List of mayors of Tower Hamlets explained

List of mayors of Tower Hamlets should not 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

• 1965 T. H. A. Mitchell^[2]
• 1966 Ald J. Orwell^{[3] [4]}
• 1967 M. J. Durell^[5]
• 1968 F. W. Briden^[6]
• 1969 E. G. Walker^[7]
• 1970 Ald J. Orwell^{[8] [9]}
• 1971 W. Harris
• 1972 Ald H. F. Rackley^[10]
• 1973 G. T. Desmond
• 1974 G. R. Chaney^[11]
• 1975 B. Holmes^[12]
• 1976 D. Kelly^[13]
• 1977 J. Riley^[14]
• 1978 A. S. Dorrell^[15]
• 1979 E. Armsby^[16]
• 1980 L. Crook^[17]
• 1981 P. Thompson^[18]
• 1982 J. C. O'Neill^[19]
• 1983 E. D. Penner^[20]
• 1984 R. W. Ashkettle^[21]
• 1985 P. Beasley^[22]
• 1986 B. Williams^[23]
• 1987 B. Williams^[24]
• 1988 B. C. Duffy^[25]
• 1989 J. A. Shaw^[26]
• 1990 J. Ludlow^[27]
• 1991 B. A. Blandford^[28]
• 1992 K. B. Appiah^[29]
• 1993 J. Snooks^[30]
• 1994 A. Downes^[31]
• 1995 G. Mortuza^[32]
• 1996 A. Jacob^[33]
• 1997 J. Ramanoop
• 1998 A. Asad^[34]
• 1999 D. Jones
• 2000 Soyful Alom^[35]
• 2001 L. Melvin^[36]
• 2002 S. Ullah^[37]
• 2003 Abdul Aziz Sardar^[38]
• 2004 Manir Uddin Ahmed ^[39]
• 2005 Doros Ullah^[40]
• 2006 Shafiqul Haque
• 2007 Ann Jackson^[41]
• 2008 Mohammed Abdus Salique^[42]
• 2009 Ahmed Omer^[43]
• 2010 Motin Uz-Zaman^[44]

Chair of Council

• 2010 Motin Uz-Zaman
• 2011 Mizan Chaudhury^[45]

Speaker of Council

• 2011 Mizan Chaudhury
• 2012 Rajib Ahmed
• 2013 Lesley Pavitt^[1]
• 2014 Mohammed Mukit ^[46]
• 2015 Marc Francis ^[47]
• 2016 Khales Uddin Ahmed
• 2017 Sabina Akhtar
• 2018 Ayas Miah
• 2019 Victoria Obaze

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tower Hamlets Speaker of Council . 31 October 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131102154955/http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgsl/1001-1050/1001_speaker_of_council.aspx . 2 November 2013 . dmy-all .
2. Municipal year book and public utilities directory, 1966
3. Known as John Orwell (Bethnal Green)
4. Municipal year book and public utilities directory, 1967
5. Municipal year book and public utilities directory, 1968
6. Municipal year book and public utilities directory, 1969
7. Municipal year book and public utilities directory, 1970
8. Known as John Orwell (Stepney)
9. Municipal year book and public utilities directory, 1971
10. Municipal year book and public services directory, 1973
11. Municipal year book and public services directory, 1975
12. Municipal year book and public services directory, 1976
13. Municipal year book and public services directory, 1977
14. Municipal year book and public services directory, 1978
15. Municipal year book and public services directory, 1979
16. Municipal year book and public services directory, 1980
17. Municipal year book and public services directory, 1981
18. Municipal year book and public services directory, 1982
19. Municipal year book and public services directory, 1983
20. Municipal year book and public services directory, 1984
21. Municipal year book and public services directory, 1985
22. Municipal year book and public services directory, 1986
23. Municipal year book and public services directory, 1987
24. Municipal year book and public services directory, 1988
25. Municipal year book and public services directory, 1989
26. Municipal year book and public services directory, 1990
27. Municipal year book and public services directory, 1991
28. Municipal year book and public services directory, 1992
29. Municipal year book and public services directory, 1993
30. Municipal year book and public services directory, 1994
31. Municipal year book and public services directory, 1995
32. Municipal year book and public services directory, 1996
33. Municipal year book and public services directory, 1997
34. Municipal year book and public services directory, 1999
35. Municipal year book and public services directory, 2001
36. Municipal year book and public services directory, 2002
37. Municipal year book and public services directory, 2003
38. Web site: Annual Meeting of the Council. London Borough of Tower Hamlets. 21 May 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065923/http://modgov.towerhamlets.gov.uk/Data/Council/20030521/Minutes/$Decisionlst210503.doc.pdf. March 4, 2016. dead.
39. Web site: At the Annual Meeting of the COUNCIL of the London Borough of Tower. London Borough of Tower Hamlets. https://web.archive.org/web/20220109194151/https://democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk/Data/Council/20030702/Minutes/$Minutes210503.doc.pdf. 9 January 2022. dead.
40. Web site: At the Annual Meeting of the Council of the London Borough of Tower. London Borough of Tower Hamlets. https://web.archive.org/web/20141010214124/http://moderngov.towerhamlets.gov.uk/Data/Council/20050615/Minutes/$Minutes250505_Section1_TH.doc.pdf. 10 October 2014. dead.
41. Web site: Minutes of the Council. 16 May 2007. London Borough of Tower Hamlets. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062200/http://moderngov.towerhamlets.gov.uk/mgConvert2PDF.aspx?ID=5682. 4 March 2016. dead.
42. Web site: Council Wednesday, 21st May, 2008 7.30 p.m. . 31 October 2013 .
43. Web site: Agenda, decisions and minutes, Council, Wednesday, 26th May, 2010 7.30 p.m. - ELECTION OF MAYOR. Tower Hamlets Council. 4 May 2015.
44. Web site: Council Wednesday, 26th May, 2010 7.30 p.m. . 31 October 2013 .
45. News: Mizanur Choudhury is new Council Chair . 31 October 2013 .
46. Web site: Speaker of Council. Tower Hamlets. 14 October 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131102154955/http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgsl/1001-1050/1001_speaker_of_council.aspx. 2 November 2013. dmy-all.
47. Web site: Committee Details . Tower Hamlets. 17 December 2015.