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.
Mayor
1965 T. H. A. MitchellMunicipal year book and public utilities directory, 1966 1966 Ald J. OrwellKnown as John Orwell (Bethnal Green)Municipal year book and public utilities directory, 1967 1967 M. J. DurellMunicipal year book and public utilities directory, 1968 1968 F. W. BridenMunicipal year book and public utilities directory, 1969 1969 E. G. WalkerMunicipal year book and public utilities directory, 1970 1970 Ald J. OrwellKnown as John Orwell (Stepney)Municipal year book and public utilities directory, 1971 1971 W. Harris 1972 Ald H. F. RackleyMunicipal year book and public services directory, 1973 1973 G. T. Desmond 1974 G. R. ChaneyMunicipal year book and public services directory, 1975 1975 B. HolmesMunicipal year book and public services directory, 1976 1976 D. KellyMunicipal year book and public services directory, 1977 1977 J. RileyMunicipal year book and public services directory, 1978 1978 A. S. DorrellMunicipal year book and public services directory, 1979 1979 E. ArmsbyMunicipal year book and public services directory, 1980 1980 L. CrookMunicipal year book and public services directory, 1981 1981 P. ThompsonMunicipal year book and public services directory, 1982 1982 J. C. O'NeillMunicipal year book and public services directory, 1983 1983 E. D. PennerMunicipal year book and public services directory, 1984 1984 R. W. AshkettleMunicipal year book and public services directory, 1985 1985 P. BeasleyMunicipal year book and public services directory, 1986 1986 B. WilliamsMunicipal year book and public services directory, 1987 1987 B. WilliamsMunicipal year book and public services directory, 1988 1988 B. C. DuffyMunicipal year book and public services directory, 1989 1989 J. A. ShawMunicipal year book and public services directory, 1990 1990 J. LudlowMunicipal year book and public services directory, 1991 1991 B. A. BlandfordMunicipal year book and public services directory, 1992 1992 K. B. AppiahMunicipal year book and public services directory, 1993 1993 J. SnooksMunicipal year book and public services directory, 1994 1994 A. DownesMunicipal year book and public services directory, 1995 1995 G. MortuzaMunicipal year book and public services directory, 1996 1996 A. JacobMunicipal year book and public services directory, 1997 1997 J. Ramanoop 1998 A. AsadMunicipal year book and public services directory, 1999 1999 D. Jones 2000 Soyful AlomMunicipal year book and public services directory, 2001 2001 L. MelvinMunicipal year book and public services directory, 2002 2002 S. UllahMunicipal year book and public services directory, 2003 2003 Abdul Aziz Sardar 2004 Manir Uddin Ahmed 2005 Doros Ullah 2006 Shafiqul Haque 2007 Ann Jackson 2008 Mohammed Abdus Salique 2009 Ahmed Omer 2010 Motin Uz-Zaman
Chair of Council 2010 Motin Uz-Zaman 2011 Mizan Chaudhury
Speaker of Council 2011 Mizan Chaudhury 2012 Rajib Ahmed 2013 Lesley Pavitt 2014 Mohammed Mukit 2015 Marc Francis 2016 Khales Uddin Ahmed 2017 Sabina Akhtar 2018 Ayas Miah 2019 Victoria Obaze
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