Spitalfields & Banglatown ward

Vote share over time

Each line is a party's lead candidate as a share of ballots cast. Hollow points are by-elections.

07/05/2026 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Aspire Faysal Ahmed Elected 1,237 33.3% -13.4
Aspire Suluk Ahmed Elected 1,148 30.9% —
Labour Party Shad Chowdhury 1,045 28.1% -17.1
Tower Hamlets Independents Kabir Hussain 849 22.8% —
Labour Party Rumana Azad 727 19.5% —
Green Party Daniele Pollicino 684 18.4% +9.8
Green Party Maggie Sawant 616 16.6% —
Tower Hamlets Independents Nurul Maleque 489 13.1% —
Reform UK Cristina Cecchinato 127 3.4% —
Liberal Democrats Gareth Lewis Shelton 126 3.4% -3.7
Liberal Democrats Robert Adderley 117 3.1% —
Reform UK Helen Biebuyck 112 3.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mohammed Emdad Miah 84 2.3% -2.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Terrel Mollel 79 2.1% —
Majority103
Turnout—
Registered electors9,292
Ballots cast (estimated)3,720

Aspire hold

05/05/2022 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Aspire Kabir Hussain Elected 1,595 46.7% +21.1
Aspire Suluk Ahmed Elected 1,591 46.6% —
Labour Party Shad Chowdhury 1,545 45.2% -10.3
Labour Party Nazma Hussain 1,128 33.0% —
Green Party Abdul Hye 293 8.6% -0.1
Liberal Democrats Freda Mary Graf 242 7.1% +0.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Timothy Richard Lowe 173 5.1% -3.9
Liberal Democrats Gareth Lewis Shelton 172 5.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Shamim Miah 94 2.8% —
Majority46
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,416

Aspire gain from Labour Party · Aspire gain from Labour Party

03/05/2018 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