# 1990 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election

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 :
| Party | 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 | Total | 50 | | | | | | 128,779 |

## Ward results

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

### Blackwall

Blackwall (2) :
| Party | 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 | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,167 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1482 | 35.57 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.67 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour gain from Lib Dem Focus Team | Labour gain from Lib Dem Focus Team | Labour gain from Lib Dem Focus Team | Labour gain from Lib Dem Focus Team |

### Bow

Bow (3) :
| Party | 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 | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,128 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2533 | 41.33 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.28 |
| | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold |
| | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold |
| | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold |

### Bromley

Bromley (3) :
| Party | 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 | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,780 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2833 | 41.78 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.28 |
| | 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 | % |
| | 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 | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,894 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2225 | 45.46 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.40 |
| | Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour | Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour | Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour | Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour |
| | Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour | Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour | Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour | Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour |

### Grove

Grove (2) :
| Party | 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 | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,792 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1988 | 52.43 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.25 |
| | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold |
| | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold |

### Holy Trinity

Holy Trinity (3) :
| Party | 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 | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,613 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3302 | 49.93 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 14 | 0.42 |
| | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold |
| | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold |
| | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold |

### Lansbury

Lansbury (3) :
| Party | 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* | 1,240 | 38.20 |
| | Labour | Rhys Johnson | 1,056 | |
| | Labour | Sally A. Witcher | 1,015 | |
| | Conservative | Michael A. Tate | 75 | 2.60 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,374 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3158 | 49.55 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.25 |
| | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold |
| | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold |
| | Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour | Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour | Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour | Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour |

### Limehouse

Limehouse (3) :
| Party | 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 | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,110 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2946 | 48.22 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 15 | 0.51 |
| | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold |
| | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold |
| | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold |

### Millwall

Millwall (3) :
| Party | 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 | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,203 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3804 | 41.33 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.24 |
| | 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 | % |
| | 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 | 2.13 |
| | Conservative | David Ransom | 39 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,290 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2326 | 54.22 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.34 |
| | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold |
| | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold |

### Redcoat

Redcoat (2) :
| Party | 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 | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,937 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2672 | 54.12 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 16 | 0.60 |
| | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold |
| | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold |

### St Dunstan's

St Dunstan's (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John R. Biggs$^†$ | 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 | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,421 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2943 | 45.83 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.31 |
| | 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 | % |
| | 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 | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,735 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2439 | 51.51 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.33 |
| | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold |
| | Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour | Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour | Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour | Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour |

### St Katharine's

St Katharine's (3) :
| Party | 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 | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,987 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3719 | 41.38 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 27 | 0.73 |
| | 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 | % |
| | 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 | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,632 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1658 | 45.65 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 24 | 1.45 |
| | Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour | Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour | Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour | Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour |
| | Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour | Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour | Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour | Lib Dem Focus Team gain from Labour |

### St Peter's

St Peter's (3) :
| Party | 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 | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,340 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3542 | 48.26 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 17 | 0.48 |
| | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold |
| | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold |
| | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold |

### Shadwell

Shadwell (3) :
| Party | 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 | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,241 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2377 | 38.09 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 54 | 2.27 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Spitalfields

Spitalfields (3) :
| Party | 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 | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,609 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2408 | 42.93 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 12 | 0.50 |
| | 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 | % |
| | 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 | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,062 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3884 | 55.00 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 20 | 0.52 |
| | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold |
| | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold |
| | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold | Lib Dem Focus Team hold |