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|country = the United Kingdom |logo = |caption = |colorcode = {{Tower Hamlets First/meta/color}} |leader = Lutfur Rahman |leader1_title = |leader1_name = |foundation = 18 September 2013 |dissolved = 29 April 2015 |ideology = Social democracy[1] |position = |national = |seats5_title = Local government |seats5 = |website = }} Tower Hamlets First was a British political party represented in Tower Hamlets London Borough Council, which was launched to contest the 2014 local elections in the Borough. During its existence it was the second largest party on Tower Hamlets Council and the fifth largest political party out of all London borough councils. HistoryTower Hamlets First was established by Lutfur Rahman on 18 September 2013. The party stood candidates in the 2014 Tower Hamlets Council election,[2][3] where it won 18 out of 45 seats, becoming the second largest party on Tower Hamlets Council, and the fifth largest political party out of all London borough councils. Nick Cohen in The Guardian described the party as a cult of personality surrounding Lutfur Rahman.[4] The party was suspended in 23 April 2015, after an Election Court report that found Rahman "personally guilty of 'corrupt or illegal practices' or both" with the party labelled as a "one-man band". The party was removed from the list of political parties maintained by the Electoral Commission on 29 April 2015. ControversyTower Hamlets First faced ongoing accusations of using intimidation, fraud and bribery to gain votes and having divisive policies.[5][6][7] In April 2014, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Eric Pickles, ordered an investigation into suspected governance failure, poor financial management and fraud in Tower Hamlets.[8] The Tower Hamlets council, led by Tower Hamlets First, launched a legal appeal to try to prevent the review but the appeal was rejected, being described as "hopeless" by a High Court judge.[9] The subsequent investigation by the Department for Communities and Local Government carried out by PricewaterhouseCoopers,[10] found a "culture of cronyism" but no fraud at the council. Pickles determined the council was not meeting its "Best Value duties", and sent in commissioners to run the council's grant-making system and approve any disposals of council property until March 2017.[11][12] In September 2014, the Home Secretary, Theresa May, accused the party of being socially divisive and having sectarian politics.[13] Dissolution and aftermathIn April 2015, following an Election Court ruling, the party was removed from the register of political parties by the Electoral Commission. It was stated that the party was not operating a responsible financial scheme and the running of the party did not follow the documentation given in the party’s registration.[14][15] The finding against Lutfur Rahman was the subject of numerous controversies.[16] In April 2015, he was said to be "personally guilty of corrupt or illegal practices, or both", and of having "breached the rules governing elections." The result of the 2014 mayoral election result was nullified, thereby requiring a new election to be held from which Rahman was banned from standing; The ban has similar effect until 2021.[17][18] A council by-election in the ward of Stepney was also called.[19] Following the judgement of the Election Court, the Electoral Commission released a statement confirming that Tower Hamlets First had been removed from its register of political parties owing to a failure to implement the financial scheme that was submitted to the Commission upon registration of the party.[14][15] Individuals previously associated, affiliated, or identified with Tower Hamlets First subsequently stood as independent candidates in this subsequent double by-election, but Labour gained both the mayoralty[20] and the council, by an overall majority of 1.[21] LegacyFollowing the dissolution of the party, its 17 remaining councillors continued to serve on Tower Hamlets London Borough Council. Most stayed together forming the Tower Hamlets Independent Group (THIG), which later (February 2018) formally registered as Aspire, with Rahman still a key figure. It is the largest and the main political opposition with elected councillors at the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in London. The party announced that former deputy mayor under Rahman, Cllr. Ohid Ahmed, would contest the 2018 Tower Hamlets Mayoral election against Labour's John Biggs alongside a team of 45 councillor candidates as done by Tower Hamlets First in 2014. [22] Several former THIG members had defected to sit as independents.[23] A group led by Cllr. Rabina Khan formed the separate People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets group, which was formally registered as a political party on 26 February 2018.[24] At the 2018 local elections, Labour re-gained every council seat Tower Hamlets First had won in 2014, except for one seat won by Rabina Khan for the People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets. Election ResultsCouncil elections{{see also|Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election, 2014}}Tower Hamlets First stood candidates for the first time in the 2014 election, winning 18 councillors and becoming the second largest group on the council after the Labour Party. A by-election for the ward of Stepney Green was held on 11 June 2015, after the sitting Tower Hamlets First councillor, Alibor Choudhury, was found guilty of corrupt and illegal practices by an election court.[25] It was won by the Labour Party candidate, giving Labour overall control of the council. After the de-registration of Tower Hamlets First, its councillors continued in office as independents.
Mayoral elections{{See also|Erlam & Ors v Rahman & Anor}}Incumbent Mayor Luftur Rahman was re-elected as the Tower Hamlets First candidate in 2014, having been first elected as an independent in 2010. His victory was overturned by an election court in 2015, following allegations of electoral fraud. Lutfur Rahman was found personally guilty by the court of making false statements about a candidate, bribery, and undue spiritual influence. The court also found Rahman guilty by his agents of personation, postal vote offences, provision of false information to a registration officer, voting when not entitled, making false statements about a candidate, payment of canvassers, bribery, and undue spiritual influence.A finding that corrupt and illegal practices for the purpose of securing Rahman's election, and that such general corruption so extensively prevailed such that it could be reasonably concluded to have affected the result was also returned.{{efn-lr|EWHC 1215 (QB) (2015) ¶ 672 & 673}} As a consequence of the findings, the 2014 mayoral election was deemed void. Rahman was barred from holding elective office, voting or being registered as a voter for five years as bribery and undue influence constitute corrupt practices.
References1. ^{{cite web|last=Hill |first=Dave |url=https://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/davehillblog/2010/oct/11/tower-hamlets-independent-mayoral-candidate-lutfur-rahman-interviewed |title=Tower Hamlets: interview with independent mayoral candidate Lutfur Rahman |publisher=The Guardian |date=12 October 2010 |accessdate=2010-10-17 |quote="I believe in social democracy"}} {{notelist-lr|colwidth=20em}}2. ^{{cite web |url=http://moderngov.towerhamlets.gov.uk/mgElectionResults.aspx?ID=22&RPID=3226069 |title=Local Elections - Thursday, 22nd May, 2014 |publisher=Tower Hamlets Council |accessdate=25 May 2014}} 3. ^{{cite web |url=http://lutfurrahman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/MLR-Manifesto-2014-Copy.pdf |title=Manifesto 2014 |publisher=Tower Hamlets First |year=2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525214018/http://lutfurrahman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/MLR-Manifesto-2014-Copy.pdf |archivedate=25 May 2014}} 4. ^{{cite news|last1=Cohen|first1=Nick|title=Tower Hamlets: how a dictatorship flourished in the East End|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/apr/25/tower-hamlets-dictatorship-east-end-lutfur-rahman|accessdate=17 December 2016|work=The Guardian|date=25 April 2015|quote=Tower Hamlets First, his political party, was nothing more than a cult of the personality. If you wanted a safe seat on the council, you had to show a lapdog loyalty to Rahman.}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-29850569|title=Tower Hamlets election case witnesses 'intimidated'|work=BBC News|accessdate=24 July 2015}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/tower-hamlets-vote-fraud-explosive-high-court-dossier-accuses-lutfur-rahmans-campaign-of-threats-and-bribery-9678861.html|title=Lutfur Rahman 'secured Tower Hamlets election win with curry house threats and bribes'|work=The Evening Standard|accessdate=24 July 2015}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/10900132/First-fake-voters-now-police-look-into-bogus-councillors-in-Tower-Hamlets.html|title=First fake voters, now police look into 'bogus' councillors in Tower Hamlets|date=14 June 2014|work=Telegraph.co.uk|accessdate=24 July 2015}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/inspectors-appointed-to-investigate-london-borough-of-tower-hamlets|title=Inspectors appointed to investigate London borough of Tower Hamlets|work=www.gov.uk|accessdate=24 July 2015}} 9. ^http://www.lgcplus.com/Journals/2014/09/05/w/j/t/Tower-Hamlets-Judicial-Review-Judgement.pdf 10. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/apr/16/police-no-evidence-criminality-tower-hamlet-mayor-lutfur-rahman|title=Police find no evidence of criminality by Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman|author=Caroline Davies|date=16 April 2014|newspaper=The Guardian|accessdate=17 April 2014}} 11. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-30518821|title=Eric Pickles sends in commissioners to Tower Hamlets|date=17 December 2014|accessdate=11 January 2015|publisher=BBC}} 12. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.publicfinance.co.uk/news/2014/12/pickles-names-tower-hamlets-commissioners/|title=Pickles names Tower Hamlets commissioners|author=Richard Johnstone|date=17 December 2014|newspaper=Public Finance|accessdate=11 January 2015}} 13. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/theresa-may-uses-tory-conference-speech-to-hit-out-at-tower-hamlets-councils-divisive-politics-9765424.html|title=Theresa May uses Tory conference speech to hit out at Tower Hamlets council's 'divisive politics'|work=The Evening Standard|accessdate=24 July 2015}} 14. ^1 {{cite news |url=http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/politics/rahman_s_tower_hamlets_first_is_removed_from_electoral_commission_s_party_register_1_4054899 |title=Rahman's 'Tower Hamlets First' is removed from Electoral Commission's party register |author=Mike Brooke |newspaper=The Docklands and East London Advertiser |date=29 April 2015 |accessdate=1 May 2015}} 15. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/journalist/electoral-commission-media-centre/news-releases-corporate/media-statement-on-removal-of-tower-hamlets-first-from-the-electoral-commissions-register-of-political-parties |title=Media statement on removal of Tower Hamlets First from the Electoral Commission's register of political parties |publisher=Electoral Commission |date=29 April 2015 |accessdate=1 May 2015}} 16. ^{{cite web|url=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/andrewgilligan/100200249/lutfur-rahman-some-facts-the-guardian-forgot-to-mention/|title=Lutfur Rahman: some facts the Guardian forgot to mention|work=News - Telegraph Blogs|accessdate=24 July 2015}} 17. ^{{citation|author=|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-32428648|title=Tower Hamlets election fraud mayor Lutfur Rahman removed from office|publisher=BBC News, British Broadcasting Corporation|date=23 April 2015|accessdate=25 July 2015}} 18. ^{{citation|author=Mike Brooke|url=http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/politics/rahman_s_tower_hamlets_first_is_removed_from_electoral_commission_s_party_register_1_4054899|title=Rahman’s ‘Tower Hamlets First’ is removed from Electoral Commission’s party register|publisher=The Docklands and East London Advertiser|date=29 April 2015|accessdate=25 July 2015}} 19. ^https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/judgment.pdf 20. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-33105311|title=Tower Hamlets election: Labour's John Biggs named mayor|work=BBC News|accessdate=24 July 2015}} 21. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/politics/labour_snatches_back_stepney_green_in_tower_hamlets_by_election_1_4109492|title=Labour snatches back Stepney Green in Tower Hamlets by-election|author=Mike Brooke|work=East London Advertiser|accessdate=24 July 2015}} 22. ^http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/politics/tower-hamlets-ex-mayor-lutfur-rahman-endorses-aspire-candidate-ohid-ahmed-1-5464920/ 23. ^{{cite news|title=Fraud-Free Zone|date=22 January 2016|work=Private Eye|issue=1410|page=18}} 24. ^http://lovewapping.org/2017/01/lutfur-rahman-makes-comeback-with-new-political-party-tower-hamlets-together/ 25. ^[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-32428648 Tower Hamlets election fraud mayor Lutfur Rahman removed from office], BBC News, 23 April 2015 External links
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