Editing Isle of Dogs (section)

===Politics===
{{Main|1993 Millwall by-election}}
The Island achieved notoriety in 1993 when [[Derek Beackon]] of the [[British National Party]] became a councillor for Millwall ward, in a [[by-election]]. This was the culmination of years when race was a prominent issue in local politics, especially with regards to allocation of housing.<ref>{{cite book|title=Contemporary British Fascism: The British National Party and its Quest for Legitimacy|last=Copsey|first=Nigel|year=2004|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-1-4039-0214-6|pages=52–64}}</ref> Labour regained the ward in the full council election of May 1994, and held all three seats until a further by-election in September 2004.