1998 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election
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All 50 seats up for election to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council 26 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 123,433[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 44,521, 36.07% ( 17.98)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 41[n 1] | 1 | 2 | 1 | 82.00 | 54.47 | 56,488 | 0.95 | |
Liberal Democrats | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18.00 | 25.74 | 26,689 | 1.50 | |
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 10.29 | 10,671 | 6.72 | ||
Ind. Lib Dem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.62 | 3,758 | 1.46 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | 3.31 | 3,432 | 2.57 | |
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.31 | 2,391 | 3.99 | ||
National Front | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.26 | 270 | New | ||
Total | 50 | 103,699 |
Ward results
[edit](*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate
(†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a different ward
Blackwall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Stephen L. Wright | 701 | 64.56 | 6.42 | |
Labour | Khan A. Murshid | 691 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jane M. Jackson | 287 | 24.54 | 3.62 | |
Liberal Democrats | Patricia A. Ramsay | 242 | |||
Conservative | Crispin B. Hayhoe | 128 | 10.90 | 2.80 | |
Conservative | Sarah Hoile | 107 | |||
Registered electors | 3,669 | 537 | |||
Turnout | 1,256 | 34.23 | 18.69 | ||
Rejected ballots | 32 | 2.55 | 1.46 | ||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Bow
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Raymond G. Gipson* | 1,138 | 52.87 | 0.71 | |
Liberal Democrats | Terry J. Stacy | 1,063 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Marian Williams | 1,010 | |||
Labour | Arthur W. Downes | 797 | 37.64 | 2.53 | |
Labour | Arun K. Chattopadhyay | 793 | |||
Labour | Benjamin Leapman | 696 | |||
Conservative | Tafique A. Chowdhury | 246 | 9.48 | 3.23 | |
Conservative | Simon M. Gordon-Clark | 138 | |||
Registered electors | 6,452 | 326 | |||
Turnout | 2,222 | 34.44 | 9.80 | ||
Rejected ballots | 15 | 0.68 | 0.17 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Bromley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Arthur W. Downes* | 2,040 | 62.22 | 6.22 | |
Labour | Carol M. Hinvest* | 1,293 | |||
Labour | Betheline Chattopadhyay | 1.116 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Bernard Cameron | 666 | 28.51 | 10.15 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rosemarie Peters | 580 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Ron Converson | 547 | |||
Conservative | John S. Livingstone | 239 | 9.27 | 4.72 | |
Conservative | Barbara J. Perrott | 187 | |||
Conservative | Gregory M. Price | 157 | |||
Registered electors | 7,225 | 1,005 | |||
Turnout | 2,645 | 36.61 | 13.21 | ||
Rejected ballots | 36 | 1.36 | 0.81 | ||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
East India
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Brian J. Son | 826 | 61.28 | 3.20 | |
Labour | Rajib Ahmed | 790 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Nigel P. Huxted | 432 | 28.93 | 8.98 | |
Liberal Democrats | Annabelle J. Steggles | 331 | |||
Conservative | Nathaniel Cross | 129 | 9.78 | 5.77 | |
Registered electors | 4,606 | 352 | |||
Turnout | 1,480 | 32.13 | 24.45 | ||
Rejected ballots | 17 | 1.15 | 0.28 | ||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Grove
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Janet Ludlow* | 874 | 52.20 | 1.05 | |
Liberal Democrats | Frederick C. Hunn* | 848 | |||
Labour | Olwen M. Jacobs | 704 | 40.95 | 2.33 | |
Labour | Jonathan Swain | 674 | |||
Conservative | Syed E. Hoque | 113 | 6.85 | 2.88 | |
Registered electors | 4,183 | 226 | |||
Turnout | 1,770 | 42.31 | 8.94 | ||
Rejected ballots | 15 | 0.85 | 0.41 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Holy Trinity
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Albert J. Snooks | 1,358 | 44.11 | 20.34 | |
Liberal Democrats | Barrie C. Duffey | 1,342 | |||
Labour | Salim Ullah | 1,314 | 40.56 | 5.52 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rosina S. Tucker | 1,270 | |||
Labour | Judith A. Gardiner†[n 2] | 1,181 | |||
Labour | Anthony J. Sharpe | 1,156 | |||
Conservative | Mustak Syed | 313 | 10.43 | New | |
BNP | Paul Costello | 147 | 4.90 | 14.58 | |
Registered electors | 7,483 | 1,216 | |||
Turnout | 2,992 | 39.98 | 18.28 | ||
Rejected ballots | 21 | 0.70 | 0.40 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | |||||
Labour hold |
Lansbury
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Diana R. Johnson* | 1,082 | 40.75 | 4.84 | |
Labour | Michael C. Keating*[n 3] | 1,023 | |||
Labour | Kevin V. Morton* | 964 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Barry A. Blandford | 692 | 23.95 | 12.07 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Carlin | 604 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Russell P. Neale | 508 | |||
Independent | David A. Hemingway | 499 | 19.88 | 4.38 | |
National Front | Lynda Miller | 270 | 10.76 | New | |
Conservative | Harry C. Benham | 137 | 4.66 | 1.77 | |
Conservative | Sharon Jones | 107 | |||
Conservative | James Mclachlan | 107 | |||
Registered electors | 6,255 | 484 | |||
Turnout | 2,548 | 40.74 | 16.01 | ||
Rejected ballots | 30 | 1.18 | 0.72 | ||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Limehouse
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Helal U. Abbas | 928 | 26.35 | 32.51 | |
Labour | David J. Edgar* | 778 | |||
Labour | Soyful Alom* | 771 | |||
Independent | William E. Wakefield*[n 4] | 520 | 16.59 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Timothy J. McNally | 443 | 13.54 | 20.59 | |
Independent | Maurice Caplan | 441 | 14.07 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Stewart G. Rayment | 431 | |||
Independent | Abu H. M. E. Hossain | 425 | 13.56 | New | |
Independent | Parvin Begum | 402 | 12.83 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin J. Pantling | 399 | |||
Independent | Derek England | 388 | 12.38 | New | |
Conservative | Motiur Rahman | 260 | 4.73 | 1.39 | |
Conservative | Pamela Drew | 101 | |||
Conservative | Paul A. Goodman | 84 | |||
Registered electors | 6,175 | 984 | |||
Turnout | 2,406 | 38.96 | 15.73 | ||
Rejected ballots | 27 | 1.12 | 0.42 | ||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour gain from Independent | |||||
Labour hold |
Millwall
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Julia Mainwaring* | 2,315 | 61.18 | 10.84 | |
Labour | Martin F. Young* | 2,315 | |||
Labour | Stephen J. Molyneaux* | 2,279 | |||
BNP | David J. Hill | 665 | 16.89 | 9.77 | |
BNP | Gordon F. Callow | 637 | |||
BNP | Steven R. Harrington | 606 | |||
Conservative | Philip W. Groves | 495 | 12.86 | 9.24 | |
Conservative | Jennifer Kendall-Tobias | 489 | |||
Conservative | William G. D. Norton | 468 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Richard D. Flowers | 371 | 9.07 | 2.94 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alexander I. M. C. Wilcock | 335 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Linda C. Hunn | 318 | |||
Registered electors | 12,191 | 1,659 | |||
Turnout | 4,130 | 33.88 | 32.62 | ||
Rejected ballots | 21 | 0.51 | 0.35 | ||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Park
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Baunton* | 1,076 | 71.52 | 12.80 | |
Liberal Democrats | Derek Charles | 958 | |||
Labour | Alan T. Amos | 418 | 28.48 | 8.50 | |
Labour | Philip N. Royal | 392 | |||
Registered electors | 4,067 | 202 | |||
Turnout | 1,603 | 39.41 | 10.06 | ||
Rejected ballots | 16 | 1.00 | 0.22 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Redcoat
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ataur Rahman†[n 5] | 922 | 55.04 | 2.88 | |
Labour | David P. Bayat | 906 | |||
Liberal Democrats | James Lanagan | 636 | 37.19 | 1.45 | |
Liberal Democrats | Josephine G. Harriott | 599 | |||
Conservative | Robert J. M. Neil | 129 | 7.77 | 4.33 | |
Registered electors | 4,639 | 54 | |||
Turnout | 1,793 | 38.65 | 18.10 | ||
Rejected ballots | 14 | 0.78 | 0.57 | ||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
St Dunstans
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John R. Biggs* | 1,412 | 68.14 | 3.59 | |
Labour | Shahab U. Ahmed | 1,231 | |||
Labour | Mohammed S. Uddin* | 1,220 | |||
Conservative | Edna Hill | 602 | 31.86 | New | |
Registered electors | 6,224 | 6 | |||
Turnout | 2,077 | 33.37 | 18.86 | ||
Rejected ballots | 42 | 2.02 | 0.27 | ||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
St James'
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mark E. Taylor* | 941 | 45.39 | 2.41 | |
Labour | Lorraine K. Melvin* | 889 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Barrie P. Martin | 847 | 41.87 | 11.62 | |
Liberal Democrats | John D. M. Griffiths | 841 | |||
BNP | Paul Maxwell | 168 | 8.33 | 13.62 | |
BNP | Paul E. McHale | 168 | |||
Conservative | Mohammed H. Ullah | 89 | 4.41 | New | |
Registered electors | 5,234 | 409 | |||
Turnout | 2,136 | 40.81 | 20.08 | ||
Rejected ballots | 23 | 1.08 | 0.67 | ||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
St Katharines
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Denise Jones* | 1,582 | 46.33 | 0.72 | |
Labour | Abdul Asad* | 1,496 | |||
Labour | Anamul Hoque | 1,333 | |||
Conservative | Jane E. Emmerson | 1,206 | 36.05 | 28.60 | |
Conservative | Mostofa Miah | 1,082 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Gyles R. Glover | 610 | 17.62 | 7.77 | |
Liberal Democrats | Hilal Miah | 540 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Patricia Snooks | 528 | |||
Registered electors | 10,689 | 1,507 | |||
Turnout | 3,469 | 32.45 | 15.35 | ||
Rejected ballots | 42 | 1.21 | 0.79 | ||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
St Mary's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Motin Uz-Zaman | 826 | 69.67 | 2.99 | |
Labour Co-op | Alexander K. Heslop | 819 | |||
Conservative | Habibur R. Choudhury | 358 | 30.33 | 25.97 | |
Registered electors | 4,360 | 28 | |||
Turnout | 1,312 | 30.09 | 25.02 | ||
Rejected ballots | 42 | 3.20 | 2.44 | ||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour Co-op hold |
St Peters
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jusna Begum | 1,405 | 46.71 | 1.86 | |
Labour | Raja Miah | 1,223 | |||
Labour | Raymond V. Marney* | 1,218 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Mohammed J. U. Chowdhury | 802 | 20.68 | 7.45 | |
Ind. Lib Dem | Kathleen E. Cook | 798 | 23.97 | 4.97 | |
Ind. Lib Dem | Brian K. Lafferty | 590 | |||
Ind. Lib Dem | Betty Wright | 586 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Timothy O'Flaherty | 460 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Elston | 441 | |||
Conservative | Joy M. Tarbey | 237 | 8.63 | 5.42 | |
Registered electors | 8,260 | 150 | |||
Turnout | 3,036 | 36.76 | 16.33 | ||
Rejected ballots | 23 | 0.76 | 0.46 | ||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Shadwell
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Michael J. Keith*[n 6] | 1,346 | 48.62 | 2.76 | |
Labour | Bodrul M. Alom | 1,229 | |||
Labour | Abdus Shukur* | 1,112 | |||
Independent | Abdul Malik | 757 | 29.94 | New | |
Conservative | Richard H. Powell | 589 | 21.44 | 12.65 | |
Conservative | Paul W. E. Ingham | 547 | |||
Conservative | Lawrence Ailreu-Thomas | 490 | |||
Registered electors | 8,014 | 1,182 | |||
Turnout | 2,552 | 31.84 | 19.54 | ||
Rejected ballots | 41 | 1.61 | 0.76 | ||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Spitalfields
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Syed A. Mizan* | 1,454 | 70.39 | 22.89 | |
Labour | Ghulam Mortuza* | 1,435 | |||
Labour | Ala Uddin†[n 7] | 1,316 | |||
Conservative | Eaoyor Shaikh | 621 | 29.61 | 20.82 | |
Conservative | David Webb | 558 | |||
Registered electors | 6,451 | 381 | |||
Turnout | 2,183 | 33.84 | 17.54 | ||
Rejected ballots | 46 | 2.11 | 1.26 | ||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Weavers
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mohammed Ali*[n 8] | 1,229 | 40.96 | 2.72 | |
Labour | Christopher G. Creegan | 985 | |||
Labour | Catherine Tuitt | 922 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Kofi B. Appiah | 776 | 29.55 | 3.11 | |
Ind. Lib Dem | Terry B. Milson | 770 | 23.30 | 7.58 | |
Liberal Democrats | Abdul M. Khan | 748 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan P. Mathews | 738 | |||
Ind. Lib Dem | Kathleen Caulfield | 705 | |||
Ind. Lib Dem | Justin Sillman | 309 | |||
Conservative | Mohammed S. Uddin | 158 | 6.19 | New | |
Registered electors | 7,256 | 511 | |||
Turnout | 2,911 | 40.12 | 12.96 | ||
Rejected ballots | 31 | 1.06 | 0.52 | ||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Results include those from a St Mary's ward councillor standing under the Labour and Co-operative Party banner
- ^ Gardiner was a sitting Councillor representing the St Mary's ward. She replaced Cllr. Amanda Linton after her resignation in 1996[4]
- ^ Keating replaced Cllr. Eric A. Commons after his resignation in 1994[4]
- ^ Wakefield replaced Cllr. John P. Ryan after his resignation in 1995. Wakefield was elected as a Labour councillor bust since then was not selected to represent Labour in this election[4]
- ^ Rahman was a sitting councillor representing the Spitalfields ward
- ^ Keith replaced Cllr.Lilley Albert after her death in 1994[4]
- ^ Uddin was a sitting councillor representing the St Peter's ward
- ^ Ali replaced Cllr. Vanessa L. Peters after her resignation in 1995[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - Including the Greater London Authority referendum results - Ward voting statistics" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 216. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - Including the Greater London Authority referendum results" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 167–169, 214, 216–217. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Tower Hamlets Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 8–9. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ a b c d e Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 7 May 1998 - Including the Greater London Authority referendum results - By-elections" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 169. Retrieved 17 November 2024.