2014 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election

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2014 Tower Hamlets Council election
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All 45 seats to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council
23 seats needed for a majority
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Party Labour Tower Hamlets First Conservative
Last election41 seats, 38.2%Did not stand7 seats, 14.2%
Seats before4107
Seats won22185
Seat changeDecrease2.svg19Increase2.svg18Decrease2.svg2
Popular vote69,30462,48620,104
Percentage38.6%34.9%12.1%
SwingIncrease2.svg0.4%NewDecrease2.svg2.1%
Tower Hamlets London UK local election 2014 map.svg
Map of the Tower Hamlets electoral wards.      Conservative     Labour
     Tower Hamlets First. Striped wards have mixed representation
Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

No overall control

Elections to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council took place on 22 May 2014, the same day as other United Kingdom local elections, the election of the directly elected mayor of Tower Hamlets, and the European Parliament elections. Voting in Blackwall and Cubitt Town Ward was postponed due to the death of a candidate. The Mayoral election is particularly notable for the voiding of the result due to widespread corruption.

Contents

As of 6 March 2017 the composition of the borough council was: 22 Labour, 9 Independent Group Councillors, 5 Peoples Alliance of Tower Hamlets, 5 Conservatives, 3 Independents and 1 Liberal Democrat. [1]

Reduction in council size

The Tower Hamlets (Electoral Changes) Order 2013 reduced the size of the council and created new electoral wards. [2]

The Local Government Boundary Commission for England began the process of changing the size of Tower Hamlets Council in 2012. [3] The new wards for the elections in 2014 are as follows.

Electoral wards in Tower Hamlets, 2014
WardNumber of councillors
Bethnal Green 3
Blackwall and Cubitt Town 3
Bow East 3
Bow West 2
Bromley North 2
Bromley South 2
Canary Wharf 2
Island Gardens 2
Lansbury 3
Limehouse 1
Mile End 3
Poplar 1
Shadwell 2
Spitalfields and Banglatown 2
St Dunstan's 2
St Katharine's and Wapping 2
St Peter's 3
Stepney Green 2
Weavers 2
Whitechapel 3

Results by ward

Bethnal Green

Bethnal Green East (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Amy Gibbs 2,911 43.82
Labour Sirajul Islam 2,292 34.50
Tower Hamlets First Shafiqul Haque 2,048 30.83
Labour Abdirashid Gulaid2,03830.68
Tower Hamlets First Babu Chowdhury1,79226.98
Tower Hamlets First Salim Ullah1,65224.87
Green Chris Thorne1,36220.50
Liberal Democrats Kamrun Shajahan6299.47
UKIP Lubov Zsikhotska6229.36
Conservative Alan Mak 4606.92
Conservative Meera Amrish Patel3304.97
TUSC Ellen Kenyon Peers3274.92
TUSC Clive Heemskerk2543.82
Conservative Taz Kha'lique2383.58
Turnout 6,70847.63
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Tower Hamlets First win (new seat)

Blackwall & Cubitt Town

Blackwall & Cubitt Town (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dave Chesterton 956 33.00
Conservative Christopher Chapman 877 30.27
Labour Candida Ronald 875 30.20
Labour Anisur Rahman87230.10
Conservative Gloria Thienel81528.13
Conservative Geeta Kasanga76226.30
Tower Hamlets First Faruk Khan74425.68
Tower Hamlets First Kabir Ahmed72625.06
Tower Hamlets First Mohammed Aktaruzzaman71324.61
UKIP Diana Lochner2408.28
UKIP Paul Shea1906.56
UKIP Anthony Registe1886.49
Green Katy Guttmann1103.80
Green Mark Lomas983.38
Green Chris Smith742.55
Liberal Democrats Elaine Bagshaw712.45
Liberal Democrats Richard Flowers682.35
Liberal Democrats Stephen Clarke582.00
TUSC Ellen Peers110.38
TUSC John Peers110.38
Independent Mohammed Rahman110.38
Turnout 2,90931.64
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Bow East

Bow East (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rachel Blake 2,611 51.09
Labour Marc Francis 2,308 45.16
Labour Amina Ali 2,023 39.58
Tower Hamlets First Sabia Kamali98919.35
Tower Hamlets First Abdus Salam97719.12
Green Lucy Rees93518.29
Tower Hamlets First Mickey Ambrose77415.14
Green Tatyana Hancocks65112.74
Conservative Cameron Penny52010.17
Conservative James Thompson4969.70
Conservative Stephanie Chan4558.90
Liberal Democrats Andy Spracklen4498.78
TUSC George Paton2214.32
Red Flag Anti-Corruption Andy Erlam1292.52
Turnout 5,15645.86
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Bow West

Bow West (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joshua Peck 2,439 51.84
Labour Asma Begum 1,996 42.42
Tower Hamlets First Jainal Chowdhury70214.98
Conservative Matt Smith62713.33
Independent Anwar Khan61913.16
Green Louise Whitmore55911.88
Green Alistair Polson55211.73
Conservative S M Safiul Azam4419.37
Liberal Democrats Altaf Hussain3286.97
Turnout 4,73752.33
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Bromley North

Bromley North (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Khales Ahmed 1,534 44.81
Tower Hamlets First Mohammed Miah 1,247 36.43
Labour Zenith Rahman1,15333.68
Tower Hamlets First Moniruzzaman Syed1,04630.56
Green Christopher Devlin2818.21
Green Aaron Willson2216.46
Conservative Angela Carlton2196.40
Conservative Mark Fletcher 1785.20
Liberal Democrats Victoria Flynn1363.97
TUSC Daniel McGowan762.22
Turnout 3,46451.93
Labour win (new seat)
Tower Hamlets First win (new seat)

Bromley South

Bromley South (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Helal Uddin 1,565 42.74
Labour Danny Hassell 1,300 35.50
Tower Hamlets First Syeda Choudhury1,29035.23
Tower Hamlets First Kobir Ali1,26934.65
Green Ben Hancocks3439.37
Conservative Frank Thienel2707.37
Liberal Democrats Stephen Clarke2526.88
Conservative Srikanth Rajgopal1534.18
Turnout 3,69749.44
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Canary Wharf

Canary Wharf (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Wood 869 28.81
Tower Hamlets First Md. Maium Miah 829 27.49
Labour Debbie Simone80126.56
Labour Shubo Hussain78626.06
Conservative Ahmed Hussain78225.93
Tower Hamlets First John Cray59219.63
UKIP Mark Webber32710.84
Liberal Democrats Stephen Toal1816.00
TUSC Neil Cafferky581.92
Turnout 3,04236.53
Conservative win (new seat)
Tower Hamlets First win (new seat)

Island Gardens

Island Gardens (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Golds 1,345 34.48
Labour Andrew Cregan 1,244 31.89
Conservative Gloria Thienel1,20030.76
Labour Raju Rahman95124.38
Tower Hamlets First Bellal Uddin64816.61
Tower Hamlets First Kathy McTasney51513.20
UKIP Wayne Lochner46411.89
Liberal Democrats Doug Oliver2616.69
TUSC John Peers1002.56
Turnout 3,91343.29
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Lansbury

Lansbury (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rajib Ahmed 2,184 41.08
Labour Shiria Khatun 1,952 36.71
Tower Hamlets First Ohid Ahmed 1,936 36.41
Labour Dave Smith1,85034.79
Tower Hamlets First Shuily Akthar1,72732.48
Tower Hamlets First Stephen Beckett1,53528.87
UKIP Paul Shea73213.77
Conservative Graham Collins3877.28
Conservative Paul Ingham3326.24
Liberal Democrats Simon McGrath2324.36
Conservative Mohammed Riaz2284.29
TUSC Pete Dickenson1903.57
Turnout 5,37151.29
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Tower Hamlets First win (new seat)

Limehouse

Limehouse (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Craig Aston 786 38.04
Labour Catherine Overton73035.33
Tower Hamlets First Mashuk Ahmed34116.51
Liberal Democrats Matt Lomas1055.08
UKIP David Hyland1045.03
Turnout 2,09048.26
Conservative win (new seat)

Mile End

Mile End (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tower Hamlets First Shah Alam 2,315 39.38
Labour David Edgar 2,268 38.58
Labour Rachael Saunders 2,139 36.39
Tower Hamlets First Mohammed Ali2,05234.91
Labour Motin Uz-Zaman1,80130.64
Tower Hamlets First Mustak Syed1,79630.55
Conservative Naomi Snowdon59710.16
Conservative Mushtak Abdullah5719.71
Liberal Democrats Andy Hallett5008.51
Conservative Jewel Islam4467.59
Independent Hafiz Choudhury3836.52
TUSC Arzoo Miah1652.81
Turnout 5,97449.58
Tower Hamlets First win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Poplar

Poplar (1)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tower Hamlets First Gulam Choudhury 910 44.24
Labour Abdul Chowdhury76137.00
UKIP Anna Mignano1597.73
Conservative James Robinson1467.10
Liberal Democrats Richard Macmillan411.99
TUSC Naomi Byron401.94
Turnout 2,09049.64
Tower Hamlets First win (new seat)

Shadwell

Shadwell (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tower Hamlets First Rabina Khan 2,199 48.88
Tower Hamlets First Harun Miah 2,192 48.72
Labour Mamun Rashid1,46232.50
Labour Farhana Zaman89219.83
Green Katy Guttmann3547.87
Conservative Des Ellerbeck3377.49
Liberal Democrats Monowara Begum1443.20
TUSC Robert Williams1413.13
Turnout 4,54855.23
Tower Hamlets First win (new seat)
Tower Hamlets First win (new seat)

Spitalfields & Banglatown

Spitalfields and Banglatown (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tower Hamlets First Gulam Robbani 1,955 48.58
Tower Hamlets First Suluk Ahmed 1,743 43.32
Labour Helal Abbas1,21530.19
Labour Tarik Khan1,01525.22
Green Zachary Thornton48512.05
Conservative Jane Emmerson3498.67
Conservative David Fell2596.44
Liberal Democrats Ferdy North2195.44
TUSC Jason Turvey982.44
Turnout 4,07043.69
Tower Hamlets First win (new seat)
Tower Hamlets First win (new seat)

St Dunstan's

St Dunstan's (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ayas Miah 1,967 41.77
Tower Hamlets First Mahbub Alam 1,805 38.33
Labour Abdal Ullah1,38629.43
Tower Hamlets First Rofique Ahmed1,36929.07
Green Chris Kilby48410.28
Conservative Charles Clarke4269.05
UKIP Martin Bryan3697.84
Peace Abdul Choudhury2545.39
Conservative Ben Mascall2545.39
Liberal Democrats Koyes Choudhury1934.10
Turnout 4,78055.78
Labour win (new seat)
Tower Hamlets First win (new seat)

St Katharine's & Wapping

St Katharine's & Wapping (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julia Dockerill 1,278 34.19
Labour Denise Jones 1,208 32.32
Conservative Neil King1,15630.93
Labour Robert Scott95625.58
Tower Hamlets First Ahad Miah54714.63
Green John Venpin44011.77
Tower Hamlets First Stuart Madewell40710.89
UKIP Grenville Mills3539.44
Liberal Democrats John Denniston3198.53
Turnout 3,75646.28
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

St Peter's

Bethnal Green West (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tower Hamlets First Abjol Miah 2,289 37.35
Labour Clare Harrisson 2,089 34.08
Tower Hamlets First Muhammed Mustaquim 2,088 34.07
Tower Hamlets First Aktaruz Zaman1,93531.57
Labour Carlo Gibbs1,91431.23
Labour Sanu Miah1,72228.10
Green Paul Burgess1,11418.18
Green David Cox97015.83
Liberal Democrats Azizur Khan80213.09
UKIP Bertlyn Springer4537.39
Conservative Rachel Watts3425.58
Conservative Simon Fish3014.91
TUSC Leonard Rowlands2223.62
Conservative Adrian Thompson1131.84
Turnout 6,18346.90
Tower Hamlets First win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Tower Hamlets First win (new seat)

Stepney Green

Stepney Green (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tower Hamlets First Alibor Choudhury 2,023 45.80
Tower Hamlets First Oliur Rahman 1,965 44.49
Labour Sabina Akhtar1,56835.50
Labour Victoria Obaze95421.60
Green Hilary Clarke4119.30
UKIP Nicholas McQueen3878.76
Conservative Chris Wilford2094.73
Conservative Hugo Mann1663.76
Liberal Democrats Martin Donkin1513.42
Turnout 4,46354.90
Tower Hamlets First win (new seat)
Tower Hamlets First win (new seat)
Void election result

Weavers

Weavers (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Abdul Mukit 1,237 30.79
Labour John Pierce 1,223 30.45
Tower Hamlets First Kabir Ahmed1,21430.22
Tower Hamlets First Yousuf Khan1,12828.08
Green Chris Smith55713.87
Green Maureen Childs52713.12
UKIP Pauline McQueen3167.87
Conservative Louise Taggart2546.32
Liberal Democrats Alex Dziedzan2025.03
Conservative Luke Ounsworth1974.90
TUSC Hugo Pierre1132.81
Turnout 4,04846.22
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Whitechapel

Whitechapel (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tower Hamlets First Shahed Ali 2,139 45.01
Tower Hamlets First Abdul Asad 2,117 44.55
Tower Hamlets First Aminur Khan 2,088 43.94
Labour Faruque Ahmed1,35928.60
Labour Robert Robinson1,19025.04
Labour Jamalur Rahman1,18825.00
Green Maggie Crosbie70314.79
Conservative Richard Holden4098.61
Conservative Dinah Glover4058.52
Liberal Democrats John Griffiths3587.53
Conservative Nicholas Vandyce3457.26
UKIP Andrew McNeilis1994.19
TUSC Michael Wrack1392.93
Turnout 4,80442.37
Tower Hamlets First win (new seat)
Tower Hamlets First win (new seat)
Tower Hamlets First win (new seat)

2014–2018 by-elections

A by-election for the ward of Stepney Green was held on 11 June 2015, after the sitting councillor, Alibor Choudhury, was found guilty of corrupt and illegal practices by an election court. [4]

Stepney Green by-election 11 June 2015 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sabina Akhtar 1,643 42.11 +6.61
Independent Abu Chowdhury1,47237.72N/A
Green Kirsty Chestnutt2726.97−2.33
UKIP Paul Shea2035.20−3.56
Conservative Safiul Azam1584.05−0.68
Liberal Democrats Will Dyer1142.92−0.50
Something New Jessie Macneil-Brown401.03N/A
Majority 1714.39
Turnout 3,93947.37
Labour gain from Tower Hamlets First Swing

A by-election for the ward of Whitechapel was held on 2 December 2016, after the sitting councillor, Shahed Ali, was found guilty of housing fraud. Another independent candidate, Ahmed Shafi, won the seat. [6] [7]

Whitechapel by-election 2 December 2016 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Shafi Ahmed 1,147 44.73 N/A
Labour Victoria Obaze82332.10+1.50
Conservative William Fletcher2178.46−0.15
Liberal Democrats Emanuel Andejelic1736.75−0.78
Green James Wilson1706.63−8.16
UKIP Paul Shea341.33−2.86
Majority 32412.63
Turnout 2,57224.49
Independent gain from Tower Hamlets First Swing

Results

Mayor

Tower Hamlets Mayoral Election 22 May 2014 (result since declared void by an election court) [9]
PartyCandidate1st round2nd round1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
TotalOf roundTransfersTotalOf round
Tower Hamlets First Lutfur Rahman 36,53943.4%85637,39552.3%
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Labour John Biggs 27,64332.8%6,50034,14347.7%
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Conservative Christopher Wilford7,1738.5%
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UKIP Nicholas McQueen4,8195.7%
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Green Chris Smith4,6995.7%
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Liberal Democrats Reetendra Banerji1,9592.3%
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TUSC Hugo Pierre8711.0%
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Independent Reza Choudhury2050.2%
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Independent Mohammed Khan1640.2%
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Independent Hafiz Kadir1620.2%
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Turnout 86,54047.6% Rejected ballots: 2,306
Registered electors 181,871
Void election result

Council

PartySeats wonPercentage of votes
Labour Party 2238.6
Tower Hamlets First 1834.9
Conservative Party 512.1
Total45
Source: Tower Hamlets Council

References

  1. ↑ "Mayor and Councillors by Party". towerhamlets.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  2. ↑ Order Legislation.gov
  3. ↑ Tower Hamlets FER Archived 30 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine LGBCE
  4. ↑ Tower Hamlets election fraud mayor Lutfur Rahman removed from office, BBC News, 23 April 2015
  5. ↑ "Stepney Green – Thursday, 11th June, 2015". Tower Hamlets Council. 12 June 2015. Archived from the original on 14 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  6. ↑ Mike Brooke (27 October 2016). "Tower Hamlets councillor jailed for housing tenancy fraud while owning properties". East London Advertiser. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  7. ↑ Mike Brooke (2 December 2016). "Shock defeat for Labour as independent 'novice' wins Tower Hamlets by-election at Whitechapel". East London Advertiser. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  8. ↑ "Whitechapel – Thursday, 1st December, 2016". Tower Hamlets Council. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  9. ↑ "Tower Hamlets Mayoral Election – Thursday, 22nd May, 2014". Tower Hamlets Council. Archived from the original on 25 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
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