Your area

This page lists all the parts of government that look after your area. Each of these organisations have different responsibilities and representatives.

Bethnal Green and Stepney parliamentary constituency

Member of Parliament

Rushanara Ali

Labour Party

Members of Parliament (MPs) represent your interests and concerns in the House of Commons.

MPs consider and can propose new laws as well as raising issues that matter to you in the House. This includes asking government ministers questions about current issues including those which affect local constituents.

MPs split their time between working in Parliament itself, working in the constituency that elected them and working for their political party.

Find out more about MPs

Mayor of London Borough of Tower Hamlets

Mayor of Tower Hamlets

Lutfur Rahman

Aspire

The Mayor has oversight for the following services and activities that fall within the Mayor and Cabinet Member Portfolios – Decision Making powers are as set out in the Executive Scheme of Delegation in the Constitution

Strategy and performance
Co-ordination of policy development and implementation
Council transformation and continuous improvement
Emergency planning & business continuity
Strategic partnerships
Tower Hamlets strategic partnership and the Community Plan
Oversight of community building and asset policy
Oversight of relationships with external partners
Communications
Oversight of Budget strategy
Town Hall strategy
Regeneration strategy
Regeneration Board
Inequality

Find more about the mayor's role

London Borough of Tower Hamlets: Whitechapel ward

Local Councillors

There are three local Councillors representing you.

Faroque Ahmed

Labour Party
Shafi Ahmed

Aspire
Kamrul Hussain

Aspire

London Assembly

Mayor of London

Sadiq Khan

Labour Party

The Mayor sets an overall vision for London. He has a duty to create plans and policies for the capital covering:

Arts & Culture
Business & Economy
Environment
Fire
Health
Housing and Land
Planning
Policing & Crime
Regeneration
Sport
Transport
Young People

Assembly Member for City and East

Unmesh Desai

Labour and Co-operative Party

The Assembly holds the Mayor and Mayoral advisers to account by publicly examining policies and programmes through committee meetings, plenary sessions, site visits and investigations.

Eleven Assembly Members represent the whole capital and 14 are elected by constituencies