1994 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election
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| All 50 seats up for election to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council 26 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 112,366[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 60,734, 54.05%[1] (  7.95) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council were held on 5 May 1994. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained overall control of the council from the Liberal Democrats.
Election result
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 43 | 23 | 0 |  23 | 86.0 | 55.42 | 82,192 |  9.47 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 7 | 0 | 20 |  20 | 14.0 | 27.24 | 40,407 |  17.69 | |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 1 |  1 | 0.00 | 6.30 | 9,337 |  5.88 | |
| Ind. Lib Dem | 0 | 0 | 2 |  2 | 0.00 | 5.08 | 7,538 | New | |
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 |   | 0.00 | 3.57 | 5,297 |  1.73 | |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 |   | 0.00 | 0.91 | 1,356 | New | |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |   | 0.00 | 0.74 | 1,094 |  0.59 | |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 |   | 0.00 | 0.54 | 799 |  1.23 | |
| Independent Residents | 0 | 0 | 0 |   | 0.00 | 0.20 | 300 | New | |
| Total | 50 | 148,320 | |||||||
Ward results
(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate
(†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a different ward
Blackwall
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Christine Shawcroft* | 1,147 | 70.98 |  2.05 | |
| Labour | Dennis Twomey | 1,024 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | John P. Moore | 321 | 20.92 |  6.05 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Patricia Ramsay | 319 | |||
| Conservative | Pamela Drew | 127 | 8.10 | New | |
| Conservative | Robert J. Neill | 121 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,132 |  1,035 | |||
| Turnout | 1,650 | 52.68 |  17.11 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 18 | 1.09 |  0.42 | ||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Bow
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Patricia L. Catchpole* | 1,308 | 53.58 |  11.23 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Raymond G. Gipson | 1,258 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Patricia M. Webb* | 1,187 | |||
| Labour | Bernard G. Richmond | 962 | 40.17 |  4.98 | |
| Labour | Jonathan A.C. Sterne | 935 | |||
| Labour | William E. Wakefield | 918 | |||
| Conservative | Simon M. Gordon-Clark | 176 | 6.25 | New | |
| Conservative | Ronald D. Mitchell | 131 | |||
| Conservative | Jessica F.L. Phibbs | 130 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,126 |  2 | |||
| Turnout | 2,710 | 44.24 |  2.91 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 23 | 0.85 |  0.57 | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Bromley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Arthur W. Downes* | 2,040 | 68.44 |  6.54 | |
| Labour | Neil J. McAree* | 1,998 | |||
| Labour | Carol M. Hinvest | 1,967 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Derek England | 568 | 18.36 |  16.37 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Belinda J. Knowles | 534 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Wood | 509 | |||
| Green | David J. Cox | 253 | 8.65 | New | |
| Conservative | Graem M. Corfield | 161 | 4.55 |  1.18 | |
| Conservative | Lawrence Ailerv | 120 | |||
| Conservative | Linda M. Ransom | 118 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,220 |  560 | |||
| Turnout | 3,099 | 49.82 |  8.04 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 17 | 0.55 |  0.27 | ||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
East India
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Stephen J. Beckett | 1,310 | 58.08 |  15.91 | |
| Labour | Yve Amor | 1,211 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Nigel P. Huxted* | 823 | 37.91 |  19.92 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Terence J.E. Stacy | 823 | |||
| Conservative | Amanda J. Palmer | 87 | 4.01 | New | |
| Conservative | David C. Hoile | 86 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,254 |  640 | |||
| Turnout | 2,407 | 56.58 |  11.12 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 21 | 0.87 |  0.47 | ||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
Grove
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Janet I. Ludlow* | 991 | 51.15 |  8.76 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ricky C. Hunn | 968 | |||
| Labour | Anthony H. Everington | 777 | 38.62 |  6.66 | |
| Labour | Anthony J. Sharpe | 702 | |||
| Green | Stephen Petter | 120 | 6.26 |  1.01 | |
| Conservative | John S. Livingstone | 94 | 3.97 |  1.09 | |
| Conservative | Barbara J. Perrott | 58 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,957 |  165 | |||
| Turnout | 2,028 | 51.25 |  1.18 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.44 |  0.19 | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Holy Trinity
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Nooruddin Ahmed | 1,407 | 34.94 |  6.03 | |
| Labour | Linda Gregory | 1,398 | |||
| Labour | Joseph Ramanoop | 1,258 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Nicola K. Gale | 1,039 | 23.77 |  31.94 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jonathon S. Stokes* | 1,002 | |||
| BNP | David M. King | 786 | 19.48 |  10.77 | |
| BNP | Lynda Miller | 743 | |||
| BNP | Edward J. McHale | 737 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Akikur Rahman* | 722 | |||
| Ind. Lib Dem | John P. Nudds | 680 | 17.55 | New | |
| Green | Richard H. Klein | 165 | 4.26 |  2.41 | |
| Registered electors | 6,267 | ||||
| Turnout | 3,651 | 58.26 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.30 | |||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
Lansbury
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Eric A. Commons | 1,450 | 45.59 |  7.39 | |
| Labour | Diana R. Johnson | 1,436 | |||
| Labour | Kevin V. Morton | 1,373 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Hughes* | 1,192 | 36.02 |  23.18 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Barry A. Blandford* | 1,101 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Paul A. Bargery | 1,072 | |||
| Independent | David A. Hemingway | 483 | 15.50 | New | |
| Conservative | James McLachlan | 103 | 2.89 |  0.29 | |
| Conservative | David J. McCure | 93 | |||
| Conservative | David Ransom | 75 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,771 |  603 | |||
| Turnout | 3,275 | 56.75 |  7.20 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 15 | 0.46 |  0.21 | ||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
Limehouse
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David J. Edgar | 1,592 | 58.86 |  22.49 | |
| Labour | John P. Ryan | 1,562 | |||
| Labour | Soyful Alom | 1,559 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Maurice Caplan* | 989 | 34.13 |  24.84 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gwendoline Lee | 886 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Stewart G. Rayment* | 858 | |||
| Conservative | Paul A. Goodman | 109 | 3.34 | New | |
| Independent | Mohammed T. Khan | 98 | 3.67 | New | |
| Conservative | Harry C. Smith | 88 | |||
| Conservative | Abu Samih | 71 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,191 |  919 | |||
| Turnout | 2,839 | 54.69 |  6.47 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 20 | 0.70 |  0.19 | ||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
Millwall
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Julia Mainwaring | 3,547 | 50.34 |  5.29 | |
| Labour | Martin Young | 3,447 | |||
| Labour | Stephen Molyneaux | 3,446 | |||
| BNP | Derek W. Beackon*[n 2] | 2,041 | 26.66 | New | |
| BNP | Gordon Callow | 1,775 | |||
| BNP | Alan Smith | 1,713 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Jonathan P. Mathews | 874 | 12.01 |  27.92 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jennifer E. Mills | 861 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | George G. Pye | 754 | |||
| Island Independent | James J. Hunt | 386 | 5.58 | New | |
| Conservative | Timothy R. Dickenson | 322 | 3.62 |  3.85 | |
| Conservative | Jeremy P. Fage | 217 | |||
| Conservative | Crispin B.G. Hayhoe | 210 | |||
| Independent | Olwen C. Osmond | 124 | 1.79 | New | |
| Registered electors | 10,532 |  1,329 | |||
| Turnout | 7,004 | 66.50 |  25.17 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.16 |  0.08 | ||
| Labour gain from BNP | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Park
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Baunton*[n 3] | 1,083 | 58.72 |  3.88 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul A. Brown | 911 | |||
| Labour | Margaret A. Roe | 634 | 36.98 |  4.33 | |
| Labour | Philip N. Royal | 621 | |||
| Conservative | Victoria C. Benjamin | 77 | 4.30 |  2.17 | |
| Conservative | Christopher Parslew | 68 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,865 |  425 | |||
| Turnout | 1,912 | 49.47 |  4.75 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 15 | 0.78 |  0.44 | ||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Redcoat
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Belle Harris | 1,431 | 57.92 |  31.77 | |
| Labour | Frederick P. Stratford | 1,429 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | James Langan | 1,009 | 38.64 |  22.11 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Timothy J. McNally | 899 | |||
| Conservative | Zlata Peacock | 85 | 3.44 |  1.71 | |
| Registered electors | 4,585 |  352 | |||
| Turnout | 2,602 | 56.75 |  2.63 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 35 | 1.35 |  0.75 | ||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
St Dunstans
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | John R. Biggs* | 2,213 | 71.73 |  11.02 | |
| Labour | Mohammed S. Uddin | 1,965 | |||
| Labour | Derek J. Gadd* | 1,964 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Philip K. Wearne | 601 | 20.03 |  7.11 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Abdul M. Khan | 589 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Lesley A. Morpurgo | 552 | |||
| Independent | Mukith Miah | 239 | 8.24 | New | |
| Registered electors | 6,230 |  191 | |||
| Turnout | 3,251 | 52.18 |  6.35 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 57 | 1.75 |  1.44 | ||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
St James'
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mark E. Taylor | 1,441 | 47.80 |  12.36 | |
| Labour | Lorraine K. Melvin | 1,402 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Albert J. Snooks* | 938 | 30.25 |  24.22 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jennifer S. Mitchell* | 862 | |||
| BNP | Victor J. Dooley | 653 | 21.95 |  18.09 | |
| Registered electors | 4,825 |  90 | |||
| Turnout | 2,938 | 60.89 |  9.38 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 12 | 0.41 |  0.08 | ||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
St Katharines
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Abdul Asad* | 2,131 | 45.61 |  7.40 | |
| Labour | Denise Jones | 2,116 | |||
| Labour | Rajan U. Jalal* | 2,020 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | David J. Goodwin | 1,195 | 25.39 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Josephine Harriott | 1,167 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Afzal H.S. Miah | 1,127 | |||
| Independent Labour | Ali H. Ali | 537 | 11.72 | New | |
| Conservative | Kevin A. Bell | 381 | 7.45 |  13.16 | |
| Conservative | Pamela A. Singleton | 334 | |||
| Conservative | Adrian C. Thompson | 308 | |||
| Independent Residents | Jack Isaacs | 300 | 6.55 | New | |
| Independent | Gwendolen R. Tilly | 150 | 3.28 | New | |
| Registered electors | 9,182 |  195 | |||
| Turnout | 4,389 | 47.80 |  6.42 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 14 | 0.32 |  0.41 | ||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
St Mary's
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Amanda Linton | 1,625 | 66.76 |  32.24 | |
| Labour | Bodrul Alom | 1,560 | |||
| Ind. Lib Dem | Robert Bowler | 551 | 22.97 | New | |
| Ind. Lib Dem | Raymond J. Warner | 545 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Abdul Ali | 141 | 5.91 |  29.20 | |
| Conservative | Mohammed A.S. Khan | 104 | 4.36 |  1.49 | |
| Registered electors | 4,332 |  700 | |||
| Turnout | 2,382 | 55.11 |  9.46 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 18 | 0.76 |  0.69 | ||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
St Peter's
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Philip A. Maxwell†[n 4] | 2,092 | 44.85 |  10.88 | |
| Labour | Ala Uddin | 2,010 | |||
| Labour | Raymond Marney | 1,967 | |||
| Ind. Lib Dem | Anne E. Ambrose | 893 | 19.00 | New | |
| BNP | Paul Maxwell | 889 | 19.71 | New | |
| Ind. Lib Dem | Kathleen Caulfield | 876 | |||
| Ind. Lib Dem | Betty Wright* | 803 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Syed S. Islam | 627 | 13.23 |  44.47 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael P.J. Patton | 567 | |||
| Conservative | Jane E. Emmerson | 161 | 3.21 | New | |
| Conservative | Charles W. Southcombe | 128 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,110 |  770 | |||
| Turnout | 4,306 | 53.09 |  4.83 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 13 | 0.30 |  0.48 | ||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
| Labour gain from Ind. Lib Dem | |||||
Shadwell
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Albert Lilley* | 1,870 | 47.50 |  27.26 | |
| Labour | Pola M. Uddin* | 1,652 | |||
| Labour | Abdus Shukur | 1,635 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Richard F. Roberts | 889 | 22.05 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Victoria L. Ocuneff | 776 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Hilal Miah | 730 | |||
| Independent Labour | Azad Miah | 523 | 14.45 | New | |
| Conservative | Richard H. Powell | 367 | 8.79 |  16.45 | |
| Conservative | Paul W.E. Ingham | 294 | |||
| Conservative | Iain C. Dale | 293 | |||
| Green | David J. Baker | 261 | 7.21 | New | |
| Registered electors | 6,832 |  591 | |||
| Turnout | 3,510 | 51.38 |  13.29 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 30 | 0.85 |  1.42 | ||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Spitalfields
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Syed A. Mizan*[n 5] | 1,937 | 58.97 |  0.73 | |
| Labour | Ghulam Mortuza* | 1,864 | |||
| Labour | Ataur Rahman | 1,740 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Muhammad N. Huque | 1,018 | 31.58 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Syed N. Islam | 1,013 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Mohammed A. Matin | 935 | |||
| Independent Labour | Uddin Mohi | 296 | 9.45 | New | |
| Registered electors | 5,950 |  341 | |||
| Turnout | 3,201 | 53.80 |  10.87 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 69 | 2.16 |  1.66 | ||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour hold | |||||
Weavers
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sunahwar Ali | 1,518 | 42.68 |  11.39 | |
| Labour | Vanessa L. Peters | 1,462 | |||
| Labour | Albert C. Jacob | 1,427 | |||
| Ind. Lib Dem | Jeremy A. Shaw* | 1,224 | 30.88 | New | |
| Ind. Lib Dem | Terry B. Milson | 1,044 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Kofi B. Appiah* | 937 | 26.44 |  38.70 | |
| Ind. Lib Dem | Nizam Uddin | 922 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Sajjad Miah* | 882 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,745 |  317 | |||
| Turnout | 3,580 | 53.08 |  1.92 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 55 | 1.54 |  1.02 | ||
| Labour gain from Ind. Lib Dem | |||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
Notes
- ^ Beackon is De Facto leader as he is the only BNP councillor before the election
- ^ Beackon replaced Cllr. David J. Chapman after their resignation in 1993
- ^ Baunton replaced Cllr. Margaret R. Atkins after her death in 1990
- ^ Maxwell was a sitting councillor representing Spitalfields ward
- ^ Mazin replaced Cllr. Abbas Uddin after their resignation in 1992
References
- ^ a b Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 5 May 1994 - Ward Voting Statistics" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 218. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 5 May 1994" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 167–169, 218–219. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "London Borough of Tower Hamlets Election Results 1964-2010" (PDF). Elections Centre. Plymouth University. pp. 7–8.

