# Bow West (ward)

Bow West is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The ward was first used in the 2002 elections. It returns councillors to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council.

## Tower Hamlets council elections since 2014

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Tower Hamlets in 2014.

### 2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022.
2022 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election: Bow West (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Asma Begum | 1,601 | 38.44 | −22.28 |
| | Green | Nathalie Bienfait | 1,253 | 30.08 | +19.94 |
| | Labour | Val Whitehead | 1,218 | 29.24 | −22.67 |
| | Aspire | Ripon Ali | 1,035 | 24.85 | +17.90 |
| | Green | Alistair Polson | 1,004 | 24.11 | +11.40 |
| | Aspire | Junu Ali | 944 | 22.67 | +16.99 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Janet Ludlow | 205 | 4.92 | −5.60 |
| | Conservative | Desmond Ellerbeck | 191 | 4.59 | −4.48 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tom Kaneko | 159 | 3.82 | −2.68 |
| | Conservative | Mariem Sarghini | 157 | 3.77 | −3.41 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 32 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,165 | 46.09 | +2.87 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,036 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Green gain from Labour | Green gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### 2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018.
2018 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election: Bow West (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Asma Begum | 2,384 | 60.72 | +18.30 |
| | Labour | Val Whitehead | 2,038 | 51.91 | +0.07 |
| | Green | Alistair Polson | 499 | 12.71 | +0.98 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Liza Franchi | 413 | 10.52 | N/A |
| | Green | Anne Silberbauer | 398 | 10.14 | −1.74 |
| | Conservative | Samuel Hall | 356 | 9.07 | −4.26 |
| | Conservative | Agnieszka Kendrick | 282 | 7.18 | −2.19 |
| | Aspire | Habibur Rahman | 273 | 6.95 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Altaf Hussain | 255 | 6.50 | −0.47 |
| | Aspire | Mohammed Tanim | 223 | 5.68 | N/A |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 27 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,953 | 43.22 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,146 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### 2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014.
2014 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election: Bow West (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Joshua Peck | 2,439 | 51.84 | |
| | Labour | Asma Begum | 1,996 | 42.42 | |
| | Tower Hamlets First | Jainal Chowdhury | 702 | 14.98 | |
| | Conservative | Matt Smith | 627 | 13.33 | |
| | Independent | Anwar Khan | 619 | 13.16 | |
| | Green | Louise Whitmore | 559 | 11.88 | |
| | Green | Alistair Polson | 552 | 11.73 | |
| | Conservative | S M Safiul Azam | 441 | 9.37 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Altaf Hussain | 328 | 6.97 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,737 | 52.33 | |
| | Labour win (new boundaries) | Labour win (new boundaries) | Labour win (new boundaries) | Labour win (new boundaries) | Labour win (new boundaries) |
| | Labour win (new boundaries) | Labour win (new boundaries) | Labour win (new boundaries) | Labour win (new boundaries) | Labour win (new boundaries) |