Lansbury (ward)

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Lansbury
Electoral ward
for the Tower Hamlets London Borough Council
Borough Tower Hamlets
County Greater London
Population21,706 (2021) [1]
Area1.266 km²
Current electoral ward
Created2014
Councillors3

Lansbury is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The ward was first used in the 2014 elections. It returns three councillors to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council. It was previously used from 1978 to 2002.

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Geography

The ward is based on the Lansbury Estate named after the former leader of the opposition George Lansbury who was a Member of Parliament in Tower Hamlets.

Councillors

ElectionCouncillors
2014 Rajib Ahmed

(Labour)

Shiria Khatun

(Labour)

Ohid Ahmed

(Tower Hamlets First)

2018 Kahar Chowdhury

(Labour)

Muhammad Harun

(Labour)

Bex White

(Labour)

2022 Ohid Ahmed [2]

(Aspire)

Iqbal Hossain [3]

(Aspire)

Jahed Choudhury [4]

(Aspire)

Elections

2022 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election

Lansbury (3) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Aspire Abul Ahmed 2,686 48.75 +21.19
Aspire Iqbal Hossain 2,413 43.79 +25.91
Aspire Jahed Choudhury 2,286 41.49 +23.60
Labour Kahar Chowdhury*1,80332.72−10.71
Labour Shaheda Rahman1,54227.99−9.92
Labour Ansarul Haque1,47926.84−10.48
Green Norm Cassidy5469.91+2.26
Liberal Democrats Elaine Bagshaw4948.97−1.34
Green John Scanlan4648.42+1.70
Conservative Chrissie Townsend3736.77−1.31
Conservative Paul Ingham3336.04−1.83
Conservative Akbar Ali2033.68−1.33
Liberal Democrats Abdul Manik1492.70−7.57
Liberal Democrats Muhammad Uddin1342.43−3.64
Rejected ballots74
Turnout 5,51041.34+0.03
Registered electors 13,330
Aspire gain from Labour Swing
Aspire gain from Labour Swing
Aspire gain from Labour Swing

2018

Lansbury (3) [6]
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

2014

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)

Notes

    References

    1. https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/london/wards/tower_hamlets/E05009325__lansbury/
    2. "Councillor Ohid Ahmed". Tower Hamlets London Borough Council .
    3. "Councillor Iqbal Hossain". Tower Hamlets London Borough Council .
    4. "Councillor Jahed Choudhury". Tower Hamlets London Borough Council .
    5. "Election results for Lansbury, 5 May 2022". 5 May 2022.
    6. "Election results for Lansbury, 3 May 2018". Tower Hamlets Council. 3 May 2018. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.