St Mary's | |
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Former electoral ward for the Tower Hamlets London Borough Council | |
Borough | Tower Hamlets |
County | Greater London |
Former electoral ward | |
Created | 1965 |
Abolished | 2002 |
Councillors |
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St Mary's was an electoral ward in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The ward was first used in the 1964 elections and last used for the 1998 elections. It returned councillors to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council.
Term | Councillor | Party | |
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1964–1971 | Solly Kaye | Communist | |
1964–1969 | Barney Borman | Communist | |
1964–1968 | P. Roche | Communist | |
1968–1971 | Max Levitas | Communist | |
1969–1974 | Robert Ashkettle | Labour | |
1978–1990 | Labour | ||
1971–1978 | H. Conway | Labour | |
1971–1978 | R. Warner | Labour | |
1974–1990 | Barnett Saunders | Labour | |
1990–1994 | Ronald Osborne | Liberal Democrats | |
1990–1994 | Justine Ward | Liberal Democrats | |
1994–1996 | Amanda Linton | Labour | |
1994–1998 | Bodrul Alom | Labour | |
1996–1998 | Judith Gardiner | Labour | |
1998–2002 | Motin Uz-Zaman | Labour | |
1998–2002 | Alexander Heslop | Labour |
Councillors elected by party at each general borough election.
There was a revision of ward boundaries in Tower Hamlets in 1978. The number of councillors was reduced from three to two.
The election took place on 7 May 1998. [1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Motin Uz-Zaman | 826 | |||
Labour | Alexander Heslop | 819 | |||
Conservative | Habibur Choudhury | 358 | |||
Turnout | 2,003 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
The by-election took place on 9 May 1996, following the resignation of Amanda Linton. [1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Judith Gardiner | 1,027 | |||
Liberal Democrats | James Langan | 267 | |||
Conservative | Reza Choudhury | 243 | |||
Militant Labour | Hugo Pierre | 706 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
The election took place on 5 May 1994. [2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Amanda Linton | 1,625 | |||
Labour | Bodrul Alom | 1,560 | |||
Ind. Lib Dem | R. Bowler | 551 | |||
Ind. Lib Dem | R.J. Warner | 545 | |||
Liberal Democrats | A. Ali | 141 | |||
Conservative | M.A.S. Khan | 104 | |||
Turnout | 4,332 | 54.7 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
The election took place on 3 May 1990. [3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Ronald Osborne | 604 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Justine Ward | 596 | |||
Labour | Barnett Saunders | 592 | |||
Labour | Julia Mainwaring | 588 | |||
Community Campaign | Shah Haque | 219 | |||
Tenants, Leaseholders & Residents | Emmanuel Parris | 174 | |||
Tenants, Leaseholders & Residents | Raymond Warner | 145 | |||
Independent | Abu Hassain | 91 | |||
Conservative | Mohammed Khan | 58 | |||
Conservative | Andrew Smith | 39 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,632 | 45.6 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
The election took place on 8 May 1986. [4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Robert Ashkettle | 948 | |||
Labour | Barnett Saunders | 861 | |||
SDP | Abdul Barik | 316 | |||
SDP | Paul Mathurin | 253 | |||
Conservative | Mohammad Ali | 218 | |||
Conservative | Robert Ingram | 147 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 4,848 | 31.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
The election took place on 6 May 1982. Quadratul Islam (Social Democratic Party Welfare Association) withdrew before polling day. [5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Robert Ashkettle | 877 | |||
Labour | Barnett Saunders | 834 | |||
SDP | Graham Palfrey-Smith | 241 | |||
SDP | Rafique Ullah | 205 | |||
Communist | Max Levitas | 172 | |||
Conservative | Richard Pearson | 151 | |||
Conservative | John Razzak | 115 | |||
Social Democratic Party Welfare Association | Quadratul Islam | 0 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 4,848 | 31.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
The election took place on 4 May 1978. [6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Robert Ashkettle | 1,083 | |||
Labour | Barnett Saunders | 1,027 | |||
Conservative | Brenda Epstein | 378 | |||
Communist | Max Levitas | 313 | |||
Conservative | Edna Hill | 251 | |||
National Front | John Gibbons | 56 | |||
National Front | Terence Jellis | 52 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 5,351 | 31.7 | |||
Labour win (new boundaries) | |||||
Labour win (new boundaries) |
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Map showing St Mary's ward boundaries from 1965 to 1978 |
The election took place on 2 May 1974. [7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | H. Conway | 729 | |||
Labour | Barnett Saunders | 697 | |||
Labour | R. Warner | 657 | |||
Communist | Max Levitas | 280 | |||
Conservative | M. Gilmore-Ellis | 133 | |||
Conservative | L. Sumont | 129 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 5,239 | 19.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
The election took place on 13 May 1971. [8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Robert Ashkettle | 990 | |||
Labour | H. Conway | 969 | |||
Labour | R. Warner | 867 | |||
Communist | Solly Kaye | 458 | |||
Communist | Max Levitas | 401 | |||
Communist | Kevin Halpin | 385 | |||
Conservative | C. Ingoldby | 179 | |||
Conservative | A. Heller | 170 | |||
Conservative | A. Nadav | 161 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Communist | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Communist | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Communist | Swing |
A by-election was held on 26 June 1969. [8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Robert Ashkettle | 533 | |||
Communist | D. Lyons | 454 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Communist | Swing |
The election took place on 9 May 1968. [9]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Communist | Solly Kaye | 635 | |||
Communist | Barney Borman | 624 | |||
Communist | Max Levitas | 549 | |||
Labour | H. Conway | 481 | |||
Labour | Robert Ashkettle | 428 | |||
Labour | S. Marchant | 428 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 6,027 | 19.1 | |||
Communist hold | Swing | ||||
Communist hold | Swing | ||||
Communist hold | Swing |
The by-election took place on 13 August 1964.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Communist | Barney Borman | 709 | |||
Labour | J. Duggan | 297 | |||
Liberal | M. Dove | 217 | |||
Majority | 412 | ||||
Turnout | 5,664 | 21.6 | |||
Communist hold | Swing |
The election took place on 7 May 1964. [10]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Communist | Solly Kaye | 670 | |||
Communist | Barney Borman | 636 | |||
Communist | P. Roche | 542 | |||
Labour | A. Bermel | 522 | |||
Labour | A. Butler | 507 | |||
Labour | J. Duggan | 477 | |||
Liberal | M. Dove | 250 | |||
Liberal | T. Bond | 220 | |||
Liberal | S. Woodham | 209 | |||
Turnout | 1,394 | 24.6 | |||
Communist win (new seat) | |||||
Communist win (new seat) | |||||
Communist win (new seat) |
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