1990 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election

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3 May 1990 (1990-05-03)

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All 50 seats up for election to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council
26 seats needed for a majority

Registered

113,315

Turnout

52,239, 46.10%

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Brenda M. Collins	Unknown	Unknown
Party	Lib Dem Focus Team	Labour	Conservative
Leader since	1988	Unknown	Unknown
Leader's seat	St Peter's	Unknown	Unknown
Seats before	26	24	0
Seats won	30	20	0
Seat change	4	4
Popular vote	57,859	59,171	6,826
Percentage	44.93%	45.95%	5.30%

Council control before election

Lib Dem Focus Team

Council control after election

Lib Dem Focus Team

1990 local election in England, UK

Elections to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council were held on 3 May 1990. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 42.9%.

Election result

Tower Hamlets Local Election Result 1990
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
	Lib Dem Focus Team	30	5	1	5	60.00	44.93	57,859
	Labour	20	1	5	4	40.00	45.95	59,171
	Conservative	0	0	0		0.00	5.30	6,826
	Green	0	0	0		0.00	1.77	2,274
	Community Campaign	0	0	0		0.00	0.82	1,061
	BNP	0	0	0		0.00	0.42	546
	Tenant's Leaseholders & Residents	0	0	0		0.00	0.41	527
	Independent Tenant	0	0	0		0.00	0.19	248
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.15	190
	Independent Islamic	0	0	0		0.00	0.06	77
Total		50						128,779

Ward results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

(†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a different ward

Blackwall

Blackwall (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David J. Lawrence	1,020	73.03
	Labour	Christine L. Shawcroft*	1,015
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Peter B. Lear	387	26.97
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Peter E. Segura	365
Registered electors			4,167
Turnout			1482	35.57
Rejected ballots			10	0.67
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Lib Dem Focus Team

Bow

Bow (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Patricia L. Catchpole*	1,548	64.81
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Ronald Lebar*	1,497
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Patricia M. Webb	1,451
	Labour	Belle Harris	860	35.19
	Labour	Rory Moore	805
	Labour	Benard G. Richmond	776
Registered electors			6,128
Turnout			2533	41.33
Rejected ballots			7	0.28
	Lib Dem Focus Team hold
	Lib Dem Focus Team hold
	Lib Dem Focus Team hold

Bromley

Bromley (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anne G. Delargy*	1,634	61.90
	Labour	Neil J. McAree*	1,600
	Labour	William A. Downes*	1,557
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Beryl Day	956	34.73
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Karen Chambers	890
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Carolyn S. Manser	843
	Conservative	Geoffrey M. Lenox-Smith	97	3.37
	Conservative	Peter Sayer	77
Registered electors			6,780
Turnout			2833	41.78
Rejected ballots			8	0.28
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

East India

East India (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Nigel P. Huxted	1,166	57.83
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Gwendoline A. Lee	1,160
	Labour	Patrick J. Little	850	42.17
	Labour	Stephen J. Beckett	845
Registered electors			4,894
Turnout			2225	45.46
Rejected ballots			9	0.40
	Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour
	Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour

Grove

Grove (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Eric Flounders*	1,169	59.91
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Janet I. Ludlow*	1,159
	Labour	William E. Wakefield	637	31.96
	Labour	Emmanuel D. Penner	604
	Green	Stephen Petter	102	5.25
	Conservative	Barbara J. Perrott	61	2.88
	Conservative	Linda M. Ransom	51
Registered electors			3,792
Turnout			1988	52.43
Rejected ballots			5	0.25
	Lib Dem Focus Team hold
	Lib Dem Focus Team hold

Holy Trinity

Holy Trinity (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lib Dem Focus Team	John P. Nudds*	1,965	55.71
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Jonathon S. Stokes	1,909
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Akikur Rahman	1,688
	Labour	Edward W.J. Caunter	975	28.91
	Labour	Sunahwar Ali	958
	Labour	Rosemary J. Maher	954
	BNP	Stephen L. Smith	290	8.71
	Green	Christine E. Law	222	6.67
Registered electors			6,613
Turnout			3302	49.93
Rejected ballots			14	0.42
	Lib Dem Focus Team hold
	Lib Dem Focus Team hold
	Lib Dem Focus Team hold

Lansbury

Lansbury (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Gwyneth A. Deakins*	1,735	59.20
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Barry E. Blandford*	1,702
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Peter Hughes	1,697
	Labour	Stephen Bowen*	1,240	38.20
	Labour	Rhys Johnson	1,056
	Labour	Sally A. Witcher	1,015
	Conservative	Michael A. Tate	75	2.60
Registered electors			6,374
Turnout			3158	49.55
Rejected ballots			8	0.25
	Lib Dem Focus Team hold
	Lib Dem Focus Team hold
	Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour

Limehouse

Limehouse (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lib Dem Focus Team	David S.E. Lewis*	1,655	58.97
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Maurice Caplan	1,652
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Stewart G. Rayment*	1,625
	Labour	Dennis Twomey	1,033	36.37
	Labour	Khan A. Murshid	1,005
	Labour	Patrick Seery	1,004
	Green	Alexander B. Hopwood	130	4.66
Registered electors			6,110
Turnout			2946	48.22
Rejected ballots			15	0.51
	Lib Dem Focus Team hold
	Lib Dem Focus Team hold
	Lib Dem Focus Team hold

Millwall

Millwall (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David J. Chapman	1,755	45.05
	Labour	Yvonne Amor	1,689
	Labour	Ivan F. Walker	1,551
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Rita J. Bensley	1,507	39.93
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Jonathan P. Mathews	1,471
	Lib Dem Focus Team	George G. Pye	1,449
	Conservative	David C. Hughes	294	7.47
	Conservative	Paul W.E. Ingham	284
	Green	Stephen G. James	279	7.55
	Conservative	David C. Hoile	249
Registered electors			9,203
Turnout			3804	41.33
Rejected ballots			9	0.24
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Park

Park (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Margaret R. Atkins	1,434	62.60
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Gyles R. Glover	1,387
	Labour	Philip N. Royal	747	32.65
	Labour	Jonathan A.C. Sterne	725
	Green	Michael M.R.C. Foreman	59	2.62
	Conservative	John S. Livingstone	46
	Conservative	David Ransom	39	2.13
Registered electors			4,290
Turnout			2326	54.22
Rejected ballots			8	0.34
	Lib Dem Focus Team hold
	Lib Dem Focus Team hold

Redcoat

Redcoat (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Christopher C. Birt*	1,606	60.75
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Ludlow J. Smith*	1,558
	Labour	Ashek Ali	714	26.15
	Labour	Chuen F. Lam	647
	Tenants, Leaseholders & Residents	Peter Gibson	106	4.00
	Tenants, Leaseholders & Residents	James Langan	102
	Independent	Abdul M. Khan	99	3.80
	BNP	Derek W. Beackon	93	3.57
	Conservative	James T. Lucy	51	1.73
	Conservative	Zlata Peacock	39
Registered electors			4,937
Turnout			2672	54.12
Rejected ballots			16	0.60
	Lib Dem Focus Team hold
	Lib Dem Focus Team hold

St Dunstan's

St Dunstan's (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John R. Biggs	1,733	60.71
	Labour	Derek J. Gadd	1,630
	Labour	Shahab U. Ahmed	1,628
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Terence J.B. Cowley	808	27.14
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Christine M. McNair	751
	Lib Dem Focus Team	James S. Randall	673
	Green	Derek England	190	6.93
	Conservative	Robert J. Ingram	163	5.22
	Conservative	Sarah-Jane Quinlan	138
	Conservative	Matthew Martyn	129
Registered electors			6,421
Turnout			2943	45.83
Rejected ballots			9	0.31
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

St James'

St James' (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Albert J. Snooks	1,318	54.47
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Jennifer S. Mitchell	1,304
	Labour	Albert C. Jacob*	888	35.44
	Labour	Oona Hickson	818
	Green	Paul Costas	107	4.44
	BNP	David Ettridge	93	3.86
	Conservative	Lillian K.F. Ingram	45	1.79
	Conservative	Adrian C. Thompson	40
Registered electors			4,735
Turnout			2439	51.51
Rejected ballots			8	0.33
	Lib Dem Focus Team hold
	Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour

St Katharine's

St Katharine's (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Abdul Asad	2,028	53.01
	Labour	Rajan U. Jalal	1,951
	Labour	Shirazul Islam	1,931
	Conservative	Richard W.J. Currie	850	20.61
	Conservative	Nicola J. Dunsford	846
	Green	John Southworth	681	18.33
	Conservative	Abdul Hamid	601
	Community Campaign	Ashfaque U. Ahmed	301	8.05
	Community Campaign	Muhammed Anas	297
Registered electors			8,987
Turnout			3719	41.38
Rejected ballots			27	0.73
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

St Mary's

St Mary's (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Ronald W. Osborne	604	35.11
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Justine S. Ward	596
	Labour	Barnett Saunders*	592	34.52
	Labour	Julia Mainwaring	588
	Community Campaign	Shah M. Haque	219	12.81
	Tenants, Leaseholders & Residents	Emmanuel Parris	174	9.36
	Tenants, Leaseholders & Residents	Raymond J. Warner	145
	Independent	Abu H.M.E. Hassain	91	5.33
	Conservative	Mohammed A.S. Khan	58	2.87
	Conservative	Andrew M. Smith	39
Registered electors			3,632
Turnout			1658	45.65
Rejected ballots			24	1.45
	Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour
	Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour

St Peter's

St Peter's (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Brenda M. Collins*	2,089	57.70
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Abdul Rohim	1,981
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Betty Wright	1,933
	Labour	Fanu Miah	1,232	33.97
	Labour	Amanda M. Owen	1,202
	Labour	Terence D. Penton	1,101
	Green	Harvey Gilbert	289	8.33
Registered electors			7,340
Turnout			3542	48.26
Rejected ballots			17	0.48
	Lib Dem Focus Team hold
	Lib Dem Focus Team hold
	Lib Dem Focus Team hold

Shadwell

Shadwell (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Albert R. Lilley*	1,679	74.76
	Labour	John Riley*	1,575
	Labour	Pola M. Uddin	1,447
	Conservative	Nicholas D. Martin	574	25.24
	Conservative	Isobel J.R. Taylor	507
	Conservative	Thomas M. Taylor	507
Registered electors			6,241
Turnout			2377	38.09
Rejected ballots			54	2.27
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Spitalfields

Spitalfields (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Philip A. Maxwell*	1,501	58.24
	Labour	Ghulam Mortuza*	1,482
	Labour	Abbas Uddin*	1,451
	Conservative	Abdul Kadir	372	11.15
	Conservative	Jane E. Emmerson	266
	Independent Tenant	Michael McGeorge	248	9.77
	Community Campaign	Abdul M. Khan	244	9.61
	Green	Edward Reddin	215	8.47
	Conservative	Jennifer M. Tobin	211
	BNP	Kenneth Walsh	70	2.76
Registered electors			5,609
Turnout			2408	42.93
Rejected ballots			12	0.50
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Weavers

Weavers (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Jeremy A. Shaw*	2,504	65.14
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Sajjad Miah	2,335
	Lib Dem Focus Team	Kofi B. Appiah*	2,332
	Labour	Sirajul Islam	1,177	31.29
	Labour	Jil Cove	1,145
	Labour	Donald E. Hoyle	1,121
	Independent Islamic	Mohammed A. Rakib	77	2.10
	Conservative	Shundor M. Ali	66	1.47
	Conservative	Shelim Uddin	41
Registered electors			7,062
Turnout			3884	55.00
Rejected ballots			20	0.52
	Lib Dem Focus Team hold
	Lib Dem Focus Team hold
	Lib Dem Focus Team hold

Notes

Bowen replaced Cllr. Pauline P. Fletcher after her resignation in 1988
Biggs was a sitting councillor representing the St Katharine's ward

References

^ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 3rd May 1990 - Summary of voting statistics by ward - continued" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 136.
^ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 3rd May 1990" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 77–78, 136–137. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Tower Hamlets Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 6–7. Retrieved 7 April 2024.

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