2014 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election

none July 2022 June 2015 2014 Tower Hamlets Council election Parliamentary no yes 2010 Tower Hamlets Borough Council election 2010 2018 2018 All 45 seats to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council 23 22 May 2014 115x50px|Blank Labour Party (UK) 41 seats, 38.2% 41 22 19 69,304 38.6% 0.4% 115x50px|Blank Tower Hamlets First Did not stand 0 18 18 62,486 34.9% New 115x50px|Blank Conservative Party (UK) 7 seats, 14.2% 7 5 2 20,104 12.1% 2.1% Tower Hamlets London UK local election 2014 map.svg 300px Map of the Tower Hamlets electoral wards. #0087dc Conservative #dc241f Labour#ff0000 Tower Hamlets First. Striped wards have mixed representation Council control Council control after election Labour No overall control Elections to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council took place on 22 May 2014, the same day as other United Kingdom local elections, the election of the directly elected mayor of Tower Hamlets, and the European Parliament elections. Voting in Blackwall and Cubitt Town Ward was postponed due to the death of a candidate. The Mayoral election is particularly notable for the voiding of the result due to widespread corruption. As of 6 March 2017 the composition of the borough council was: 22 Labour, 9 Independent Group Councillors, 5 Peoples Alliance of Tower Hamlets, 5 Conservatives, 3 Independents and 1 Liberal Democrat.Mayor and Councillors by Party http://democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=PARTY&VW=LIST&PIC=0 towerhamlets.gov.uk 6 March 2017 Reduction in council size The Tower Hamlets (Electoral Changes) Order 2013 reduced the size of the council and created new electoral wards.Order Legislation.gov The Local Government Boundary Commission for England began the process of changing the size of Tower Hamlets Council in 2012.Tower Hamlets FER https://web.archive.org/web/20130530012815/http://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/south-east/greater-london/tower-hamlets-fer 30 May 2013 LGBCE The new wards for the elections in 2014 are as follows. + Electoral wards in Tower Hamlets, 2014 WardNumber of councillors Bethnal Green 3 Blackwall and Cubitt Town 3 Bow East 3 Bow West 2 Bromley North 2 Bromley South 2 Canary Wharf 2 Island Gardens 2 Lansbury 3 Limehouse 1 Mile End 3 Poplar 1 Shadwell 2 Spitalfields and Banglatown 2 St Dunstan's 2 St Katharine's and Wapping 2 St Peter's 3 Stepney Green 2 Weavers 2 Whitechapel 3 Results by ward Bethnal Green Bethnal Green East (3) Labour Party (UK) Amy Gibbs 2,911 43.82 Labour Party (UK) Sirajul Islam 2,292 34.50 Tower Hamlets First Shafiqul Haque 2,048 30.83 Labour Party (UK) Abdirashid Gulaid 2,038 30.68 Tower Hamlets First Babu Chowdhury 1,792 26.98 Tower Hamlets First Salim Ullah 1,652 24.87 Green Party of England and Wales Chris Thorne 1,362 20.50 Liberal Democrats (UK) Kamrun Shajahan 629 9.47 UK Independence Party Lubov Zsikhotska 622 9.36 Conservative Party (UK) Alan Mak 460 6.92 Conservative Party (UK) Meera Amrish Patel 330 4.97 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Ellen Kenyon Peers 327 4.92 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Clive Heemskerk 254 3.82 Conservative Party (UK) Taz Kha'lique 238 3.58 6,708 47.63 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Tower Hamlets First Blackwall & Cubitt Town Blackwall & Cubitt Town (3) Labour Party (UK) Dave Chesterton 956 33.00 Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Chapman 877 30.27 Labour Party (UK) Candida Ronald 875 30.20 Labour Party (UK) Anisur Rahman 872 30.10 Conservative Party (UK) Gloria Thienel 815 28.13 Conservative Party (UK) Geeta Kasanga 762 26.30 Tower Hamlets First Faruk Khan 744 25.68 Tower Hamlets First Kabir Ahmed 726 25.06 Tower Hamlets First Mohammed Aktaruzzaman 713 24.61 UK Independence Party Diana Lochner 240 8.28 UK Independence Party Paul Shea 190 6.56 UK Independence Party Anthony Registe 188 6.49 Green Party of England and Wales Katy Guttmann 110 3.80 Green Party of England and Wales Mark Lomas 98 3.38 Green Party of England and Wales Chris Smith 74 2.55 Liberal Democrats (UK) Elaine Bagshaw 71 2.45 Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Flowers 68 2.35 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Clarke 58 2.00 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Ellen Peers 11 0.38 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition John Peers 11 0.38 Independent (politician) Mohammed Rahman 11 0.38 2,909 31.64 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Bow East Bow East (3) Labour Party (UK) Rachel Blake 2,611 51.09 Labour Party (UK) Marc Francis 2,308 45.16 Labour Party (UK) Amina Ali 2,023 39.58 Tower Hamlets First Sabia Kamali 989 19.35 Tower Hamlets First Abdus Salam 977 19.12 Green Party of England and Wales Lucy Rees 935 18.29 Tower Hamlets First Mickey Ambrose 774 15.14 Green Party of England and Wales Tatyana Hancocks 651 12.74 Conservative Party (UK) Cameron Penny 520 10.17 Conservative Party (UK) James Thompson 496 9.70 Conservative Party (UK) Stephanie Chan 455 8.90 Liberal Democrats (UK) Andy Spracklen 449 8.78 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition George Paton 221 4.32 Red Flag Anti-Corruption Andy Erlam 129 2.52 5,156 45.86 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Bow West Bow West (2) Labour Party (UK) Joshua Peck 2,439 51.84 Labour Party (UK) Asma Begum 1,996 42.42 Tower Hamlets First Jainal Chowdhury 702 14.98 Conservative Party (UK) Matt Smith 627 13.33 Independent (politician) Anwar Khan 619 13.16 Green Party of England and Wales Louise Whitmore 559 11.88 Green Party of England and Wales Alistair Polson 552 11.73 Conservative Party (UK) S M Safiul Azam 441 9.37 Liberal Democrats (UK) Altaf Hussain 328 6.97 4,737 52.33 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Bromley North Bromley North (2) Labour Party (UK) Khales Ahmed 1,534 44.81 Tower Hamlets First Mohammed Miah 1,247 36.43 Labour Party (UK) Zenith Rahman 1,153 33.68 Tower Hamlets First Moniruzzaman Syed 1,046 30.56 Green Party of England and Wales Christopher Devlin 281 8.21 Green Party of England and Wales Aaron Willson 221 6.46 Conservative Party (UK) Angela Carlton 219 6.40 Conservative Party (UK) Mark Fletcher 178 5.20 Liberal Democrats (UK) Victoria Flynn 136 3.97 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Daniel McGowan 76 2.22 3,464 51.93 Labour Party (UK) Tower Hamlets First Bromley South Bromley South (2) Labour Party (UK) Helal Uddin 1,565 42.74 Labour Party (UK) Danny Hassell 1,300 35.50 Tower Hamlets First Syeda Choudhury 1,290 35.23 Tower Hamlets First Kobir Ali 1,269 34.65 Green Party of England and Wales Ben Hancocks 343 9.37 Conservative Party (UK) Frank Thienel 270 7.37 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Clarke 252 6.88 Conservative Party (UK) Srikanth Rajgopal 153 4.18 3,697 49.44 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Canary Wharf Canary Wharf (2) Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Wood 869 28.81 Tower Hamlets First Md. Maium Miah 829 27.49 Labour Party (UK) Debbie Simone 801 26.56 Labour Party (UK) Shubo Hussain 786 26.06 Conservative Party (UK) Ahmed Hussain 782 25.93 Tower Hamlets First John Cray 592 19.63 UKIP Mark Webber 327 10.84 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Toal 181 6.00 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Neil Cafferky 58 1.92 3,042 36.53 Conservative Party (UK) Tower Hamlets First Island Gardens Island Gardens (2) Conservative Party (UK) Peter Golds 1,345 34.48 Labour Party (UK) Andrew Cregan 1,244 31.89 Conservative Party (UK) Gloria Thienel 1,200 30.76 Labour Party (UK) Raju Rahman 951 24.38 Tower Hamlets First Bellal Uddin 648 16.61 Tower Hamlets First Kathy McTasney 515 13.20 UKIP Wayne Lochner 464 11.89 Liberal Democrats (UK) Doug Oliver 261 6.69 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition John Peers 100 2.56 3,913 43.29 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Lansbury Lansbury (3) Labour Party (UK) Rajib Ahmed 2,184 41.08 Labour Party (UK) Shiria Khatun 1,952 36.71 Tower Hamlets First Ohid Ahmed 1,936 36.41 Labour Party (UK) Dave Smith 1,850 34.79 Tower Hamlets First Shuily Akthar 1,727 32.48 Tower Hamlets First Stephen Beckett 1,535 28.87 UK Independence Party Paul Shea 732 13.77 Conservative Party (UK) Graham Collins 387 7.28 Conservative Party (UK) Paul Ingham 332 6.24 Liberal Democrats (UK) Simon McGrath 232 4.36 Conservative Party (UK) Mohammed Riaz 228 4.29 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Pete Dickenson 190 3.57 5,371 51.29 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Tower Hamlets First Limehouse Limehouse (1) Conservative Party (UK) Craig Aston 786 38.04 Labour Party (UK) Catherine Overton 730 35.33 Tower Hamlets First Mashuk Ahmed 341 16.51 Liberal Democrats (UK) Matt Lomas 105 5.08 UKIP David Hyland 104 5.03 2,090 48.26 Conservative Party (UK) Mile End Mile End (3) Tower Hamlets First Shah Alam 2,315 39.38 Labour Party (UK) David Edgar 2,268 38.58 Labour Party (UK) Rachael Saunders 2,139 36.39 Tower Hamlets First Mohammed Ali 2,052 34.91 Labour Party (UK) Motin Uz-Zaman 1,801 30.64 Tower Hamlets First Mustak Syed 1,796 30.55 Conservative Party (UK) Naomi Snowdon 597 10.16 Conservative Party (UK) Mushtak Abdullah 571 9.71 Liberal Democrats (UK) Andy Hallett 500 8.51 Conservative Party (UK) Jewel Islam 446 7.59 Independent (politician) Hafiz Choudhury 383 6.52 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Arzoo Miah 165 2.81 5,974 49.58 Tower Hamlets First Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Poplar Poplar (1) Tower Hamlets First Gulam Choudhury 910 44.24 Labour Party (UK) Abdul Chowdhury 761 37.00 UKIP Anna Mignano 159 7.73 Conservative Party (UK) James Robinson 146 7.10 Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Macmillan 41 1.99 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Naomi Byron 40 1.94 2,090 49.64 Tower Hamlets First Shadwell Shadwell (2) Tower Hamlets First Rabina Khan 2,199 48.88 Tower Hamlets First Harun Miah 2,192 48.72 Labour Party (UK) Mamun Rashid 1,462 32.50 Labour Party (UK) Farhana Zaman 892 19.83 Green Party of England and Wales Katy Guttmann 354 7.87 Conservative Party (UK) Des Ellerbeck 337 7.49 Liberal Democrats (UK) Monowara Begum 144 3.20 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Robert Williams 141 3.13 4,548 55.23 Tower Hamlets First Tower Hamlets First Spitalfields & Banglatown Spitalfields and Banglatown (2) Tower Hamlets First Gulam Robbani 1,955 48.58 Tower Hamlets First Suluk Ahmed 1,743 43.32 Labour Party (UK) Helal Abbas 1,215 30.19 Labour Party (UK) Tarik Khan 1,015 25.22 Green Party of England and Wales Zachary Thornton 485 12.05 Conservative Party (UK) Jane Emmerson 349 8.67 Conservative Party (UK) David Fell 259 6.44 Liberal Democrats (UK) Ferdy North 219 5.44 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Jason Turvey 98 2.44 4,070 43.69 Tower Hamlets First Tower Hamlets First St Dunstan's St Dunstan's (2) Labour Party (UK) Ayas Miah 1,967 41.77 Tower Hamlets First Mahbub Alam 1,805 38.33 Labour Party (UK) Abdal Ullah 1,386 29.43 Tower Hamlets First Rofique Ahmed 1,369 29.07 Green Party of England and Wales Chris Kilby 484 10.28 Conservative Party (UK) Charles Clarke 426 9.05 UKIP Martin Bryan 369 7.84 Peace Party (UK) Abdul Choudhury 254 5.39 Conservative Party (UK) Ben Mascall 254 5.39 Liberal Democrats (UK) Koyes Choudhury 193 4.10 4,780 55.78 Labour Party (UK) Tower Hamlets First St Katharine's & Wapping St Katharine's & Wapping (2) Conservative Party (UK) Julia Dockerill 1,278 34.19 Labour Party (UK) Denise Jones 1,208 32.32 Conservative Party (UK) Neil King 1,156 30.93 Labour Party (UK) Robert Scott 956 25.58 Tower Hamlets First Ahad Miah 547 14.63 Green Party of England and Wales John Venpin 440 11.77 Tower Hamlets First Stuart Madewell 407 10.89 UKIP Grenville Mills 353 9.44 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Denniston 319 8.53 3,756 46.28 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) St Peter's Bethnal Green West (3) Tower Hamlets First Abjol Miah 2,289 37.35 Labour Party (UK) Clare Harrisson 2,089 34.08 Tower Hamlets First Muhammed Mustaquim 2,088 34.07 Tower Hamlets First Aktaruz Zaman 1,935 31.57 Labour Party (UK) Carlo Gibbs 1,914 31.23 Labour Party (UK) Sanu Miah 1,722 28.10 Green Party of England and Wales Paul Burgess 1,114 18.18 Green Party of England and Wales David Cox 970 15.83 Liberal Democrats (UK) Azizur Khan 802 13.09 UK Independence Party Bertlyn Springer 453 7.39 Conservative Party (UK) Rachel Watts 342 5.58 Conservative Party (UK) Simon Fish 301 4.91 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Leonard Rowlands 222 3.62 Conservative Party (UK) Adrian Thompson 113 1.84 6,183 46.90 Tower Hamlets First Labour Party (UK) Tower Hamlets First Stepney Green Stepney Green (2) Tower Hamlets First Alibor Choudhury 2,023 45.80 Tower Hamlets First Oliur Rahman 1,965 44.49 Labour Party (UK) Sabina Akhtar 1,568 35.50 Labour Party (UK) Victoria Obaze 954 21.60 Green Party of England and Wales Hilary Clarke 411 9.30 UKIP Nicholas McQueen 387 8.76 Conservative Party (UK) Chris Wilford 209 4.73 Conservative Party (UK) Hugo Mann 166 3.76 Liberal Democrats (UK) Martin Donkin 151 3.42 4,463 54.90 Tower Hamlets First Tower Hamlets First Weavers Weavers (2) Labour Party (UK) Abdul Mukit 1,237 30.79 Labour Party (UK) John Pierce 1,223 30.45 Tower Hamlets First Kabir Ahmed 1,214 30.22 Tower Hamlets First Yousuf Khan 1,128 28.08 Green Party of England and Wales Chris Smith 557 13.87 Green Party of England and Wales Maureen Childs 527 13.12 UKIP Pauline McQueen 316 7.87 Conservative Party (UK) Louise Taggart 254 6.32 Liberal Democrats (UK) Alex Dziedzan 202 5.03 Conservative Party (UK) Luke Ounsworth 197 4.90 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Hugo Pierre 113 2.81 4,048 46.22 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Whitechapel Whitechapel (3) Tower Hamlets First Shahed Ali 2,139 45.01 Tower Hamlets First Abdul Asad 2,117 44.55 Tower Hamlets First Aminur Khan 2,088 43.94 Labour Party (UK) Faruque Ahmed 1,359 28.60 Labour Party (UK) Robert Robinson 1,190 25.04 Labour Party (UK) Jamalur Rahman 1,188 25.00 Green Party of England and Wales Maggie Crosbie 703 14.79 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Holden 409 8.61 Conservative Party (UK) Dinah Glover 405 8.52 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Griffiths 358 7.53 Conservative Party (UK) Nicholas Vandyce 345 7.26 UKIP Andrew McNeilis 199 4.19 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Michael Wrack 139 2.93 4,804 42.37 Tower Hamlets First Tower Hamlets First Tower Hamlets First 2014–2018 by-elections A by-election for the ward of Stepney Green was held on 11 June 2015, after the sitting councillor, Alibor Choudhury, was found guilty of corrupt and illegal practices by an election court.Tower Hamlets election fraud mayor Lutfur Rahman removed from office, BBC News, 23 April 2015 Stepney Green by-election 11 June 2015Stepney Green – Thursday, 11th June, 2015 http://moderngov.towerhamlets.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=115&RPID=5977927 Tower Hamlets Council 12 June 2015 12 June 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150614112105/http://moderngov.towerhamlets.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=115&RPID=5977927 14 June 2015 dead Labour Party (UK) Sabina Akhtar 1,643 42.11 +6.61 Independent (politician) Abu Chowdhury 1,472 37.72 N/A Green Party of England and Wales Kirsty Chestnutt 272 6.97 -2.33 UK Independence Party Paul Shea 203 5.20 -3.56 Conservative Party (UK) Safiul Azam 158 4.05 -0.68 Liberal Democrats (UK) Will Dyer 114 2.92 -0.50 Something New Jessie Macneil-Brown 40 1.03 N/A 171 4.39 3,939 47.37 Labour Party (UK) Tower Hamlets First A by-election for the ward of Whitechapel was held on 2 December 2016, after the sitting councillor, Shahed Ali, was found guilty of housing fraud. Another independent candidate, Ahmed Shafi, won the seat.http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/crime-court/tower_hamlets_councillor_jailed_for_housing_tenancy_fraud_while_owning_properties_1_4752992 Tower Hamlets councillor jailed for housing tenancy fraud while owning properties Mike Brooke East London Advertiser 27 October 2016 2 December 2016http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/politics/shock_defeat_for_labour_as_independent_novice_wins_tower_hamlets_by_election_at_whitechapel_1_4801779 Shock defeat for Labour as independent 'novice' wins Tower Hamlets by-election at Whitechapel Mike Brooke East London Advertiser 2 December 2016 2 December 2016 Whitechapel by-election 2 December 2016Whitechapel – Thursday, 1st December, 2016 https://democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=123&RPID=11721440 Tower Hamlets Council 6 March 2018 Independent politician Shafi Ahmed 1,147 44.73 N/A Labour Party (UK) Victoria Obaze 823 32.10 +1.50 Conservative Party (UK) William Fletcher 217 8.46 -0.15 Liberal Democrats (UK) Emanuel Andejelic 173 6.75 -0.78 Green Party of England and Wales James Wilson 170 6.63 -8.16 UK Independence Party Paul Shea 34 1.33 -2.86 324 12.63 2,572 24.49 Independent politician Tower Hamlets First Results Mayor Erlam & Ors v Rahman & Anor Tower Hamlets Mayoral Election 22 May 2014 (result since declared void by an election court) http://moderngov.towerhamlets.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=98&RPID=3218517 Tower Hamlets Mayoral Election – Thursday, 22nd May, 2014 Tower Hamlets Council 24 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140525213346/http://moderngov.towerhamlets.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=98&RPID=3218517 25 May 2014 dead Tower Hamlets First Lutfur Rahman 37395 36539 43.4 856 11.6 52.3% Labour Party (UK) John Biggs 37395 27643 32.8 6500 88.4 47.7% Conservative Party (UK) Christopher Wilford 37395 7173 8.5 United Kingdom Independence Party Nicholas McQueen 37395 4819 5.7 Green Party of England and Wales Chris Smith 37395 4699 5.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Reetendra Banerji 37395 1959 2.3 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Hugo Pierre 37395 871 1.0 Independent (politician) Reza Choudhury 37395 205 0.2 Independent (politician) Mohammed Khan 37395 164 0.2 Independent (politician) Hafiz Kadir 37395 162 0.2 86,540 47.6% 2,306 181,871 Council PartySeats wonPercentage of votesLabour Party2238.6Tower Hamlets First1834.9Conservative Party512.1Total45Source: Tower Hamlets Council References 2014 Tower Hamlets Category:21st century in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets