Bangladeshi elected mayor of Tower Hamlets
Saturday, 23 October 2010
LONDON, Oct 22 (UNB): Former council leader Lutfur Rahman (Independent), a Bangladesh-born British, was declared elected early Friday as the first executive mayor of Tower Hamlets following the counting of ballot papers at York Hall Leisure Centre.
Councilor Rahman, a lawyer by profession and ward member for Spitalfields and Banglatown, was elected with 51.76 per cent of the first preference votes.
Born in Balaganj of Sylhet district, he went to London in 1971.
The results in full were as follows:
Lutfur Rahman (Independent) - 23,283 votes; Helal Uddin Abbas (Labour) - 11,254; Neil King (Conservative) - 5,438; John Griffiths (Liberal Democract) - 2,800; and Alan Duffell (Green Party) - 2,300.
Councilor Rahman, a lawyer by profession and ward member for Spitalfields and Banglatown, was elected with 51.76 per cent of the first preference votes.
Born in Balaganj of Sylhet district, he went to London in 1971.
The results in full were as follows:
Lutfur Rahman (Independent) - 23,283 votes; Helal Uddin Abbas (Labour) - 11,254; Neil King (Conservative) - 5,438; John Griffiths (Liberal Democract) - 2,800; and Alan Duffell (Green Party) - 2,300.