Tower Hamlets (including the pre-1965 metropolitan boroughs of Bethnal Green, Poplar and Stepney)

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1900

Bethnal Green

Progressive 22
Moderate 8

Poplar

Moderate 19
Progressive 18
Independent Progressive 2
Independent 2
Independent Moderate 1

Stepney

Moderate 32
Progressive 23
Independent 4
Independent Progressive 1

1903

Bethnal Green

Progressive 20
Moderate 1

Poplar

Progressive 26
Moderate 14
Independent Moderate 1
Independent Progressive 1

Stepney

Progressive 21
Independent 20
Moderate 18
Labour 1

1906

Bethnal Green

Progressive 30

Poplar

Municipal Alliance 22
Progressive 9
Labour 9
Independent Conservative 1
Independent 1

Stepney

Union of Stepney Rateypayers 35
Progressive 11
Independent 8
Municipal Reform 5
Independent Progressive 1

1909

Bethnal Green

Progressive 19
Municipal Reform 11

Poplar

Municipal Alliance 19
Labour 9
Progressive 7
Independent 7

Stepney

Union of Stepney Ratepayers 28
Stepney Council of Public Welfare 10
Independent 9
Municipal Reform 7
Independent Progressive 5
USR/SCPW joint candidate 1

1912

Bethnal Green

Progressive 22
Municipal Reform 8

Poplar

Municipal Alliance 19
Labour 9
Independent 8
Progressive 5
Independent Progressive 1

Stepney

Union of Stepney Ratepayers 26
Progressive 25
Municipal Reform 4
Indepednent 4
Indepedent Progressive 1

1919

Bethnal Green

Labour 27
Progressive 3

Poplar

Labour 39
Municipal Alliance 2
Independent 1

Stepney

Labour 42
Progressive 13
Union of Stepney Ratepayers 4
Municipal Reform 1

1922

Bethnal Green

Ratepayer 16
Labour 14

Poplar

Labour 36
Municipal Reform 6

Stepney

Ratepayers' Association 33
Labour 27

1925

Bethnal Green

Labour 17
People 9
Progressive 4

Poplar

Labour 37
Municipal Reform 5

Stepney

Labour 40
Ratepayers' Association 17
Independent 3

1928

Bethnal Green

Liberal 30

Poplar

Labour 36
Anti-Socialist Alliance 6

Stepney

Labour 41
Municipal Reform 15
Independent 3
Ratepayers' Association 1

1931

Bethnal Green

Liberal 30

Poplar

Labour 36
Ratepayers' Association 5
Independent 1

Stepney

Labour 26
Municipal Reform 16
Ratepayers' Association 14
Independent 4

1934

Bethnal Green

Labour 30

Poplar

Labour 42

Stepneyr

Labour 60

1937

Bethnal Green

Labour 30

Poplar

Labour 42

Stepney

Labour 59
Communist 1

1945

Bethnal Green

Labour 30

Poplar

Labour 42

Stepney

Labour 49
Communist 10
Independent Labour 1

1949

Bethnal Green

Labour 30

Poplar

Labour 42

Stepney

Labour 50
Communist 9
Independent Labour 1

1953

Bethnal Green

Labour 30

Poplar

Labour 42

Stepney

Labour 59
Independent Labour 1

1956

Bethnal Green

Labour 30

Poplar

Labour 42

Stepney

Labour 48
Conservative 8
Communist 4

1959

Bethnal Green

Labour 30

Poplar

Labour 42

Stepney

Labour 37
Communist 2
Independent Riverside 1

1962

Bethnal Green

Conservative 27
Labour 12
Liberal 3

Poplar

Labour 39
Ratepayers' Association 3

Stepney

Labour 35
Communist 3
Liberal 2

1964

Labour 55
Communist 3
Independent Ratepayer 2

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1968

Labour 57
Communist 3

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1971

Labour 60

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1974

Labour 60

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1978

Labour 43
Liberal 7
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1982

Labour 31
SDP/Liberal Alliance 18
Independent 1
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1986

SDP/Liberal Alliance 26
Labour 24
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1990

Liberal Democrat 30
Labour 20
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1994

Labour 43
Liberal Democrat 7
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1998

Labour 41
Liberal Democrat 9
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2002

Labour 35
Liberal Democrat 16
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2006

Labour 26
Respect 12
Conservative 7
Liberal Democrat 6
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2010

CLabour 41
Conservative 8
Liberal Democrat 1
Respect 1
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2014

Labour 22
Tower Hamlets First 18
Conservative 5

2018

Labour 42
Conservative 2
People's Aliance for Tower Hamlets 1

2022

Aspire 24
Labour19
Conservative 1
Green 1