Spitalfields and Banglatown (ward)

Spitalfields and Banglatown is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The ward was first used in the 2002 elections. It returns councillors to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council.

Spitalfields and Banglatown
Electoral ward for the Tower Hamlets London Borough Council
Spitalfields and Banglatown ward boundaries since 2014
Borough	Tower Hamlets
County	Greater London
Population	13,340 (2021)
Electorate	9,032 (2022)
Area	0.9088 square kilometres (0.3509 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	2002
Councillors	2002–2014: 3 2014–present: 2
ONS code	00BGGL (2002–2014)
GSS code	E05000587 (2002–2014) E05009333 (2014–present)

Tower Hamlets council elections since 2014

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Tower Hamlets in 2014.

2022 election

The election took place on 5 May 2022.^[1]

2022 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election: Spitalfields and Banglatown (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Aspire	Kabir Hussain	1,595	42.66	+19.82
	Aspire	Suluk Ahmed	1,591	42.55	+19.44
	Labour	Shad Chowdhury	1,545	41.32	−8.84
	Labour	Nazma Hussain	1,128	30.17	−2.62
	Green	Abdul Hye	293	7.84	+0.01
	Liberal Democrats	Freda Graf	242	6.47	+0.61
	Conservative	Timothy Lowe	173	4.63	−3.49
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Shelton	172	4.60	−0.99
	Conservative	Shamim Miah	94	2.51	−3.82
Rejected ballots			49
Turnout			3,739	41.40	+1.16
Registered electors			9,032
	Aspire gain from Labour		Swing
	Aspire gain from Labour		Swing

2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018.^[2]

2018 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election: Spitalfields and Banglatown (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shad Chowdury	1,704	50.16	+19.97
	Labour	Leema Qureshi	1,114	32.79	+7.57
	Aspire	Suluk Ahmed	785	23.11	−20.21
	Aspire	Kalam Choudhury	776	22.84	N/A
	Conservative	Anwara Ali	276	8.12	−0.55
	Green	Maureen Childs	266	7.83	−4.22
	PATH	Abdul Rob	263	7.74	N/A
	Conservative	William Fletcher	215	6.33	−0.11
	Green	Oli Walker	201	5.92	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Packard	199	5.86	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ferdy North	190	5.59	+0.15
	PATH	Sumsul Talukder	145	4.27	N/A
Rejected ballots			49
Turnout			3,446	40.24
Registered electors			8,563
	Labour gain from Tower Hamlets First		Swing
	Labour gain from Tower Hamlets First		Swing

2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014.^[3]

2014 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election: Spitalfields and Banglatown (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tower Hamlets First	Gulam Robbani	1,955	48.58
	Tower Hamlets First	Suluk Ahmed	1,743	43.32
	Labour	Helal Abbas	1,215	30.19
	Labour	Tarik Khan	1,015	25.22
	Green	Zachary Thornton	485	12.05
	Conservative	Jane Emmerson	349	8.67
	Conservative	David Fell	259	6.44
	Liberal Democrats	Ferdy North	219	5.44
	TUSC	Jason Turvey	98	2.44
Turnout			4,070	43.69
	Tower Hamlets First win (new boundaries)
	Tower Hamlets First win (new boundaries)

2002–2014 Tower Hamlets council elections

Spitalfields and Banglatown ward boundaries from 2002 to 2014

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Tower Hamlets in 2002.

2010 election

The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election.^[4]

2010 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election: Spitalfields and Banglatown (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lutfur Rahman	1,660
	Labour	Shelina Akhtar	1,545
	Labour	Helal Abbas	1,500
	Respect	Fozol Miah	1068
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Dyer	839
	Liberal Democrats	Moniruzzaman Syed	673
	Conservative	Philip Vracas	571
	Conservative	Sadek Khan	561
	Liberal Democrats	Jewel Toropdar	532
	Conservative	Asad Ahmod	492
	Green	Nico Aspinall	483
	Respect	Ahad Ali	441
	Respect	Alibaba Prasad	437
	Green	Mohammed Hossain	265
	Independent	Shah Yousuf	141
Turnout				56.48
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Respect		Swing

2006 election

The election took place on 4 May 2006.^[5]

2006 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election: Spitalfields and Banglatown (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helal Abbas	912	24.4
	Respect	Fozol Miah	866	23.1
	Labour	Lutfur Rahman	860
	Labour	Mohammad Mortuza	775
	Independent	Mizanur Chaudhury	716	19.1
	Respect	Mohammad Islam	682
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Kamali	548	14.6
	Respect	Mohammed Choudhury	471
	Conservative	Dinul Shah	458	12.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Rahman	424
	Liberal Democrats	Guy Burton	354
	Conservative	Iqbal Hussain	329
	Green	Beth Collar	242	6.5
	Conservative	Hamid-Ur Chowdhury	241
	Green	Peter Lockley	191
Turnout				43.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Respect gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002.^[6]

2002 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election: Spitalfields and Banglatown (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helal Abbas	936
	Labour	Ghulam Mortuza	848
	Labour	Lutfur Rahman	846
	Conservative	Mohammed Rahman	400
	Conservative	Pir Quium	345
	Conservative	David Webb	272
	Liberal Democrats	Ahmed Hussain	255
	Green	Keith Magnum	198
	Liberal Democrats	Melvin Ramsay	198
	Liberal Democrats	Alas Uddin	186
	Independent	Muhit Ahmed	157
	Green	Annika Sanders	146
	Independent	Ismail Malik	137
	Green	Kerry Seager	130
	Independent	Alexander Vracas	124
	Independent	Sultan Ahmed	53
Turnout			5,231
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)