard Cameron791
Liberal Democrats Rick Pollock739
Conservative John Livingstone242
Conservative Simon Armand-Smith233
Conservative Stephen Charge213
Independent Bill Wakefield103
Turnout 6,996
Millwall (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Amos1,089
Labour Betheline Chattopadhyay986
Labour Mumtaz Samad970
Conservative Philip Groves446
Conservative Paul Ingham422
Conservative Alison Newton420
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Cuthbert313
Liberal Democrats Jean Stokes245
Liberal Democrats Kevin McDonald241
BNP Gordon Callow204
Socialist Alliance Susan Gibson200
Turnout 5,536
St Dunstan's and Stepney Green (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ataur Rahman1,232
Labour Nasir Uddin1,226
Labour Mohammed Uddin1,105
Conservative Hafizur Rahman828
Conservative Shamim Choudhury566
Conservative Muhammade Hoque518
Liberal Democrats Paula Palmer418
Liberal Democrats George Crozier393
Liberal Democrats Mohibur Rahman300
Green Miriam Dodd269
Green Craig Williams261
Green Frances Schwartz216
Turnout 7,332
St Katharine's and Wapping (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Denise Jones1,082
Labour Shafiqul Haque1,049
Labour Richard Brooks1,034
Conservative Kevin Noles842
Conservative William Norton766
Conservative Toby Vintcent733
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Ahmed470
Liberal Democrats Marian Elsden345
Liberal Democrats Alexandra Sugden318
New Britain Party Dennis Delderfield259
New Britain Party John Divito211
Turnout 7,109
Shadwell (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Manir Ahmed1,265
Labour Michael Keith1,188
Labour Abdus Shukur1,076
Liberal Democrats Nanu Miah512
Conservative William Crossey429
Conservative Richard Powell402
Liberal Democrats Catherine Buttimer395
Conservative Maxwell Rumney334
Liberal Democrats Gary Marsh327
Turnout 5,928
Spitalfields and Banglatown (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Helal Abbas936
Labour Ghulam Mortuza848
Labour Lutfur Rahman 846
Conservative Mohammed Rahman400
Conservative Pir Quium345
Conservative David Webb272
Liberal Democrats Ahmed Hussain255
Green Keith Magnum198
Liberal Democrats Melvin Ramsay198
Liberal Democrats Alas Uddin186
Independent Muhit Ahmed157
Green Annika Sanders146
Independent Ismail Malik137
Green Kerry Seager130
Independent Alexander Vracas124
Independent Sultan Ahmed53
Turnout 5,231
Weavers (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Abdul Matin1,588
Liberal Democrats Louise Alexander1,397
Liberal Democrats Timothy O'Flaherty1,298
Labour Sirajul Islam925
Labour Humaiun Kobir919
Labour Eric Taylor732
Conservative Mohammed Kadir295
Green Benjamin Hancocks204
Green Marc Weaver184
Green Stephen Wood159
Conservative Jane Meehan145
Conservative Joanna Noles137
Independent Matt Bass51
Turnout 8,024
Whitechapel (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Abdul Asad1,263
Labour Fanu Miah1,142
Labour Doros Ullah1,125
Conservative Mostafa Miah592
Conservative Shafique Miah475
Conservative Monsur Ahmed466
Independent Mohamed Ahmed462
Independent Shamsuddin Ahmed451
Independent Anu Miah407
Liberal Democrats Deborah O'Flaherty212
Green Jacqueline Goodman205
Green Brendon O'Connor200
Liberal Democrats Sajaul Karim174
Green Melina La Firenze167
Liberal Democrats Gulam Hossain162
Socialist Alliance Philip Billows85
Turnout 7,588

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