# 1986 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election

Elections to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council were held in May 1986. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 35.0%.

## Election result

Tower Hamlets Local Election Result 1986 :
| Party | Seats | Seats % | Votes % |
| Alliance | 26 | | 42.7 |
| Labour | 24 | | 44.1 |
| Conservative | 0 | 0.0 | 7.2 |

## Results by ward
### Blackwall

Blackwall (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Christine Shawcroft | 834 | |
| | SDP | Jonathan Mathews | 788 | |
| | Labour | Sunahwar Ali | 661 | |
| | SDP | Russell Neale | 657 | |
| | Conservative | Robert Hughes | 129 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,139 | 42.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | SDP gain from Labour | SDP gain from Labour | Swing | |

### Bow

Bow (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Patricia Catchpole | 1,198 | |
| | Liberal | Ronald Lebar | 1,165 | |
| | Liberal | Anthony Wilcock | 1,071 | |
| | Labour | Edward Caunter | 795 | |
| | Labour | Wendy Allman | 777 | |
| | Labour | Thomas Redmond | 737 | |
| | Conservative | Bernard Jenkin | 172 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,278 | 34.6 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### Bromley

Bromley (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Arthur Downes | 1,458 | |
| | Labour | Anne Delargy | 1,450 | |
| | Labour | Neil McAree | 1,403 | |
| | Liberal | Beryl Day | 1,292 | |
| | Liberal | Peter Hughes | 1,139 | |
| | Liberal | Zofia Hart | 1,112 | |
| | Conservative | Ralph Harrison | 166 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,383 | 41.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal | Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | |

### East India

East India (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Terence Connolly | 906 | |
| | Labour | Patrick Little | 800 | |
| | Liberal | Maurice Caplan | 541 | |
| | Liberal | Anthony Peter | 464 | |
| | Independent Labour | David Canning | 318 | |
| | Conservative | Peter Sayer | 95 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,925 | 36.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Grove

Grove (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Eric Flounders | 1,049 | |
| | Liberal | Janet Ludlow | 1,011 | |
| | Labour | John Griffin | 701 | |
| | Labour | Julia Mainwaring | 685 | |
| | Conservative | Barbara Perrott | 104 | |
| | Conservative | Linda Ransom | 81 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,079 | 47.5 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### Holy Trinity

Holy Trinity (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Stephen Charters | 1,526 | |
| | Liberal | Belinda Knowles | 1,445 | |
| | Liberal | John Nudds | 1,351 | |
| | Labour | Michael Chalkley | 1,225 | |
| | Labour | Geoffrey Cade | 1,167 | |
| | Labour | Salim Ullah | 1,025 | |
| | BNP | David Ettridge | 212 | |
| | Conservative | Anthony Norton | 138 | |
| | Conservative | Anne-Marie Pedlingham | 105 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,836 | 44.7 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### Lansbury

Lansbury (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Barry Blandford | 1,119 | |
| | Liberal | Gwyneth Deakins | 1,108 | |
| | Liberal | Pauline Fletcher | 1,093 | |
| | Labour | Stephen Bowen | 956 | |
| | Labour | Paul Collins | 883 | |
| | Labour | Mary Hawkins | 871 | |
| | Independent Labour | Reginald Beer | 407 | |
| | Independent Labour | Paul Beasley | 385 | |
| | Independent Labour | George Desmond | 376 | |
| | Conservative | Christopher Kingsley-Smith | 77 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,853 | 38.7 |
| | Liberal gain from Labour | Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | |
| | Liberal gain from Labour | Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | |
| | Liberal gain from Labour | Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | |

### Limehouse

Limehouse (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | David Lewis | 1,223 | |
| | Liberal | Stewart Rayment | 1,153 | |
| | Liberal | Carolyn Manser | 1,147 | |
| | Labour | Dennis Twomey | 1,142 | |
| | Labour | Michael Tyrrell | 1,105 | |
| | Labour | Oona Hickson | 1,055 | |
| | Conservative | David Hughes | 147 | |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Lenox-Smith | 137 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,064 | 38.2 |
| | Liberal gain from Labour | Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | |
| | Liberal gain from Labour | Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | |
| | Liberal gain from Labour | Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | |

### Millwall

Millwall (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Alan Porter | 1,119 | |
| | Labour | Maria Shanahan | 1,114 | |
| | Labour | Timothy Staten | 1,013 | |
| | SDP | John Moore | 822 | |
| | SDP | Brian Kettell | 738 | |
| | Island Independent | Peter Wade | 702 | |
| | Island Independent | George Pye | 701 | |
| | Island Independent | William Kilgour | 687 | |
| | SDP | Arthur Praag | 664 | |
| | Conservative | Peter Holland | 204 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,480 | 33.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Park

Park (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Terence Cowley | 1,154 | |
| | Liberal | Brian Williams | 1,153 | |
| | Labour | Belle Harris | 781 | |
| | Labour | Sean Gardiner | 766 | |
| | Conservative | David Ranson | 86 | |
| | Conservative | John Livingstone | 73 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,854 | 44.1 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### Redcoat

Redcoat (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Christopher Birt | 1,184 | |
| | Liberal | Ludlow Smith | 1,158 | |
| | Labour | Stephen Joseph | 920 | |
| | Labour | Walter Leary | 907 | |
| | Conservative | Paul Ingham | 159 | |
| | Conservative | Peter Ainsworth | 126 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,269 | 45.5 |
| | Liberal gain from Labour | Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | |
| | Liberal gain from Labour | Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | |

### St Dunstan's

St Dunstan's (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Susan Carlyle | 1,227 | |
| | Labour | Terence Sullivan | 1,191 | |
| | Labour | Jahangir Alam | 1,142 | |
| | Liberal | Julian Brett-Freeman | 1,058 | |
| | Liberal | Lesley Morpurgo | 924 | |
| | Liberal | Philip Truscott | 911 | |
| | National Front | Roger Evans | 256 | |
| | Conservative | Maureen Bashford | 241 | |
| | Conservative | Kevin Collins | 214 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,742 | 40.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### St James'

St James' (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Barrie Duffey | 833 | |
| | Labour | Albert Jacob | 800 | |
| | Labour | Eileen Short | 782 | |
| | Liberal | Mark Hook | 757 | |
| | Conservative | Hugh Hunter | 134 | |
| | Conservative | Hugh Smith | 127 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,222 | 35.5 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal | Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | |

### St Katharine's

St Katharine's (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | John Rowe | 1,651 | |
| | Labour | Ashek Ali | 1,562 | |
| | Labour | Mohammed Ahmed | 1,513 | |
| | SDP | Konor Ali | 714 | |
| | SDP | George Clark | 695 | |
| | SDP | Moshahid Hussain | 640 | |
| | Conservative | Adrian George | 461 | |
| | Conservative | Andrew Smith | 410 | |
| | Conservative | Sheila Folan | 371 | |
| | Independent | Stephen Smith | 84 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,668 | 34.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### St Mary's

St Mary's (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Robert Ashkettle | 948 | |
| | Labour | Barnett Saunders | 861 | |
| | SDP | Abdul Barik | 316 | |
| | SDP | Paul Mathurin | 253 | |
| | Conservative | Mohammad Ali | 218 | |
| | Conservative | Robert Ingram | 147 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,848 | 31.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### St Peter's

St Peter's (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Brenda Collins | 1,324 | |
| | Liberal | Patrick Streeter | 1,316 | |
| | Liberal | Andrew Goodchild | 1,291 | |
| | Labour | Maureen Caldon | 904 | |
| | Labour | Rosemary Maher | 871 | |
| | Labour | Joseph Ramanoop | 838 | |
| | Conservative | Amanda Drury | 171 | |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Greenfield | 143 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,525 | 33.9 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### Shadwell

Shadwell (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Albert Lilley | 1,121 | |
| | Labour | Charles Mudd | 1,101 | |
| | Labour | John Riley | 1,057 | |
| | SDP | David Webb | 881 | |
| | SDP | John Minch | 868 | |
| | SDP | Geoffrey White | 810 | |
| | Conservative | Ronald Mitchell | 198 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,265 | 35.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Spitalfields

Spitalfields (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Abbas Uddin | 1,246 | |
| | Labour | Ghulam Mortuza | 1,019 | |
| | Labour | Philip Maxwell | 988 | |
| | Independent | Muhammed Huque | 837 | |
| | SDP | Akikur Rahman | 590 | |
| | SDP | William Kelly | 444 | |
| | Independent Labour | Syed Islam | 402 | |
| | SDP | Muhammed Mustafa | 387 | |
| | Conservative | Jane Emmerson | 215 | |
| | Independent | Betty Wright | 199 | |
| | Conservative | Andrew Chapman | 189 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,648 | 45.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour gain from Independent | Labour gain from Independent | Swing | |

### Weavers

Weavers (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Jeremy Shaw | 1,645 | |
| | Liberal | Jeanette Welsh | 1,530 | |
| | Liberal | Kofi Appiah | 1,496 | |
| | Labour | Susan Hurley | 1,336 | |
| | Labour | Mohammed Ludi | 1,227 | |
| | Labour | John Onslow | 1,201 | |
| | Conservative | Lillian Ingram | 184 | |
| | Conservative | Linda O'Connell | 146 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,505 | 42.5 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |