Tower Hamlets Council
| Tower Hamlets London Borough Council | |
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| Executive mayor elected every four years Whole council elected every four years |
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Coat of arms
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Council logo
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| Type | |
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| Houses | Unicameral |
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Term limits
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None |
| History | |
| Founded | 1 April 1965 |
| Preceded by | Bethnal Green Borough Council Poplar Borough Council Stepney Borough Council |
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New session started
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22 May 2014 (Municipal year 2014/2015) |
| Leadership | |
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M.A. Mukit MBE
Since 22 May 2014 |
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| Structure | |
| Seats | 45 councillors |
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Council political groups
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Executive (22)
Opposition (23)
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| Elections | |
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Council voting system
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Plurality-at-large |
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Mayor voting system
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Supplementary vote |
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Council last election
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22 May 2014 |
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Mayor last election
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11 June 2015 |
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Council next election
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2018 |
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Mayor next election
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2018 |
| Meeting place | |
| Town Hall, Mulberry Place | |
| Website | |
| www |
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| Constitution | |
| Council constitution | |
Executive (22)
Opposition (23)
Tower Hamlets London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in Greater London, England. The council is unusual in that its executive function is controlled by a directly elected mayor of Tower Hamlets, currently John Biggs.
Following the May 2014 election, Tower Hamlets London Borough Council was composed of 22 Labour Party members, 19 Tower Hamlets First members and 5 Conservative Party members. Following the removal of Lutfur Rahman as mayor and Alibor Choudhury as councillor, Tower Hamlets First was removed from the Electoral Commission register of political parties, with Labour's Sabina Akhtar replacing Choudhury as councillor for Stepney Green and John Biggs replacing Rahman as Mayor, following the by-elections in June 2015.
The council was created by the London Government Act 1963 and replaced three local authorities: Bethnal Green Metropolitan Borough Council, Poplar Metropolitan Borough Council and Stepney Metropolitan Borough Council.
There have previously been a number of local authorities responsible for the Tower Hamlets area. The current local authority was first elected in 1964, a year before formally coming into its powers and prior to the creation of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets on 1 April 1965. Tower Hamlets London Borough Council replaced Bethnal Green Metropolitan Borough Council, Poplar Metropolitan Borough Council and Stepney Metropolitan Borough Council. All three had been created in 1900, in Bethnal Green the borough council replaced the parish vestry and in Poplar the council replaced the board of works; both authorities had been incorporated by the Metropolis Management Act 1855. Stepney had a more convoluted history with the metropolitan borough council established in 1900 replacing the Limehouse District Board of Works, the Whitechapel District Board of Works and the parish vestries of Mile End Old Town and St George in the East.
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