2018 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election

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2018 Tower Hamlets Council election
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All 45 seats to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council
23 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Party Labour Conservative PATH
Last election22 seats, 38.6%5 seats, 12.1%Did not stand
Seats before2256
Seats won4221
Seat changeIncrease2.svg20Decrease2.svg3Decrease2.svg5
Popular vote79,55117,10719,580
Percentage46.1%9.9%11.3%
SwingIncrease2.svg7.5%Decrease2.svg2.2%New
 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
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Party Aspire Liberal Democrats Green
Last electionDid not stand0 seats, 6.0%0 seats, 8.8%
Seats before1010
Seats won000
Seat changeDecrease2.svg10Decrease2.svg1Steady2.svg
Popular vote26,51314,89713,661
Percentage15.4%8.6%7.9%
SwingNewIncrease2.svg2.6%Decrease2.svg0.9%
Tower Hamlets London UK local election 2018 map.svg
Map of the Tower Hamlets electoral wards.      Conservative     Labour
     People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets (PATH). Striped wards have mixed representation
Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

Labour

Elections to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council were held on 3 May 2018, the same day as other borough council elections in London. The directly elected mayor of Tower Hamlets was also up for election. [1] [2]

Contents

Prior council composition

Since the 2014 election the makeup of the borough council has changed considerably, with the second-placed Tower Hamlets First party removed from the Electoral Commission's register of political parties following election court findings that Tower Hamlets First did not operate any responsible financial scheme, [3] nor in the manners as submitted in its registration as a political party, [4] Lutfur Rahman's re-election to the post of mayor was declared void, and the subsequent by-election was won by John Biggs of the Labour Party. The Labour Party controlled the council from the time of the by-election in June 2015 until one of its councillors defected to the Liberal Democrats in February 2017 over Brexit. [5] Another of Labour's councillors, who served as the Speaker of the Council, was suspended by the party for 10 months in 2016, and again in March 2018, ending his term as an Independent; he went into the election as a candidate for People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets. [6] Also represented was the Conservative Party.

The 2018 result saw Labour hold the mayoralty and re-gain control of the council, winning all but one of the seats won by Tower Hamlets First in 2014, as well as seats from the Conservatives. Rabina Khan, formerly of Tower Hamlets First, but now leader of the rival PATH, came second in the Mayoral election and was the only former Tower Hamlets First councillor to win a seat.

Electoral wards

The election was held on the boundaries established by the Tower Hamlets (Electoral Changes) Order 2013, which reduced the size of the council and created new electoral wards. This was the second election on the new boundaries, after the 2014 election. [7]

Overall results

Tower Hamlets Local Election Result 2018
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 42201+1993.346.179,551+7.5
  Aspire 0010-100.015.426,513New
  PATH 110+12.211.319,580New
  Conservative 203-34.49.917,107-2.2
  Liberal Democrats 00008.614,897+5.4
  Green 00007.913,661+1.6
  Independent 00000.3590-0.3
  Women's Equality 00000.3564New
  Renew 00000.1154New
  Tower Hamlets First 00-18-1800New

Results by ward

Bethnal Green

Bethnal Green (3) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohammed Hossain 2,916 51.57 +7.75
Labour Sirajul Islam* 2,830 50.05 +15.55
Labour Eve McQuillan 2,816 49.81 +19.13
PATH Syed Haque80014.15N/A
PATH Shamsul Hoque77813.76N/A
Green Eleanor Matthews67811.99-8.51
Green Paul Burgess57010.08N/A
Women's Equality Jessie MacNeil-Brown5649.98N/A
Green John Foster5329.41N/A
Aspire Farhana Akther5018.86N/A
Aspire Md Amadul Chowdhury3946.97N/A
Liberal Democrats Will Dyer3756.63-2.84
Aspire Jamir Hussain3576.31N/A
Liberal Democrats Silas Davis3476.14N/A
Liberal Democrats Phyllisa Shelton3235.71N/A
Conservative Radia Alam2915.15-1.77
Conservative Lillian Ingram2915.15+0.18
Conservative Dinah Glover2915.15+1.57
Rejected ballots82
Turnout 5,73641.91
Registered electors 13,688
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Tower Hamlets First Swing

Blackwall and Cubitt Town

In October 2018, Pappu was suspended from the Labour group on the council on following a tirade of antisemitic posts on his social media. [9] He subsequently apologised and was readmitted to the Labour Party. [10]

Blackwall and Cubitt Town (3) [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Candida Ronald* 1,275 32.84 +2.64
Labour Ehtasham Haque 1,237 31.87 -1.13
Labour Mohammed Pappu 1,089 28.05 -2.05
Conservative Alexander Kay88322.75-7.52
Conservative Sofia Sousa80720.79-7.34
Conservative Nick Vandyke80420.71-5.59
Aspire Abdul Malik70818.24N/A
Aspire Muhammad Uddin65016.74N/A
Aspire Mohammed Rahman60515.58N/A
Liberal Democrats Stephen Clarke60015.46+13.01
Liberal Democrats Gabriella de Ferry56214.48+12.13
Liberal Democrats Antonio Munoz Moreno3639.35+7.35
Green Thomas Fea3218.27+4.47
Green Mark Lomas3067.88+4.50
PATH Shahena Nessa2877.39N/A
Green David Hoole2366.08+3.53
Rejected ballots35
Turnout 3,91734.29
Registered electors 11,422
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour hold Swing

Bow East

Bow East (3) [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rachel Blake* 2,789 58.65 +7.56
Labour Marc Francis* 2,644 55.60 +10.44
Labour Amina Ali* 2,482 52.20 +12.62
Green David Cox59112.43-5.86
Aspire Foyzul Islam50310.58N/A
Green Farika Holden4649.76-2.98
Green Daniel Smith4168.75N/A
PATH Shah Bodruzzaman3908.20N/A
Liberal Democrats Eimear O'Casey3667.70-1.08
Conservative Sean Dempster3587.53-2.64
Liberal Democrats Ben Sims3467.28N/A
Conservative Robin Edwards3457.26-2.44
Liberal Democrats Koyes Choudhury3427.19N/A
Aspire Mohammed Rahman3387.11N/A
Aspire Mahamed Ismail3296.92N/A
Conservative Joseph Mycroft2585.43-3.47
Rejected ballots26
Turnout 4,78138.13
Registered electors 12,961
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Bow West

Bow West (2) [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Asma Begum* 2,384 60.72 +18.30
Labour Val Whitehead 2,038 51.91 +0.07
Green Alistair Polson49912.71+0.98
Liberal Democrats Liza Franchi41310.52N/A
Green Anne Silberbauer39810.14-1.74
Conservative Samuel Hall3569.07-4.26
Conservative Agnieszka Kendrick2827.18-2.19
Aspire Habibur Rahman2736.95N/A
Liberal Democrats Altaf Hussain2556.50-0.47
Aspire Mohammed Tanim2235.68N/A
Rejected ballots27
Turnout 3,95343.22
Registered electors 9,146
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Bromley North

Bromley North (2) [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Zenith Rahman 1,367 41.69 +8.01
Labour Dan Tomlinson 1,136 34.64 -10.17
Aspire Mohammed Miah*90527.60-8.83
PATH Khales Ahmed*79524.25-20.56
Aspire Nazrul Mannan52516.01N/A
PATH Nehad Chowdhury35310.77N/A
Green Helen Bateman2587.87-0.34
Liberal Democrats Janet Ludlow1905.79+1.82
Conservative Angela Carlton1434.36-2.04
Conservative Scott Gibson1173.57-1.63
Liberal Democrats Christopher Rawlins1103.35N/A
Rejected ballots47
Turnout 3,326
Registered electors 7,461
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Tower Hamlets First Swing

Bromley South

Bromley South (2) [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Danny Hassell* 1,786 47.46 +11.96
Labour Helal Uddin* 1,759 46.74 +4.00
Aspire Bodrul Choudhury1,01827.05N/A
Aspire Kabir Hussain90324.00N/A
PATH Ras Uddin2717.20N/A
Green Caroline Fenton2286.06-3.31
Liberal Democrats Josh Casswell1915.08-1.80
Conservative Ben Crompton1905.05-2.32
Green Florian Herzberg1664.41N/A
Liberal Democrats Emily Stevenson1654.38N/A
Conservative Zachary Harris1273.37-0.81
Rejected ballots47
Turnout 3,326
Registered electors 7,461
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Canary Wharf

In February 2020, Wood resigned as Leader of the Opposition and as a Conservative in opposition to Brexit and the Housing Secretary, Robert Jenrick's decision to approve the building of the Westferry Printworks skyscrapers. He now sits as an Independent. [16]

Canary Wharf (2) [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Wood* 883 28.59 -0.22
Labour Kyrsten Perry 760 24.60 -1.96
Labour Anisur Anis75824.54-1.52
Conservative Tom Randall 75424.41-1.52
Aspire Mohammed Maium Miah Talukdar*70022.66-4.83
Aspire Helen Begum45614.76N/A
Liberal Democrats Kevin Lyons31510.20+4.20
PATH Yusuf Ahmed2367.64N/A
Liberal Democrats Gareth Shelton2227.19N/A
Green Andrew Grey2156.96N/A
Independent Natasha Bolter1414.56N/A
Green Alasdair Blackwell1374.44N/A
Rejected ballots12
Turnout 3,10133.89
Registered electors 9,150
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Tower Hamlets First Swing

Island Gardens

Island Gardens (2) [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mufeedah Bustin 1,111 29.10 -2.79
Conservative Peter Golds* 1,107 28.99 -5.49
Labour Shubo Hussain1,03227.03+2.65
Liberal Democrats Elaine Bagshaw89923.55+16.86
Conservative James Strawson77820.38-10.38
Liberal Democrats Shelly English61416.08N/A
Aspire Sadiqur Bablu Rahman3709.69N/A
Aspire Sohid Chowdhury2827.39N/A
Green Victoria Gladwin2797.31N/A
Green David Allison2546.65N/A
PATH Abdul Manik1975.16N/A
Rejected ballots35
Turnout 385341.08
Registered electors 9,380
Labour hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Lansbury

Lansbury (3) [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kahar Chowdhury 2,140 43.43 +2.35
Labour Muhammad Harun 1,868 37.91 +1.20
Labour Bex White 1,839 37.32 +2.53
Aspire Ohid Ahmed*1,35827.56-8.85
Aspire Jahed Choudhury98019.89N/A
Aspire Shully Akthar88117.88-14.60
PATH Abdul Sheikh64613.11N/A
Liberal Democrats Jack Gilbert50610.27+5.91
Liberal Democrats Oliver McQueen50610.27N/A
Conservative Mumshad Afruz3988.08+0.80
Conservative Paul Ingham3887.87+1.63
Green Katy Guttmann3777.65N/A
PATH Syed Miah3547.18N/A
PATH Muhammad Uddin3376.84N/A
Green John Urpeth3316.72N/A
Liberal Democrats Tara Hussain2996.07N/A
Conservative Hanad Darwish2475.01+0.72
IndependentMonsur Khan1673.39N/A
Rejected ballots56
Turnout 4,98341.31
Registered electors 12,063
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Tower Hamlets First Swing

Limehouse

Limehouse (1) [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James King 755 37.05 +1.72
Conservative David Garside62230.52-7.52
Liberal Democrats Jack Briggs26513.00+7.92
Aspire Shaheen Rashid20710.16N/A
Green Tim Kiely1175.74N/A
PATH Adam O'Connell723.53N/A
Majority133
Rejected ballots28
Turnout 2,06644.11
Registered electors 4,684
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Mile End

Mile End (3) [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Asma Islam 2,646 50.30 +13.91
Labour David Edgar* 2,515 47.81 +9.23
Labour Puru Miah 2,052 39.01 +8.37
PATH Shah Alam*1,14221.71-17.67
Aspire Helal Miah94117.89N/A
Aspire Joynul Bashar87016.54N/A
Aspire Mustak Syed75714.39-16.16
PATH Mohammad Obeaidur Rahman53910.25N/A
Green Ciaran Cusack4829.16N/A
Conservative Gracie Browning4087.76-2.40
Green Aaron Parr3817.24N/A
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Fryer3596.83-1.68
Liberal Democrats Tabitha Potts3236.14N/A
Liberal Democrats Richard MacMillan3155.99N/A
Conservative Nick Millward2825.36-4.35
Conservative Carlos Soares de Freitas2384.52-3.07
PATH Mohammad Sajjadur Rahman1783.38N/A
Rejected ballots57
Turnout 5,31740.79
Registered electors 13,036
Labour gain from Tower Hamlets First Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Poplar

Poplar (1) [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sufia Alam 732 36.84 -0.16
Aspire Gulum Choudhury*53326.82-17.42
PATH Dulal Uddin44522.40N/A
Conservative Harry Scoffin1437.20+0.10
Liberal Democrats John Denniston964.83+2.84
Independent Luke Connolly381.91N/A
Majority199
Rejected ballots57
Turnout 2,04445.86
Registered electors 4,457
Labour gain from Tower Hamlets First Swing

Shadwell

In October 2018, Khan joined the Liberal Democrats after the People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets folded. [23]

Shadwell (2) [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PATH Rabina Khan* 1,565 38.37 -10.51
Labour Ruhul Amin 1,270 31.14 -1.36
Labour Charlotte Norton1,15728.36+8.53
Aspire Mohammad Harun Miah*99324.34-24.38
PATH Ana Miah76518.75N/A
Aspire Bodruzzaman Shamim43910.76N/A
Independent Kazi Gous-Miah2445.98N/A
Green Ben Hyde-Hart2014.93-2.94
Conservative Des Ellerbeck1794.39-3.10
Liberal Democrats Dominic Buxton1654.05+0.85
Conservative Daryl Stafford1463.58N/A
Liberal Democrats Freda Graf1433.51N/A
Green Jonathan Page1212.97N/A
Rejected ballots73
Turnout 4,15249.89
Registered electors 8,323
PATH gain from Tower Hamlets First Swing
Labour gain from Tower Hamlets First Swing

Spitalfields and Banglatown

Spitalfields and Banglatown (2) [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shad Chowdury 1,704 50.16 +19.97
Labour Leema Qureshi 1,114 32.79 +7.57
Aspire Suluk Ahmed*78523.11-20.21
Aspire Kalam Choudhury77622.84N/A
Conservative Anwara Ali2768.12-0.55
Green Maureen Childs2667.83-4.22
PATH Abdul Rob2637.74N/A
Conservative William Fletcher2156.33-0.11
Green Oli Walker2015.92N/A
Liberal Democrats Linda Packard1995.86N/A
Liberal Democrats Ferdy North1905.59+0.15
PATH Sumsul Talukder1454.27N/A
Rejected ballots49
Turnout 3,44640.24
Registered electors 8,563
Labour gain from Tower Hamlets First Swing
Labour gain from Tower Hamlets First Swing

St Dunstan's

St Dunstan's (2) [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ayas Miah* 2,202 51.15 +9.38
Labour Dipa Das 1,750 40.65 +11.22
PATH Muhammad Hussain90220.95N/A
Aspire Mahbub Alam*78318.19-20.14
Aspire Momina Begum46210.73N/A
PATH Shahar Imran44910.43N/A
Green Catherine Conway3157.32-2.96
Conservative Lawrence Kay2415.60-3.45
Green Ben Hancocks2375.51N/A
Liberal Democrats Helen Harris2285.30+1.20
Conservative Dan Lambeth1934.48-0.91
Liberal Democrats Frank Muldoon1262.93N/A
Rejected ballots48
Turnout 4,35349.28
Registered electors 8,833
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Tower Hamlets First Swing

St Katharine's and Wapping

St Katharine's and Wapping (2) [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Denise Jones* 1,279 35.64 +3.32
Labour Abdul Ullah 1,033 28.78 +3.20
Conservative Kirsty Finlayson95626.64-7.55
Liberal Democrats Marie Cahill94326.27+17.74
Liberal Democrats Stephen O'Shea81622.74N/A
Conservative Neil King79422.12-8.81
Green Robert Crowston3369.36-2.41
PATH Masuma Begum1744.85N/A
Aspire Mohammad Mamun1403.90N/A
Aspire Altab Miah340.95N/A
Rejected ballots24
Turnout 3,61342.49
Registered electors 8,503
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour hold Swing

St Peter's

St Peter's (3) [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin Brady 2,660 46.46 +12.38
Labour Tarik Khan 2,483 43.37 +12.14
Labour Gabriela Salva Macallan 2,375 41.48 +13.38
Aspire Muhammad Mustaquim*1,03418.06-16.01
Aspire Abu Chowdhury95416.66N/A
Aspire Muhammed Alipir82214.36N/A
PATH Akram Ahmed78113.64N/A
Green Alexandra Britten78113.64-4.84
PATH Azizur Khan72612.68-0.41
PATH Abjol Miah*70512.31-25.04
Green Ciaran Jebb64011.18-4.65
Green Bethan Lant4377.63N/A
Liberal Democrats John Griffiths3646.36-6.73
Liberal Democrats Tilly Munro2985.21N/A
Conservative Susan Field2965.17-0.41
Liberal Democrats Arif Erdogan2554.45N/A
Conservative Gregory Rodwell1983.46-1.45
Conservative Zachary Spiro1763.07+1.23
Rejected ballots42
Turnout 5,76743.39
Registered electors 13,292
Labour gain from Tower Hamlets First Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Tower Hamlets First Swing

Stepney Green

Stepney Green (2) [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sabina Akhtar* 2,105 54.99 +19.99
Labour Motin Uz-Zaman 1,515 39.58 +17.98
PATH Akhlaqur Rahman83621.84N/A
PATH Ahbab Miah62016.20N/A
Aspire Oliur Rahman*49612.96-31.53
Green Kirsty Chestnutt3168.25-1.05
Aspire Habibur Rahman3037.92N/A
Conservative David Fell2235.83+1.10
Conservative Tiffany Trenner-Lyle1814.73+0.97
Green George Lyle1784.65N/A
Liberal Democrats Ailbhe Rees1644.28+0.86
Liberal Democrats Antony Sanders1483.87N/A
Rejected ballots57
Turnout 3,88547.79
Registered electors 8,130
Labour gain from Tower Hamlets First Swing
Labour gain from Tower Hamlets First Swing

Weavers

Weavers (2) [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Abdul Mukit* 1,773 48.60 +17.81
Labour John Pierce* 1,516 41.56 +11.11
Aspire Mohammed Elaahi53314.61N/A
Aspire Mohammed Hussain51714.17N/A
Green Andrew Fernandez3429.38-4.49
Green Chris Smith3168.66-4.46
Liberal Democrats Ed Long2667.29+2.26
PATH Halima Shopna2316.33N/A
Conservative Philip Baldwin2206.03-0.29
Conservative Elliott Weaver1945.32+0.42
Renew Spencer Wood1544.22N/A
PATH Taj Uddin1413.87N/A
Liberal Democrats Ify Okoli1393.81N/A
Rejected ballots41
Turnout 3,68940.71
Registered electors 9,062
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Whitechapel

Whitechapel (3) [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Faroque Ahmed 1,812 43.18 +14.58
Labour Shah Ameen 1,695 40.40 +15.36
Labour Victoria Obaze 1,352 32.22 +7.22
PATH Shafi Ahmed*1,25529.91-15.10
PATH Aminur Khan*1,12826.88-17.06
PATH Muhammad Asad1,07425.60-18.95
Green Katy Clarke4149.87-4.92
Liberal Democrats Nicola East3738.89+1.36
Aspire Syed Ali3418.13N/A
Green Miles Battye3247.72N/A
Conservative Jane Emmerson3127.44-1.17
Aspire Syeda Eshrat Queen2816.70N/A
Conservative Mark Fletcher 2746.53-1.99
Liberal Democrats Emanuel Andjelic2556.08N/A
Aspire Dipu Jaigirdar2536.03N/A
Conservative Noel Dube2425.77-1.49
Liberal Democrats Stilpon Nestor2375.65N/A
Rejected ballots49
Turnout 4,24538.76
Registered electors 10,953
Labour gain from Tower Hamlets First Swing
Labour gain from Tower Hamlets First Swing
Labour gain from Tower Hamlets First Swing

By elections 2018–2022

Lansbury Ward by election – 7th February 2019
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rajib Ahmed 1,308 40.80 +2.89
Aspire Ohid Ahmed1,00231.25+3.69
Liberal Democrats Muhammad Asad2909.05-1.22
UKIP Paul Shea1765.49N/A
Conservative Mumshad Afruz1755.46-2.62
Green John Urpeth1665.18-1.54
The House PartyTerence McGrenera892.78N/A
Majority3069.55
Turnout 3,23926.51
Labour hold Swing
Shadwell Ward by election – 7th February 2019
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Aspire Harun Miah 1,012 34.85 +10.51
Labour Asik Rahman91431.47+0.33
Liberal Democrats Abjol Miah48416.67+12.62
Conservative Daryl Stafford1856.37+2.79
Green Tim Kelly1254.30-0.63
IndependentKazi Miah1194.10-1.88
Women's Equality Elena Scherbatykh652.24N/A
Majority983.38
Turnout 2,93435.39
Aspire gain from Labour Swing
Weavers Ward by election –12th August 2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Aspire Kabir Ahmed 1,204 46.47 +31.86
Labour Nasrin Khan74228.64-12.92
Conservative Elliott Weaver36013.89+8.57
Green Nathalie Bienfait2057.91-1.47
Liberal Democrats Emannuel Andjelic501.93-5.36
TUSC Hugo Piere301.16N/A
Majority46217.83
Turnout 2,606
Aspire gain from Labour Swing

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    3. ↑ EWHC 1215 (QB) (2015) ¶ 275
    4. ↑ EWHC 1215 (QB) (2015) ¶ 273
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    23. ↑ "Councillor Rabina Khan". Tower Hamlets Liberal Democrats. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
    24. ↑ "Election results for Shadwell, 3 May 2018". Tower Hamlets Council. 3 May 2018. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
    25. ↑ "Election results for Spitalfields & Banglatown, 3 May 2018". Tower Hamlets Council. 3 May 2018. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
    26. ↑ "Election results for St Dunstan's, 3 May 2018". Tower Hamlets Council. 3 May 2018. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
    27. ↑ "Election results for St Katharine's & Wapping, 3 May 2018". Tower Hamlets Council. 3 May 2018. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
    28. ↑ "Election results for St Peter's, 3 May 2018". Tower Hamlets Council. 3 May 2018. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
    29. ↑ "Election results for Stepney Green, 3 May 2018". Tower Hamlets Council. 3 May 2018. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
    30. ↑ "Election results for Weavers, 3 May 2018". Tower Hamlets Council. 3 May 2018. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
    31. ↑ "Election results for Whitechapel, 3 May 2018". Tower Hamlets Council. 3 May 2018. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
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