1990 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Flag_of_Greater_London.svg/50px-Flag_of_Greater_London.svg.png)
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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 | 113,315[1] |
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Turnout | 52,239, 46.10%[1] |
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| First party | Second party | Third party | | | | | 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 | 4 | 4 | | Popular vote | 57,859 | 59,171 | 6,826 | Percentage | 44.93% | 45.95% | 5.30% | |
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1990 local election in England, UK
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[2][3] Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Lib Dem Focus Team | 30 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 60.00 | 44.93 | 57,859 | |
| Labour | 20 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 40.00 | 45.95 | 59,171 | |
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.00 | 5.30 | 6,826 | |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.00 | 1.77 | 2,274 | |
| Community Campaign | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.00 | 0.82 | 1,061 | |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.00 | 0.42 | 546 | |
| Tenant's Leaseholders & Residents | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.00 | 0.41 | 527 | |
| Independent Tenant | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.00 | 0.19 | 248 | |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 190 | |
| Independent Islamic | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.00 | 0.06 | 77 | |
Total | 50 | | | | | | 128,779 | |
Ward results
(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate
(†) - Indicates an incumbent candidate standing in a different ward
Blackwall
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
Bromley
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
Grove
Holy Trinity
Lansbury
Limehouse
Millwall
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
Redcoat
St Dunstan's
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'
St Katharine's
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
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
Shadwell
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
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
Notes
- ^ Bowen replaced Cllr. Pauline P. Fletcher after her resignation in 1988
- ^ Biggs was a sitting councillor representing the St Katharine's ward
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.