2010 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election

2010 Tower Hamlets Council election

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6 May 2010

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All 51 council seats

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Labour	Conservative	Liberal Democrats
Last election	26 seats, 33.2%	7 seats, 17.3%	6 seats, 18.6%
Seats won	41	8	1
Seat change	10	1	5
Popular vote	98,215	14,789	48,341
Percentage	38.2%	14.2%	18.8%
Swing	5.0%	14.2%	0.1%

	Fourth party

Party	Respect
Last election	12 seats, 22.8%
Seats won	1
Seat change	11
Popular vote	39,862
Percentage	15.5%
Swing	7.5%

Leader of Largest Party before election

Labour

Subsequent Leader of Largest Party

Labour

Elections to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council took place on 6 May 2010, the same day as the 2010 United Kingdom general election. There were 17 wards electing 3 councillors each.

Summary results

Tower Hamlets Local Election Result 2010
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	41	10	0	+10	80.4	38.2	98,215	+5.0
Conservative	8	1	1	0	15.7	21.0	54,021	+3.7
Liberal Democrats	1	0	3	-3	2.0	18.8	48,341	+0.1
Respect	1	0	7	-7	2.0	15.5	39,862	-7.5
Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	5.7	14,794	+2.6
BNP	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.5	1,385	-0.1
Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.3	747	-3.8

Ward results

Bethnal Green North

Bethnal Green North (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Zenith Rahman	1634
	Labour	Giancarlo Gibbs	1586
	Liberal Democrats	Stephanie Eaton	1551
	Labour	Muhammad Salique	1476
	Liberal Democrats	Azizur Khan	1316
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Macmillan	1181
	Respect	Muhammad Pramanik	795
	Conservative	Nur Baksh	748
	Green	Heather Finlay	595
	Respect	Syedun Noor	594
	Green	Nicholas Lee	454
	Conservative	Alan Mak	445
	Conservative	Matthew Smith	439
	Green	Samuel Guttman Hancocks	371
	Respect	Shirin Samanta	314
	Independent	Ann Edmead	156
Turnout				62.10
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bethnal Green South

Bethnal Green South (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mizanur Chaudhury	1952
	Labour	Sirajul Islam	1848
	Labour	Lesley Pavitt	1519
	Respect	Salim Ullah	1166
	Respect	Abu Mahmood	1091
	Respect	Monjur Ali	1087
	Liberal Democrats	Olivier Adam	1061
	Liberal Democrats	Rahena Anisha	1048
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Uddin	779
	Conservative	Salina Bagum	520
	Conservative	Noor Miah	497
	Green	Joshua Barber	436
	Green	Paul Burgess	376
	Conservative	Nicolette Turki	367
	Green	Darren Chetty	282
Turnout				60.29
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Respect		Swing

Blackwall and Cubitt Town

Blackwall and Cubitt Town (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Tim Archer	2945
	Conservative	Peter Golds	2095
	Conservative	Gloria Theniel	2045
	Labour	Wais Islam	1729
	Labour	Kathy McTasney	1658
	Labour	Crissy Townsend	1581
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Carr	1250
	Liberal Democrats	Freda Graf	1097
	Liberal Democrats	John Griffiths	953
	Respect	Gulan Choudhury	799
	Respect	Mohammed Rahman	627
	Respect	Abdul Malik	577
Turnout				54.86
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bow East

Bow East (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Marc Francis	2297
	Labour	Carli Harper-Penman	1865
	Labour	Ahmed Omer	1724
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Campbell	1204
	Liberal Democrats	Rafique Ullah	1040
	Liberal Democrats	Paolo Adragna	981
	Conservative	Claire Palmer	807
	Conservative	Philip Groves	799
	Conservative	Mark Walters	684
	Green	Marcus Boyle	547
	Respect	Mujibur Rahman	506
	Green	Alan Duffell	339
	BNP	Mike Underwood	318
	Green	Joseph Lucey	316
	Respect	Bryony Shanks	243
	Respect	Carole Swords	223
	Independent	Andrew Coles	152
	Independent	Emdadul Haque	95
	Independent	Gareth Thomas	92
Turnout				58.63
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Bow West

Bow West (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ann Jackson	2206
	Labour	Joshua Peck	2096
	Labour	Anwar Khan	2070
	Liberal Democrats	Sharon Bench	1260
	Conservative	Anwara Ali	1200
	Liberal Democrats	Jainal Chowdhury	992
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Warner	783
	Conservative	Francesca Preece	723
	Conservative	Nicholas Huddart	662
	Green	Janice Cartwright	576
	Respect	Syed Islam	574
	Green	Alistair Polson	493
	Green	Chris Smith	464
	Respect	Kay Ballard	356
	Independent	Terry McGrenara	111
Turnout				62.25
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Bromley by Bow

Bromley by Bow (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Khales Ahmed	2483
	Labour	Rania Khan	2426
	Labour	Helal Uddin	2314
	Conservative	Subrina Hossain	1105
	Respect	Bodrul Islam	1100
	Liberal Democrats	Shamina Begum	1055
	Liberal Democrats	Alkas Hoque	831
	Respect	Mohammed Miah	765
	Respect	Kamal Uddin	737
	Conservative	Stuart Hand	673
	Liberal Democrats	Koyes Choudhury	653
	Conservative	Daryl Stafford	599
	Green	Thomas Crosbie	401
	Green	Tatyana Guttmann Hancocks	304
Turnout				62.59
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Respect		Swing

East India and Lansbury

East India and Lansbury (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Abul Ahmed	2295
	Labour	Shiria Khatun	2294
	Labour	Rajib Ahmed	2181
	Liberal Democrats	Iqbal Hossain	1302
	Conservative	Martin Coxall	878
	Respect	Kamrul Hussain	835
	Respect	Zakir Hussain	820
	Conservative	Paul Ingham	810
	Conservative	Ahmed Mustaque	631
	Liberal Democrats	Zillur Uddin	629
	Liberal Democrats	Zak Ali	619
	Respect	Asha Affi	603
	Green	Jamie Upton	408
	BNP	James Searle	400
Turnout				59.68
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Limehouse

Limehouse (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lutfa Begum	2193
	Labour	David Edgar	1880
	Conservative	Craig Aston	1602
	Conservative	Graham Collins	1525
	Respect	Dulal Uddin	1500
	Labour	Victoria Obaze	1488
	Respect	Hafiza Salam	1357
	Conservative	Sakib Ershad	1280
	Respect	Anfor Ali	1225
	Liberal Democrats	Hafizur Rahman	782
	Liberal Democrats	Faruk Chowdhury	722
	Green	Jennifer Aaron-Foster	477
	Green	Louise Davies	473
	Liberal Democrats	Muazzam Rakol	445
	Green	Simon Earp	267
Turnout				61.77
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Respect		Swing

Mile End and Globe Town

Mile End and Globe Town (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Rofique Ahmed	2214
	Labour	Bill Turner	2005
	Labour	Amy Whitelock	1824
	Liberal Democrats	Shamsul Hoque	1279
	Liberal Democrats	Rafique Ahmed	1179
	Liberal Democrats	Syed Islam	927
	Respect	Ahad Babu Chowdhury	916
	Conservative	Muhammed Shaheed	883
	Conservative	Thomas Lowe	680
	Conservative	Wesley Henderson	679
	Respect	Habib Rahman	558
	Green	Ian Allsop	519
	Respect	Tony Collins	439
	Green	Jesse Bryson	400
	BNP	Russell Pick	309
	Green	Kalim Patwa	284
Turnout				59.48
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Mile End East

Mile End East (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Rachael Saunders	2506
	Labour	Motin uz-Zaman	2067
	Labour	Kosru Uddin	2056
	Conservative	Ahmed Hussain	1059
	Respect	Muhammad Rahmani	967
	Liberal Democrats	Hafiz Choudhury	944
	Respect	Jamir Chowdhury	907
	Conservative	Caroline Kerswell	885
	Conservative	Bodrul Choudhury	832
	Liberal Democrats	Altaf Hussain	787
	Respect	Fiyaz Ali	755
	Liberal Democrats	Kamrun Shajahan	658
Turnout				59.97
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Millwall

Millwall (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Zara Davis	2950
	Conservative	David Snowdon	2693
	Conservative	Maium Miah	2519
	Labour	John Cray	2180
	Labour	Doros Ullah	1943
	Labour	Garry Wykes	1664
	Liberal Democrats	John Denniston	1362
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Porter	1177
	Liberal Democrats	George McFarlane	1099
	Respect	Shiuly Begum	668
	Respect	Muzibul Islam	498
	BNP	Dave Anderson	358
	Respect	Kevin Ovenden	277
Turnout				52.96
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Dunstan's and Stepney Green

St Dunstan's and Stepney Green (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Abdal Ullah	2376
	Labour	Oliur Rahman	2319
	Labour	Judith Gardiner	2078
	Respect	Mahbub-Mamun Alam	1458
	Respect	Abdul Hussain	1261
	Respect	Shahar Imran	1150
	Conservative	Aleyk Miah	1136
	Liberal Democrats	Ahbab Miah	1106
	Liberal Democrats	Sufian Choudhury	1038
	Conservative	Harun Rashid	995
	Liberal Democrats	Kaltun Ali	923
	Conservative	Christopher Wilford	849
	Green	Kirsty Chestnutt	595
	Green	Margaret Crosbie	504
	Green	Frances Schwartz	410
	Independent	Mohammed Uddin	297
Turnout				62.01
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

St Katharine's and Wapping

St Katharine's and Wapping (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Emma Jones	1623
	Labour	Shafiqul Haque	1455
	Labour	Denise Jones	1447
	Conservative	Neil King	1414
	Conservative	Paul Mawdsley	1383
	Labour	Michael Keith	1330
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Juden	732
	Respect	Muhammad Chowdhury	491
	Liberal Democrats	Quadri Mamun	454
	Respect	Muhammad Islam	453
	Liberal Democrats	Elvyra Sadiene	445
	Respect	Dilwara Ali	418
	Green	Martine Hall	395
	Green	John Foster	388
	Green	Alana Jelinek	247
Turnout				62.52
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Shadwell

Shadwell (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alibor Choudhury	1915
	Respect	Harun Miah	1628
	Labour	Rabina Khan	1539
	Labour	John Houghton	1536
	Conservative	Khaled Khan	1251
	Respect	Mamun Rashid	1250
	Conservative	Nasima Begum	1134
	Conservative	Andrew Wood	1003
	Respect	Monjur Alam	807
	Liberal Democrats	Muhammad Alom	700
	Liberal Democrats	Jewel Choudhury	603
	Liberal Democrats	Mostaque Hussain	595
Turnout				64.53
	Labour gain from Respect		Swing
	Respect hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Respect		Swing

Spitalfields and Banglatown

Spitalfields and Banglatown (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lutfur Rahman	1660
	Labour	Shelina Akhtar	1545
	Labour	Helal Abbas	1500
	Respect	Fozol Miah	1068
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Dyer	839
	Liberal Democrats	Moniruzzaman Syed	673
	Conservative	Philip Vracas	571
	Conservative	Sadek Khan	561
	Liberal Democrats	Jewel Toropdar	532
	Conservative	Asad Ahmod	492
	Green	Nico Aspinall	483
	Respect	Ahad Ali	441
	Respect	Alibaba Prasad	437
	Green	Mohammed Hossain	265
	Independent	Shah Yousuf	141
Turnout				56.48
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Respect		Swing

Weavers

Weavers (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kabir Ahmed	2082
	Labour	Anna Lynch	1895
	Labour	Abdul Mukit	1532
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Baker	1383
	Liberal Democrats	Sajjad Miah	1179
	Liberal Democrats	Tim O'Flaherty	1099
	Respect	Yousuf Khan	1009
	Respect	Fazlul Hoque	892
	Respect	Rob Hoveman	728
	Conservative	Akhtar Ahmed	667
	Conservative	Gias Ahmed	640
	Green	Catherine Guttman	628
	Green	Daniel Jackson	516
	Green	Ben Hancocks	496
	Conservative	Abdi Hassan	477
Turnout				62.02
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Respect		Swing

Whitechapel

Whitechapel (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Shahed Ali	2158
	Labour	Aminur Khan	2091
	Labour	Abdul Asad	2003
	Liberal Democrats	Saleh Ahmed	1119
	Respect	Lutfur Rahman	1114
	Liberal Democrats	Kamal Ali	1069
	Conservative	Ahad Abdul	1044
	Respect	Abdulla Almamun	1004
	Conservative	Fanu Mia	915
	Liberal Democrats	Shamim Rahman	906
	Respect	Saidul Alom	890
	Conservative	David Fell	832
	Green	Richard Leyland	599
	Green	Raymond Waring	383
	Green	Mohammed Uddin	335
Turnout				58.30
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

References

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