John Biggs (politician)

John Biggs
Biggs speaking following his 2008 election
Mayor of Tower Hamlets
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 June 2015
Preceded by	Lutfur Rahman
Member of the London Assembly for City and East
In office 4 May 2000 – 7 May 2016
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by	Unmesh Desai
Majority	82,744
Personal details
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour Co-operative
Residence	Stepney
Alma mater	University of Bristol Birkbeck, University of London University of Westminster
Website	http://www.johnbiggs.org.uk

John Biggs (born 19 November 1957) is a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician and the current Mayor of Tower Hamlets. Biggs is a former member of the London Assembly representing the City and East constituency from 2000 until 2016.. He is a former leader of Tower Hamlets London Borough Council. Biggs has worked as a financial analyst in the City of London, and as director of a political pressure group. He has previously studied Chemistry, Computer Science and Law.

He was the Labour candidate for directly elected Mayor of Tower Hamlets in 2014, receiving backing from Former London Mayor Ken Livingstone. Livingstone supported incumbent Lutfur Rahman in 2010, but shifted his support to Biggs after an investigation into allegations of "mismanagement and fraud" by the current mayor's team at the council. However, Livingstone also remained supportive of Rahman. Biggs came second in the election to Rahman, but the election was subsequently over-turned by an election court. On 11 June 2015 Biggs was elected mayor of Tower Hamlets after Rahman was found by the court to have broken election law and was stripped of office. Biggs beat independent Rabina Khan, who was endorsed by the disqualified Rahman.