Tower Hamlets Council - Wards and Councillors

London borough · London · 45 seats in 20 wards · All seats elected every four years · Next election 2 May 2030

Tower Hamlets has a directly elected Aspire mayor. Aspire hold 32 of the 45 council seats. The council has 45 councillors in 20 wards. Seats by party: Aspire 32, Labour 5, Green 5, Other 1, Lib Dem 1, Conservative 1. The next election is on 2 May 2030.

Control

Seats by party

Aspire (Majority)

45 seats - 23 for a majority

Labour 5Conservative 1Lib Dem 1Green 5Aspire 32Other 1

Seat changes since the 7 May 2026 election Other +1 Aspire −1

Vote share at the 7 May 2026 election (45 seats, all wards)

ShareSeats won

Aspire28.9%33

Labour22.3%5

Green21.5%5

Other9.6%0

Reform6.8%0

Lib Dem5.9%1

Conservative5.1%1

2026 election results for Tower Hamlets, ward by ward

Next election

2 May 2030

all 45 seats up, then every four years

Largest party

Aspire 32

majority of 19; 23 needed

Closest result

Weavers

Labour won the last seat by 32 votes over Green, 7 May 2026

Latest by-election

Bow East

Labour hold, 12 September 2024 (1 since 2021)

Constituencies

3 overlap

2024Now

Voted Leave in 2016

32%

GB 52%

Wards

Who holds each ward

LabourConservativeGreenAspire

Coloured by the party holding most of the ward's seats today; where seats are split evenly, by the party with the higher share at the last election.

All 20 wards

Councillors and last results

Select a ward for its full results, candidates and last by-election.

Ward and councillors	Last election
Bethnal Green East Ahmodul Kabir, Halima Islam, Syed Abdullah	7 May 2026 Aspire 32.7% lead 6.2 pts
Bethnal Green West Musthak Ahmed, Abu Chowdhury, Amin Rahman	7 May 2026 Aspire 28.8% lead 3.7 pts
Blackwall & Cubitt Town Ahmodur Khan, Minara Khatun, Bellal Uddin	7 May 2026 Aspire 22.0% lead 4.3 pts
Bow East Jonathan Purcell, Ottilie Swinyard, Mads Churchhouse	7 May 2026 Green 39.5% lead 12.9 pts
Bow West Rupert George, Martin Parker	7 May 2026 Green 35.3% lead 9.2 pts
Bromley North Abdul Mannan, Mohammed Ilyas	7 May 2026 Aspire 30.6% lead 1.8 pts
Bromley South Shahaveer Hussain, Bodrul Choudhury	7 May 2026 Labour 32.9% lead 1.4 pts
Canary Wharf Saied Ahmed, Maium Talukdar	7 May 2026 Aspire 31.9% lead 10.2 pts
Island Gardens Sadiqur Rahman, Peter Golds	7 May 2026 Conservative 25.1% lead 1.3 pts
Lansbury Abul Monsur, Iqbal Hossain, Foysal Ahmed	7 May 2026 Aspire 37.7% lead 20.6 pts
Limehouse David Edgar	7 May 2026 Labour 31.4% lead 11.8 pts
Mile End Mohammed Omar Mehdi, Rougie Khanom, Mohammed Mahmud	7 May 2026 Aspire 28.4% lead 4.8 pts
Poplar Gulam Kibria Choudhury	7 May 2026 Aspire 42.2% lead 25.0 pts
Shadwell Rabina Khan, Harun Miah	7 May 2026 Aspire 29.8% lead 4.2 pts
Spitalfields & Banglatown Faysal Ahmed, Suluk Ahmed	7 May 2026 Aspire 29.8% lead 4.6 pts
St Dunstan's Shafiq Islam, Shenaly Miah	7 May 2026 Aspire 34.7% lead 3.7 pts
St Katharine's & Wapping Victoria Lupton, Abdal Ullah	7 May 2026 Labour 31.8% lead 10.6 pts
Stepney Green Abdul Wahid Ali, Sabina Akhtar	7 May 2026 Aspire 45.3% lead 29.0 pts
Weavers Kabir Ahmed, Amina Ali	7 May 2026 Aspire 28.8% lead 2.5 pts
Whitechapel Shafi Ahmed, Kamrul Hussain, Abulkashem Helal	7 May 2026 Aspire 37.6% lead 15.4 pts

Bethnal Green East

Ahmodul Kabir AspireHalima Islam AspireSyed Abdullah Aspire

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Aspire32.7%

Green26.5%

Labour23.2%

Reform7.0%

Conservative3.4%

Lib Dem3.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Syed Tareq Abdullah Elected	Aspire	2,371
Ahmodul Khabir Elected	Aspire	2,177
Halima Islam Elected	Aspire	2,123
Rebecca Claire Binns	Green	1,922
Rebaka Sultana	Labour	1,683
Harriet Walsh	Green	1,641
Liam Gerard McQuade	Green	1,596
Nazma Hussain	Labour	1,526
Martin Allistair Nesbit	Labour	1,207
Gareth Thomas	Reform	505
Richard Noy Trouson	Conservative	249
Freda Mary Graf	Lib Dem	218
Ana Campillo	Conservative	211
Md Shahin Ahmed	Tower Hamlets Independents	194
Marc Pisanski	Conservative	183
Alexander Fraser King	Lib Dem	178
Md Kamruzzaman	Tower Hamlets Independents	163
Mohammed Muhebul Hasan	Tower Hamlets Independents	136
Rizgar Khourshid	Lib Dem	110
Robbie Davidson	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	93
Adham Alkhatip	Forward Party	12

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Bethnal Green West

Abu Chowdhury AspireAmin Rahman AspireMusthak Ahmed Aspire

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Aspire28.8%

Green25.1%

Independent16.2%

Labour14.3%

Reform4.3%

Conservative3.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Abu Talha Chowdhury Elected	Aspire	2,452
Musthak Ahmed Elected	Aspire	2,445
Amin Rahman Elected	Aspire	2,275
Mae Dobbs	Green	2,139
Chelsea Chiamaka Ireoluwa Omoogun	Green	1,875
Ted Maxwell	Independent	1,383
Carmine Greusard-Deffeuille	Labour	1,218
Tarik Ahmed Khan	Labour	1,191
Gulay Icoz	Labour	922
Graham Wild	Reform	364
Peter John Bowring	Conservative	262
Paula Elizabeth Angela Palmer	Lib Dem	255
Muhibul Hoque	Tower Hamlets Independents	237
Avi Islam	Tower Hamlets Independents	236
Clive Adrian Heemskerk	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	209
Warwick Richard Danks	Lib Dem	196
Nasir Ahmed Jilani	Tower Hamlets Independents	186
Mohaemd Ahmed Ahmed	Conservative	150
Sundar Bhargav Joshi	Lib Dem	146
Ahmedur Rahman	Conservative	100

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Blackwall & Cubitt Town

Ahmodur Khan AspireBellal Uddin AspireMinara Khatun Aspire

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Aspire22.0%

Independent17.7%

Labour16.5%

Green15.4%

Reform10.2%

Lib Dem7.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Bellal Uddin Elected	Aspire	1,477
Ahmodur Rahman Khan Elected	Aspire	1,432
Minara Khatun Elected	Aspire	1,386
Andrew George Wood	Independent	1,183
Smrity Azad	Labour	1,105
Hakan Bas	Green	1,032
Alex Stanley	Labour	976
Gary O'Leary	Green	879
Anwar Imaduddin Naseemi Punekar	Labour	804
Catherine Prescott	Reform	684
Richard Tudor	Reform	679
Katherine Eleanor Walsh	Reform	603
Shelly Lorraine English	Lib Dem	527
Lesley Margaret Lincoln	Conservative	479
Richard Dominic Flowers	Lib Dem	425
Yeadhir Ahmed	Conservative	305
Idrees Khan	Conservative	275
Zaheed Ahmed	Tower Hamlets Independents	215
Shah Noor Muhammad	Tower Hamlets Independents	120
Airin Sobhan	Tower Hamlets Independents	116

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Bow East

Jonathan Purcell GreenMads Churchhouse GreenOttilie Swinyard Green

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Green39.5%

Labour26.6%

Aspire15.9%

Reform7.9%

Lib Dem3.7%

Tower Hamlets Independents2.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Mads Churchhouse Elected	Green	2,777
Ottilie Daisy Swinyard Elected	Green	2,603
Jonathan Purcell Elected	Green	2,550
Marc Francis	Labour	1,873
Amina Ali	Labour	1,711
Abdi Mohamed	Labour	1,385
Yusuf Mohamed Abdi	Aspire	1,120
Mansur Nadim Hussain	Aspire	1,087
Hamida Begum Juti	Aspire	1,068
John Bayne Forster	Reform	559
Gary Taylor	Reform	517
Kevin Turner	Reform	444
Daniel David Bond	Lib Dem	262
Md Salim Chowdhury	Tower Hamlets Independents	186
Georgie Callé	Conservative	180
Robin William Edwards	Conservative	178
Dan Lan	Lib Dem	170
Jade Ayesha Kelly	Conservative	169
Delwar Hira	Tower Hamlets Independents	140
Md Shofiqul Islam	Tower Hamlets Independents	131
Folkert Ferdinand Veenstra	Lib Dem	115
Naomi Byron	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	76

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Bow West

Martin Parker GreenRupert George Green

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Green35.3%

Labour26.1%

Aspire19.9%

Reform7.4%

Conservative3.9%

Tower Hamlets Independents3.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Rupert George Elected	Green	1,821
Martin John Parker Elected	Green	1,506
Asma Begum	Labour	1,347
Kevin Joseph Brady	Labour	1,088
Syed Naem Ahmad	Aspire	1,027
Mohammed Ripon Ali	Aspire	1,018
Robin Griffiths	Reform	383
Debbie Buggs	Conservative	199
Sayeda Fatema Tuj Johora	Tower Hamlets Independents	190
Janet Irene Ludlow	Lib Dem	188
Nick Mitev	Conservative	165
Momtaz Islam	Tower Hamlets Independents	141
Tom Kaneko	Lib Dem	116

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Bromley North

Abdul Mannan AspireMohammed Ilyas Aspire

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Aspire30.6%

Green28.8%

Labour19.9%

Tower Hamlets Independents7.4%

Reform5.8%

Conservative3.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Mohammed Ilyas Elected	Aspire	1,212
Abdul Mannan Elected	Aspire	1,205
Hirra Khan Adeogun	Green	1,143
James George Edward Meadway	Green	1,000
Hamim Chowdhury	Labour	791
Shaheda Rowshonara Rahman	Labour	652
Abdul Mumin	Tower Hamlets Independents	295
John Bullard	Reform	232
Alex Reeves	Conservative	142
Sheikh Mohammed Nashar	Tower Hamlets Independents	134
Simon Nicholas Herbert	Lib Dem	117
Samia Hersi	Conservative	112
David Andre Lurie	Lib Dem	56
Lauren Riley	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	35

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Bromley South

Bodrul Choudhury AspireShahaveer Hussain Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Labour32.9%

Aspire31.5%

Green17.5%

Tower Hamlets Independents8.1%

Reform4.5%

Conservative2.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Shubo Hussain Elected	Labour	1,495
Bodrul Islam Choudhury Elected	Aspire	1,434
Masood Rahman	Aspire	1,134
Lynda Ouazar	Labour	878
Mirren Gidda	Green	796
Kim Ashleigh Sparks	Green	721
Liton Ahmed	Tower Hamlets Independents	369
Ron Packman	Reform	205
Matt Moorhouse	Conservative	131
David Andrew Snowdon	Conservative	124
Ian Andrew Roy Burns	Lib Dem	116
Alex Warren	Lib Dem	113

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Canary Wharf

Maium Talukdar AspireSaied Ahmed Aspire

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Aspire31.9%

Labour21.7%

Green14.7%

Reform12.4%

Conservative10.8%

Lib Dem5.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Maium Talukdar Elected	Aspire	1,287
Saied Ahmed Elected	Aspire	1,244
Daniel Lloyd Lynch	Labour	875
Suzy Stride	Labour	810
Alexander James Stirling Bishop	Green	594
Jon Bidwell	Reform	499
Alistair Polson	Green	494
Callum Murphy	Conservative	437
Luke Williamson	Reform	422
Dominic Aidan Nolan	Conservative	394
Michael George Brand	Lib Dem	207
Finlay Jonah Munn	Lib Dem	158
Zahid Abu Hyath	Tower Hamlets Independents	133
Mo Aboshanab	Tower Hamlets Independents	114

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Island Gardens

Peter Golds ConservativeSadiqur Rahman Aspire

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Conservative25.1%

Aspire23.8%

Green16.6%

Labour12.8%

Reform10.7%

Tower Hamlets Independents6.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Peter Golds Elected	Conservative	1,206
Sadiqur Rahman Elected	Aspire	1,143
Syed Shofor Ali	Aspire	1,095
David Nicholas Allison	Green	800
Matthew Miles	Conservative	756
Paul David Burgess	Green	751
Mufeedah Bustin	Labour	616
Michael Anthony Gray	Reform	513
Ken Murphy	Labour	494
Ahmed Ibrahim	Reform	341
Ewan Horton	Tower Hamlets Independents	324
Christian Magnus Holland	Lib Dem	170
Kamrul Hashan	Tower Hamlets Independents	138
Damian Adam Johnson	Lib Dem	129
Adam Gillman	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	37

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Lansbury

Abul Monsur IndependentFoysal Ahmed AspireIqbal Hossain Aspire

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Aspire37.7%

Green17.1%

Labour16.5%

Tower Hamlets Independents10.3%

Reform9.9%

Conservative4.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Iqbal Hossain Elected	Aspire	2,251
Foysal Ahmed Elected	Aspire	2,181
Abul Monsur Elected	Aspire	1,882
Simon Paul Levey	Green	1,020
Anwar Miah	Labour	982
Shajia Sultana	Labour	948
Mohammed Rob	Labour	941
Daniel Thomas Smith	Green	912
John Urpeth	Green	785
Jahed Bakth Choudhury	Tower Hamlets Independents	614
Romna Begum	Tower Hamlets Independents	601
Daniel Cunliffe	Reform	588
Daniel Klop	Reform	523
Leslie Charles Pearce-Burden	Reform	517
Kaisol Islam	Tower Hamlets Independents	338
Stephen Phillip Charge	Conservative	238
Douglas Henry Oliver	Conservative	201
Corie Elizabeth Hawkins	Lib Dem	188
Charles Henry Copley Du Cane	Lib Dem	147
Tangai Matthew Nyampingidza	Conservative	137
Quintin Peppiatt	Lib Dem	114
Pete Dickenson	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	85

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Limehouse

David Edgar Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Labour31.4%

Green19.6%

Aspire19.0%

Reform12.1%

Conservative9.2%

Lib Dem6.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
David Edgar Elected	Labour	643	31.4%
Jurgen Forster	Green	402	19.6%
Masudul Karim	Aspire	389	19.0%
Kellen Hadfield	Reform	248	12.1%
Mark Steven Wolfisz	Conservative	188	9.2%
Jacob Courtnay Sinkins	Lib Dem	130	6.3%
Jhahan Ibrahim Ali	Tower Hamlets Independents	50	2.4%

Mile End

Mohammed Mahmud AspireMohammed Omar Mehdi AspireRougie Khanom Aspire

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Aspire28.4%

Labour23.6%

Green22.9%

Tower Hamlets Independents7.6%

Independent5.7%

Reform5.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Rougie Khanom Elected	Aspire	1,879
Mohammed Hasan Mahmud Elected	Aspire	1,795
Mohammed Omar Mehdi Elected	Aspire	1,775
Raihan Chowdhury	Labour	1,561
Asma Islam	Labour	1,538
Martin Peter Donkin	Green	1,512
Amin Rahman	Green	1,494
Leelu Ahmed	Labour	1,429
Hytham Emam	Green	1,381
Shah Alam	Tower Hamlets Independents	502
Iftakhar Ahmed	Independent	375
Emilie Louise Martin	Reform	351
Alan Keith Iestyn Walker	Reform	311
Christianah Agbabiaka	Tower Hamlets Independents	230
Rupert Bawden	Lib Dem	220
Catherine Hazel Burrows	Lib Dem	219
Neil Anthony King	Conservative	215
Nauman Iqbal	Tower Hamlets Independents	212
Andrew Paul Binns	Conservative	207
Conor Francis Hilliard	Lib Dem	158
Israt Sawda	Conservative	115

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Poplar

Gulam Kibria Choudhury Aspire

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Aspire42.2%

Labour17.2%

Tower Hamlets Independents15.3%

Green12.8%

Reform6.9%

Conservative3.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Gulam Kibria Choudhury Elected	Aspire	982	42.2%
Zaglul Hussain Khan	Labour	399	17.2%
Farhad Ahmed	Tower Hamlets Independents	356	15.3%
Bethan Anghard Lant	Green	297	12.8%
Seb Downing	Reform	161	6.9%
Adrian Charles Thompson	Conservative	86	3.7%
Alan Henry Palmer	Lib Dem	45	1.9%

Shadwell

Harun Miah AspireRabina Khan Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Aspire29.8%

Lib Dem25.6%

Labour21.5%

Green10.3%

Tower Hamlets Independents7.3%

Reform3.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Mohammad Harun Miah Elected	Aspire	1,621
Rabina Khan Elected	Lib Dem	1,393
Ana Miah	Aspire	1,287
Muhi Uddin Muhammad Mikdad	Labour	1,172
Naomi Jane Goldberg	Labour	626
Jarod Hardcastle	Green	563
Gunther Jancke	Green	541
Mohammed Abdus Sukur	Tower Hamlets Independents	399
Mark William Mapstone	Reform	177
Iain Tennant	Reform	129
Daryl Martin Stafford	Conservative	116
Kwame Ansu Gyeabour Poku	Conservative	74

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Spitalfields & Banglatown

Faysal Ahmed AspireSuluk Ahmed Aspire

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Aspire29.8%

Labour25.2%

Tower Hamlets Independents20.4%

Green16.5%

Reform3.1%

Lib Dem3.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Faysal Ahmed Elected	Aspire	1,237
Suluk Ahmed Elected	Aspire	1,148
Shad Chowdhury	Labour	1,045
Kabir Hussain	Tower Hamlets Independents	849
Rumana Azad	Labour	727
Daniele Pollicino	Green	684
Maggie Sawant	Green	616
Nurul Maleque	Tower Hamlets Independents	489
Cristina Cecchinato	Reform	127
Gareth Lewis Shelton	Lib Dem	126
Robert Adderley	Lib Dem	117
Helen Biebuyck	Reform	112
Mohammed Emdad Miah	Conservative	84
Terrel Mollel	Conservative	79

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

St Dunstan's

Shafiq Islam AspireShenaly Miah Aspire

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Aspire34.7%

Labour31.0%

Green17.8%

Tower Hamlets Independents7.2%

Reform5.0%

Lib Dem2.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Shafiq Islam Elected	Aspire	1,661
Shenaly Miah Elected	Aspire	1,630
Shahanur Khan	Labour	1,486
Stephanie Clare Golder	Green	851
Victoria Ngozi Obaze	Labour	709
Flo Zwiers	Green	643
Muhammed Kamruzzaman	Tower Hamlets Independents	347
Stefano Farina	Reform	239
Owen Murphy	Reform	217
Mohammad Amirul Islam	Tower Hamlets Independents	183
Alexander James Gallagher	Lib Dem	112
Gemma Lucy Campbell Larter	Conservative	92
Quentin Philip Patrick Croft	Lib Dem	90
Olivier Charles Joseph Abelhauser	Conservative	84

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

St Katharine's & Wapping

Abdal Ullah LabourVictoria Lupton Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Labour31.8%

Lib Dem21.2%

Green14.6%

Aspire12.4%

Reform8.9%

Conservative8.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Abdal Ullah Elected	Labour	1,303
Victoria Fleur Lupton Elected	Labour	1,205
Guy Benson	Lib Dem	869
Seb Villars	Lib Dem	772
Mareva De Coninck Moyou	Green	598
Jolley Harrison Gosnold	Green	585
Mahbub Alam	Aspire	509
Rafique Uddin	Aspire	501
Pete Holt	Reform	363
Alex Brookes	Conservative	357
Jane Elizabeth Emmerson	Conservative	333
John Charles Hilary Wilkes	Reform	311
Aysha Burton	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	57
Salim Malik	Tower Hamlets Independents	43
Mohammad Munshat Habib Chowdhury	Tower Hamlets Independents	38

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Stepney Green

Abdul Wahid Ali AspireSabina Akhtar Aspire

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Aspire45.3%

Green16.3%

Labour16.2%

Lib Dem11.5%

Reform4.8%

Tower Hamlets Independents3.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sabina Akhtar Elected	Aspire	1,940
Abdul Wahid Ali Elected	Aspire	1,784
Volker Gulde	Green	698
Sanu Miah	Labour	693
Roderick McGlynn	Green	679
Nanziba Nishat Nasima	Labour	574
Aminur Rashid Khan	Lib Dem	494
Anthony John Newland	Reform	206
Karen Biebuyck	Reform	203
Mohammed Hobibur Rahman	Tower Hamlets Independents	136
Simon Alexander Tunnicliffe	Lib Dem	115
Freddy Simpson	Conservative	114
Hassan Mohamed Diriye	Tower Hamlets Independents	106
Pankaj Goyal	Conservative	82

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Weavers

Amina Ali LabourKabir Ahmed Aspire

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Aspire28.8%

Labour26.3%

Green25.6%

Reform6.2%

Tower Hamlets Independents3.9%

Conservative3.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Kabir Ahmed Elected	Aspire	1,265
Amina Ali Elected	Labour	1,156
Sara Petrai	Green	1,124
Rakib Ahmed	Green	1,063
Abdul Khayer Mahboob	Aspire	947
Dilwar Hussan	Labour	799
Judy Corstjens	Reform	271
Imran Hossain	Tower Hamlets Independents	171
Elliott Weaver	Conservative	151
Edward Andrew Gilmore Long	Lib Dem	137
Abdullah Nazimuddin	Tower Hamlets Independents	125
Joseph Brazier	Lib Dem	123
Sherrill May Evarschi	Conservative	123
Abul Zubair	Independent	122

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Whitechapel

Abulkashem Helal AspireKamrul Hussain AspireShafi Ahmed Aspire

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Aspire37.6%

Labour22.2%

Green18.9%

Lib Dem4.9%

Independent4.5%

Conservative3.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Shafi Ahmed Elected	Aspire	2,109
Kamrul Hussain Elected	Aspire	1,908
Abulkashem Helal Elected	Aspire	1,802
Faroque Ahmed	Labour	1,247
Phoebe Julia Gill	Green	1,063
Shah Muhammad Rezaul Islam Suhel Ameen	Labour	1,059
Ed Rhodes	Green	892
Karissa Megan Singh	Green	867
Kamrun Nehar Shajahan	Labour	700
Mohammed Abdul Hannan	Lib Dem	273
Md. Liton Hossain	Independent	250
Debbie Kirk	Conservative	214
Warren Halpin	Reform	199
Md Mizanur Rahman	Tower Hamlets Independents	186
Rick Robinson	Reform	179
Garry Keith Ramsden	Conservative	178
Sonia Mironenko	Conservative	170
Wei Qu	Lib Dem	165
Michael David Robinson	Lib Dem	162
Md Ali Akbor	Tower Hamlets Independents	133
Md Abdul Bashir	Tower Hamlets Independents	119
Hugo Pierre	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	72

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Councillors

Changed party since the election

1 councillor now sit for a different party from the one they were elected for.

Ward	Councillor	Elected as	Now
Lansbury	Abul Monsur	Aspire 2026	Independent

By-elections

Every council by-election since 2021

1 by-election since July 2021, 0 of them gains.

Date	Ward	Result	Winner's share
12 September 2024	Bow East	Labour hold	53.3%

Parliament

Parliamentary constituencies

Constituency	Share of council	2024 winner	Projected now
Poplar and Limehouse	44%	Labour	Labour 43%
Bethnal Green and Stepney	41%	Labour	Labour 36%
Stratford and Bow	15%	Labour	Labour 46%

Share of the council: the proportion of its census neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs) in each seat. The projection is PollCheck's demographic model at current polling, not a forecast.

People

Who lives in Tower Hamlets

310,296 residents in 120,506 households

Voted Leave in 2016

32% 20 below GB

Degree or higher

50% 16 above GB

No qualifications

16% 2 below GB

Own their home

23% 38 below GB

Rent from a council or housing association

36% 19 above GB

Rent privately

38% 18 above GB

Aged 15 to 34

53% 22 above GB

Aged 65 and over

7% 15 below GB

GB figure. 2021 Census (Scotland: 2022): age as a share of residents aged 15 and over, qualifications of residents aged 16 and over, housing as a share of households. Leave: 2016 EU referendum, Electoral Commission results by counting area.

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Closest on the measures above: the 2016 Leave vote, age, qualifications and housing. Maps show which party holds each ward.

Sources

Sources and method

Seat totals and control: PollCheck council control tracker. Councillors: Open Council Data (CC BY-SA 4.0). Election results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), with some vote counts from DCLEAPIL, Leman (2025) (CC BY-SA 4.0), and corrections checked against councils' official declarations. Ward boundaries: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Census: Office for National Statistics and National Records of Scotland.

Councillor lists and DCLEAPIL-derived vote counts on this page are available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

In wards electing more than one councillor, a party's share counts only its leading candidate (the Rallings and Thrasher method). Independents count individually. The lead is the gap between the top two parties' shares.