Editing London Borough of Tower Hamlets (section)

==Governance==
{{main|Tower Hamlets London Borough Council}}
[[File:Tower Hamlets Town Hall 2023 (1).jpg|thumb|[[Tower Hamlets Town Hall]], 160 Whitechapel Road]]
The local authority is Tower Hamlets Council, based at [[Tower Hamlets Town Hall]] on [[Whitechapel Road]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.eastlondonlines.co.uk/2023/03/historic-whitechapel-building-reopens-as-tower-hamlets-new-town-hall/|title=Historic Whitechapel building reopens as Tower Hamlets' new town hall|newspaper=East London Lines|date=1 March 2023|access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref> Since 2010 the council has been led by the directly elected [[Mayor of Tower Hamlets]].<ref name=SunTel>{{cite web|last=Gilligan |first=Andrew |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/8068839/PICS-AND-PUBLISH-Tower-Hamlets-extremist-vote-poses-Eds-first-big-election-test.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101018183949/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/8068839/PICS-AND-PUBLISH-Tower-Hamlets-extremist-vote-poses-Eds-first-big-election-test.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 October 2010 |title=Tower Hamlets extremist vote poses Ed Miliband's first big election test |publisher=Sunday Telegraph |date=17 October 2010 |access-date=2010-10-18}}</ref>

===Greater London representation===
Since 2000, the borough lies within the [[City and East (London Assembly constituency)|City and East]] constituency, [[List of London Assembly constituencies|one of fourteen constituencies]] which make up the [[London Assembly]], and is represented by [[Unmesh Desai]] of the Labour Party.

=== UK Parliament ===
For the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]], the borough was split into two [[List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies|constituencies]]:

* [[Bethnal Green and Bow (UK Parliament constituency)|Bethnal Green & Bow]], represented by [[Rushanara Ali]] (Labour).
* [[Poplar and Limehouse (UK Parliament constituency)|Poplar & Limehouse]], represented by [[Apsana Begum]] (Labour).

Due to the [[2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies]], the subsequent [[2024 United Kingdom general election|general election]] saw Tower Hamlets elect MPs in three constituencies. These are:
* [[Stratford and Bow (UK Parliament constituency)|Stratford and Bow]] (partly in Newham as well as Tower Hamlets), represented by [[Uma Kumaran]] (Labour).
* [[Bethnal Green and Stepney (UK Parliament constituency)|Bethnal Green and Stepney]], represented by Rushanara Ali.
* [[Poplar and Limehouse (UK Parliament constituency)|Poplar and Limehouse]] (under amended boundaries), represented by Apsana Begum.