Conservative Tower Hamlets council candidate charged with electoral fraud
Former Tower Hamlets Tory candidate Jewel Islam charged with providing a false statement in nomination papers. … Read the full post »
2014 Local Elections
Read about the 2014 local elections, held on 22 May rather than on the first Thursday in May in order to coincide with that year’s European Parliament elections.
For a full data series of the annual local election results, see my LocalBase.
Mayor of Tower Hamlets to face trial over claims of electoral fraud
The controversial mayor of Tower Hamlets Lutfur Rahman is to face a High Court trial over claims of electoral fraud. … Read the full post »
Two good ideas and one duff one from the Electoral Commission
The Electoral Commission’s report into the May 2014 elections is fairly low-key, but in amongst the modest changes floated based on the lessons of this year are a couple of welcome details – and one misplaced idea. … Read the full post »
Labour councillor quits and calls by-election after discovering she’s disqualified
Labour councillor Sonia Winifred has had to resign, forcing a by-election in Knight’s Hill ward after it was discovered she stood for election despite being disqualified from being a councillor due to being employed by the council. … Read the full post »
Electoral Commission finds mistakes made in running Tower Hamlets elections
The verdict: “Underlying both of these main factors were plans for the management of the verification and count on Friday 23 May which proved inadequate”. … Read the full post »
Number of police investigations into Tower Hamlets elections reaches 12
Scotland Yard are investigating two new complaints relating to election fraud at Tower Hamlets Council. … Read the full post »
Advisor to Tower Hamlets Mayor threatens violence if people question election result
A senior adviser to Lutfur Rahman, the extremist-linked mayor of Tower Hamlets, has said there will be street violence unless people stop questioning the manner of his re-election. … Read the full post »
This press release from the Electoral Commission is worrying
In good news, the Electoral Commission is going to investigate Tower Hamlets. … Read the full post »
Some welcome reverse ferreting from Nick Clegg in new video message
A welcome change in tone from Nick Clegg in his new video to party members, acknowledging explicitly that many people who worked hard still lost. … Read the full post »
The Electoral Commission must investigate Tower Hamlets
The hugely delayed election results from Tower Hamlets became rather a running joke as Sunday evening stretched into Monday morning. … Read the full post »