| Limehouse | |
|---|---|
| Electoral ward for the Tower Hamlets London Borough Council | |
| Borough | Tower Hamlets |
| County | Greater London |
| Population | 6,553 (2021)[1] |
| Area | 0.3907 km² |
| Current electoral ward | |
| Created | 1965 |
| Councillors | 1 (since 2014) 3 (1978 to 2014) 4 (1964 to 1978) |
Limehouse is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The ward was first used in the 1964 elections. It returns one councillor to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council.
Geography
The ward is based on the district of Limehouse.
Councillors
| Election | Councillors | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Craig Aston | |
| 2018 | James King[2]
(Labour) | |
| 2022 | ||
Elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | James King* | 728 | 40.18 | +3.13 | |
| Conservative | David Garside | 403 | 22.24 | −8.28 | |
| Aspire | Atia Jorna | 347 | 19.15 | +8.99 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Warwick Danks | 191 | 10.54 | −2.46 | |
| Green | Geoffrey Juden | 143 | 7.89 | +2.15 | |
| Majority | 325 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 12 | ||||
| Turnout | 1812 | 39.27 | −4.84 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,668 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | James King | 755 | 37.05 | +1.72 | |
| Conservative | David Garside | 622 | 30.52 | −7.52 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jack Briggs | 265 | 13.00 | +7.92 | |
| Aspire | Shaheen Rashid | 207 | 10.16 | N/A | |
| Green | Tim Kiely | 117 | 5.74 | N/A | |
| PATH | Adam O'Connell | 72 | 3.53 | N/A | |
| Majority | 133 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 28 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,066 | 44.11 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,684 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Craig Aston | 786 | 38.04 | ||
| Labour | Catherine Overton | 730 | 35.33 | ||
| Tower Hamlets First | Mashuk Ahmed | 341 | 16.51 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Matt Lomas | 105 | 5.08 | ||
| UKIP | David Hyland | 104 | 5.03 | ||
| Turnout | 2,090 | 48.26 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Notes
References
- ^ https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/london/wards/tower_hamlets/E05009326__limehouse/
- ^ "Councillor James King". Tower Hamlets London Borough Council.
- ^ "Election results for Limehouse, 5 May 2022". 5 May 2022.
- ^ "Election results for Limehouse, 3 May 2018". Tower Hamlets Council. 3 May 2018. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
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