Bow West

Bow West
Electoral ward
for the Tower Hamlets London Borough Council
Bow West ward boundaries since 2014
BoroughTower Hamlets
CountyGreater London
Population13,711 (2021)
Electorate9,036 (2022)
Area1.348 square kilometres (0.520 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created2002
Number of members2
Councillors
  •   Rupert George
  •   Martin Parker
GSS codeE05009320

Bow West 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.

Councillors

Election Councillors
2014 Asma Begum

(Labour Party)

 Joshua Peck

(Labour Party)

2018 Val Whitehead

(Labour Party)

2022 Nathalie Bienfait

(Green Party)

2026 Rupert George

(Green Party)

 Martin Parker

(Green Party)

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.

2022 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election: Bow West (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Asma Begum 1,601 38.44 −22.28
Green Nathalie Bienfait 1,253 30.08 +19.94
Labour Val Whitehead 1,218 29.24 −22.67
Aspire Ripon Ali 1,035 24.85 +17.90
Green Alistair Polson 1,004 24.11 +11.40
Aspire Junu Ali 944 22.67 +16.99
Liberal Democrats Janet Ludlow 205 4.92 −5.60
Conservative Desmond Ellerbeck 191 4.59 −4.48
Liberal Democrats Tom Kaneko 159 3.82 −2.68
Conservative Mariem Sarghini 157 3.77 −3.41
Rejected ballots 32
Turnout 4,165 46.09 +2.87
Registered electors 9,036
Labour hold Swing
Green gain from Labour Swing

2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018.

2018 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election: Bow West (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Asma Begum 2,384 60.72 +18.30
Labour Val Whitehead 2,038 51.91 +0.07
Green Alistair Polson 499 12.71 +0.98
Liberal Democrats Liza Franchi 413 10.52 N/A
Green Anne Silberbauer 398 10.14 −1.74
Conservative Samuel Hall 356 9.07 −4.26
Conservative Agnieszka Kendrick 282 7.18 −2.19
Aspire Habibur Rahman 273 6.95 N/A
Liberal Democrats Altaf Hussain 255 6.50 −0.47
Aspire Mohammed Tanim 223 5.68 N/A
Rejected ballots 27
Turnout 3,953 43.22
Registered electors 9,146
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014.

2014 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election: Bow West (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joshua Peck 2,439 51.84
Labour Asma Begum 1,996 42.42
Tower Hamlets First Jainal Chowdhury 702 14.98
Conservative Matt Smith 627 13.33
Independent Anwar Khan 619 13.16
Green Louise Whitmore 559 11.88
Green Alistair Polson 552 11.73
Conservative S M Safiul Azam 441 9.37
Liberal Democrats Altaf Hussain 328 6.97
Turnout 4,737 52.33
Labour win (new boundaries)
Labour win (new boundaries)

References

  1. ↑ "Tower Hamles Council - Councillor details - Councillor Rupert George". Tower Hamlets. 8 May 2026. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
  2. ↑ "Tower Hamles Council - Councillor details - Councillor Martin Parker". Tower Hamlets. 8 May 2026. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
  3. ↑ Heywood, Joe; Loftus, Caitlin (March 2023). "London Borough Council Elections: May 2022" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  4. ↑ Colombeau, Joseph (October 2018). "London Borough Council Elections: 3 May 2018" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  5. ↑ Colombeau, Joseph (September 2014). "London Borough Council Elections: 22 May 2014" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 13 October 2023.