Bethnal Green East (2014 ward)

For the ward created in 1965 and abolished in 1978, see Bethnal Green East (1965 ward).

Bethnal Green East Bethnal Green (2014–2022)
Electoral ward for the Tower Hamlets London Borough Council
The ward boundaries since 2014
Borough	Tower Hamlets
County	Greater London
Population	21,090 (2021)
Electorate	13,778 (2022)
Major settlements	Bethnal Green
Area	1.186 square kilometres (0.458 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	2014
Number of members	3
Councillors	Sirajul Islam   Rebeka Sultana   Ahmodul Kabir
Created from	Bethnal Green North, Bethnal Green South, Mile End and Globe Town
GSS code	E05009317

Bethnal Green East is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The ward was created as Bethnal Green in 2014 and was renamed in 2022. It was first used in the 2014 elections. It returns three councillors to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council.

Tower Hamlets council elections

The Bethnal Green ward was renamed Bethnal Green East in 2022 with no changes to the boundaries.

2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022. ^[1]

2022 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election: Bethnal Green East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sirajul Islam	2,395	40.55	−9.50
	Labour	Rebeka Sultana	2,166	36.67	−14.90
	Aspire	Ahmodul Kabir	2,153	36.45	+27.59
	Aspire	Syed Abdullah	2,112	35.76	+28.79
	Labour	Eve McQuillan	2,076	35.15	−14.66
	Aspire	Nurul Gaffar	2,001	33.88	+27.57
	Green	Rupert George	720	12.19	+0.20
	Green	Jack Mathews	609	10.31	+0.23
	Green	Daniel Smith	585	9.91	+0.50
	Liberal Democrats	Ryan James	313	5.30	−1.33
	Conservative	Benjamin Hack	289	4.89	−0.26
	Conservative	Samuel Hall	273	4.62	−0.53
	Conservative	Dinah George	271	4.59	−0.56
	Liberal Democrats	Eugene Lynch	233	3.95	−2.19
	Liberal Democrats	Callum Robertson	232	3.93	−1.78
Rejected ballots			47
Turnout			5,906	42.87	+0.96
Registered electors			13,778
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Aspire gain from Labour		Swing

2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018. ^[2]

2018 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election: Bethnal Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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 Haque	800	14.15	N/A
	PATH	Shamsul Hoque	778	13.76	N/A
	Green	Eleanor Matthews	678	11.99	−8.51
	Green	Paul Burgess	570	10.08	N/A
	Women's Equality	Jessie MacNeil-Brown	564	9.98	N/A
	Green	John Foster	532	9.41	N/A
	Aspire	Farhana Akther	501	8.86	N/A
	Aspire	Md Amadul Chowdhury	394	6.97	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Will Dyer	375	6.63	−2.84
	Aspire	Jamir Hussain	357	6.31	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Silas Davis	347	6.14	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Phyllisa Shelton	323	5.71	N/A
	Conservative	Radia Alam	291	5.15	−1.77
	Conservative	Lillian Ingram	291	5.15	+0.18
	Conservative	Dinah Glover	291	5.15	+1.57
Rejected ballots			82
Turnout			5,736	41.91
Registered electors			13,688
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Tower Hamlets First		Swing

2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014. ^[3]

2014 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election: Bethnal Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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 Gulaid	2,038	30.68
	Tower Hamlets First	Babu Chowdhury	1,792	26.98
	Tower Hamlets First	Salim Ullah	1,652	24.87
	Green	Chris Thorne	1,362	20.50
	Liberal Democrats	Kamrun Shajahan	629	9.47
	UKIP	Lubov Zsikhotska	622	9.36
	Conservative	Alan Mak	460	6.92
	Conservative	Meera Amrish Patel	330	4.97
	TUSC	Ellen Kenyon Peers	327	4.92
	TUSC	Clive Heemskerk	254	3.82
	Conservative	Taz Kha'lique	238	3.58
Turnout			6,708	47.63
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Tower Hamlets First win (new seat)

References

1. Heywood, Joe; Loftus, Caitlin (March 2023). "London Borough Council Elections: May 2022" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
2. Colombeau, Joseph (October 2018). "London Borough Council Elections: 3 May 2018" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
3. Colombeau, Joseph (September 2014). "London Borough Council Elections: 22 May 2014" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2023.