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List of mayors of Tower Hamlets

Not to be confused with Directly elected mayor of Tower Hamlets.

The Mayor of Tower Hamlets was a position first established in 1965 with the creation of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It replaced the mayors of Bethnal Green, Poplar and Stepney.

The post holder is elected at a full council meeting in May of each year, and serves for one municipal year. From 1965, the mayor could be a councillor or alderman, 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 was established. The civic mayor position was renamed as the Chair of Council in October 2010 and Speaker of Council in November 2011.[1]

Mayor

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  • 1965 T. H. A. Mitchell[2]
  • 1966 Ald J. Orwell[Notes 1][3]
  • 1967 M. J. Durell[4]
  • 1968 F. W. Briden[5]
  • 1969 E. G. Walker[6]
  • 1970 Ald J. Orwell[Notes 2][7]
  • 1971 W. Harris
  • 1972 Ald H. F. Rackley[8]
  • 1973 G. T. Desmond
  • 1974 G. R. Chaney[9]
  • 1975 B. Holmes[10]
  • 1976 D. Kelly[11]
  • 1977 J. Riley[12]
  • 1978 A. S. Dorrell[13]
  • 1979 E. Armsby[14]
  • 1980 L. Crook[15]
  • 1981 P. Thompson[16]
  • 1982 J. C. O'Neill[17]
  • 1983 E. D. Penner[18]
  • 1984 R. W. Ashkettle[19]
  • 1985 P. Beasley[20]
  • 1986 B. Williams[21]
  • 1987 B. Williams[22]
  • 1988 B. C. Duffy[23]
  • 1989 J. A. Shaw[24]
  • 1990 J. Ludlow[25]
  • 1991 B. A. Blandford[26]
  • 1992 K. B. Appiah[27]
  • 1993 J. Snooks[28]
  • 1994 A. Downes[29]
  • 1995 G. Mortuza[30]
  • 1996 A. Jacob[31]
  • 1997 J. Ramanoop
  • 1998 A. Asad[32]
  • 1999 D. Jones
  • 2000 Soyful Alom[33]
  • 2001 L. Melvin[34]
  • 2002 S. Ullah[35]
  • 2003 Abdul Aziz Sardar[36]
  • 2004 Manir Uddin Ahmed [37]
  • 2005 Doros Ullah[38]
  • 2006 Shafiqul Haque
  • 2007 Ann Jackson[39]
  • 2008 Mohammed Abdus Salique[40]
  • 2009 Ahmed Omer[41]
  • 2010 Motin Uz-Zaman[42]

Chair of Council

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  • 2010 Motin Uz-Zaman
  • 2011 Mizan Chaudhury[43]

Speaker of Council

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  • 2011 Mizan Chaudhury
  • 2012 Rajib Ahmed
  • 2013 Lesley Pavitt[1]
  • 2014 Mohammed Mukit [44]
  • 2015 Marc Francis [45]
  • 2016 Khales Uddin Ahmed
  • 2017 Sabina Akhtar
  • 2018 Ayas Miah
  • 2019 Victoria Obaze

Notes

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  1. ^ Known as John Orwell (Bethnal Green)
  2. ^ Known as John Orwell (Stepney)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Tower Hamlets Speaker of Council". Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  2. ^ Municipal year book and public utilities directory, 1966
  3. ^ Municipal year book and public utilities directory, 1967
  4. ^ Municipal year book and public utilities directory, 1968
  5. ^ Municipal year book and public utilities directory, 1969
  6. ^ Municipal year book and public utilities directory, 1970
  7. ^ Municipal year book and public utilities directory, 1971
  8. ^ Municipal year book and public services directory, 1973
  9. ^ Municipal year book and public services directory, 1975
  10. ^ Municipal year book and public services directory, 1976
  11. ^ Municipal year book and public services directory, 1977
  12. ^ Municipal year book and public services directory, 1978
  13. ^ Municipal year book and public services directory, 1979
  14. ^ Municipal year book and public services directory, 1980
  15. ^ Municipal year book and public services directory, 1981
  16. ^ Municipal year book and public services directory, 1982
  17. ^ Municipal year book and public services directory, 1983
  18. ^ Municipal year book and public services directory, 1984
  19. ^ Municipal year book and public services directory, 1985
  20. ^ Municipal year book and public services directory, 1986
  21. ^ Municipal year book and public services directory, 1987
  22. ^ Municipal year book and public services directory, 1988
  23. ^ Municipal year book and public services directory, 1989
  24. ^ Municipal year book and public services directory, 1990
  25. ^ Municipal year book and public services directory, 1991
  26. ^ Municipal year book and public services directory, 1992
  27. ^ Municipal year book and public services directory, 1993
  28. ^ Municipal year book and public services directory, 1994
  29. ^ Municipal year book and public services directory, 1995
  30. ^ Municipal year book and public services directory, 1996
  31. ^ Municipal year book and public services directory, 1997
  32. ^ Municipal year book and public services directory, 1999
  33. ^ Municipal year book and public services directory, 2001
  34. ^ Municipal year book and public services directory, 2002
  35. ^ Municipal year book and public services directory, 2003
  36. ^ "Annual Meeting of the Council" (PDF). London Borough of Tower Hamlets. 21 May 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.
  37. ^ "At the Annual Meeting of the COUNCIL of the London Borough of Tower" (PDF). London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 January 2022.
  38. ^ "At the Annual Meeting of the Council of the London Borough of Tower" (PDF). London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 October 2014.
  39. ^ "Minutes of the Council". London Borough of Tower Hamlets. 16 May 2007. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  40. ^ "Council Wednesday, 21st May, 2008 7.30 p.m." Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  41. ^ "Agenda, decisions and minutes, Council, Wednesday, 26th May, 2010 7.30 p.m. - ELECTION OF MAYOR". Tower Hamlets Council. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  42. ^ "Council Wednesday, 26th May, 2010 7.30 p.m." Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  43. ^ "Mizanur Choudhury is new Council Chair". Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  44. ^ "Speaker of Council". Tower Hamlets. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  45. ^ "Committee Details". Tower Hamlets. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
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