Local election petitions

A local election petition has been brought following the elections on 22 May 2014 in Tower Hamlets seeking to have the election of the mayor, Lutfur Rahman, declared void.

This note gives details of the different electoral offences and the procedure for bringing a local election petition. It also gives brief details of previous allegations of electoral abuse in Tower Hamlets.

Library Standard Note 5751, Election petition: Oldham East and Saddleworth, gives details of the use of the Parliamentary election petition process after the general election in 2010 and Standard Note 6255, Election offences since 2010, provides a chronology of allegations of electoral malpractice from 2010 to date.