Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election, 2014

Map of the results of the 2014 Tower Hamlets council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Tower Hamlets First in light red.

Elections to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council took place on 22 May 2014, the same day as other United Kingdom local elections, the election of the directly-elected mayor of Tower Hamlets, and the European Parliament elections. Voting in Blackwall & Cubitt Town Ward was postponed due to the death of a candidate.

As of 2013 the composition of the Borough Council was 27 Labour councillors, fourteen independent councillors, seven Conservative councillors, 2 Respect councillors, and a single Liberal Democrat councillor.[1]

Reduction in council size

The Tower Hamlets (Electoral Changes) Order 2013 reduced the size of the Council and created new electoral wards.[2]

The Local Government Boundary Commission for England began the process of changing the size of Tower Hamlets Council in 2012.[3] The new wards for the elections in 2014 are as follows.

Electoral wards in Tower Hamlets, 2014
WardNumber of councillors
Bethnal Green 3
Blackwall and Cubitt Town 3
Bow East 3
Bow West 2
Bromley North 2
Bromley South 2
Canary Wharf 2
Island Gardens 2
Lansbury 3
Limehouse 1
Mile End 3
Poplar 1
Shadwell 2
Spitalfields and Banglatown 2
St Dunstan's 2
St Katharine's and Wapping 2
St Peter's 3
Stepney Green 2
Weavers 2
Whitechapel 3

Results

Mayor

Tower Hamlets Mayoral Election 22 May 2014 (result since declared void by an election court) [4]
Party Candidate 1st Round % 2nd Round Total  First Round Votes  Transfer Votes 
Tower Hamlets First Lutfur Rahman 36,539 43.38% 856 37,395
Labour John Biggs 27,643 32.82% 6,500 34,143
Conservative Christopher Wilford 7,173 8.52%
UKIP Nicholas McQueen 4,819 5.72%
Green Chris Smith 4,699 5.72%
Liberal Democrat Reetendra Banerji 1,959 2.33%
TUSC Hugo Pierre 871 1.03%
Independent Reza Choudhury 205 0.24%
Independent Mohammed Khan 164 0.19%
Independent Hafiz Kadir 162 0.19%
Rejected ballots 2,306
Turnout 86,540 47.58
Registered electors 181,871
Void election result Swing

Council

Party Seats won Percentage of votes
Labour Party2238.92
Tower Hamlets First1835.40
Conservative Party511.29
Others014.39
postponed election3-
Total45100
Source: Tower Hamlets Council

References

  1. Council and Democracy London Borough of Tower Hamlets
  2. Order Legislation.gov
  3. Tower Hamlets FER LGBCE
  4. "Tower Hamlets Mayoral Election - Thursday, 22nd May, 2014". Tower Hamlets Council. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
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