Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election, 2006

Tower Hamlets Council election, 2006

4 May 2006

All council seats

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

Leader of Largest Party before election

Labour

Subsequent Leader of Largest Party

Labour

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.

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
Party		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 Democrat	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 (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mohammed Salique	1,108
	Liberal Democrat	Azizur Khan	1,096
	Liberal Democrat	Stephanie Eaton	960
	Liberal Democrat	John Griffiths	958
	Labour	Brian Boag	950
	Labour	Rachael Saunders	940
	Respect	Abu Choudhury	882
	Respect	Syed Hussain	592
	Respect	Sheila McGregor	475
	Conservative	Jamal Khan	436
	Conservative	Shamsu Miah	413
	Green	Elaine Maltby	398
	Green	Darren Chetty	373
	Green	Richard Simpson	354
	Conservative	Nishat Kabir	280
Turnout			10,215	40.3
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Bethnal Green South (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Salim Ullah	1,609
	Labour	Sirajul Islam	1,593
	Labour	Carli Harper-Penman	1,436
	Respect	Syeda Hussain	1,342
	Respect	Afzal Mahmood	1,113
	Respect	John Rees	973
	Liberal Democrat	Akikur Rahman	876
	Liberal Democrat	Mohammed Haque	863
	Liberal Democrat	Mohammed Miah	689
	Green	Rachel Carless	327
	Green	Daniel Adams	324
	Conservative	Moynul Choudhury	264
	Green	Robert Dickinson	253
	Conservative	Christopher Bromby	237
	Conservative	Aurelia Greystoke	237
Turnout			12,136	44.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Blackwall & Cubitt Town (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Tim Archer	1,317
	Conservative	Philip Briscoe	1,197
	Conservative	Peter Golds	1,142
	Labour	Julia Mainwaring	990
	Labour	Brian Son	903
	Labour	Anthony Sharpe	888
	Liberal Democrat	Shofu Miah	652
	Respect	Abdul Chowdhury	502
	Liberal Democrat	Barry Blandford	463
	Respect	Aysha Ali	411
	Liberal Democrat	Jahidul Hoque	402
	Independent	Shamsur Choudhury	362
	Respect	Terence Wells	273
	Independent	Eric Pemberton	152
	Independent	Shelima Choudhury	75
	Independent	Najma Rahman	58
Turnout			9,787	32.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Bow East (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Marc Francis	1,314
	Labour	Alexander Heslop	1,156
	Labour	Ahmed Omer	1,126
	Liberal Democrat	Raymond Gipson	918
	Liberal Democrat	Marian Williams	765
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Sage	740
	Respect	Sahra Ali	366
	Conservative	Andrew Palmer	321
	Respect	Christopher Nineham	309
	Respect	Tansy Hoskins	307
	Conservative	Priti Heath	290
	Conservative	William Norton	286
	Green	Andrea Krug	209
	Green	Alana Jelinek	201
Turnout			8,308	37.6
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Bow West (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Anwara Ali	1,483
	Labour	Ann Jackson	1,442
	Labour	Joshua Peck	1,282
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Ludlow	1,099
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Rew	902
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Clarke	896
	Conservative	Anwar Hussain	592
	Respect	Deeka Adan	505
	Respect	Robin Hirsch	445
	Respect	Carole Swords	425
	Green	Heather Finlay	415
	Green	John Foster	399
	Conservative	Francis Bown	380
	Conservative	Simon Gordon-clark	364
Turnout			10,629	45.2
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Bromley-by-Bow (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Abdul Sardar	1,689
	Respect	Rania Khan	1,308
	Respect	Mohammed Munim	1,077
	Independent	Helal Rahman	1,022
	Labour	Jo-Anna Coles	966
	Respect	Rebecca Townesend	923
	Labour	David Edgar	916
	Independent	Khaled Khan	851
	Green	Terry McGrenera	342
	Liberal Democrat	Koyes Choudhury	293
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Abson	271
	Conservative	Alison Newton	271
	Liberal Democrat	Mohammod Uddin	257
	Conservative	Barbara Perrott	254
	Conservative	Kazi Alam	242
Turnout			10,682	48.5
	Labour hold		Swing
	Respect gain from Labour		Swing
	Respect gain from Labour		Swing

East India & Lansbury (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Shiria Khatun	1,461
	Labour	Abul Ahmed	1,150
	Liberal Democrat	Rajib Ahmed	1,149
	Liberal Democrat	Iqbal Hossain	944
	Labour	Peter Ton-That	841
	Respect	Kambiz Boomla	607
	Respect	Mohammed Shahid	599
	Conservative	Jane Archer	542
	Conservative	Ian Campbell	511
	Conservative	Paul Ingham	483
	Liberal Democrat	Caroline Spencer	470
	Respect	Martin Hayward	436
	Independent	John Phillips	240
	Independent	Mahfuz Khan	122
Turnout			9,555	39.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Limehouse (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mohammed Ali	1,208
	Respect	Lutfa Begum	1,099
	Respect	Dulal Uddin	1,092
	Labour	Judith Gardiner	1,017
	Labour	Ashton McGregor	960
	Conservative	Pennie Clarke	933
	Conservative	Philip Groves	886
	Respect	Martin Empson	854
	Conservative	Kenneth Mizzi	847
	Independent	Mohammed Hoque	662
	Independent	Abdul Jamal	630
	Liberal Democrat	Husheara Begum	470
	Liberal Democrat	John Bevan	382
	Liberal Democrat	Iain Chambers	324
Turnout			11,364	43.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Respect gain from Labour		Swing
	Respect gain from Labour		Swing

Mile End & Globe Town (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Rofique Ahmed	1,380
	Labour	Clair Hawkins	1,113
	Labour	Bill Turner	1,050
	Respect	Mehdi Hassan	1,012
	Liberal Democrat	Mohammed Chowdhury	912
	Respect	Kay Ballard	816
	Liberal Democrat	Partab Ali	751
	Respect	Glyn Robbins	717
	Liberal Democrat	Barrie Duffey	627
	Conservative	Kobir Ahmed	481
	BNP	Gordon Callow	411
	BNP	William Wren	375
	Conservative	Michael Fletcher	264
	Conservative	Andrew McNeils	234
	BNP	Jeffrey Marshall	186
Turnout			10,329	40.3
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Mile End East (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Motin Uz-Zaman	1,338
	Respect	Ahmed Hussain	993
	Labour	Rupert Bawden	897
	Liberal Democrat	Misbahur Khan	828
	Respect	Ismail Hussain	753
	Respect	Jacqueline Turner	752
	Liberal Democrat	Shamsul Syed	742
	Labour	Betheline Chattopadhyay	696
	Independent	Hafizur Choudhury	531
	Conservative	Jewel Islam	454
	Liberal Democrat	Stewart Rayment	454
	Conservative	Graham Collins	346
	Conservative	Caroline Rouse	312
Turnout			9,096	41.7
	Labour hold		Swing
	Respect gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Millwall (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Simon Rouse	1,724
	Conservative	Shirley Houghton	1,685
	Conservative	Rupert Eckhardt	1,679
	Labour	Alan Amos	1,248
	Labour	John Cray	1,128
	Labour	Arip Miah	1,084
	Respect	Mohammed Alam-Raja	606
	Respect	Sybil Cock	398
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Ramsay	358
	Respect	Julia Taher	312
	Liberal Democrat	Nigel Huxted	301
	Liberal Democrat	Ian McDonald	300
Turnout			10,823	32.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Shadwell (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Respect	Shamim Chowdhury	1,851
	Respect	Abjol Miah	1,789
	Respect	Mohammed Rashid	1,707
	Labour	Michael Keith	1,287
	Labour	Humayun Kabir	1,141
	Labour	Abdus Shukur	1,054
	Conservative	William Crossey	723
	Conservative	David Snowdon	670
	Conservative	Sajjadur Rahman	605
	Liberal Democrat	Catherine Buttimer	266
	Liberal Democrat	Phylis Sheehan	226
	Liberal Democrat	Mohammed Ali	205
Turnout			11,524	46.2
	Respect gain from Labour		Swing
	Respect gain from Labour		Swing
	Respect gain from Labour		Swing

Spitalfields & Banglatown (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Helal Abbas	912
	Respect	Fozol Miah	866
	Labour	Lutfur Rahman	860
	Labour	Mohammad Mortuza	775
	Independent	Mizanur Chaudhury	716
	Respect	Mohammad Islam	682
	Liberal Democrat	Mohammed Kamali	548
	Respect	Mohammed Choudhury	471
	Conservative	Dinul Shah	458
	Liberal Democrat	Mohammed Rahman	424
	Liberal Democrat	Guy Burton	354
	Conservative	Iqbal Hussain	329
	Green	Beth Collar	242
	Conservative	Hamid-Ur Chowdhury	241
	Green	Peter Lockley	191
Turnout			8,069	43.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Respect gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

St Dunstan's & Stepney Green (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alibor Choudhury	1,453
	Labour	Abdal Ullah	1,410
	Respect	Oliur Rahman	1,351
	Labour	Mohammed Uddin	1,329
	Respect	Aleyk Miah	1,292
	Respect	Margaret Falshaw	954
	Liberal Democrat	Habibur Rahamn	747
	Independent	Ataur Rahman	669
	Conservative	Edwin Northover	630
	Conservative	Alexander Story	590
	Liberal Democrat	Ahmed Mustaque	583
	Liberal Democrat	Farid Ahmed	550
	Conservative	Jane Meehan	373
Turnout			11,931	44.3
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Respect hold		Swing

St. Katharine's & Wapping (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Emma Jones	1,351
	Labour	Shafiqul Haque	1,321
	Labour	Denise Jones	1,290
	Labour	Richard Brooks	1,231
	Conservative	Neil King	1,223
	Conservative	Paul Mawdsley	1,153
	Green	Martine Hall	364
	Green	Andrew Hall	359
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Man	349
	Liberal Democrat	Ron Coverson	321
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Mead	305
Turnout			9,267	35.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Weavers (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Abdul Matin	1,819
	Liberal Democrat	Louise Alexander	1,059
	Liberal Democrat	Timothy O'Flaherty	948
	Labour	Fazlul Haque	854
	Respect	Dilwara Begum	830
	Labour	Amina Ali	652
	Labour	Nathan Oley	575
	Respect	Paul Fredericks	494
	Respect	Eliza Cox	489
	Green	Catherine Guttman	364
	Independent	Gias Ahmed	345
	Green	Daniel Jackson	321
	Green	Benjamin Hancocks	292
	Conservative	Simon Holmes	254
	Conservative	Hamida Chowdhury	249
	Conservative	Mark Walters	214
Turnout			9,759	41.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Whitechapel (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Respect	Shahed Ali	1,449
	Labour	Abdul Asad	1,107
	Respect	Waiseul Islam	1,084
	Labour	Lutfur Rahman	1,040
	Labour	Doros Ullah	1,019
	Respect	Farhana Zaman	1,004
	Independent	Fanu Miah	650
	Liberal Democrat	Mohammed Haydar	529
	Liberal Democrat	Kate Grieve	511
	Liberal Democrat	Shamsuddin Ahmed	458
	Conservative	Muhammed Ahmed	397
	Conservative	Moya Frawley	344
	Conservative	Shah Suhel	284
	Independent	Mohammed Goni	186
Turnout			10,062	39.9
	Respect gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Respect gain from Labour		Swing

References

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