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

Tower Hamlets Local Election Result 1990[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 30 43.3
  Labour 20 43.0
  Conservative 0 5.3

Ward results

sitting councillors* [2]

Blackwall

Blackwall (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Lawrence 1,020 72.5
Labour Christine Shawcroft* 1,015
Liberal Democrats Peter Lear 387 27.5
Liberal Democrats Peter Segura 365
Majority 45.0
Turnout 4,167 35.6
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Bow

Bow (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Patricia Catchpole* 1,548 64.3
Liberal Democrats Ronald Lebar* 1,497
Liberal Democrats Patricia Webb 1,451
Labour Belle Harris 860 35.7
Labour Rory Moore 805
Labour Benard Richmond 776
Majority 28.6
Turnout 6,128 41.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Bromley

Bromley (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anne Delargy* 1,634 60.8
Labour Neil McAree* 1,600
Labour William Downes* 1,557
Liberal Democrats Beryl Day 956 35.6
Liberal Democrats Karen Chambers 890
Liberal Democrats Carolyn Manser 843
Conservative Geoffrey Lenox-Smith 97 3.6
Conservative Peter Sayer 77
Majority 25.2
Turnout 6,780 41.8
Labour hold Swing

East India

East India (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Nigel Huxted 1,166 57.8
Liberal Democrats Gwendoline Lee* 1,160
Labour Patrick Little 850 42.2
Labour Stephen Beckett 845
Majority 15.7
Turnout 4,894 45.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Grove

Grove (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Eric Flounders* 1,169 59.4
Liberal Democrats Janet Ludlow* 1,159
Labour William Wakefield 637 32.4
Labour Emmanuel Penner 604
Green Stephen Petter 102 5.2
Conservative Barbara Perrott 61 3.1
Conservative Linda Ransom 51
Majority 27.0
Turnout 3,792 52.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Holy Trinity

Holy Trinity (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Nudds* 1,965 56.9
Liberal Democrats Jonathon Stokes 1,909
Liberal Democrats Akikur Rahman 1,688
Labour Edward Caunter 975 28.2
Labour Sunahwar Ali 958
Labour Rosemary Maher 954
BNP Stephen Smith 290 8.4
Green Christine Law 222 6.4
Majority 28.7
Turnout 6,613 49.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Lansbury

Lansbury (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Gwyneth Deakins* 1,735 56.9
Liberal Democrats Barry Blandford* 1,702
Liberal Democrats Peter Hughes 1,697
Labour Stephen Bowen 1,240 40.7
Labour Rhys Johnson 1,056
Labour Sally Witcher 1,015
Conservative Michael Tate 75 2.5
Majority 16.2
Turnout 6,374 49.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Limehouse

Limehouse (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Lewis* 1,655 58.7
Liberal Democrats Maurice Caplan 1,652
Liberal Democrats Stewart Rayment* 1,625
Labour Dennis Twomey 1,033 36.7
Labour Khan Murshid 1,005
Labour Patrick Seery 1,004
Green Alexander Hopwood 130 4.6
Majority 22.1
Turnout 6,110 48.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Millwall

Millwall (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Chapman 1,755 45.8
Labour Yvonne Amor 1,689
Labour Ivan Walker 1,551
Liberal Democrats Rita Bensley 1,507 39.3
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Mathews 1,471
Liberal Democrats George Pye 1,449
Conservative David Hughes 294 7.7
Conservative Paul Ingham 284
Green Stephen James 279 7.3
Conservative David Hoile 249
Majority 6.5
Turnout 9,203 41.3
Labour hold Swing

Park

Park (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Margaret Atkins 1,434 62.6
Liberal Democrats Gyles Glover 1,387
Labour Philip Royal 747 32.6
Labour Jonathan Sterne 725
Green Michael Foreman 59 2.6
Conservative David Ransom 49 2.1
Conservative John Livingstone 46
Majority 30.0
Turnout 4,290 54.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Redcoat

Redcoat (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Christopher Birt* 1,606 60.2
Liberal Democrats Ludlow Smith* 1,558
Labour Ashek Ali 714 26.8
Labour Chuen Lam 647
Tenants, Leaseholders & Residents Peter Gibson 106 4.0
Tenants, Leaseholders & Residents James Langan 102
Independent Abdul Khan 99 3.7
BNP Derek Beackon 93 3.5
Conservative James Lucy 51 1.9
Conservative Zlata Peacock 39
Majority 33.4
Turnout 4,937 54.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

St Dunstan's

St Dunstan's (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Biggs 1,733 59.9
Labour Derek Gadd 1,630
Labour Shahab Ahmed 1,628
Liberal Democrats Terence Cowley 808 27.9
Liberal Democrats Christine McNair 751
Liberal Democrats James Randall 673
Green Derek England 190 6.6
Conservative Robert Ingram 163 5.6
Conservative Sarah-Jane Quinlan 138
Conservative Matthew Martyn 129
Majority 32.0
Turnout 6,421 45.8
Labour hold Swing

St James'

St James' (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Albert Snooks 1,318 53.8
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Mitchell 1,304
Labour Albert Jacob* 888 36.2
Labour Oona Hickson 818
Green Paul Costas 107 4.4
BNP David Ettridge 93 3.8
Conservative Lillian Ingram 45 1.8
Conservative Adrian Thompson 40
Majority 17.5
Turnout 4,735 51.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

St Katharine's

St Katharine's (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Abdul Asad 2,028
Labour Rajan Jalal 1,951
Labour Shirazul Islam 1,931
Conservative Richard Currie 850
Conservative Nicola Dunsford 846
Green John Southworth 681
Conservative Abdul Hamid 601
Community Campaign Ashfaque Ahmed 301
Community Campaign Muhammed Anas 297
Majority
Turnout 8,987 41.4
Labour hold Swing

St Mary's

St Mary's (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ronald Osborne 604
Liberal Democrats Justine Ward 596
Labour Barnett Saunders 592
Labour Julia Mainwaring 588
Community Campaign Shah Haque 219
Tenants, Leaseholders & Residents Emmanuel Parris 174
Tenants, Leaseholders & Residents Raymond Warner 145
Independent Abu Hassain 91
Conservative Mohammed Khan 58
Conservative Andrew Smith 39
Majority
Turnout 3,632 45.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

St Peter's

St Peter's (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Brenda Collins 2,089
Liberal Democrats Abdul Rohim 1,981
Liberal Democrats Betty Wright 1,933
Labour Fanu Miah 1,232
Labour Amanda Owen 1,202
Labour Terence Penton 1,101
Green Harvey Gilbert 289
Majority
Turnout 7,340 48.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Shadwell

Shadwell (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Albert Lilley 1,679
Labour John Riley 1,575
Labour Pola Uddin 1,447
Conservative Nicholas Martin 574
Conservative Isobel Taylor 507
Conservative Thomas Taylor 507
Majority
Turnout 6,241 38.1
Labour hold Swing

Spitalfields

Spitalfields (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Philip Maxwell 1,501
Labour Ghulam Mortuza 1,482
Labour Abbas Uddin 1,451
Conservative Abdul Kadir 372
Conservative Jane Emmerson 266
Independent Tenant Michael McGeorge 248
Community Campaign Abdul Khan 244
Green Edward Reddin 215
Conservative Jennifer Tobin 211
BNP Kenneth Walsh 70
Majority
Turnout 5,609 42.9
Labour hold Swing

Weavers

Weavers (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Shaw 2,504
Liberal Democrats Sajjad Miah 2,335
Liberal Democrats Kofi Appiah 2,332
Labour Sirajul Islam 1,177
Labour Jil Cove 1,145
Labour Donald Hoyle 1,121
Independent Islamic Mohammed Rakib 77
Conservative Shundor Ali 66
Conservative Shelim Uddin 41
Majority
Turnout 7,062 55.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

References

  1. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (1993). Local Elections in Britain: A Statistical Digest. Plymouth: Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre.
  2. ^ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (1990). London Borough Council Results 3rd May 1990. London Research Centre.
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