Stepney Green (ward)

Stepney Green
Stepney Green
Electoral ward; for the Tower Hamlets London Borough Council
	Stepney Green ward boundaries since 2014
Borough	Tower Hamlets
County	Greater London
Population	12,342 (2021)
Electorate	8,270 (2022)
Area	0.6261 square kilometres (0.2417 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	2014
Councillors	2
Created from	St Dunstan's and Stepney Green; Whitechapel;
GSS code	E05009334

Stepney Green is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The ward was first used in the 2014 elections. It returns councillors to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council.

Tower Hamlets council elections

There was a revision of ward boundaries in Tower Hamlets in 2014.^[1]

The election took place on 5 May 2022.^[2]

2022 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election: Stepney Green (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Aspire	Abdul Ali	1,623	39.55	+26.59
	Labour	Sabina Akhtar	1,588	38.69	−16.30
	Aspire	Shuhel Malique	1,346	32.80	+24.88
	Labour	Motin Uz-Zaman	1,121	27.31	−12.27
	Liberal Democrats	Akhlaqur Rahman	676	16.47	−5.37
	Liberal Democrats	Kim Nottage	332	8.09	+3.81
	Green	Kirsty Chestnutt	308	7.50	−0.75
	Green	Thomas Mackay	202	4.92	+0.27
	Conservative	Stephen Alton	198	4.82	−1.01
	Conservative	Panagiotis Koutroumpis	108	2.63	−2.10
Rejected ballots			62
Turnout			4,104	49.63	+1.84
Registered electors			8,270
	Aspire gain from Labour		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

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

2018 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election: Stepney Green (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sabina Akhtar	2,105	54.99	+19.99
	Labour	Motin Uz-Zaman	1,515	39.58	+17.98
	PATH	Akhlaqur Rahman	836	21.84	N/A
	PATH	Ahbab Miah	620	16.20	N/A
	Aspire	Oliur Rahman	496	12.96	−31.53
	Green	Kirsty Chestnutt	316	8.25	−1.05
	Aspire	Habibur Rahman	303	7.92	N/A
	Conservative	David Fell	223	5.83	+1.10
	Conservative	Tiffany Trenner-Lyle	181	4.73	+0.97
	Green	George Lyle	178	4.65	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ailbhe Rees	164	4.28	+0.86
	Liberal Democrats	Antony Sanders	148	3.87	N/A
Rejected ballots			57
Turnout			3,885	47.79
Registered electors			8,130
	Labour gain from Tower Hamlets First		Swing
	Labour gain from Tower Hamlets First		Swing

A by-election was held on 11 June 2015, following the Erlam v Rahman election court case which removed Alibor Choudhury from office.^[3]

2015 Stepney Green by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sabina Akhtar	1,643	42.11	+6.61
	Independent	Abu Chowdhury	1,472	37.72	N/A
	Green	Kirsty Chestnutt	272	6.97	−2.33
	UKIP	Paul Shea	203	5.20	−3.56
	Conservative	Safiul Azam	158	4.05	−0.68
	Liberal Democrats	Will Dyer	114	2.92	−0.50
	Something New	Jessie Macneil-Brown	40	1.03	N/A
Majority			171	4.39
Turnout			3,939	47.37
	Labour gain from Tower Hamlets First		Swing

The election took place on 22 May 2014.^[4]

2014 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election : Stepney Green (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tower Hamlets First	Alibor Choudhury	2,023	45.80
	Tower Hamlets First	Oliur Rahman	1,965	44.49
	Labour	Sabina Akhtar	1,568	35.50
	Labour	Victoria Obaze	954	21.60
	Green	Hilary Clarke	411	9.30
	UKIP	Nicholas McQueen	387	8.76
	Conservative	Chris Wilford	209	4.73
	Conservative	Hugo Mann	166	3.76
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Donkin	151	3.42
Turnout			4,463	54.90
	Tower Hamlets First win (new seat)
	Tower Hamlets First win (new seat)

^ "The Tower Hamlets (Electoral Changes) Order 2013". legislation.gov.uk. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
^ Heywood, Joe; Loftus, Caitlin (March 2023). "London Borough Council Elections: May 2022" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
^ ^a ^b Colombeau, Joseph (October 2018). "London Borough Council Elections: 3 May 2018" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
^ Colombeau, Joseph (September 2014). "London Borough Council Elections: 22 May 2014" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 13 October 2023.