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1990 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election
← 1986 3 May 1990 (1990-05-03) 1994 →
All 50 seats up for election to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council
26 seats needed for a majority
Registered113,315[1]
Turnout52,239, 46.10%[1]
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Brenda M. Collins Unknown Unknown
Party Lib Dem Focus Team Labour Conservative
Leader since 1988 Unknown Unknown
Leader's seat St Peter's Unknown Unknown
Seats before 26 24 0
Seats won 30 20 0
Seat change Increase 4 Decrease 4 Steady
Popular vote 57,859 59,171 6,826
Percentage 44.93% 45.95% 5.30%
Council control before election


Lib Dem Focus Team

Council control after election


Lib Dem Focus Team

Elections to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council were held on 3 May 1990. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 42.9%.

Election result

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Tower Hamlets Local Election Result 1990[2][3]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Lib Dem Focus Team 30 5 1 Increase 5 60.00 44.93 57,859
  Labour 20 1 5 Decrease 4 40.00 45.95 59,171
  Conservative 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 5.30 6,826
  Green 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 1.77 2,274
  Community Campaign 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.82 1,061
  BNP 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.42 546
  Tenant's Leaseholders & Residents 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.41 527
  Independent Tenant 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.19 248
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.15 190
  Independent Islamic 0 0 0 Steady 0.00 0.06 77
Total 50 128,779

Ward results

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(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

(†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a different ward

Blackwall

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Blackwall (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour David J. Lawrence 1,020 73.03
Labour Christine L. Shawcroft* 1,015
Lib Dem Focus Team Peter B. Lear 387 26.97
Lib Dem Focus Team Peter E. Segura 365
Registered electors 4,167
Turnout 1482 35.57
Rejected ballots 10 0.67
Labour hold
Labour gain from Lib Dem Focus Team

Bow

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Bow (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Lib Dem Focus Team Patricia L. Catchpole* 1,548 64.81
Lib Dem Focus Team Ronald Lebar* 1,497
Lib Dem Focus Team Patricia M. Webb 1,451
Labour Belle Harris 860 35.19
Labour Rory Moore 805
Labour Benard G. Richmond 776
Registered electors 6,128
Turnout 2533 41.33
Rejected ballots 7 0.28
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold

Bromley

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Bromley (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Anne G. Delargy* 1,634 61.90
Labour Neil J. McAree* 1,600
Labour William A. Downes* 1,557
Lib Dem Focus Team Beryl Day 956 34.73
Lib Dem Focus Team Karen Chambers 890
Lib Dem Focus Team Carolyn S. Manser 843
Conservative Geoffrey M. Lenox-Smith 97 3.37
Conservative Peter Sayer 77
Registered electors 6,780
Turnout 2833 41.78
Rejected ballots 8 0.28
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

East India

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East India (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Lib Dem Focus Team Nigel P. Huxted 1,166 57.83
Lib Dem Focus Team Gwendoline A. Lee 1,160
Labour Patrick J. Little 850 42.17
Labour Stephen J. Beckett 845
Registered electors 4,894
Turnout 2225 45.46
Rejected ballots 9 0.40
Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour
Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour

Grove

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Grove (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Lib Dem Focus Team Eric Flounders* 1,169 59.91
Lib Dem Focus Team Janet I. Ludlow* 1,159
Labour William E. Wakefield 637 31.96
Labour Emmanuel D. Penner 604
Green Stephen Petter 102 5.25
Conservative Barbara J. Perrott 61 2.88
Conservative Linda M. Ransom 51
Registered electors 3,792
Turnout 1988 52.43
Rejected ballots 5 0.25
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold

Holy Trinity

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Holy Trinity (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Lib Dem Focus Team John P. Nudds* 1,965 55.71
Lib Dem Focus Team Jonathon S. Stokes 1,909
Lib Dem Focus Team Akikur Rahman 1,688
Labour Edward W.J. Caunter 975 28.91
Labour Sunahwar Ali 958
Labour Rosemary J. Maher 954
BNP Stephen L. Smith 290 8.71
Green Christine E. Law 222 6.67
Registered electors 6,613
Turnout 3302 49.93
Rejected ballots 14 0.42
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold

Lansbury

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Lansbury (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Lib Dem Focus Team Gwyneth A. Deakins* 1,735 59.20
Lib Dem Focus Team Barry E. Blandford* 1,702
Lib Dem Focus Team Peter Hughes 1,697
Labour Stephen Bowen*[n 1] 1,240 38.20
Labour Rhys Johnson 1,056
Labour Sally A. Witcher 1,015
Conservative Michael A. Tate 75 2.60
Registered electors 6,374
Turnout 3158 49.55
Rejected ballots 8 0.25
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour

Limehouse

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Limehouse (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Lib Dem Focus Team David S.E. Lewis* 1,655 58.97
Lib Dem Focus Team Maurice Caplan 1,652
Lib Dem Focus Team Stewart G. Rayment* 1,625
Labour Dennis Twomey 1,033 36.37
Labour Khan A. Murshid 1,005
Labour Patrick Seery 1,004
Green Alexander B. Hopwood 130 4.66
Registered electors 6,110
Turnout 2946 48.22
Rejected ballots 15 0.51
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold

Millwall

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Millwall (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour David J. Chapman 1,755 45.05
Labour Yvonne Amor 1,689
Labour Ivan F. Walker 1,551
Lib Dem Focus Team Rita J. Bensley 1,507 39.93
Lib Dem Focus Team Jonathan P. Mathews 1,471
Lib Dem Focus Team George G. Pye 1,449
Conservative David C. Hughes 294 7.47
Conservative Paul W.E. Ingham 284
Green Stephen G. James 279 7.55
Conservative David C. Hoile 249
Registered electors 9,203
Turnout 3804 41.33
Rejected ballots 9 0.24
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Park

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Park (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Lib Dem Focus Team Margaret R. Atkins 1,434 62.60
Lib Dem Focus Team Gyles R. Glover 1,387
Labour Philip N. Royal 747 32.65
Labour Jonathan A.C. Sterne 725
Green Michael M.R.C. Foreman 59 2.62
Conservative John S. Livingstone 46
Conservative David Ransom 39 2.13
Registered electors 4,290
Turnout 2326 54.22
Rejected ballots 8 0.34
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold

Redcoat

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Redcoat (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Lib Dem Focus Team Christopher C. Birt* 1,606 60.75
Lib Dem Focus Team Ludlow J. Smith* 1,558
Labour Ashek Ali 714 26.15
Labour Chuen F. Lam 647
Tenants, Leaseholders & Residents Peter Gibson 106 4.00
Tenants, Leaseholders & Residents James Langan 102
Independent Abdul M. Khan 99 3.80
BNP Derek W. Beackon 93 3.57
Conservative James T. Lucy 51 1.73
Conservative Zlata Peacock 39
Registered electors 4,937
Turnout 2672 54.12
Rejected ballots 16 0.60
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold

St Dunstan's

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St Dunstan's (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour John R. Biggs†[n 2] 1,733 60.71
Labour Derek J. Gadd 1,630
Labour Shahab U. Ahmed 1,628
Lib Dem Focus Team Terence J.B. Cowley 808 27.14
Lib Dem Focus Team Christine M. McNair 751
Lib Dem Focus Team James S. Randall 673
Green Derek England 190 6.93
Conservative Robert J. Ingram 163 5.22
Conservative Sarah-Jane Quinlan 138
Conservative Matthew Martyn 129
Registered electors 6,421
Turnout 2943 45.83
Rejected ballots 9 0.31
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

St James'

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St James' (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Lib Dem Focus Team Albert J. Snooks 1,318 54.47
Lib Dem Focus Team Jennifer S. Mitchell 1,304
Labour Albert C. Jacob* 888 35.44
Labour Oona Hickson 818
Green Paul Costas 107 4.44
BNP David Ettridge 93 3.86
Conservative Lillian K.F. Ingram 45 1.79
Conservative Adrian C. Thompson 40
Registered electors 4,735
Turnout 2439 51.51
Rejected ballots 8 0.33
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour

St Katharine's

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St Katharine's (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Abdul Asad 2,028 53.01
Labour Rajan U. Jalal 1,951
Labour Shirazul Islam 1,931
Conservative Richard W.J. Currie 850 20.61
Conservative Nicola J. Dunsford 846
Green John Southworth 681 18.33
Conservative Abdul Hamid 601
Community Campaign Ashfaque U. Ahmed 301 8.05
Community Campaign Muhammed Anas 297
Registered electors 8,987
Turnout 3719 41.38
Rejected ballots 27 0.73
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

St Mary's

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St Mary's (2)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Lib Dem Focus Team Ronald W. Osborne 604 35.11
Lib Dem Focus Team Justine S. Ward 596
Labour Barnett Saunders* 592 34.52
Labour Julia Mainwaring 588
Community Campaign Shah M. Haque 219 12.81
Tenants, Leaseholders & Residents Emmanuel Parris 174 9.36
Tenants, Leaseholders & Residents Raymond J. Warner 145
Independent Abu H.M.E. Hassain 91 5.33
Conservative Mohammed A.S. Khan 58 2.87
Conservative Andrew M. Smith 39
Registered electors 3,632
Turnout 1658 45.65
Rejected ballots 24 1.45
Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour
Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour

St Peter's

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St Peter's (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Lib Dem Focus Team Brenda M. Collins* 2,089 57.70
Lib Dem Focus Team Abdul Rohim 1,981
Lib Dem Focus Team Betty Wright 1,933
Labour Fanu Miah 1,232 33.97
Labour Amanda M. Owen 1,202
Labour Terence D. Penton 1,101
Green Harvey Gilbert 289 8.33
Registered electors 7,340
Turnout 3542 48.26
Rejected ballots 17 0.48
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold

Shadwell

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Shadwell (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Albert R. Lilley* 1,679 74.76
Labour John Riley* 1,575
Labour Pola M. Uddin 1,447
Conservative Nicholas D. Martin 574 25.24
Conservative Isobel J.R. Taylor 507
Conservative Thomas M. Taylor 507
Registered electors 6,241
Turnout 2377 38.09
Rejected ballots 54 2.27
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Spitalfields

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Spitalfields (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labour Philip A. Maxwell* 1,501 58.24
Labour Ghulam Mortuza* 1,482
Labour Abbas Uddin* 1,451
Conservative Abdul Kadir 372 11.15
Conservative Jane E. Emmerson 266
Independent Tenant Michael McGeorge 248 9.77
Community Campaign Abdul M. Khan 244 9.61
Green Edward Reddin 215 8.47
Conservative Jennifer M. Tobin 211
BNP Kenneth Walsh 70 2.76
Registered electors 5,609
Turnout 2408 42.93
Rejected ballots 12 0.50
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Weavers

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Weavers (3)[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Lib Dem Focus Team Jeremy A. Shaw* 2,504 65.14
Lib Dem Focus Team Sajjad Miah 2,335
Lib Dem Focus Team Kofi B. Appiah* 2,332
Labour Sirajul Islam 1,177 31.29
Labour Jil Cove 1,145
Labour Donald E. Hoyle 1,121
Independent Islamic Mohammed A. Rakib 77 2.10
Conservative Shundor M. Ali 66 1.47
Conservative Shelim Uddin 41
Registered electors 7,062
Turnout 3884 55.00
Rejected ballots 20 0.52
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold
Lib Dem Focus Team hold

Notes

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  1. ^ Bowen replaced Cllr. Pauline P. Fletcher after her resignation in 1988
  2. ^ Biggs was a sitting councillor representing the St Katharine's ward

References

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  1. ^ a b Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis. "London Borough Council Elections - 3rd May 1990 - Summary of voting statistics by ward - continued" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. p. 136.
  2. ^ 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 - 3rd May 1990" (PDF). London Datastore. London Research Centre. pp. 77–78, 136–137. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  3. ^ 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. 6–7. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
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