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2014 Tower Hamlets Council election

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All 45 seats to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council 23 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Tower Hamlets First Conservative Last election 41 seats, 38.2% Did not stand 7 seats, 14.2% Seats before 41 0 7 Seats won 22 18 5 Seat change 19 18 2 Popular vote 69,304 62,486 20,104 Percentage 38.6% 34.9% 12.1% Swing 0.4% New 2.1%
Map of the Tower Hamlets electoral wards.      Conservative      Labour      Tower Hamlets First. Striped wards have mixed representation
Council control before election Labour Council control after election No overall control

Elections to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council took place on 22 May 2014, the same day as other United Kingdom local elections, the election of the directly elected mayor of Tower Hamlets, and the European Parliament elections. Voting in Blackwall and Cubitt Town Ward was postponed due to the death of a candidate. The Mayoral election is particularly notable for the voiding of the result due to widespread corruption.

As of 6 March 2017 the composition of the borough council was: 22 Labour, 9 Independent Group Councillors, 5 Peoples Alliance of Tower Hamlets, 5 Conservatives, 3 Independents and 1 Liberal Democrat.

Reduction in council size

The Tower Hamlets (Electoral Changes) Order 2013 reduced the size of the council and created new electoral wards.

The Local Government Boundary Commission for England began the process of changing the size of Tower Hamlets Council in 2012. The new wards for the elections in 2014 are as follows.

Results by ward

Bethnal Green

Blackwall & Cubitt Town

Bow East

Bow West

Bromley North

Bromley South

Canary Wharf

Island Gardens

Lansbury

Limehouse

Mile End

Poplar

Shadwell

Spitalfields & Banglatown

St Dunstan's

St Katharine's & Wapping

St Peter's

Stepney Green

Weavers

Whitechapel

2014–2018 by-elections

A by-election for the ward of Stepney Green was held on 11 June 2015, after the sitting councillor, Alibor Choudhury, was found guilty of corrupt and illegal practices by an election court.

A by-election for the ward of Whitechapel was held on 2 December 2016, after the sitting councillor, Shahed Ali, was found guilty of housing fraud. Another independent candidate, Ahmed Shafi, won the seat.

Results

Mayor

Council

References

1. "Mayor and Councillors by Party". towerhamlets.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
2. Order Legislation.gov
3. Tower Hamlets FER Archived 30 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine LGBCE
4. Tower Hamlets election fraud mayor Lutfur Rahman removed from office, BBC News, 23 April 2015
5. "Stepney Green – Thursday, 11th June, 2015". Tower Hamlets Council. 12 June 2015. Archived from the original on 14 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
6. Mike Brooke (27 October 2016). "Tower Hamlets councillor jailed for housing tenancy fraud while owning properties". East London Advertiser. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
7. Mike Brooke (2 December 2016). "Shock defeat for Labour as independent 'novice' wins Tower Hamlets by-election at Whitechapel". East London Advertiser. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
8. "Whitechapel – Thursday, 1st December, 2016". Tower Hamlets Council. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
9. "Tower Hamlets Mayoral Election – Thursday, 22nd May, 2014". Tower Hamlets Council. Archived from the original on 25 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.

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