Results tagged “City and East”
FOR ISLAND voters, the first fruits of their labours trickled in at around noon with the election of a new Millwall councillor.
A mere 12 hours later, over a million capital-dwellers had ushered a new face into City Hall.
The Wharf chased the action from Royal Docks to Tower Bridge as Ken Livingstone's eight-year reign as Mayor came to an end.
John Biggs ExCeLs in Assembly vote
City and East incumbent John Biggs will get the chance to celebrate a decade representing the constituency in two years time.
The former Tower Hamlets Council leader increased his share of the vote from 29 per cent to nearly 35 per cent on Friday (May 2), fending off a challenge from Blackwall and Cubitt Town's Conservative councillor Phil Briscoe.
Cllr Briscoe led in the very early stages of the count, but was significantly behind for much of the late afternoon, finishing with just over half of his opponent's total.
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