# 1998 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election

Elections to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council were held on 7 May 1998. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party kept overall control of the council.

## Election result

1998 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council local elections :
| Party | Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| | Labour | 41 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 82.00 | 54.47 | 56,488 | 0.95 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18.00 | 25.74 | 26,689 | 1.50 |
| | Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.00 | 10.29 | 10,671 | 6.72 |
| | Ind. Lib Dem | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.00 | 3.62 | 3,758 | 1.46 |
| | Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 | 3.31 | 3,432 | 2.57 |
| | BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.00 | 2.31 | 2,391 | 3.99 |
| | National Front | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.00 | 0.26 | 270 | New |
| Total | Total | 50 | | | | | | 103,699 | |

## Ward results

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

### Blackwall

Blackwall (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stephen L. Wright | 701 | 64.56 | 6.42 |
| | Labour | Khan A. Murshid | 691 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jane M. Jackson | 287 | 24.54 | 3.62 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia A. Ramsay | 242 | | |
| | Conservative | Crispin B. Hayhoe | 128 | 10.90 | 2.80 |
| | Conservative | Sarah Hoile | 107 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,669 | | 537 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,256 | 34.23 | 18.69 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 32 | 2.55 | 1.46 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Bow

Bow (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Raymond G. Gipson* | 1,138 | 52.87 | 0.71 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Terry J. Stacy | 1,063 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marian Williams | 1,010 | | |
| | Labour | Arthur W. Downes | 797 | 37.64 | 2.53 |
| | Labour | Arun K. Chattopadhyay | 793 | | |
| | Labour | Benjamin Leapman | 696 | | |
| | Conservative | Tafique A. Chowdhury | 246 | 9.48 | 3.23 |
| | Conservative | Simon M. Gordon-Clark | 138 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,452 | | 326 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,222 | 34.44 | 9.80 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 15 | 0.68 | 0.17 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### Bromley

Bromley (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Arthur W. Downes* | 2,040 | 62.22 | 6.22 |
| | Labour | Carol M. Hinvest* | 1,293 | | |
| | Labour | Betheline Chattopadhyay | 1.116 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bernard Cameron | 666 | 28.51 | 10.15 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rosemarie Peters | 580 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ron Converson | 547 | | |
| | Conservative | John S. Livingstone | 239 | 9.27 | 4.72 |
| | Conservative | Barbara J. Perrott | 187 | | |
| | Conservative | Gregory M. Price | 157 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,225 | | 1,005 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,645 | 36.61 | 13.21 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 36 | 1.36 | 0.81 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### East India

East India (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Brian J. Son | 826 | 61.28 | 3.20 |
| | Labour | Rajib Ahmed | 790 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nigel P. Huxted | 432 | 28.93 | 8.98 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Annabelle J. Steggles | 331 | | |
| | Conservative | Nathaniel Cross | 129 | 9.78 | 5.77 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,606 | | 352 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,480 | 32.13 | 24.45 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 17 | 1.15 | 0.28 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Grove

Grove (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Janet Ludlow* | 874 | 52.20 | 1.05 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Frederick C. Hunn* | 848 | | |
| | Labour | Olwen M. Jacobs | 704 | 40.95 | 2.33 |
| | Labour | Jonathan Swain | 674 | | |
| | Conservative | Syed E. Hoque | 113 | 6.85 | 2.88 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,183 | | 226 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,770 | 42.31 | 8.94 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 15 | 0.85 | 0.41 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### Holy Trinity

Holy Trinity (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Albert J. Snooks | 1,358 | 44.11 | 20.34 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barrie C. Duffey | 1,342 | | |
| | Labour | Salim Ullah | 1,314 | 40.56 | 5.52 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rosina S. Tucker | 1,270 | | |
| | Labour | Judith A. Gardiner$^†$ | 1,181 | | |
| | Labour | Anthony J. Sharpe | 1,156 | | |
| | Conservative | Mustak Syed | 313 | 10.43 | New |
| | BNP | Paul Costello | 147 | 4.90 | 14.58 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,483 | | 1,216 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,992 | 39.98 | 18.28 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 21 | 0.70 | 0.40 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Lansbury

Lansbury (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Diana R. Johnson* | 1,082 | 40.75 | 4.84 |
| | Labour | Michael C. Keating* | 1,023 | | |
| | Labour | Kevin V. Morton* | 964 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barry A. Blandford | 692 | 23.95 | 12.07 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Carlin | 604 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Russell P. Neale | 508 | | |
| | Independent | David A. Hemingway | 499 | 19.88 | 4.38 |
| | National Front | Lynda Miller | 270 | 10.76 | New |
| | Conservative | Harry C. Benham | 137 | 4.66 | 1.77 |
| | Conservative | Sharon Jones | 107 | | |
| | Conservative | James Mclachlan | 107 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,255 | | 484 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,548 | 40.74 | 16.01 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 30 | 1.18 | 0.72 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Limehouse

Limehouse (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Helal U. Abbas | 928 | 26.35 | 32.51 |
| | Labour | David J. Edgar* | 778 | | |
| | Labour | Soyful Alom* | 771 | | |
| | Independent | William E. Wakefield* | 520 | 16.59 | New |
| | Liberal Democrats | Timothy J. McNally | 443 | 13.54 | 20.59 |
| | Independent | Maurice Caplan | 441 | 14.07 | New |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stewart G. Rayment | 431 | | |
| | Independent | Abu H. M. E. Hossain | 425 | 13.56 | New |
| | Independent | Parvin Begum | 402 | 12.83 | New |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin J. Pantling | 399 | | |
| | Independent | Derek England | 388 | 12.38 | New |
| | Conservative | Motiur Rahman | 260 | 4.73 | 1.39 |
| | Conservative | Pamela Drew | 101 | | |
| | Conservative | Paul A. Goodman | 84 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,175 | | 984 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,406 | 38.96 | 15.73 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 27 | 1.12 | 0.42 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Millwall

Millwall (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Julia Mainwaring* | 2,315 | 61.18 | 10.84 |
| | Labour | Martin F. Young* | 2,315 | | |
| | Labour | Stephen J. Molyneaux* | 2,279 | | |
| | BNP | David J. Hill | 665 | 16.89 | 9.77 |
| | BNP | Gordon F. Callow | 637 | | |
| | BNP | Steven R. Harrington | 606 | | |
| | Conservative | Philip W. Groves | 495 | 12.86 | 9.24 |
| | Conservative | Jennifer Kendall-Tobias | 489 | | |
| | Conservative | William G. D. Norton | 468 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard D. Flowers | 371 | 9.07 | 2.94 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alexander I. M. C. Wilcock | 335 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Linda C. Hunn | 318 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,191 | | 1,659 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,130 | 33.88 | 32.62 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 21 | 0.51 | 0.35 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Park

Park (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Baunton* | 1,076 | 71.52 | 12.80 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Derek Charles | 958 | | |
| | Labour | Alan T. Amos | 418 | 28.48 | 8.50 |
| | Labour | Philip N. Royal | 392 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,067 | | 202 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,603 | 39.41 | 10.06 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 16 | 1.00 | 0.22 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### Redcoat

Redcoat (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ataur Rahman$^†$ | 922 | 55.04 | 2.88 |
| | Labour | David P. Bayat | 906 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Lanagan | 636 | 37.19 | 1.45 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Josephine G. Harriott | 599 | | |
| | Conservative | Bob Neill | 129 | 7.77 | 4.33 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,639 | | 54 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,793 | 38.65 | 18.10 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 14 | 0.78 | 0.57 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### St Dunstans

St Dunstans (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John R. Biggs* | 1,412 | 68.14 | 3.59 |
| | Labour | Shahab U. Ahmed | 1,231 | | |
| | Labour | Mohammed S. Uddin* | 1,220 | | |
| | Conservative | Edna Hill | 602 | 31.86 | New |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,224 | | 6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,077 | 33.37 | 18.86 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 42 | 2.02 | 0.27 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### St James'

St James' (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mark E. Taylor* | 941 | 45.39 | 2.41 |
| | Labour | Lorraine K. Melvin* | 889 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barrie P. Martin | 847 | 41.87 | 11.62 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John D. M. Griffiths | 841 | | |
| | BNP | Paul Maxwell | 168 | 8.33 | 13.62 |
| | BNP | Paul E. McHale | 168 | | |
| | Conservative | Mohammed H. Ullah | 89 | 4.41 | New |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,234 | | 409 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,136 | 40.81 | 20.08 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 23 | 1.08 | 0.67 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### St Katharines

St Katharines (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Denise Jones* | 1,582 | 46.33 | 0.72 |
| | Labour | Abdul Asad* | 1,496 | | |
| | Labour | Anamul Hoque | 1,333 | | |
| | Conservative | Jane E. Emmerson | 1,206 | 36.05 | 28.60 |
| | Conservative | Mostofa Miah | 1,082 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gyles R. Glover | 610 | 17.62 | 7.77 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hilal Miah | 540 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Snooks | 528 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,689 | | 1,507 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,469 | 32.45 | 15.35 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 42 | 1.21 | 0.79 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### St Mary's

St Mary's (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Motin Uz-Zaman | 826 | 69.67 | 2.99 |
| | Labour Co-op | Alexander K. Heslop | 819 | | |
| | Conservative | Habibur R. Choudhury | 358 | 30.33 | 25.97 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,360 | | 28 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,312 | 30.09 | 25.02 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 42 | 3.20 | 2.44 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold |

### St Peters

St Peters (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jusna Begum | 1,405 | 46.71 | 1.86 |
| | Labour | Raja Miah | 1,223 | | |
| | Labour | Raymond V. Marney* | 1,218 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mohammed J. U. Chowdhury | 802 | 20.68 | 7.45 |
| | Ind. Lib Dem | Kathleen E. Cook | 798 | 23.97 | 4.97 |
| | Ind. Lib Dem | Brian K. Lafferty | 590 | | |
| | Ind. Lib Dem | Betty Wright | 586 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Timothy O'Flaherty | 460 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Elston | 441 | | |
| | Conservative | Joy M. Tarbey | 237 | 8.63 | 5.42 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,260 | | 150 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,036 | 36.76 | 16.33 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 23 | 0.76 | 0.46 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Shadwell

Shadwell (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Michael J. Keith* | 1,346 | 48.62 | 2.76 |
| | Labour | Bodrul M. Alom | 1,229 | | |
| | Labour | Abdus Shukur* | 1,112 | | |
| | Independent | Abdul Malik | 757 | 29.94 | New |
| | Conservative | Richard H. Powell | 589 | 21.44 | 12.65 |
| | Conservative | Paul W. E. Ingham | 547 | | |
| | Conservative | Lawrence Ailreu-Thomas | 490 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,014 | | 1,182 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,552 | 31.84 | 19.54 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 41 | 1.61 | 0.76 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Spitalfields

Spitalfields (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Syed A. Mizan* | 1,454 | 70.39 | 22.89 |
| | Labour | Ghulam Mortuza* | 1,435 | | |
| | Labour | Ala Uddin$^†$ | 1,316 | | |
| | Conservative | Eaoyor Shaikh | 621 | 29.61 | 20.82 |
| | Conservative | David Webb | 558 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,451 | | 381 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,183 | 33.84 | 17.54 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 46 | 2.11 | 1.26 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Weavers

Weavers (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mohammed Ali* | 1,229 | 40.96 | 2.72 |
| | Labour | Christopher G. Creegan | 985 | | |
| | Labour | Catherine Tuitt | 922 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kofi B. Appiah | 776 | 29.55 | 3.11 |
| | Ind. Lib Dem | Terry B. Milson | 770 | 23.30 | 7.58 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Abdul M. Khan | 748 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jonathan P. Mathews | 738 | | |
| | Ind. Lib Dem | Kathleen Caulfield | 705 | | |
| | Ind. Lib Dem | Justin Sillman | 309 | | |
| | Conservative | Mohammed S. Uddin | 158 | 6.19 | New |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,256 | | 511 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,911 | 40.12 | 12.96 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 31 | 1.06 | 0.52 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |