1998 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election

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

Tower Hamlets Local Election Result 1998

Party		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

Blackwall

Blackwall (2)

Party		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

Bow (3)

Party		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

Bromley (3)

Party		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

East India (2)

Party		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

Grove (2)

Party		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

Holy Trinity (3)

Party		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

Lansbury (3)

Party		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

Limehouse (3)

Party		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

Millwall (3)

Party		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

Park (2)

Party		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

Redcoat (2)

Party		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

Shadwell (3)

Party		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

Spitalfields (3)

Party		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

St Dunstans (3)

Party		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

St James (2)

Party		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

St Katharines (3)

Party		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

St Mary's (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Motin Uz-Zaman	826
	Labour	Alexander Heslop	819
	Conservative	Habibur Choudhury	358
Turnout			2,003

St Peters

St Peters (3)

Party		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

Weavers (3)

Party		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

• "Council poll results", The Guardian 9 May 1998 page 16
• Ward results