Editing Bethnal Green (section)

==Representation==
[[File:Stepney Civil Parish Map 1870.png|thumb|right|250px|The parishes that would ultimately become the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Many, such as Bethnal Green, were converted from earlier territorial units called 'Hamlets'.]]
Excluding the five-year tenure of [[George Galloway]] at Westminster from 2005, for any seat containing the name Bethnal Green: the pre-1945 General Election decades of [[Bethnal Green South West (UK Parliament constituency)|Bethnal Green South West]] was the last time when such a seat was not won by the chosen [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] candidate.<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F.W.S.|title=British parliamentary election results 1918-1949|url=https://archive.org/details/britishparliamen0000crai|url-access=registration|date=1969|publisher=Political Reference Publications|location=Glasgow|isbn=0-900178-01-9|page=[https://archive.org/details/britishparliamen0000crai/page/8 8]}}</ref>

Bethnal Green forms part of the UK Parliament constituency of [[Bethnal Green and Bow (UK Parliament constituency)|Bethnal Green and Bow]]. Its MP since 2010 has been [[Rushanara Ali]] of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/rushanara-ali/4138|title=Rushanara Ali MP|website=UK Parliament}}</ref>

London overall has a directly elected executive Mayor of London, currently [[Sadiq Khan]], and the [[City and East (London Assembly constituency)|City and East]] seat in the [[London Assembly]] is held by the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] member, [[Unmesh Desai]].

The area of Bethnal Green covers roughly three wards of Tower Hamlets; Bethnal Green<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/Documents/Borough_statistics/Ward_profiles/Bethnal_Green.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827170741/https://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/Documents/Borough_statistics/Ward_profiles/Bethnal_Green.pdf |archive-date=2019-08-27 |url-status=live|title=Bethnal Green Ward Profile|website=towerhamlets.gov.uk}}</ref> represented by Councillors Mohammed Ahbab Hossain, Sirajul Islam (who is Statutory Deputy Mayor for Housing under [[Mayor of Tower Hamlets]] and Eve McQuillan; St Peter's (which takes its name from the ecclesiastical parish of the same name<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/Documents/Borough_statistics/Ward_profiles/St-Peters-FINAL-10062014.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827170737/https://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/Documents/Borough_statistics/Ward_profiles/St-Peters-FINAL-10062014.pdf |archive-date=2019-08-27 |url-status=live|title=St Peter's Ward Profile|website=towerhamlets.gov.uk}}</ref>) represented by Councillors Kevin Brady, Tarik Khan and Gabriella Salva-Macallan; and Weaver's represented by Councillors John Pierce and Abdul Mukit<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-20|title=Your Councillors|url=https://democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=WARD&VW=LIST&PIC=0|access-date=2021-03-20|website=democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk|language=en}}</ref> All local councillors are currently members of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-20|title=Your Councillors|url=https://democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?bcr=1|access-date=2021-03-20|website=democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk|language=en}}</ref>

Between 1986 and 1992, the name ''Bethnal Green'' was applied to one of seven neighbourhoods to which power was devolved from the council.<ref name=maps>[http://www.election.demon.co.uk/thbc/thbcmap.html Tower Hamlets Borough Council Election Maps 1964–2002] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061004072317/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/thbc/thbcmap.html |date=4 October 2006 }} accessed 14 April 2007.</ref> Much of the street signage in the area was replaced to reflect this.