2010 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election
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Conservative Party
Liberal Democrats
Respect Party
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
| Party | 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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 | ||||