Lansbury (ward)

Lansbury
Lansbury
Electoral ward; for the Tower Hamlets London Borough Council
Borough	Tower Hamlets
County	Greater London
Population	21,706 (2021)
Area	1.266 km²
Current electoral ward
Created	2014
Councillors	3

Population21,706 (2021)^[1]

Area1.266 km²

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.

Election
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)

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

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

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)

v t e Electoral wards in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
1965	Bethnal Green Central Bethnal Green East Bethnal Green North Bethnal Green South Bethnal Green West Bow North Bow South Bromley Holy Trinity Limehouse Poplar East Poplar Millwall Poplar South Poplar West Redcoat St Dunstan's St Katherine's St Mary's Shadwell Spitalfields
1978	Blackwall Bow Bromley East India Grove Holy Trinity Lansbury Limehouse Millwall Park Redcoat St Dunstan's St James' St Katharine's St Mary's St Peter's Shadwell Spitalfields Weavers
2002	Bethnal Green North Bethnal Green South Blackwall and Cubitt Town Bow East Bow West Bromley-by-Bow East India and Lansbury Limehouse Mile End and Globe Town Mile End East Millwall St Dunstan's and Stepney Green St Katharine's and Wapping Shadwell Spitalfields and Banglatown Weavers Whitechapel
2014	Bethnal Green (since 2022 Bethnal Green East) Blackwall and Cubitt Town Bow East Bow West Bromley North Bromley South Canary Wharf Island Gardens Lansbury Limehouse Mile End Poplar St Dunstan's St Katharine's and Wapping St Peter's (since 2022 Bethnal Green West) Shadwell Spitalfields and Banglatown Stepney Green Weavers Whitechapel
List of electoral wards in Greater London

Councillors

Lansbury
Electoral ward for the Tower Hamlets London Borough Council
Borough	Tower Hamlets
County	Greater London
Population	21,706 (2021)^[1]
Area	1.266 km²
Current electoral ward
Created	2014
Councillors	3