2006 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election

2006 Tower Hamlets Council election

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4 May 2006

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	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Respect	Conservative
Last election	35 seats, 45.7%	0 seats, 0%	0 seats, 15.1%
Seats won	26	12	7
Seat change	7	12	7
Popular vote	57,672	39,587	29,992
Percentage	33.2%	22.8%	17.3%
Swing	12.5%	22.8	2.2

	Fourth party

Party	Liberal Democrats
Last election	16 seats, 30.6%
Seats won	6
Seat change	10
Popular vote	32,314
Percentage	18.6%
Swing	12.0

Map of the results of the 2006 Tower Hamlets council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Respect in light red.

Leader of Largest Party before election

Labour

Subsequent Leader of Largest Party

Labour

Elections to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. The entire council stood for election, and the Labour party retained control.

Election result

Tower Hamlets Local Election Result 2006
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	26	10	17	-7	51.0	33.2	57,672	-12.5%
Respect	12	11	0	+11	23.5	22.8	39,587	+22.8%
Conservative	7	6	0	+6	13.7	17.3	29,992	+2.2%
Liberal Democrats	6	0	10	-10	11.8	18.6	32,314	-12.0%
Independent	0	0	0	0	0	4.2	7,271	+2.2%
Green	0	0	0	0	0	3.3	5,728	-1.4%
BNP	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	972	+0.3%

Ward results

Bethnal Green North

Bethnal Green North (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mohammed Salique	1,108	28.3
	Liberal Democrats	Azizur Khan	1,096	28.0
	Liberal Democrats	Stephanie Eaton	960
	Liberal Democrats	John Griffiths	958
	Labour	Brian Boag	950
	Labour	Rachael Saunders	940
	Respect	Abu Choudhury	882	22.5
	Respect	Syed Hussain	592
	Respect	Sheila McGregor	475
	Conservative	Jamal Khan	436	11.1
	Conservative	Shamsu Miah	413
	Green	Elaine Maltby	398	10.2
	Green	Darren Chetty	373
	Green	Richard Simpson	354
	Conservative	Nishat Kabir	280
Turnout				40.3
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bethnal Green South

Bethnal Green South (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Salim Ullah	1,609	36.4
	Labour	Sirajul Islam	1,593
	Labour	Carli Harper-Penman	1,436
	Respect	Syeda Hussain	1,342	30.4
	Respect	Afzal Mahmood	1,113
	Respect	John Rees	973
	Liberal Democrats	Akikur Rahman	876	19.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Haque	863
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Miah	689
	Green	Rachel Carless	327	7.4
	Green	Daniel Adams	324
	Conservative	Moynul Choudhury	264	6.0
	Green	Robert Dickinson	253
	Conservative	Christopher Bromby	237
	Conservative	Aurelia Greystoke	237
Turnout				44.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Blackwall and Cubitt Town

Blackwall and Cubitt Town (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Tim Archer	1,317	34.4
	Conservative	Philip Briscoe	1,197
	Conservative	Peter Golds	1,142
	Labour	Julia Mainwaring	990	25.9
	Labour	Brian Son	903
	Labour	Anthony Sharpe	888
	Liberal Democrats	Shofu Miah	652	17.1
	Respect	Abdul Chowdhury	502	13.1
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Blandford	463
	Respect	Aysha Ali	411
	Liberal Democrats	Jahidul Hoque	402
	Independent	Shamsur Choudhury	362	9.5
	Respect	Terence Wells	273
	Independent	Eric Pemberton	152
	Independent	Shelima Choudhury	75
	Independent	Najma Rahman	58
Turnout				32.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Bow East

Bow East (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Marc Francis	1,314	42.0
	Labour	Alexander Heslop	1,156
	Labour	Ahmed Omer	1,126
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Gipson	918	29.3
	Liberal Democrats	Marian Williams	765
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Sage	740
	Respect	Sahra Ali	366	11.7
	Conservative	Andrew Palmer	321	10.3
	Respect	Christopher Nineham	309
	Respect	Tansy Hoskins	307
	Conservative	Priti Heath	290
	Conservative	William Norton	286
	Green	Andrea Krug	209	6.7
	Green	Alana Jelinek	201
Turnout				37.6
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Bow West

Bow West (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anwara Ali	1,483	36.2
	Labour	Ann Jackson	1,442
	Labour	Joshua Peck	1,282
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Ludlow	1,099	26.8
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Rew	902
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Clarke	896
	Conservative	Anwar Hussain	592	14.5
	Respect	Deeka Adan	505	12.3
	Respect	Robin Hirsch	445
	Respect	Carole Swords	425
	Green	Heather Finlay	415	10.1
	Green	John Foster	399
	Conservative	Francis Bown	380
	Conservative	Simon Gordon-Clark	364
Turnout				45.2
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Bromley-by-Bow

Bromley-by-Bow (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Abdul Sardar	1,689	34.3
	Respect	Rania Khan	1,308	26.6
	Respect	Mohammed Munim	1,077
	Independent	Helal Rahman	1,022	20.8
	Labour	Jo-Anna Coles	966
	Respect	Rebecca Townesend	923
	Labour	David Edgar	916
	Independent	Khaled Khan	851
	Green	Terry McGrenera	342	6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Koyes Choudhury	293	5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Abson	271	5.5
	Conservative	Alison Newton	271
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammod Uddin	257
	Conservative	Barbara Perrott	254
	Conservative	Kazi Alam	242
Turnout				48.5
	Labour hold		Swing
	Respect gain from Labour		Swing
	Respect gain from Labour		Swing

East India and Lansbury

East India and Lansbury (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Shiria Khatun	1,461	36.5
	Labour	Abul Ahmed	1,150
	Liberal Democrats	Rajib Ahmed	1,149	28.7
	Liberal Democrats	Iqbal Hossain	944
	Labour	Peter Ton-That	841
	Respect	Kambiz Boomla	607	15.2
	Respect	Mohammed Shahid	599
	Conservative	Jane Archer	542	13.6
	Conservative	Ian Campbell	511
	Conservative	Paul Ingham	483
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Spencer	470
	Respect	Martin Hayward	436
	Independent	John Phillips	240	6.0
	Independent	Mahfuz Khan	122
Turnout				39.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Limehouse

Limehouse (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mohammed Ali	1,208	27.6
	Respect	Lutfa Begum	1,099	25.1
	Respect	Dulal Uddin	1,092
	Labour	Judith Gardiner	1,017
	Labour	Ashton McGregor	960
	Conservative	Pennie Clarke	933	21.3
	Conservative	Philip Groves	886
	Respect	Martin Empson	854
	Conservative	Kenneth Mizzi	847
	Independent	Mohammed Hoque	662	15.1
	Independent	Abdul Jamal	630
	Liberal Democrats	Husheara Begum	470	10.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Bevan	382
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Chambers	324
Turnout				43.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Respect gain from Labour		Swing
	Respect gain from Labour		Swing

Mile End and Globe Town

Mile End and Globe Town (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Rofique Ahmed	1,380	32.9
	Labour	Clair Hawkins	1,113
	Labour	Bill Turner	1,050
	Respect	Mehdi Hassan	1,012	24.1
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Chowdhury	912	21.7
	Respect	Kay Ballard	816
	Liberal Democrats	Partab Ali	751
	Respect	Glyn Robbins	717
	Liberal Democrats	Barrie Duffey	627
	Conservative	Kobir Ahmed	481	11.5
	BNP	Gordon Callow	411	9.8
	BNP	William Wren	375
	Conservative	Michael Fletcher	264
	Conservative	Andrew McNeils	234
	BNP	Jeffrey Marshall	186
Turnout				40.3
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Mile End East

Mile End East (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Motin Uz-Zaman	1,338	32.3
	Respect	Ahmed Hussain	993	24.0
	Labour	Rupert Bawden	897
	Liberal Democrats	Misbahur Khan	828	20.0
	Respect	Ismail Hussain	753
	Respect	Jacqueline Turner	752
	Liberal Democrats	Shamsul Syed	742
	Labour	Betheline Chattopadhyay	696
	Independent	Hafizur Choudhury	531	12.8
	Conservative	Jewel Islam	454	11.0
	Liberal Democrats	Stewart Rayment	454
	Conservative	Graham Collins	346
	Conservative	Caroline Rouse	312
Turnout				41.7
	Labour hold		Swing
	Respect gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Millwall

Millwall (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Simon Rouse	1,724	43.8
	Conservative	Shirley Houghton	1,685
	Conservative	Rupert Eckhardt	1,679
	Labour	Alan Amos	1,248	31.7
	Labour	John Cray	1,128
	Labour	Arip Miah	1,084
	Respect	Mohammed Alam-Raja	606	15.4
	Respect	Sybil Cock	398
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Ramsay	358	9.1
	Respect	Julia Taher	312
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Huxted	301
	Liberal Democrats	Ian McDonald	300
Turnout				32.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Shadwell

Shadwell (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Respect	Shamim Chowdhury	1,851	46.5
	Respect	Abjol Miah	1,789
	Respect	Mohammed Rashid	1,707
	Labour	Michael Keith	1,287
	Labour	Humayun Kabir	1,141	28.7
	Labour	Abdus Shukur	1,054
	Conservative	William Crossey	723	18.2
	Conservative	David Snowdon	670
	Conservative	Sajjadur Rahman	605
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Buttimer	266	6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Phylis Sheehan	226
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Ali	205
Turnout				46.2
	Respect gain from Labour		Swing
	Respect gain from Labour		Swing
	Respect gain from Labour		Swing

Spitalfields and Banglatown

Spitalfields and Banglatown (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Helal Abbas	912	24.4
	Respect	Fozol Miah	866	23.1
	Labour	Lutfur Rahman	860
	Labour	Mohammad Mortuza	775
	Independent	Mizanur Chaudhury	716	19.1
	Respect	Mohammad Islam	682
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Kamali	548	14.6
	Respect	Mohammed Choudhury	471
	Conservative	Dinul Shah	458	12.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Rahman	424
	Liberal Democrats	Guy Burton	354
	Conservative	Iqbal Hussain	329
	Green	Beth Collar	242	6.5
	Conservative	Hamid-Ur Chowdhury	241
	Green	Peter Lockley	191
Turnout				43.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Respect gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

St Dunstan's and Stepney Green

St Dunstan's and Stepney Green (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alibor Choudhury	1,453	30.0
	Labour	Abdal Ullah	1,410
	Respect	Oliur Rahman	1,351	27.9
	Labour	Mohammed Uddin	1,329
	Respect	Aleyk Miah	1,292
	Respect	Margaret Falshaw	954
	Liberal Democrats	Habibur Rahamn	747	15.4
	Independent	Ataur Rahman	669	13.8
	Conservative	Edwin Northover	630	13.0
	Conservative	Alexander Story	590
	Liberal Democrats	Ahmed Mustaque	583
	Liberal Democrats	Farid Ahmed	550
	Conservative	Jane Meehan	373
Turnout				44.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Respect gain from Labour		Swing

St Katharine's and Wapping

St Katharine's and Wapping (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Emma Jones	1,351	39.9
	Labour	Shafiqul Haque	1,321	39.0
	Labour	Denise Jones	1,290
	Labour	Richard Brooks	1,231
	Conservative	Neil King	1,223
	Conservative	Paul Mawdsley	1,153
	Green	Martine Hall	364	10.8
	Green	Andrew Hall	359
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Man	349	10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ron Coverson	321
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Mead	305
Turnout				35.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Weavers

Weavers (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Abdul Matin	1,819	40.7
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Alexander	1,059
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy O'Flaherty	948
	Labour	Fazlul Haque	854	19.1
	Respect	Dilwara Begum	830	18.6
	Labour	Amina Ali	652
	Labour	Nathan Oley	575
	Respect	Paul Fredericks	494
	Respect	Eliza Cox	489
	Green	Catherine Guttman	364	8.2
	Independent	Gias Ahmed	345	7.7
	Green	Daniel Jackson	321
	Green	Benjamin Hancocks	292
	Conservative	Simon Holmes	254	5.7
	Conservative	Hamida Chowdhury	249
	Conservative	Mark Walters	214
Turnout				41.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Whitechapel

Whitechapel (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Respect	Shahed Ali	1,449	35.1
	Labour	Abdul Asad	1,107	26.8
	Respect	Waiseul Islam	1,084
	Labour	Lutfur Rahman	1,040
	Labour	Doros Ullah	1,019
	Respect	Farhana Zaman	1,004
	Independent	Fanu Miah	650	15.7
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Haydar	529	12.8
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Grieve	511
	Liberal Democrats	Shamsuddin Ahmed	458
	Conservative	Muhammed Ahmed	397	9.6
	Conservative	Moya Frawley	344
	Conservative	Shah Suhel	284
	Independent	Mohammed Goni	186
Turnout				39.9
	Respect gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Respect gain from Labour		Swing

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