Elections to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 1998 increasing the number of seats by 1. The Labour party kept overall control of the council.
Tower Hamlets London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in Greater London, England. The council is unusual in that its executive function is controlled by a directly elected mayor of Tower Hamlets, currently John Biggs.
The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom which has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The party's platform emphasises greater state intervention, social justice and strengthening workers' rights.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 35 | -8 | 68.6 | 45.7 | 52,200 | -8.5% | |||
Liberal Democrat | 16 | +9 | 31.4 | 30.6 | 34,928 | +4.7% | |||
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.1 | 17,210 | +4.8% | |||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 5,399 | +4.7% | |||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2,338 | -1.3% | |||
Socialist Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 1,224 | +1.1% | |||
New Britain Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 470 | +0.4% | |||
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 366 | -2.0% | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Azizur Khan | 1,224 | |||
Liberal Democrat | John Griffiths | 1,192 | |||
Liberal Democrat | James Sanderson | 1,097 | |||
Labour | Stephen Beckett | 878 | |||
Labour | Raja Miah | 866 | |||
Labour | Diana Johnson | 833 | |||
Green | David Cox | 233 | |||
Green | Anna Hoad-Reddick | 202 | |||
Conservative | Sajjadur Rahman | 196 | |||
Conservative | David Ceasar | 185 | |||
Conservative | Brajendra Chaudhuri | 167 | |||
Green | Neil Thompson | 166 | |||
BNP | William Wren | 162 | |||
Socialist Alliance | Glyn Robbins | 119 | |||
Turnout | 7,520 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sirajul Islam | 1,385 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Akikor Rahman | 1,384 | |||
Labour | Salim Ullah | 1,331 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Nurul Karim | 1,309 | |||
Labour | Raymond Marney | 1,281 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Robert Waites | 1,252 | |||
Conservative | Shahin Ahmed | 239 | |||
Conservative | Anamul Haque | 201 | |||
Green | Jonathan Hackett | 190 | |||
Conservative | Nicholas Sellick | 181 | |||
Green | Peter Howell | 177 | |||
Green | Gizelle Rush | 166 | |||
Turnout | 9,096 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lutfur Ali | 876 | |||
Labour | Julia Mainwaring | 865 | |||
Labour | Anthony Sharpe | 793 | |||
Conservative | Tim Archer | 568 | |||
Conservative | Patricia Napier | 534 | |||
Conservative | Simon Rouse | 497 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Barrie Blandford | 350 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Alison Sanderson | 310 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Richard Ottaway | 248 | |||
Independent | Eric Pemberton | 215 | |||
Turnout | 5,256 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Raymond Gipson | 1,248 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Nigel McCollum | 1,204 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Marian Williams | 1,155 | |||
Labour | Rupert Bawden | 519 | |||
Labour | Alexander Heslop | 493 | |||
Labour | David Guppy | 475 | |||
Green | Jessica Lack | 136 | |||
Green | Benjamin Holt | 125 | |||
Conservative | Alastair Holmes | 120 | |||
Conservative | Susanna Webb | 116 | |||
Green | Volker Heineman | 112 | |||
Conservative | Timothy Hudspith | 99 | |||
Turnout | 5,802 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Janet Ludlow | 1,350 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Hilary Phelps | 1,149 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Martin Rew | 1,115 | |||
Labour | Ala Uddin | 946 | |||
Labour | Belle Harris | 939 | |||
Labour | Geoffrey Thorington-Hassel | 887 | |||
Green | Janice Cartwright | 280 | |||
Green | Sandra McLeod | 275 | |||
Conservative | Kazi Alam | 225 | |||
Socialist Alliance | Sheila McGregor | 168 | |||
Conservative | Francis Brown | 155 | |||
Conservative | Simon Gordon-Clark | 153 | |||
Turnout | 7,642 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Edgar | 1,650 | |||
Labour | Abdul Sardar | 1,641 | |||
Labour | Khaled Khan | 1,586 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Brian Abson | 353 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Abdul Mannan | 320 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Phyllis Sheehan | 310 | |||
Green | Matthew Corbishley | 225 | |||
Conservative | James McLachlan | 204 | |||
Conservative | Barbara Perrott | 186 | |||
Conservative | Robert Neill | 178 | |||
Green | Hidr Yildirim | 132 | |||
Turnout | 6,785 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ali Ahmed | 1,015 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Rajib Ahmed | 869 | |||
Labour | Kevin Morton | 771 | |||
Labour | Ron Harley | 756 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Harry Pavitt | 583 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Robert Wallace | 583 | |||
Socialist Alliance | Kambiz Boomla | 261 | |||
Conservative | Peter Golds | 253 | |||
Conservative | Gareth Kennedy | 239 | |||
Conservative | Gillian Thomas | 196 | |||
Independent | Mohammed Haque | 178 | |||
Turnout | 5,704 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kumar Murshid | 1,026 | |||
Labour | Judith Gardiner | 1,003 | |||
Labour | Ashton McGregor | 917 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Russell Neale | 414 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Elizabeth Langley | 413 | |||
Socialist Alliance | Mark Weeks | 391 | |||
Conservative | Philip Briscoe | 377 | |||
Conservative | Antonio Bello | 364 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Richard Winfield | 358 | |||
Conservative | Christopher Godfrey | 339 | |||
Turnout | 5,602 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Jainal Chowdhury | 1,108 | |||
Labour | Rofique Ahmed | 1,042 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Barrie Duffey | 1,008 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Rosina Tucker | 950 | |||
Labour | Sharmin Shajahan | 778 | |||
Labour | Graham Taylor | 727 | |||
Conservative | Jahidul Hoque | 326 | |||
Green | Christopher Coombes | 267 | |||
Green | Amelia Gordon | 218 | |||
Conservative | Michael Fletcher | 217 | |||
Conservative | Mohammad Karim | 174 | |||
Green | Jeremy Hicks | 156 | |||
Turnout | 6,971 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Helal Rahman | 1,326 | |||
Labour | Morin Uz-Zaman | 1,303 | |||
Labour | Abdus Salique | 1,254 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Mohammed Rahman | 792 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Bernard Cameron | 791 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Rick Pollock | 739 | |||
Conservative | John Livingstone | 242 | |||
Conservative | Simon Armand-Smith | 233 | |||
Conservative | Stephen Charge | 213 | |||
Independent | Bill Wakefield | 103 | |||
Turnout | 6,996 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Amos | 1,089 | |||
Labour | Betheline Chattopadhyay | 986 | |||
Labour | Mumtaz Samad | 970 | |||
Conservative | Philip Groves | 446 | |||
Conservative | Paul Ingham | 422 | |||
Conservative | Alison Newton | 420 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Malcolm Cuthbert | 313 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Jean Stokes | 245 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Kevin McDonald | 241 | |||
BNP | Gordon Callow | 204 | |||
Socialist Alliance | Susan Gibson | 200 | |||
Turnout | 5,536 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ataur Rahman | 1,232 | |||
Labour | Nasir Uddin | 1,226 | |||
Labour | Mohammed Uddin | 1,105 | |||
Conservative | Hafizur Rahman | 828 | |||
Conservative | Shamim Choudhury | 566 | |||
Conservative | Muhammade Hoque | 518 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Paula Palmer | 418 | |||
Liberal Democrat | George Crozier | 393 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Mohibur Rahman | 300 | |||
Green | Miriam Dodd | 269 | |||
Green | Craig Williams | 261 | |||
Green | Frances Schwartz | 216 | |||
Turnout | 7,332 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Denise Jones | 1,082 | |||
Labour | Shafiqul Haque | 1,049 | |||
Labour | Richard Brooks | 1,034 | |||
Conservative | Kevin Noles | 842 | |||
Conservative | William Norton | 766 | |||
Conservative | Toby Vintcent | 733 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Mohammed Ahmed | 470 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Marian Elsden | 345 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Alexandra Sugden | 318 | |||
New Britain Party | Dennis Delderfield | 259 | |||
New Britain Party | John Divito | 211 | |||
Turnout | 7,109 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Manir Ahmed | 1,265 | |||
Labour | Michael Keith | 1,188 | |||
Labour | Abdus Shukur | 1,076 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Nanu Miah | 512 | |||
Conservative | William Crossey | 429 | |||
Conservative | Richard Powell | 402 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Catherine Buttimer | 395 | |||
Conservative | Maxwell Rumney | 334 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Gary Marsh | 327 | |||
Turnout | 5,928 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Helal Abbas | 936 | |||
Labour | Ghulam Mortuza | 848 | |||
Labour | Lutfur Rahman | 846 | |||
Conservative | Mohammed Rahman | 400 | |||
Conservative | Pir Quium | 345 | |||
Conservative | David Webb | 272 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Ahmed Hussain | 255 | |||
Green | Keith Magnum | 198 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Melvin Ramsay | 198 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Alas Uddin | 186 | |||
Independent | Muhit Ahmed | 157 | |||
Green | Annika Sanders | 146 | |||
Independent | Ismail Malik | 137 | |||
Green | Kerry Seager | 130 | |||
Independent | Alexander Vracas | 124 | |||
Independent | Sultan Ahmed | 53 | |||
Turnout | 5,231 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Abdul Matin | 1,588 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Louise Alexander | 1,397 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Timothy O'Flaherty | 1,298 | |||
Labour | Sirajul Islam | 925 | |||
Labour | Humaiun Kobir | 919 | |||
Labour | Eric Taylor | 732 | |||
Conservative | Mohammed Kadir | 295 | |||
Green | Benjamin Hancocks | 204 | |||
Green | Marc Weaver | 184 | |||
Green | Stephen Wood | 159 | |||
Conservative | Jane Meehan | 145 | |||
Conservative | Joanna Noles | 137 | |||
Independent | Matt Bass | 51 | |||
Turnout | 8,024 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Abdul Asad | 1,263 | |||
Labour | Fanu Miah | 1,142 | |||
Labour | Doros Ullah | 1,125 | |||
Conservative | Mostafa Miah | 592 | |||
Conservative | Shafique Miah | 475 | |||
Conservative | Monsur Ahmed | 466 | |||
Independent | Mohamed Ahmed | 462 | |||
Independent | Shamsuddin Ahmed | 451 | |||
Independent | Anu Miah | 407 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Deborah O'Flaherty | 212 | |||
Green | Jacqueline Goodman | 205 | |||
Green | Brendon O'Connor | 200 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Sajaul Karim | 174 | |||
Green | Melina La Firenze | 167 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Gulam Hossain | 162 | |||
Socialist Alliance | Philip Billows | 85 | |||
Turnout | 7,588 | ||||
Tower Hamlets is located in East London and covers much of the traditional East End.
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