2002 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election

Background

Council Composition

In between the 1998 election and this election, there was one by-election held to replace a councillor who had died which resulted in Labour gaining a seat from the Liberal Democrats. As a result of this, the composition of the council just before the election was as follows:

Redistricting

Along with all other London Borough Councils, Tower Hamlets went through a major redistricting that went into effect for this election. The changes were as follows:

Wards Created

• Blackwall and Cubitt Town (3) - created from parts of Blackwall and Millwall wards
• Bromley-by-Bow (3) - Created from parts of Bromley and Lansbury wards
• Mile End and Globe Town (3) - Created from parts of Holy Trinity, St Dunstan's, St James' and St Peter's wards
• Mile End East (3) - Created from parts of Bromley and Limehouse wards
• St Dustan's and Stepney Green (3) - Created from parts of St Dunstan's and Redcoat wards
• St Katharine's and Wapping (3) - Created from parts of St Katharine's and Shadwell wards
• Whitechapel (3) - Created from parts of St Katharine's, St Mary's and Redcoat wards

Wards Eliminated

• Blackwall (2) - Land split between Blackwall and Cubitt Town, Limehouse and Millwall wards
• Bromley (3) - Land split between Bromley-by-Bow and Mile End East wards
• Grove (2) - Land became party of the new Bow West ward
• Holy Trinity (3) - Land split between Bethnal Green South and Mile End and Globe Town wards
• Park (2) - Land split between Bow East and Bow West wards
• Redcoat (2) - Land split between St Dunstan's and Stepney Green and Whitechapel wards
• St Dunstan's (3) - Land split between St Dunstan's and Stepney Green and Mile End and Globe Town wards
• St James' (2) - Land split between Bethnal Green North and Mile End and Globe Town wards
• St Katharine's (3) - Land split between St Katharine's and Wapping, Shadwell and Whitechapel wards.
• St Mary's (2) - Land absorbed into the new Whitechapel ward
• St Peter's (3) - Land split between Bethnal Green North and Bethnal Green South wards

Wards Renamed

• Spitalfields (3) - Renamed to Spitalfields and Banglatown

Wards Merged

• East India (2) and Lansbury (3) - merged into East India and Lansbury (3)

Wards Split

• Bow (3) - Split into Bow East (3) and Bow West (3).

Election result

|seats % = 68.63 |votes % = 45.74 |plus/minus = 8.73 |seats % = 31.37 |votes % = 30.60 |plus/minus = 4.86 |seats % = 0.00 |votes % = 15.08 |plus/minus = 4.79 |seats % = 0.00 |votes % = 4.73 |plus/minus = New |seats % = 0.00 |votes % = 2.05 |plus/minus = 1.26 |seats % = 0.00 |votes % = 1.07 |plus/minus = New |seats % = 0.00 |votes % = 0.32 |plus/minus = 1.99 Shortly after the election, Luftur Ali was disqualified from the election he won in Blackwall and Cubitt Town as it was discovered he was ineligible to be a councillor due to his job. A by-election was held on 27 June 2002 to replace him, electing Brian Son of the Labour Party to fill the seat.

After the elections, the council composition was as follows:

Ward results

(*) - Indicates an incumbent candidate

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

Bethnal Green North

Bethnal Green South

Blackwall and Cubitt Town

Bow East

Bow West

Bromley-by-Bow

East India and Lansbury

Limehouse

Mile End and Globe

Mile End East

Millwall

St Dunstan's and Stepney Green

St Katharine's and Wapping

Shadwell

Spitalfields and Banglatown

Weavers

Whitechapel

Notes

References

• 2002 Tower Hamlets election result
• Ward results

References

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