Mr Rahman was accompanied by Mr Livingstone on the campaign trail this week A former leader of Tower Hamlets Council who was dumped by Labour then stood as an independent has been voted in as the borough’s new mayor.
Lutfur Rahman secured 51.76% of the vote to become the east London borough’s first directly elected mayor.
Former council leader Mr Rahman was Labour’s initial candidate.
But when he was rebuffed by the party he announced he would stand as an independent with several Labour councillors’ backing.
Thursday’s poll was the first ever ballot for a directly-elected mayor in Tower Hamlets, with a 25.6% turnout.
Labour’s London mayoral candidate Ken Livingstone has risked internal discipline by campaigning for Mr Rahman against the party’s new candidate, Helal Abbas.
Votes were as follows:
Helal Uddin Abbas, Labour Party – 11,254Alan Duffell, Green Party – 2,300John David Macleod Griffiths, Liberal Democrats – 2,800Neil Anthony King, Conservative Party – 5,348Lutfur Rahman, Independent – 23,283
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