Lansbury (ward)

Lansbury
Electoral ward
for the Tower Hamlets London Borough Council
BoroughTower Hamlets
CountyGreater London
Population21,706 (2021)[1]
Area1.266 km²
Current electoral ward
Created2014
Councillors3

Lansbury is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The ward was first used in the 2014 elections. It returns three councillors to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council. It was previously used from 1978 to 2002.

Geography

The ward is based on the Lansbury Estate named after the former leader of the opposition George Lansbury who was a Member of Parliament in Tower Hamlets.

Councillors

Election Councillors
2014 Rajib Ahmed

(Labour)

Shiria Khatun

(Labour)

Ohid Ahmed

(Tower Hamlets First)

2018 Kahar Chowdhury

(Labour)

Muhammad Harun

(Labour)

Bex White

(Labour)

2022 Ohid Ahmed[2]

(Aspire)

Iqbal Hossain[3]

(Aspire)

Jahed Choudhury[4]

(Aspire)

Elections

2022 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election

Lansbury (3)[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Aspire Abul Ahmed 2,686 48.75 +21.19
Aspire Iqbal Hossain 2,413 43.79 +25.91
Aspire Jahed Choudhury 2,286 41.49 +23.60
Labour Kahar Chowdhury* 1,803 32.72 −10.71
Labour Shaheda Rahman 1,542 27.99 −9.92
Labour Ansarul Haque 1,479 26.84 −10.48
Green Norm Cassidy 546 9.91 +2.26
Liberal Democrats Elaine Bagshaw 494 8.97 −1.34
Green John Scanlan 464 8.42 +1.70
Conservative Chrissie Townsend 373 6.77 −1.31
Conservative Paul Ingham 333 6.04 −1.83
Conservative Akbar Ali 203 3.68 −1.33
Liberal Democrats Abdul Manik 149 2.70 −7.57
Liberal Democrats Muhammad Uddin 134 2.43 −3.64
Rejected ballots 74
Turnout 5,510 41.34 +0.03
Registered electors 13,330
Aspire gain from Labour Swing
Aspire gain from Labour Swing
Aspire gain from Labour Swing

2018

Lansbury (3)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kahar Chowdhury 2,140 43.43 +2.35
Labour Muhammad Harun 1,868 37.91 +1.20
Labour Bex White 1,839 37.32 +2.53
Aspire Ohid Ahmed* 1,358 27.56 −8.85
Aspire Jahed Choudhury 980 19.89 N/A
Aspire Shully Akthar 881 17.88 −14.60
PATH Abdul Sheikh 646 13.11 N/A
Liberal Democrats Jack Gilbert 506 10.27 +5.91
Liberal Democrats Oliver McQueen 506 10.27 N/A
Conservative Mumshad Afruz 398 8.08 +0.80
Conservative Paul Ingham 388 7.87 +1.63
Green Katy Guttmann 377 7.65 N/A
PATH Syed Miah 354 7.18 N/A
PATH Muhammad Uddin 337 6.84 N/A
Green John Urpeth 331 6.72 N/A
Liberal Democrats Tara Hussain 299 6.07 N/A
Conservative Hanad Darwish 247 5.01 +0.72
Independent Monsur Khan 167 3.39 N/A
Rejected ballots 56
Turnout 4,983 41.31
Registered electors 12,063
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Tower Hamlets First Swing

2014

Lansbury (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rajib Ahmed 2,184 41.08
Labour Shiria Khatun 1,952 36.71
Tower Hamlets First Ohid Ahmed 1,936 36.41
Labour Dave Smith 1,850 34.79
Tower Hamlets First Shuily Akthar 1,727 32.48
Tower Hamlets First Stephen Beckett 1,535 28.87
UKIP Paul Shea 732 13.77
Conservative Graham Collins 387 7.28
Conservative Paul Ingham 332 6.24
Liberal Democrats Simon McGrath 232 4.36
Conservative Mohammed Riaz 228 4.29
TUSC Pete Dickenson 190 3.57
Turnout 5,371 51.29
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Tower Hamlets First win (new seat)

Notes

References

  1. ^ https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/london/wards/tower_hamlets/E05009325__lansbury/
  2. ^ "Councillor Ohid Ahmed". Tower Hamlets London Borough Council.
  3. ^ "Councillor Iqbal Hossain". Tower Hamlets London Borough Council.
  4. ^ "Councillor Jahed Choudhury". Tower Hamlets London Borough Council.
  5. ^ "Election results for Lansbury, 5 May 2022". 5 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Election results for Lansbury, 3 May 2018". Tower Hamlets Council. 3 May 2018. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
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