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All 51 seats up for election toTower Hamlets London Borough Council 26 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 136,572[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 41,613, 30.47% ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map of the results of the 2002 Tower Hamlets council election. Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections toTower Hamlets London Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since thelast election in 1998 increasing the number of seats by 1. TheLabour party kept overall control of the council.
In between the 1998 election and this election, there was one by-election held to replace a councillor who had died which resulted in Labour gaining a seat from the Liberal Democrats. As a result of this, the composition of the council just before the election was as follows:[2]
| 42 | 8 |
| Labour | Lib Dem |
Along with all other London Borough Councils, Tower Hamlets went through a major redistricting that went into effect for this election. The changes were as follows:[3]
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 35 | 23[n 1] | 29 | 68.63 | 45.74 | 52,200 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 16 | 16[n 1] | 9 | 31.37 | 30.60 | 34,928 | |||
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 15.08 | 17,210 | |||
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4.73 | 5,399 | New | ||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2.05 | 2,338 | |||
| London Socialist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.07 | 1,224 | New | ||
| New Britain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.41 | 470 | New | ||
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.32 | 366 | |||
| Total | 51 | 114,135 | |||||||
Shortly after the election, Luftur Ali was disqualified from the election he won in Blackwall and Cubitt Town as it was discovered he was ineligible to be a councillor due to his job. A by-election was held on 27 June 2002 to replace him, electing Brian Son of the Labour Party to fill the seat.[6][7]
After the elections, the council composition was as follows:
| 35 | 16 |
| Labour | Lib Dem |
(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate
(†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a different ward
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Azizur R. Khan | 1,224 | 43.47 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | John D.M. Griffiths | 1,192 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | James R. Sanderson | 1,097 | |||
| Labour | Stephen J. Beckett | 878 | 31.88 | New | |
| Labour | Raja Miah†[n 2] | 866 | |||
| Labour | Diana R. Johnson†[n 3] | 833 | |||
| Green | David Cox | 233 | 7.44 | New | |
| Green | Anna K. Hoad-Reddick | 202 | |||
| Conservative | Sajjadur Rahman | 196 | 6.78 | New | |
| Conservative | David G. Ceasar | 185 | |||
| Conservative | Brajendra N. Chaudhuri | 167 | |||
| Green | Neil J. Thompson | 166 | |||
| BNP | William F. Wren | 162 | 6.01 | New | |
| London Socialist | Glyn Robbins | 119 | 4.42 | New | |
| Registered electors | 8,289 | New | |||
| Turnout | 2,674 | 32.26 | New | ||
| Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.37 | New | ||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sirajul Islam†[n 4] | 1,385 | 43.94 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Akikor Rahman | 1,384 | 43.37 | New | |
| Labour | Salim Ullah†[n 5] | 1,331 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Nurul Karim | 1,309 | |||
| Labour | Raymond V. Marney†[n 6] | 1,281 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Waites | 1,252 | |||
| Conservative | Shahin Ahmed | 239 | 6.83 | New | |
| Conservative | Anamul Haque | 201 | |||
| Green | Jonathan Hackett | 190 | 5.86 | New | |
| Conservative | Nicholas Sellick | 181 | |||
| Green | Peter Howell | 177 | |||
| Green | Gizelle Rush | 166 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,636 | New | |||
| Turnout | 3,190 | 36.94 | New | ||
| Rejected ballots | 18 | 0.56 | New | ||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Lutfur R. Ali | 876 | 44.57 | New | |
| Labour | Julia Mainwaring†[n 7] | 865 | |||
| Labour | Anthony J. Sharpe | 793 | |||
| Conservative | Timothy J. Archer | 568 | 28.12 | New | |
| Conservative | Patricia J. Napier | 534 | |||
| Conservative | Simon P. Rouse | 497 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Barrie A. Blandford | 350 | 15.97 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alison J. Sanderson | 310 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard J.W. Ottaway | 248 | |||
| Independent | Eric Pemberton | 215 | 11.34 | New | |
| Registered electors | 9,081 | New | |||
| Turnout | 1,951 | 21.48 | New | ||
| Rejected ballots | 15 | 0.77 | New | ||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Raymond G. Gipson†[n 8] | 1,248 | 62.17 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Nigel E.R. McCollum | 1,204 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Marian Williams†[n 8] | 1,155 | |||
| Labour | Rupert Bawden | 519 | 25.63 | New | |
| Labour | Alexander K. Heslop†[n 9] | 493 | |||
| Labour | David Guppy | 475 | |||
| Green | Jessica F.N. Lack | 136 | 6.43 | New | |
| Green | Benjamin D. Holt | 125 | |||
| Conservative | Alastair Holmes | 120 | 5.77 | New | |
| Conservative | Susanna G. Webb | 116 | |||
| Green | Volker Heineman | 112 | |||
| Conservative | Timothy Hudspith | 99 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,056 | New | |||
| Turnout | 1,951 | 27.65 | New | ||
| Rejected ballots | 13 | 0.67 | New | ||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Janet Ludlow†[n 10] | 1,350 | 43.78 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Hilary S. Phelps | 1,149 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Martin J. Rew | 1,115 | |||
| Labour | Ala Uddin†[n 11] | 946 | 33.58 | New | |
| Labour | Belle Harris | 939 | |||
| Labour | Geoffrey Thorington-Hassel | 887 | |||
| Green | Janice D. Cartwright | 280 | 10.08 | New | |
| Green | Sandra J. McLeod | 275 | |||
| Conservative | Kazi N. Alam | 225 | 6.46 | New | |
| London Socialist | Sheila McGregor | 168 | 6.10 | New | |
| Conservative | Francis A.C.S. Brown | 155 | |||
| Conservative | Simon M. Gordon-Clark | 153 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,035 | New | |||
| Turnout | 2,771 | 34.49 | New | ||
| Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.25 | New | ||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David J. Edgar†[n 12] | 1,650 | 70.04 | New | |
| Labour | Abdul A. Sardar | 1,641 | |||
| Labour | Khaled R. Khan | 1,586 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Brian L. Abson | 353 | 14.11 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Abdul Mannan | 320 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Phyllis D. Sheehan | 310 | |||
| Green | Matthew S. Corbishley | 225 | 7.69 | New | |
| Conservative | James McLachlan | 204 | 8.16 | New | |
| Conservative | Barbara J. Perrott | 186 | |||
| Conservative | Robert J.McG. Neill | 178 | |||
| Green | Hidr Yildirim | 132 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,407 | New | |||
| Turnout | 2,526 | 34.10 | New | ||
| Rejected ballots | 18 | 0.71 | New | ||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ali M.O. Ahmed | 1,015 | 38.62 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Rajib Ahmed†[n 13] | 869 | 30.92 | New | |
| Labour | Kevin V. Morton†[n 14] | 771 | |||
| Labour | Ron M. Harley | 756 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Harry S. Pavitt | 583 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Wallace | 583 | |||
| London Socialist | Kambiz Boomla | 261 | 11.90 | New | |
| Conservative | Peter Golds | 253 | 10.45 | New | |
| Conservative | Gareth L. Kennedy | 239 | |||
| Conservative | Gillian Thomas | 196 | |||
| Independent | Mohammed A. Haque | 178 | 8.11 | New | |
| Registered electors | 7,634 | New | |||
| Turnout | 2,171 | 28.44 | New | ||
| Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.51 | New | ||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ashton McGregor | 1,026 | 46.15 | ||
| Labour | Judith A. Gardiner | 1,003 | |||
| Labour | Khan A. Murshid†[n 15] | 917 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Russell P. Neale | 414 | 18.56 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth E. Langley | 413 | |||
| London Socialist | Mark Weeks | 391 | 18.37 | New | |
| Conservative | Philip J. Briscoe | 377 | 16.92 | ||
| Conservative | Antonio E. Bello | 364 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Winfield | 358 | |||
| Conservative | Christopher D. Godfrey | 339 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,678 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,280 | 26.27 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.26 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Mohammed J.U. Chowdhury | 1,108 | 43.98 | New | |
| Labour | Rofique U. Ahmed | 1,042 | 36.54 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Barrie C. Duffey†[n 16] | 1,008 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Rosina S. Tucker | 950 | |||
| Labour | Sharmin Shajahan | 778 | |||
| Labour | Graham M. Taylor | 727 | |||
| Conservative | Jahidul Hoque | 326 | 10.29 | New | |
| Green | Christopher W. Coombes | 267 | 9.20 | New | |
| Green | Amelia J. Gordon | 218 | |||
| Conservative | Michael J.G. Fletcher | 217 | |||
| Conservative | Mohammad R. Karim | 174 | |||
| Green | Jeremy G. Hicks | 156 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,045 | New | |||
| Turnout | 2,547 | 31.66 | New | ||
| Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.43 | New | ||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Helal Rahman | 1,326 | 53.92 | New | |
| Labour | Motin Uz-Zaman†[n 17] | 1,303 | |||
| Labour | Abdus Salique | 1,254 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Mohammed S. Rahman | 792 | 32.24 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Bernard Cameron | 791 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Rick C.W.M. Pollock | 739 | |||
| Conservative | John S. Livingstone | 242 | 9.55 | New | |
| Conservative | Simon Armand-Smith | 233 | |||
| Conservative | Stephen P. Charge | 213 | |||
| Independent | Bill Wakefield | 103 | 4.29 | New | |
| Registered electors | 7,196 | New | |||
| Turnout | 2,468 | 34.30 | New | ||
| Rejected ballots | 22 | 0.89 | New | ||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alan T. Amos | 1,089 | 48.00 | ||
| Labour | Betheline Chattopadhyay†[n 18] | 986 | |||
| Labour | Mumtaz Samad | 970 | |||
| Conservative | Philip W. Groves | 446 | 20.30 | ||
| Conservative | Paul W.E. Ingham | 422 | |||
| Conservative | Alison L. Newton | 420 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Malcolm J.M. Cuthbert | 313 | 12.59 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jean Stokes | 245 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Ian K. McDonald | 241 | |||
| BNP | Gordon T. Callow | 204 | 9.65 | ||
| London Socialist | Susan Gibson | 200 | 9.46 | New | |
| Registered electors | 9,302 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,045 | 21.98 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.34 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ataur Rahman†[n 19] | 1,232 | 48.60 | New | |
| Labour | Nasir Uddin | 1,226 | |||
| Labour | Mohammed S. Uddin†[n 20] | 1,105 | |||
| Conservative | Hafizur Rahman | 828 | 26.08 | New | |
| Conservative | Shamim A. Choudhury | 566 | |||
| Conservative | Muhammade M. Hoque | 518 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Paula E.A. Palmer | 418 | 15.15 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | George A. Crozier | 393 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Mohibur Rahman | 300 | |||
| Green | Miriam P. Dodd | 269 | 10.17 | New | |
| Green | Craig T. Williams | 261 | |||
| Green | Frances Schwartz | 216 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,926 | New | |||
| Turnout | 2,833 | 31.74 | New | ||
| Rejected ballots | 23 | 0.81 | New | ||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Denise Jones†[n 21] | 1,082 | 43.10 | New | |
| Labour | Shafiqul Haque | 1,049 | |||
| Labour | Richard D. Brooks | 1,034 | |||
| Conservative | Kevin A. Noles | 842 | 31.87 | New | |
| Conservative | William G.D. Norton | 766 | |||
| Conservative | Toby N. Vintcent | 733 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Mohammed F-U. Ahmed | 470 | 15.43 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Marian Elsden | 345 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Alexandra E. Sugden | 318 | |||
| New Britain | Dennis W. Delderfield | 259 | 9.60 | New | |
| New Britain | John Divito | 211 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,508 | New | |||
| Turnout | 2,532 | 29.76 | New | ||
| Rejected ballots | 18 | 0.71 | New | ||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Manir U. Ahmed | 1,265 | 59.53 | ||
| Labour | Michael J. Keith* | 1,188 | |||
| Labour | Abdus Shukur* | 1,076 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Nanu Miah | 512 | 20.82 | New | |
| Conservative | William D. Crossey | 429 | 19.65 | ||
| Conservative | Richard H. Powell | 402 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Catherine E. Buttimer | 395 | |||
| Conservative | Maxwell W. Rumney | 334 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Gary J. Marsh | 327 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,872 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,162 | 27.46 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 14 | 0.65 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Helal U. Abbas†[n 22] | 936 | 42.60 | New | |
| Labour | Ghulam Mortuza†[n 23] | 848 | |||
| Labour | Lutfur Rahman | 846 | |||
| Conservative | Md A.D. Rahman | 400 | 16.47 | New | |
| Conservative | Pir M.A. Quium | 345 | |||
| Conservative | David Webb | 272 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Ahmed Hussain | 255 | 10.35 | New | |
| Green | Keith O. Magnum | 198 | 7.68 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Melvin M. Ramsay | 198 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Alas Uddin | 186 | |||
| Independent | Muhit Ahmed | 157 | 7.63 | New | |
| Green | Annika Sanders | 146 | |||
| Independent | Ismail K. Malik | 137 | 6.66 | New | |
| Green | Kerry Seager | 130 | |||
| Independent | Alexander P. Vracas | 124 | 6.03 | New | |
| Independent | Sultan Ahmed | 53 | 2.58 | New | |
| Registered electors | 5,930 | New | |||
| Turnout | 1,876 | 31.64 | New | ||
| Rejected ballots | 13 | 0.69 | New | ||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Abdul Matin | 1,588 | 52.64 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Louise Alexander | 1,397 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Timothy J. O'Flaherty | 1,298 | |||
| Labour | Sirajul Islam | 925 | 31.66 | ||
| Labour | Humaiun Kobir | 919 | |||
| Labour | Eric McG. Taylor | 732 | |||
| Conservative | Mohammed A. Kadir | 295 | 7.09 | ||
| Green | Benjamin E. Hancocks | 204 | 6.73 | New | |
| Green | Marc Weaver | 184 | |||
| Green | Stephen A. Wood | 159 | |||
| Conservative | Jane E.P. Meehan | 145 | |||
| Conservative | Joanna Noles | 137 | |||
| Independent | Matt Bass | 51 | 1.88 | New | |
| Registered electors | 7,907 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,842 | 35.94 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 20 | 0.70 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Abdul Asad†[n 24] | 1,263 | 33.95 | New | |
| Labour | Fanu Miah | 1,142 | |||
| Labour | Doros Ullah | 1,125 | |||
| Conservative | Mostafa Miah | 592 | 14.75 | New | |
| Conservative | Shafique Miah | 475 | |||
| Conservative | Monsur A. Ahmed | 466 | |||
| Independent | Mohamed Z. Ahmed | 462 | 13.33 | New | |
| Independent | Shamsuddin Ahmed | 451 | 13.01 | New | |
| Independent | Anu Miah | 407 | 11.74 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Deborah A. O'Flaherty | 212 | 5.27 | New | |
| Green | Jacqueline Goodman | 205 | 5.50 | New | |
| Green | Brendon O'Connor | 200 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Sajaul Karim | 174 | |||
| Green | Melina La Firenze | 167 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Gulam Hossain | 162 | |||
| London Socialist | Philip Billows | 85 | 2.45 | New | |
| Registered electors | 8,070 | New | |||
| Turnout | 2,696 | 33.41 | New | ||
| Rejected ballots | 26 | 0.96 | New | ||
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