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Bow East
Bow East
Electoral ward; for the Tower Hamlets London Borough Council
	Bow East ward boundaries since 2014
Borough	Tower Hamlets
County	Greater London
Population	19,526 (2021)
Electorate	14,292 (2022)
Area	1.859 square kilometres (0.718 sq mi)
Current electoral ward
Created	2002
Number of members	3
Councillors	Mads Churchhouse; Ottilie Swinyard; Jonathan Purcell;
ONS code	00BGFZ (2002–2014)
GSS code	E05000576 (2002–2014); E05009319 (2014–present);

Bow East is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The ward was first used in the 2002 elections. It returns three councillors to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2002		Raymond Gipson (Liberal Democrats)	Nigel McCollum (Liberal Democrats)	Marian Williams (Liberal Democrats)
2006		Alexander Heslop (Labour Party)	Ahmed Omer (Labour Party)	Marc Francis (Labour Party)
2010	Carli Harper-Penman (Labour Party)
2014	Rachel Blake (Labour Party)	Amina Ali (Labour Party)
2018
2022
2026		Mads Churchhouse^[1] (Green Party)	Ottilie Swinyard ^[2] (Green Party)	Jonathan Purcell ^[3] (Green Party)

Tower Hamlets council elections since 2014

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

2026 election

The election took place on 7 May 2026.

2026 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election: Bow East (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Green	Mads Churchhouse	2,777
	Green	Ottilie Swinyard	2,603
	Green	Jonathan Purcell	2,550
	Labour Co-op	Marc Francis	1,873
	Labour Co-op	Amina Ali	1,711
	Labour Co-op	Abdi Mohamed	1,385
	Aspire	Yusuf Abdi	1,120
	Aspire	Mansur Hussain	1,087
	Aspire	Hamida Juti	1,068
	Reform	John Forster	559
	Reform	Gary Taylor	517
	Reform	Kevin Turner	444
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Bond	262
	Tower Hamlets Independents	Md Chowdhury	186
	Conservative	Georgie Calle	180
	Conservative	Robin Edwards	178
	Liberal Democrats	Dan Lan	170
	Conservative	Jade Kelly	169
	Tower Hamlets Independents	Delwar Hira	140
	Tower Hamlets Independents	Md Islam	131
	Liberal Democrats	Folkert Veenstra	115
	TUSC	Naomi Byron
Turnout
Rejected ballots			36
	Green gain from Labour
	Green gain from Labour
	Green gain from Labour

2024 by-election

The by-election took place on 12 September 2024, following the resignation of Rachel Blake.^[4]

2024 Bow East by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Abdi Mohamed	1,266
	Green	Rupert George	722
	Conservative	Robin Edwards	239
	Liberal Democrats	Siobhan Proudfoot	148
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

2022 election

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

2022 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election: Bow East (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Rachel Blake	2,800	50.48	−8.17
	Labour Co-op	Amina Ali	2,728	49.18	−3.02
	Labour Co-op	Marc Francis	2,341	42.20	−13.40
	Aspire	Rahima Khatun	1,324	23.87	+13.29
	Aspire	Masood Rahman	1,228	22.14	+15.03
	Aspire	Monzo Khaton	1,207	21.76	+14.84
	Green	Nicola Power	964	17.38	+4.95
	Green	Ellis Bright	910	16.41	+6.65
	Liberal Democrats	Liza Franchi	506	9.12	+1.42
	Conservative	Robin Edwards	336	6.06	−1.20
	Conservative	Lesley Lincoln	291	5.25	−2.28
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Herbert	285	5.14	−2.24
	Liberal Democrats	Richard MacMilan	282	5.08	−2.11
	Conservative	Imogen Sinclair	247	4.45	−0.98
Rejected ballots			35
Turnout			5,547	38.81	+0.68
Registered electors			14,292
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2018 election

The election took place on 3 May 2018.^[6]

2018 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election: Bow East (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rachel Blake	2,789	58.65	+7.56
	Labour	Marc Francis	2,644	55.60	+10.44
	Labour	Amina Ali	2,482	52.20	+12.62
	Green	David Cox	591	12.43	−5.86
	Aspire	Foyzul Islam	503	10.58	N/A
	Green	Farika Holden	464	9.76	−2.98
	Green	Daniel Smith	416	8.75	N/A
	PATH	Shah Bodruzzaman	390	8.20	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Eimear O'Casey	366	7.70	−1.08
	Conservative	Sean Dempster	358	7.53	−2.64
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Sims	346	7.28	N/A
	Conservative	Robin Edwards	345	7.26	−2.44
	Liberal Democrats	Koyes Choudhury	342	7.19	N/A
	Aspire	Mohammed Rahman	338	7.11	N/A
	Aspire	Mahamed Ismail	329	6.92	N/A
	Conservative	Joseph Mycroft	258	5.43	−3.47
Rejected ballots			26
Turnout			4,781	38.13
Registered electors			12,961
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2014 election

The election took place on 22 May 2014.^[7]

2014 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election: Bow East (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Rachel Blake	2,611	51.09
	Labour	Marc Francis	2,308	45.16
	Labour	Amina Ali	2,023	39.58
	Tower Hamlets First	Sabia Kamali	989	19.35
	Tower Hamlets First	Abdus Salam	977	19.12
	Green	Lucy Rees	935	18.29
	Tower Hamlets First	Mickey Ambrose	774	15.14
	Green	Tatyana Hancocks	651	12.74
	Conservative	Cameron Penny	520	10.17
	Conservative	James Thompson	496	9.70
	Conservative	Stephanie Chan	455	8.90
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Spracklen	449	8.78
	TUSC	George Paton	221	4.32
	Red Flag Anti-Corruption	Andy Erlam	129	2.52
Turnout			5,156	45.86
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)
	Labour win (new boundaries)

2002–2014 Tower Hamlets council elections

Map — Bow East ward boundaries from 2002 to 2014

2010 election

The election on 6 May 2010 took place on the same day as the United Kingdom general election.^[8]

2010 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election: Bow East (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Marc Francis	2,297
	Labour	Carli Harper-Penman	1,865
	Labour	Ahmed Omer	1,724
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Campbell	1204
	Liberal Democrats	Rafique Ullah	1040
	Liberal Democrats	Paolo Adragna	981
	Conservative	Claire Palmer	807
	Conservative	Philip Groves	799
	Conservative	Mark Walters	684
	Green	Marcus Boyle	547
	Respect	Mujibur Rahman	506
	Green	Alan Duffell	339
	BNP	Mike Underwood	318
	Green	Joseph Lucey	316
	Respect	Bryony Shanks	243
	Respect	Carole Swords	223
	Independent	Andrew Coles	152
	Independent	Emdadul Haque	95
	Independent	Gareth Thomas	92
Turnout				58.63
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

2006 election

The election took place on 4 May 2006.^[9]

2006 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election: Bow East (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Marc Francis	1,314	42.0
	Labour	Alexander Heslop	1,156
	Labour	Ahmed Omer	1,126
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Gipson	918	29.3
	Liberal Democrats	Marian Williams	765
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Sage	740
	Respect	Sahra Ali	366	11.7
	Conservative	Andrew Palmer	321	10.3
	Respect	Christopher Nineham	309
	Respect	Tansy Hoskins	307
	Conservative	Priti Heath	290
	Conservative	William Norton	286
	Green	Andrea Krug	209	6.7
	Green	Alana Jelinek	201
Turnout				37.6
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

2002 election

The election took place on 2 May 2002.^[10]

2002 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election: Bow East (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Gipson	1,248
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel McCollum	1,204
	Liberal Democrats	Marian Williams	1,155
	Labour	Rupert Bawden	519
	Labour	Alexander Heslop	493
	Labour	David Guppy	475
	Green	Jessica Lack	136
	Green	Benjamin Holt	125
	Conservative	Alastair Holmes	120
	Conservative	Susanna Webb	116
	Green	Volker Heineman	112
	Conservative	Timothy Hudspith	99
Turnout			5,802
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

References

↑ "Tower Hamles Council - Councillor details - Councillor Mads Churchhouse". Tower Hamlets. 2026-05-08. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
↑ "Tower Hamles Council - Councillor details - Councillor Ottilie Swinyard". Tower Hamlets. 2026-05-08. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
↑ "Tower Hamles Council - Councillor details - Councillor Jonathan Purcell". Tower Hamlets. 2026-05-08. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
↑ "Bow East Ward By Election". www.towerhamlets.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
↑ Heywood, Joe; Loftus, Caitlin (March 2023). "London Borough Council Elections: May 2022" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
↑ Colombeau, Joseph (October 2018). "London Borough Council Elections: 3 May 2018" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
↑ Colombeau, Joseph (September 2014). "London Borough Council Elections: 22 May 2014" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
↑ Piggott, Gareth (March 2011). "London Borough Council Elections: 6 May 2010" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
↑ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (March 2007). "London Borough Council Elections: 4 May 2006" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
↑ Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (2002). "London Borough Council Elections: 2 May 2002" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

[1] "Tower Hamles Council - Councillor details - Councillor Mads Churchhouse". Tower Hamlets. 2026-05-08. Retrieved 2026-05-30.

[2] "Tower Hamles Council - Councillor details - Councillor Ottilie Swinyard". Tower Hamlets. 2026-05-08. Retrieved 2026-05-30.

[3] "Tower Hamles Council - Councillor details - Councillor Jonathan Purcell". Tower Hamlets. 2026-05-08. Retrieved 2026-05-30.

[4] "Bow East Ward By Election". www.towerhamlets.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2024.

[2022_results-5] Heywood, Joe; Loftus, Caitlin (March 2023). "London Borough Council Elections: May 2022" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

[2018_results-6] Colombeau, Joseph (October 2018). "London Borough Council Elections: 3 May 2018" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

[2014_results-7] Colombeau, Joseph (September 2014). "London Borough Council Elections: 22 May 2014" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

[2010_results-8] Piggott, Gareth (March 2011). "London Borough Council Elections: 6 May 2010" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

[2006_results-9] Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (March 2007). "London Borough Council Elections: 4 May 2006" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

[2002_results-10] Minors, Michael; Grenham, Dennis (2002). "London Borough Council Elections: 2 May 2002" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

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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

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