Local Election Results 2002
Tower Hamlets
Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.
Other results for Tower Hamlets:
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022
By-elections for Tower Hamlets (may be incomplete): 27th June 2002 (Blackwall & Cubitt Town)
— 29th July 2004 (St Dunstan's & Stepney Green)
— 9th September 2004 (Millwall)
— 9th August 2007 (Shadwell)
— 1st May 2008 (Millwall; Weavers)
— 20th November 2008 (Mile End E.)
— 21st October 2010 (Elected Mayor)
— 16th December 2010 (Spitalfields & Banglatown)
— 19th April 2012 (Spitalfields & Banglatown)
— 3rd May 2012 (Weavers)
— 11th June 2015 (Elected Mayor; Stepney Green)
— 1st December 2016 (Whitechapel)
— 7th February 2019 (Lansbury; Shadwell)
— 12th August 2021 (Weavers)
— 12th September 2024 (Bow E.)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Labour |
18455 |
42.6% |
35 |
| Liberal Democrat |
12860 |
29.7% |
16 |
| Conservative |
6582 |
15.2% |
0 |
| Green Party |
2373 |
5.5% |
0 |
| Socialist Alliance |
1224 |
2.8% |
0 |
| Independent |
1166 |
2.7% |
0 |
| British National Party |
366 |
0.8% |
0 |
| New Britain |
259 |
0.6% |
0 |
| Azizur Khan |
LD |
1224 |
41.1% |
| John Griffiths |
LD |
1192 |
|
| James Sanderson |
LD |
1097 |
|
| Stephen Beckett |
Lab |
878 |
29.5% |
| Raja Miah |
Lab |
866 |
|
| Diana Johnson |
Lab |
833 |
|
| David Cox |
Grn |
233 |
7.8% |
| Anna Hoad-Reddick |
Grn |
202 |
|
| Sajjadur Rahman |
C |
196 |
6.6% |
| David Ceasar |
C |
185 |
|
| Brajendra Chaudhuri |
C |
167 |
|
| Neil Thompson |
Grn |
166 |
5.6% |
| William Wren |
BNP |
162 |
5.4% |
| Glyn Robbins |
SocAll |
119 |
4.0% |
| Sirajul Islam |
Lab |
1385 |
43.3% |
| Akikor Rahman |
LD |
1384 |
43.3% |
| Salim Ullah |
Lab |
1331 |
|
| Nurul Karim |
LD |
1309 |
|
| Raymond Marney |
Lab |
1281 |
|
| Robert Waites |
LD |
1252 |
|
| Shahin Ahmed |
C |
239 |
7.5% |
| Anamul Haque |
C |
201 |
|
| Jonathan Hackett |
Grn |
190 |
5.9% |
| Nicholas Sellick |
C |
181 |
|
| Peter Howell |
Grn |
177 |
|
| Gizelle Rush |
Grn |
166 |
|
| Lutfur Ali |
Lab |
876 |
43.6% |
| Julia Mainwaring |
Lab |
865 |
|
| Anthony Sharpe |
Lab |
793 |
|
| Timothy Archer |
C |
568 |
28.3% |
| Patricia Napier |
C |
534 |
|
| Simon Rouse |
C |
497 |
|
| Barrie Blandford |
LD |
350 |
17.4% |
| Alison Sanderson |
LD |
310 |
|
| Richard Ottaway |
LD |
248 |
|
| Eric Pemberton |
Ind |
215 |
10.7% |
| Raymond Gipson |
LD |
1248 |
61.7% |
| Nigel McCollum |
LD |
1204 |
|
| Marian Williams |
LD |
1155 |
|
| Rupert Bawden |
Lab |
519 |
25.7% |
| Alexander Heslop |
Lab |
493 |
|
| David Guppy |
Lab |
475 |
|
| Jessica Lack |
Grn |
136 |
6.7% |
| Benjamin Holt |
Grn |
125 |
|
| Alastair Holmes |
C |
120 |
5.9% |
| Susanna Webb |
C |
116 |
|
| Volker Heineman |
Grn |
112 |
|
| Timothy Hudspith |
C |
99 |
|
| Janet Ludlow |
LD |
1350 |
45.5% |
| Hilary Phelps |
LD |
1149 |
|
| Martin Rew |
LD |
1115 |
|
| Ala Uddin |
Lab |
946 |
31.9% |
| Belle Harris |
Lab |
939 |
|
| Geoffrey Thorington-Hassel |
Lab |
887 |
|
| Janice Cartwright |
Grn |
280 |
9.4% |
| Sandra McLeod |
Grn |
275 |
|
| Kazi Alam |
C |
225 |
7.6% |
| Sheila McGregor |
SocAll |
168 |
5.7% |
| Francis Brown |
C |
155 |
|
| Simon Gordon-Clark |
C |
153 |
|
| David Edgar |
Lab |
1650 |
67.8% |
| Abdul Sardar |
Lab |
1641 |
|
| Khaled Khan |
Lab |
1586 |
|
| Brian Abson |
LD |
353 |
14.5% |
| Abdul Mannan |
LD |
320 |
|
| Phyllis Sheehan |
LD |
310 |
|
| Matthew Corbishley |
Grn |
225 |
9.3% |
| James McLachlan |
C |
204 |
8.4% |
| Barbara Perrott |
C |
186 |
|
| Robert Neill |
C |
178 |
|
| Hidr Yildirim |
Grn |
132 |
|
| Ali Ahmed |
Lab |
1015 |
39.4% |
| Rajib Ahmed |
LD |
869 |
33.7% |
| Kevin Morton |
Lab |
771 |
|
| Ron Harley |
Lab |
756 |
|
| Harry Pavitt |
LD |
583 |
|
| Robert Wallace |
LD |
583 |
|
| Kambiz Boomla |
SocAll |
261 |
10.1% |
| Peter Golds |
C |
253 |
9.8% |
| Gareth Kennedy |
C |
239 |
|
| Gillian Thomas |
C |
196 |
|
| Mohammed Haque |
Ind |
178 |
6.9% |
| Kumar Murshid |
Lab |
1026 |
46.5% |
| Judith Gardiner |
Lab |
1003 |
|
| Ashton McGregor |
Lab |
917 |
|
| Russell Neale |
LD |
414 |
18.8% |
| Elizabeth Langley |
LD |
413 |
|
| Mark Weeks |
SocAll |
391 |
17.7% |
| Philip Briscoe |
C |
377 |
17.1% |
| Antonio Bello |
C |
364 |
|
| Richard Winfield |
LD |
358 |
|
| Christopher Godfrey |
C |
339 |
|
| Jainal Chowdhury |
LD |
1108 |
40.4% |
| Rofique Ahmed |
Lab |
1042 |
38.0% |
| Barrie Duffey |
LD |
1008 |
|
| Rosina Tucker |
LD |
950 |
|
| Sharmin Shajahan |
Lab |
778 |
|
| Graham Taylor |
Lab |
727 |
|
| Jahidul Hoque |
C |
326 |
11.9% |
| Christopher Coombes |
Grn |
267 |
9.7% |
| Amelia Gordon |
Grn |
218 |
|
| Michael Fletcher |
C |
217 |
|
| Mohammad Karim |
C |
174 |
|
| Jeremy Hicks |
Grn |
156 |
|
| Helal Rahman |
Lab |
1326 |
53.8% |
| Morin Uz-Zaman |
Lab |
1303 |
|
| Abdus Salique |
Lab |
1254 |
|
| Mohammed Rahman |
LD |
792 |
32.2% |
| Bernard Cameron |
LD |
791 |
|
| Rick Pollock |
LD |
739 |
|
| John Livingstone |
C |
242 |
9.8% |
| Simon Armand-Smith |
C |
233 |
|
| Stephen Charge |
C |
213 |
|
| Bill Wakefield |
Ind |
103 |
4.2% |
| Alan Amos |
Lab |
1089 |
48.4% |
| Betheline Chattopadhyay |
Lab |
986 |
|
| Mumtaz Samad |
Lab |
970 |
|
| Philip Groves |
C |
446 |
19.8% |
| Paul Ingham |
C |
422 |
|
| Alison Newton |
C |
420 |
|
| Malcolm Cuthbert |
LD |
313 |
13.9% |
| Jean Stokes |
LD |
245 |
|
| Kevin McDonald |
LD |
241 |
|
| Gordon Callow |
BNP |
204 |
9.1% |
| Susan Gibson |
SocAll |
200 |
8.9% |
| Ataur Rahman |
Lab |
1232 |
44.8% |
| Nasir Uddin |
Lab |
1226 |
|
| Mohammed Uddin |
Lab |
1105 |
|
| Hafizur Rahman |
C |
828 |
30.1% |
| Shamim Choudhury |
C |
566 |
|
| Muhammade Hoque |
C |
518 |
|
| Paula Palmer |
LD |
418 |
15.2% |
| George Crozier |
LD |
393 |
|
| Mohibur Rahman |
LD |
300 |
|
| Miriam Dodd |
Grn |
269 |
9.8% |
| Craig Williams |
Grn |
261 |
|
| Frances Schwartz |
Grn |
216 |
|
| Denise Jones |
Lab |
1082 |
40.8% |
| Shafiqul Haque |
Lab |
1049 |
|
| Richard Brooks |
Lab |
1034 |
|
| Kevin Noles |
C |
842 |
31.7% |
| William Norton |
C |
766 |
|
| Toby Vintcent |
C |
733 |
|
| Mohammed Ahmed |
LD |
470 |
17.7% |
| Marian Elsden |
LD |
345 |
|
| Alexandra Sugden |
LD |
318 |
|
| Dennis Delderfield |
NewBrit |
259 |
9.8% |
| John Divito |
NewBrit |
211 |
|
| Manir Ahmed |
Lab |
1265 |
57.3% |
| Michael Keith |
Lab |
1188 |
|
| Abdus Shukur |
Lab |
1076 |
|
| Nanu Miah |
LD |
512 |
23.2% |
| William Crossey |
C |
429 |
19.4% |
| Richard Powell |
C |
402 |
|
| Catherine Buttimer |
LD |
395 |
|
| Maxwell Rumney |
C |
334 |
|
| Gary Marsh |
LD |
327 |
|
| Helal Abbas |
Lab |
936 |
48.1% |
| Ghulam Mortuza |
Lab |
848 |
|
| Lutfur Rahman |
Lab |
846 |
|
| Mohammed Rahman |
C |
400 |
20.6% |
| Pir Quium |
C |
345 |
|
| David Webb |
C |
272 |
|
| Ahmed Hussain |
LD |
255 |
13.1% |
| Keith Magnum |
Grn |
198 |
10.2% |
| Melvin Ramsay |
LD |
198 |
|
| Alas Uddin |
LD |
186 |
|
| Muhit Ahmed |
Ind |
157 |
8.1% |
| Annika Sanders |
Grn |
146 |
|
| Ismail Malik |
Ind |
137 |
|
| Kerry Seager |
Grn |
130 |
|
| Alexander Vracas |
Ind |
124 |
|
| Sultan Ahmed |
Ind |
53 |
|
| Abdul Matin |
LD |
1588 |
51.8% |
| Louise Alexander |
LD |
1397 |
|
| Timothy O'Flaherty |
LD |
1288 |
|
| Sirajul Islam |
Lab |
925 |
30.2% |
| Humaiun Kobir |
Lab |
919 |
|
| Eric Taylor |
Lab |
732 |
|
| Mohammed Kadir |
C |
295 |
9.6% |
| Benjamin Hancocks |
Grn |
204 |
6.7% |
| Marc Weaver |
Grn |
184 |
|
| Stephen Wood |
Grn |
159 |
|
| Jane Meehan |
C |
145 |
|
| Joanna Noles |
C |
137 |
|
| Matt Bass |
Ind |
51 |
1.7% |
| Abdul Asad |
Lab |
1263 |
44.8% |
| Fanu Miah |
Lab |
1142 |
|
| Doros Ullah |
Lab |
1125 |
|
| Mostafa Miah |
C |
592 |
21.0% |
| Shafique Miah |
C |
475 |
|
| Monsur Ahmed |
C |
466 |
|
| Mohamed Ahmed |
Ind |
462 |
16.4% |
| Shamsuddin Ahmed |
Ind |
451 |
|
| Anu Miah |
Ind |
407 |
|
| Deborah O'Flaherty |
LD |
212 |
7.5% |
| Jacqueline Goodman |
Grn |
205 |
7.3% |
| Brendon O'Connor |
Grn |
200 |
|
| Sajaul Karim |
LD |
174 |
|
| Melina La Firenze |
Grn |
167 |
|
| Gulam Hossain |
LD |
162 |
|
| Philip Billows |
SocAll |
85 |
3.0% |
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