The Mayor of Tower Hamlets was a position first established in 1965 with the creation of the
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is a London boroughs, borough in London, England. Situated on the north bank of the River Thames and immediately east of the City of London, the borough spans much of the traditional East End of London and ...
. It replaced the mayors of
Bethnal Green
Bethnal Green is an area in London, England, and is located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is in east London and part of the East End of London, East End. The area emerged from the small settlement which developed around the common la ...
,
Poplar and
Stepney
Stepney is an area in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in the East End of London. Stepney is no longer officially defined, and is usually used to refer to a relatively small area. However, for much of its history the place name was applied to ...
.
The post holder is elected at a
full council meeting in May of each year, and serves for one
municipal year
The municipal year is a period used by local government in the United Kingdom. The municipal year usually begins in May, following any local elections. It is not a fixed date so the number of days in any municipal year varies.
History
The munici ...
. From 1965, the mayor could be a
councillor
A councillor, alternatively councilman, councilwoman, councilperson, or council member, is someone who sits on, votes in, or is a member of, a council. This is typically an elected representative of an electoral district in a municipal or re ...
or
alderman
An alderman is a member of a Municipal government, municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions founded upon English law with similar officials existing in the Netherlands (wethouder) and Belgium (schepen). The term may be titular, denotin ...
, until the position of alderman was abolished in 1978. It is customary for the mayor to have served as the deputy mayor in the preceding year.
In 2010, a
directly elected mayor of Tower Hamlets
The mayor of Tower Hamlets is the directly elected mayor of Tower Hamlets London Borough Council in east London, England. The first election for this position occurred on 21 October 2010, taking on the executive function of the borough counci ...
was established. The
civic mayor position was renamed as the Chair of Council in October 2010 and Speaker of Council in November 2011.
Mayor
*1965 T. H. A. Mitchell
*1966 Ald J. Orwell
[Known as John Orwell (Bethnal Green)]
*1967 M. J. Durell
*1968 F. W. Briden
*1969 E. G. Walker
*1970 Ald J. Orwell
[Known as John Orwell (Stepney)]
*1971 W. Harris
*1972 Ald H. F. Rackley
*1973 G. T. Desmond
*1974 G. R. Chaney
*1975 B. Holmes
*1976 D. Kelly
*1977 J. Riley
*1978 A. S. Dorrell
*1979 E. Armsby
*1980 L. Crook
*1981 P. Thompson
*1982 J. C. O'Neill
*1983 E. D. Penner
*1984 R. W. Ashkettle
*1985 P. Beasley
*1986 B. Williams
*1987 B. Williams
*1988 B. C. Duffy
*1989 J. A. Shaw
*1990 J. Ludlow
*1991 B. A. Blandford
*1992 K. B. Appiah
*1993 J. Snooks
*1994 A. Downes
*1995 G. Mortuza
*1996 A. Jacob
*1997 J. Ramanoop
*1998 A. Asad
*1999 D. Jones
*2000 Soyful Alom
*2001 L. Melvin
*2002 S. Ullah
*2003 Abdul Aziz Sardar
*2004 Manir Uddin Ahmed
*2005 Doros Ullah
*2006 Shafiqul Haque
*2007 Ann Jackson
*2008 Mohammed Abdus Salique
*2009 Ahmed Omer
*2010 Motin Uz-Zaman
Chair of Council
*2010 Motin Uz-Zaman
*2011 Mizan Chaudhury
Speaker of Council
*2011 Mizan Chaudhury
*2012 Rajib Ahmed
*2013 Lesley Pavitt
*2014 Mohammed Mukit
*2015 Marc Francis
*2016 Khales Uddin Ahmed
*2017 Sabina Akhtar
*2018 Ayas Miah
*2019 Victoria Obaze
Notes
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:List of mayors of Tower Hamlets
Politics of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Tower Hamlets
The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is a borough in London, England. Situated on the north bank of the River Thames and immediately east of the City of London, the borough spans much of the traditional East End of London and includes much of ...