1998 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election
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Elections to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council were held on 7 May 1998. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.
Election result
editParty | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 41 | -1 | 82.0 | 54.2 | 55,961 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | 9 | +2 | 18.0 | 25.9 | 26,689 | ||||
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 10,671 | ||
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 | 3,758 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3.3 | 3,432 | ||
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 2,391 | ||
National Front | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 270 |
Ward results
editBlackwall
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephen Wright | 701 | |||
Labour | Khan Murshid | 691 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jane Jackson | 287 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Patricia Ramsay | 242 | |||
Conservative | Crispin Hayhoe | 128 | |||
Conservative | Sarah Hoile | 107 | |||
Turnout | 2,156 |
Bow
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Raymon Gipson | 1,138 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Terry Stacy | 1,063 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Marian Williams | 1,010 | |||
Labour | Arthur Downes | 797 | |||
Labour | Arun Chattopadhyay | 793 | |||
Labour | Benjamin Leapman | 696 | |||
Conservative | Tafique Chowdhury | 246 | |||
Conservative | Simon Gordon-Clark | 138 | |||
Turnout | 5,881 |
Bromley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Abdul Sardar | 1,504 | |||
Labour | Carol Hinvest | 1,293 | |||
Labour | Betheline Chattopadhyay | 1,116 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Bernard Cameron | 666 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Rosemarie Peters | 580 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Ron Converson | 547 | |||
Conservative | John Livingstone | 239 | |||
Conservative | Barbara Perrott | 187 | |||
Conservative | Gregory Price | 157 | |||
Turnout | 6,289 |
East India
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Son | 826 | |||
Labour | Rajib Ahmed | 790 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Nigel Huxted | 432 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Annabelle Steggles | 331 | |||
Conservative | Nathaniel Cross | 129 | |||
Turnout | 2,508 |
Grove
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Janet Ludlow | 874 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Frederick Hunn | 848 | |||
Labour | Olwen Jacobs | 704 | |||
Labour | Jonathan Swain | 674 | |||
Conservative | Syed Hoque | 113 | |||
Turnout | 3,213 |
Holy Trinity
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Albert Snooks | 1,358 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Barrie Duffey | 1,342 | |||
Labour | Salim Ullah | 1,314 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Rosina Tucker | 1,270 | |||
Labour | Judith Gardiner | 1,181 | |||
Labour | Anthony Sharpe | 1,156 | |||
Conservative | Mustak Syed | 313 | |||
BNP | Paul Costello | 147 | |||
Turnout | 8,081 |
Lansbury
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Diana Johnson | 1,082 | |||
Labour | Michael Keating | 1,023 | |||
Labour | Kevin Morton | 964 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Barry Blandford | 692 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Carlin | 604 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Russell Neale | 508 | |||
Independent | David Hemingway | 499 | |||
National Front | Lynda Miller | 270 | |||
Conservative | Harry Benham | 137 | |||
Conservative | Sharon Jones | 107 | |||
Conservative | James Mclachlan | 107 | |||
Turnout | 5,993 |
Limehouse
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Helal Abbas | 928 | |||
Labour | David Edgar | 778 | |||
Labour | Soyful Alom | 771 | |||
Independent | William Wakefield | 520 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Timothy McNally | 443 | |||
Independent | Maurice Caplan | 441 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Stewart Rayment | 431 | |||
Independent | Abu Hossain | 425 | |||
Independent | Parvin Begum | 402 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Martin Pantling | 399 | |||
Independent | Derek England | 388 | |||
Conservative | Motiur Rahman | 260 | |||
Conservative | Pamela Drew | 101 | |||
Conservative | Paul Goodman | 84 | |||
Turnout | 6,371 |
Millwall
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Julia Mainwaring | 2,315 | |||
Labour | Martin Young | 2,315 | |||
Labour | Stephen Molyneaux | 2,279 | |||
BNP | David Hill | 665 | |||
BNP | Gordon Callow | 637 | |||
BNP | Steven Harrington | 606 | |||
Conservative | Philip Groves | 495 | |||
Conservative | Jennifer Kendall-Tobias | 489 | |||
Conservative | William Norton | 468 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Flowers | 371 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Alexander Wilcock | 335 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Linda Hunn | 318 | |||
Turnout | 11,293 |
Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Baunton | 1,076 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Derek Charles | 958 | |||
Labour | Alan Amos | 418 | |||
Labour | Philip Royal | 392 | |||
Turnout | 2,844 |
Redcoat
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ataur Rahamn | 922 | |||
Labour | David Bayat | 906 | |||
Liberal Democrats | James Lanagan | 636 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Josephine Harriott | 599 | |||
Conservative | Robert Neil | 129 | |||
Turnout | 3,192 |
Shadwell
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Keith | 1,346 | |||
Labour | Bodrul Alom | 1,229 | |||
Labour | Abdus Shukur | 1,112 | |||
Independent | Abdul Malik | 757 | |||
Conservative | Richard Powell | 589 | |||
Conservative | Paul Ingham | 547 | |||
Conservative | Lawrence Ailreu-Thomas | 490 | |||
Turnout | 6,070 |
Spitalfields
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Syed Mizan | 1,454 | |||
Labour | Ghulam Mortuza | 1,435 | |||
Labour | Ala Uddin | 1,316 | |||
Conservative | Eaoyor Shaikh | 621 | |||
Conservative | David Webb | 558 | |||
Turnout | 5,384 |
St Dunstans
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Biggs | 1,421 | |||
Labour | Shahab Ahmed | 1,231 | |||
Labour | Mohammed Uddin | 1,220 | |||
Conservative | Edna Hill | 602 | |||
Turnout | 4,474 |
St James
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mark Taylor | 941 | |||
Labour | Lorriane Melvin | 889 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Barrie Martin | 847 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Griffiths | 841 | |||
BNP | Paul Maxwell | 168 | |||
BNP | Paul McHale | 168 | |||
Conservative | Mohammed Ullah | 89 | |||
Turnout | 3,943 |
St Katharines
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Denise Jones | 1,582 | |||
Labour | Abdul Asad | 1,496 | |||
Labour | Anamul Hoque | 1,333 | |||
Conservative | Jane Emmerson | 1,206 | |||
Conservative | Mostofa Miah | 1,082 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Gyles Glover | 610 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Hilal Miah | 540 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Patricia Snooks | 528 | |||
Turnout | 8,377 |
St Mary's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Motin Uz-Zaman | 826 | |||
Labour | Alexander Heslop | 819 | |||
Conservative | Habibur Choudhury | 358 | |||
Turnout | 2,003 |
St Peters
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jusna Begum | 1,405 | |||
Labour | Raja Miah | 1,223 | |||
Labour | Raymond Marney | 1,218 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Chowdhury | 802 | |||
Liberal | Kathleen Cook | 798 | |||
Liberal | Brian Lafferty | 590 | |||
Liberal | Betty Wright | 586 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Timothy O'Flaherty | 460 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Elston | 441 | |||
Conservative | Jay Tarbey | 237 | |||
Turnout | 7,760 |
Weavers
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mohammed Ali | 1,229 | |||
Labour | Christopher Creegan | 985 | |||
Labour | Catherine Tuitt | 922 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Kofi Appiah | 776 | |||
Liberal | Terry Milson | 770 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Abdul Khan | 748 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Mathews | 738 | |||
Liberal | Kathleen Caulfield | 705 | |||
Liberal | Justin Sillman | 309 | |||
Conservative | Mohammed Uddin | 158 | |||
Turnout | 7,340 |
References
edit- "Council poll results", The Guardian 9 May 1998 page 16
- Ward results