Tower Hamlets council election, 2018

03/05/2018 · 20 wards · 45 seats contested

Most seats
42
Labour Party
Seats contested
45
across 20 wards
Turnout
41.0%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 42 — 79,551 46.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party 2 — 17,107 9.9% —
People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets 1 — 19,580 11.3% —
Aspire 0 — 26,513 15.4% —
Liberal Democrats 0 — 14,897 8.6% —
Green Party 0 — 13,661 7.9% —
Independent 0 — 590 0.3% —
Women's Equality Party 0 — 564 0.3% —
Renew 0 — 154 0.1% —

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 45
Aspire 45
Conservative and Unionist Party 45
Labour Party 45
Liberal Democrats 45
Green Party 39
People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets 34
Independent 4
Renew 1
Women's Equality Party 1

A party standing a full slate could field 45 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Bethnal Green East 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Mohammed Hossain Elected 2,916 55.9% —
Labour Party Sirajul Islam Elected 2,830 54.2% —
Labour Party Eve McQuillan Elected 2,816 54.0% —
People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets Shamsul Hoque 800 15.3% —
People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets Syed Haque 778 14.9% —
Green Party Eleanor Matthews 678 13.0% —
Green Party Paul David Burgess 570 10.9% —
Women's Equality Party Jessie Macneil-Brown 564 10.8% —
Green Party John Foster 532 10.2% —
Aspire Farhana Akther 501 9.6% —
Aspire Amadul Hoque Chowdhury 394 7.6% —
Liberal Democrats William Dyer 375 7.2% —
Aspire Jamir Hussain Chowdhury 357 6.8% —
Liberal Democrats Silas Davis 347 6.7% —
Liberal Democrats Phyllisa Shelton 323 6.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Dinah Glover 291 5.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Lillian Ingram 291 5.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Radia Alam 291 5.6% —
Majority2,016
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)5,218

Bethnal Green West 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Kevin Joseph Brady Elected 2,660 49.9% —
Labour Party Tarik Ahmed Khan Elected 2,483 46.6% —
Labour Party Gabriela Salva Macallan Elected 2,375 44.6% —
Aspire Muhammad Ansar Mustaquim 1,034 19.4% —
Aspire Abu Talha Chowdhury 954 17.9% —
Aspire Muhammed Sulaman Alipir 822 15.4% —
People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets Akram Uddin Ahmed 781 14.7% —
Green Party Alex Britten 781 14.7% —
People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets Azizur Rahman Khan 726 13.6% —
People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets Abjol Miah 705 13.2% —
Green Party Ciaran Jebb 640 12.0% —
Green Party Bethan Anghard Lant 437 8.2% —
Liberal Democrats John David MacLeod Griffiths 364 6.8% —
Liberal Democrats Tilly Munro 298 5.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Susan Ann Field 296 5.6% —
Liberal Democrats Arif Omer Erdogan 255 4.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Gregory William Paul Rodwell 198 3.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Zachary Joseph Spiro 176 3.3% —
Majority1,341
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)5,328

Blackwall & Cubitt Town 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Candida Ronald Elected 1,275 35.6% —
Labour Party Ehtashamul Haque Elected 1,237 34.6% —
Labour Party Mohammed Pappu Elected 1,089 30.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Alexander Kay 883 24.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sofia De Sousa 807 22.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Nick Vandyke 804 22.5% —
Aspire Abdul Malik 708 19.8% —
Aspire Bellal Uddin 650 18.2% —
Aspire Mohammed Aminur Rahman 605 16.9% —
Liberal Democrats Stephen Clarke 600 16.8% —
Liberal Democrats Gabriella Pasquale de Ferry 562 15.7% —
Liberal Democrats Antonio Eduardo Munoz Moreno 363 10.1% —
Green Party Thomas Fea 321 9.0% —
Green Party Mark Sean Lomas 306 8.6% —
People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets Shahena Nessa 287 8.0% —
Green Party David Hoole 236 6.6% —
Majority206
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,578

Bow East 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Rachel Blake Elected 2,789 64.6% —
Labour Party Marc Francis Elected 2,644 61.2% —
Labour Party Amina Ali Elected 2,482 57.5% —
Green Party David John Cox 591 13.7% —
Aspire Foyzul Islam 503 11.6% —
Green Party Farika Holden 464 10.7% —
Green Party Daniel Thomas Smith 416 9.6% —
People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets Shah Md Bodruzzaman 390 9.0% —
Liberal Democrats Eimear O'Casey 366 8.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sean Dempster 358 8.3% —
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Francis Sims 346 8.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Robin William Edwards 345 8.0% —
Liberal Democrats Koyes Uzzaman Choudhury 342 7.9% —
Aspire Mohammed Ataur Rahman 338 7.8% —
Aspire Mahamed Ahmed Ismail 329 7.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Joseph Mycroft 258 6.0% —
Majority1,891
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)4,320

Bow West 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Asma Begum Elected 2,384 67.0% —
Labour Party Val Whitehead Elected 2,038 57.2% —
Green Party Alistair Polson 499 14.0% —
Liberal Democrats Liza Franchi 413 11.6% —
Green Party Anne Victoria Silberbauer 398 11.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Samuel Hall 356 10.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Agnieszka Kendrick 282 7.9% —
Aspire Habibur Rahman 273 7.7% —
Liberal Democrats Altaf Hussain 255 7.2% —
Aspire Mohammed Kamrul Islam Tanim 223 6.3% —
Majority1,539
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,560

Bromley North 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Zenith Rahman Elected 1,367 46.3% —
Labour Party Dan Tomlinson Elected 1,136 38.5% —
Aspire Mohammed Miah 905 30.7% —
People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets Khales Ahmed 795 26.9% —
Aspire Nazrul Mannan 525 17.8% —
People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets Nehad Chowdhury 353 12.0% —
Green Party Louise Bateman 258 8.7% —
Liberal Democrats Janet Irene Ludlow 190 6.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Christine Carlton 143 4.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Scott Gibson 117 4.0% —
Liberal Democrats Christopher Rawlins 110 3.7% —
Majority231
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,950

Bromley South 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Danny Hassell Elected 1,786 52.5% —
Labour Party Helal Uddin Elected 1,759 51.7% —
Aspire Bodrul Islam Choudhury 1,018 29.9% —
Aspire Kabir Hussain 903 26.5% —
People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets Ras Uddin 271 8.0% —
Green Party Caroline Anne Fenton 228 6.7% —
Liberal Democrats Josh Casswell 191 5.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ben Crompton 190 5.6% —
Green Party Florian Herzberg 166 4.9% —
Liberal Democrats Emily Jayne Stevenson 165 4.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Zachary Lee Harris 127 3.7% —
Majority741
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,402

Canary Wharf 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew George Wood Elected 883 31.7% —
Labour Party Kyrsten Danielle Perry Elected 760 27.3% —
Labour Party Anisur Rahman Anis 758 27.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Tom Randall 754 27.0% —
Aspire Maium Talukdar 700 25.1% —
Aspire Helen Begum 456 16.4% —
Liberal Democrats Kevin Martin Lyons 315 11.3% —
People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets Yusuf Enayaat Ahmed 236 8.5% —
Liberal Democrats Gareth Lewis Shelton 222 8.0% —
Green Party Andrew Grey 215 7.7% —
Independent Natasha Bolter 141 5.1% —
Green Party Alisdair Blackwell 137 4.9% —
Majority2
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,788

Island Gardens 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Mufeedah Bustin Elected 1,111 32.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Golds Elected 1,107 32.0% —
Labour Party Shubo Hussain 1,032 29.8% —
Liberal Democrats Elaine Bagshaw 899 26.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party James Strawson 778 22.5% —
Liberal Democrats Shelly Lorraine English 614 17.7% —
Aspire Sadiqur Bablu 370 10.7% —
Aspire Sohid Chowdhury 282 8.1% —
Green Party Victoria Gladwin 279 8.1% —
Green Party David Nicholas Allison 254 7.3% —
People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets Abdul Manik 197 5.7% —
Majority75
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,462

Lansbury 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Kahar Chowdhury Elected 2,140 43.4% —
Labour Party Muhammad HM Harun Elected 1,868 37.9% —
Labour Party Bex White Elected 1,839 37.3% —
Aspire Ohid Ahmed 1,358 27.6% —
Aspire Jahed Bakth Choudhury 980 19.9% —
Aspire Shuily Akthar 881 17.9% —
People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets Abdul Salam Sheikh 646 13.1% —
Liberal Democrats Jack Gilbert 506 10.3% —
Liberal Democrats Oliver McQueen 427 8.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mumshad Afruz 398 8.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Ingham 388 7.9% —
Green Party Katy Guttmann 377 7.7% —
People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets Syed Ansar Miah 354 7.2% —
People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets Muhammad Uddin 337 6.8% —
Green Party John Urpeth 331 6.7% —
Liberal Democrats Tara Hussain 299 6.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Hanad Mohammed Darwish 247 5.0% —
Independent Monsur Ahmed Khan 167 3.4% —
Majority481
Turnout41.0%
Registered electors12,063
Ballots cast4,927

Limehouse

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party James King Elected 755 37.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David Garside 622 30.5% —
Liberal Democrats Jack Briggs 265 13.0% —
Aspire Shaheen Rashid 207 10.2% —
Green Party Tim Kiely 117 5.7% —
People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets Adam O'Connell 72 3.5% —
Majority133
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,038

Mile End 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Asma Islam Elected 2,646 55.0% —
Labour Party David Edgar Elected 2,515 52.3% —
Labour Party Puru Miah Elected 2,052 42.7% —
People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets Shah Alam 1,142 23.7% —
Aspire Helal Miah 941 19.6% —
Aspire Joynul Bashar 870 18.1% —
Aspire Mustak Ahmed Syed 757 15.7% —
People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets Mohammad Obeaidur Rahman 539 11.2% —
Green Party Ciaran Cusack 482 10.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Gracie Dorothy Browning 408 8.5% —
Green Party Aaron Parr 381 7.9% —
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Fryer 359 7.5% —
Liberal Democrats Tabitha Potts 323 6.7% —
Liberal Democrats Richard MacMillan 315 6.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Nick Millward 282 5.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Carlos Soares de Freitas 238 4.9% —
People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets Mohammed Sajjadur Rahman 178 3.7% —
Majority910
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)4,809

Poplar

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Sufia Alam Elected 732 36.8% —
Aspire Gulam Kibria Choudhury 533 26.8% —
People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets Dulal Uddin 445 22.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Harry Scoffin 143 7.2% —
Liberal Democrats John Denniston 96 4.8% —
Independent Luke Connolly 38 1.9% —
Majority199
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,987

Shadwell 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets Rabina Khan Elected 1,565 42.4% —
Labour Party Ruhul Amin Elected 1,270 34.4% —
Labour Party Charlotte Norton 1,157 31.3% —
Aspire Mohammad Harun Miah 993 26.9% —
People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets Ana Miah 765 20.7% —
Aspire Bodruzzaman Shamim 439 11.9% —
Independent Kazi Mohammad Gous-Miah 244 6.6% —
Green Party Ben Hyde Hart 201 5.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Des Ellerbeck 179 4.8% —
Liberal Democrats Dominic Buxton 165 4.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Daryl Martin Stafford 146 4.0% —
Liberal Democrats Freda Mary Graf 143 3.9% —
Green Party Jonathan Page 121 3.3% —
Majority113
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,694

Spitalfields & Banglatown 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Shad Chowdhury Elected 1,704 55.6% —
Labour Party Leema Omar Qureshi Elected 1,114 36.3% —
Aspire Suluk Ahmed 785 25.6% —
Aspire Kalam Choudhury 776 25.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Anwara Ali 276 9.0% —
Green Party Maureen Childs 266 8.7% —
People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets Abdul Rob 263 8.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party William Fletcher 215 7.0% —
Green Party Oliver Walker 201 6.6% —
Liberal Democrats Linda Packard 199 6.5% —
Liberal Democrats Ferdy North 190 6.2% —
People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets Sumsul Talkuder 145 4.7% —
Majority329
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,067

St Dunstan's 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Ayas Miah Elected 2,202 55.8% —
Labour Party Dipa Das Elected 1,750 44.4% —
People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets Muhammad Zakaria Hussain 902 22.9% —
Aspire Mahbub Alam 783 19.9% —
Aspire Momina Begum 462 11.7% —
People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets Shahar Ali Imran 449 11.4% —
Green Party Catherine Conway 315 8.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Lawrence Bernard Kay 241 6.1% —
Green Party Ben Hancocks 237 6.0% —
Liberal Democrats Helen Harris 228 5.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Dan Lambeth 193 4.9% —
Liberal Democrats Frank Muldoon 126 3.2% —
Majority848
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,944

St Katharine's & Wapping 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Denise Jones Elected 1,279 39.3% —
Labour Party Abdal Ullah Elected 1,033 31.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Kirsty Finlayson 956 29.4% —
Liberal Democrats Marie Elizabeth Cahill 943 29.0% —
Liberal Democrats Stephen O'Shea 816 25.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Neil Anthony King 794 24.4% —
Green Party Robert Crowston 336 10.3% —
People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets Masuma Begum 174 5.4% —
Aspire Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun 140 4.3% —
Aspire Altab Miah 34 1.0% —
Majority77
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,252

Stepney Green 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Sabina Akhtar Elected 2,105 59.4% —
Labour Party Motin Uz-Zaman Elected 1,515 42.8% —
People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets Akhlaqur Rahman 836 23.6% —
People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets Ahbab Miah 620 17.5% —
Aspire Oli Rahman 496 14.0% —
Green Party Kirsty Chestnutt 316 8.9% —
Aspire Habibur Rahman 303 8.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David Nolan Fell 223 6.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Tiffany Trenner-Lyle 181 5.1% —
Green Party George Lyle 178 5.0% —
Liberal Democrats Ailbhe Rees 164 4.6% —
Liberal Democrats Antony Peter Sanders 148 4.2% —
Majority679
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,542

Weavers 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Abdul Mukit Elected 1,773 55.9% —
Labour Party John Paul Pierce Elected 1,516 47.8% —
Aspire Fazleh Elaahi 533 16.8% —
Aspire Mohammed Hussain 517 16.3% —
Green Party Andrew Fernandez 342 10.8% —
Green Party Chris Smith 316 10.0% —
Liberal Democrats Edward Andrew Gilmore Long 266 8.4% —
People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets Halima Shopna 231 7.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Philip Baldwin 220 6.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Elliott Weaver 194 6.1% —
Renew Spencer Wood 154 4.9% —
People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets Taj Uddin 141 4.4% —
Liberal Democrats Ify Okoli 139 4.4% —
Majority983
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,171

Whitechapel 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Faroque Ahmed Elected 1,812 46.8% —
Labour Party Shah Muhammad Rezaul Islam Suhel Ameen Elected 1,695 43.8% —
Labour Party Victoria Ngozi Obaze Elected 1,352 34.9% —
People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets Shafi Ahmed 1,255 32.4% —
People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets Aminur Rashid Khan 1,128 29.1% —
People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets Muhammad Abul Asad 1,074 27.7% —
Green Party Katy Clarke 414 10.7% —
Liberal Democrats Nicola East 373 9.6% —
Aspire Syed Shofor Ali 341 8.8% —
Green Party Miles Battye 324 8.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jane Elizabeth Emmerson 312 8.1% —
Aspire Syeda Eshrat Nasrim 281 7.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark Fletcher 274 7.1% —
Liberal Democrats Emanuel Andjelic 255 6.6% —
Aspire Dipu Jaigirdar 253 6.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Noel Dube 242 6.2% —
Liberal Democrats Stilpon Nestor 237 6.1% —
Majority97
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,874

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