Rabina Khan: Difference between revisions

| otherparty = [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] <small>(until 2010)</small><br/>[[Independent (politician)|Independent]] <small>(2010–2014)</small><br/>[[Tower Hamlets First]] <small>(2014–2015)<br/></small>[[Tower Hamlets Independent Group]] <small>(2015–2016)</small><br/>

In the May 2010 [[Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election, 2010|Tower Hamlets Council election]], Khan won a seat in [[Shadwell]] for [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]],<ref name="moderngov.towerhamlets2">{{cite web |url=http://moderngov.towerhamlets.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=12&RPID=5824444|title=Election results for Shadwell|publisher=Tower Hamlets Council|date=6 May 2010|accessdate=1 June 2015}}</ref> where previously a Labour candidate had failed three times to win.<ref name="bbwhoswho11"/>{{Better source|reason=Not a reliable independent source|date=March 2018}} In October 2010, she was suspended along with nine other councillors from the Labour Party for supporting the newly elected [[Independent (politician)|independent]] [[Directly elected mayor of Tower Hamlets|Mayor of Tower Hamlets]], [[Lutfur Rahman (politician)|Lutfur Rahman]].<ref name="telegraph">{{cite news |last=Gilligan|first=Andrew|url=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/andrewgilligan/100056657/lutfur-rahman-eleven-are-expelled-from-the-labour-party/|title=Lutfur Rahman: Eleven are expelled from the Labour Party|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''|date=1 October 2010|accessdate=1 May 2012}}</ref> In [[Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election, 2014|May 2014]], she was re-elected in the Shadwell ward as a candidate for [[Tower Hamlets First]],<ref name="moderngov.towerhamlets3">{{cite web |url=http://moderngov.towerhamlets.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=80|title=Election results for Shadwell|publisher=Tower Hamlets Council|date=22 May 2014|accessdate=1 June 2015}}</ref> a party set up by Rahman. She was a member of Tower Hamlets First until it was disbanded in April 2015 following electoral corruption by Rahman.<ref name="ibtimes">{{cite news |last=Croucher|first=Shane|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/rabina-khan-lutfur-rahman-not-bankrolling-my-tower-hamlets-mayor-campaign-1505243.html|title=Rabina Khan: Lutfur Rahman is not bankrolling my Tower Hamlets mayor campaign|work= |location= |publisher=''[[International Business Times]]''|date=10 June 2015|accessdate=11 June 2015}}</ref>

From October 2010 to April 2015, Khan was also the Cabinet Member of Housing,<ref name="londoncouncils">{{cite web |url=http://directory.londoncouncils.gov.uk/directory/towerhamlets/executive/|title=London Borough of Tower Hamlets|publisher= London Councils' Directory|year=2012|accessdate=1 May 2012}}</ref> Development and Renewal with a remit for delivering housing pledges in [[Tower Hamlets London Borough Council|Tower Hamlets Council]].<ref name="bbwhoswho11">{{cite book |last1=Karim|first1=Mohammed Abdul|last2=Karim|first2=Shahadoth|title=British Bangladeshi Who's Who|url=http://www.bbwhoswho.co.uk/images/who_%20who_2011.pdf|date=October 2011|publisher=British Bangla Media Group|page=68|isbn= |accessdate=1 May 2012}}</ref>{{Better source|reason=Not a reliable independent source|date=March 2018}}

In April 2015, Khan along with the remaining 17 Tower Hamlets First councillors was described by Commissioner [[Richard Mawrey]] QC, acting as a judge in an [[election court]] investigating Lutfur Rahman's election, as being elected to Tower Hamlets Council "with the benefit of the corrupt and illegal practices", although Khan was not implicated in any claims of electoral fraud.<ref name="theguardian2"/> In the same month, Khan announced that she would stand in the [[Directly elected mayor of Tower Hamlets#2015 by-election|by-election for mayor of Tower Hamlets]], supported by Rahman<ref name="eastlondonadvertiser2">{{cite news |last=Brooke|first=Mike|url=http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/politics/rabina_khan_takes_on_fight_for_sacked_mayor_rahman_for_tower_hamlets_re_run_election_1_4056687|title=Rabina Khan takes on fight for sacked mayor Rahman for Tower Hamlets re-run election|work= |location=London|publisher=''[[Docklands and East London Advertiser|East London Advertiser]]''|date=1 May 2015|accessdate=30 April 2015}}</ref><ref name="standard">{{cite news |last=de Peyer|first=Robin|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/disgraced-tower-hamlets-mayor-lutfur-rahman-calls-on-supporters-to-donate-funds-for-legal-challenge-at-mass-rally-10217290.html|title=Disgraced ex-Tower Hamlets Mayor Lutfur Rahman calls on supporters to donate funds for legal challenge|work= |location=London|publisher=''[[London Evening Standard]]''|date=30 April 2015|accessdate=1 May 2015}}</ref><ref name="itv">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.itv.com/news/london/update/2015-04-30/lutfur-rahman-names-woman-he-wants-to-succeed-him-as-mayor/|title=Lutfur Rahman names woman he wants to succeed him as mayor|work= |location=London|publisher=''[[ITV News]]''|date=30 April 2015|accessdate=1 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="bdnews24">{{cite news |last= |first= |url=http://www.bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2015/05/02/disgraced-lutfur-rahman-endorses-rabina-khan-for-tower-hamlets-mayor|title=Disgraced Lutfur Rahman endorses Rabina Khan for Tower Hamlets mayor|work= |location=Bangladesh|publisher=''[[Bdnews24.com]]''|date=2 May 2015|accessdate=2 May 2015}}</ref><ref name="newsbangladesh">{{cite news |last=Abedin|first=Syed Zahirul|url=http://www.newsbangladesh.com/english/Rabina-Khan-intends-to-lead-transparent-Tower-Hamlets/3788|title=Rabina Khan intends to lead transparent Tower Hamlets|location= |work= |publisher=''News Bangladesh''|date=9 June 2015|accessdate=1 July 2015}}</ref><ref name="theguardian1">{{cite news |last=Hill|first=Dave|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/davehillblog/2015/jun/05/nerves-and-defiance-in-re-run-tower-hamlets-mayoral-race|title=Nerves and defiance in re-run Tower Hamlets mayoral race|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Guardian]]''|date=5 June 2015|accessdate=13 July 2015}}</ref><ref name=dela-20150501>{{cite news |url=http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/politics/rabina_khan_takes_on_fight_for_sacked_mayor_rahman_for_tower_hamlets_re_run_election_1_4056687 |title=Rabina Khan takes on fight for sacked mayor Rahman for Tower Hamlets re-run election |author=Mike Brooke |newspaper=[[Docklands and East London Advertiser]] |date=1 May 2015 |accessdate=1 May 2015}}</ref> and all the former Tower Hamlets First councillors.<ref>https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/tower-hamlets-rabina-khan-campaign-tainted-by-lutfur-rahman-corruption-shadow-troubled-east-end-1505064</ref> She stood as an [[Independent (politician)|independent]] candidate<ref name="socialistworker">{{cite news |last=Sewell|first=Dave|url=http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art/40622/Rabina+Khans+anti-austerity+message+welcome+in+Tower+Hamlets|title=Rabina Khan's anti-austerity message welcome in Tower Hamlets|work= |location= |publisher=''[[Socialist Worker]]''|date=26 May 2015|accessdate=1 June 2015}}</ref> and came second to Labour candidate [[John Biggs (politician)|John Biggs]].<ref name="bbc4">{{cite news |last=Saini|first=Angela|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-33105311|title=Tower Hamlets election: Labour's John Biggs named mayor|work= |location=London|publisher=''[[BBC News]]''|date=12 June 2015|accessdate=12 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="theguardian2">{{cite news |last=Syal|first=Rajeev|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jun/12/john-biggs-elected-as-labour-mayor-of-tower-hamlets|title=John Biggs elected as Labour mayor of Tower Hamlets|work= |location= |publisher=''[[The Guardian]]''|date=12 June 2015|accessdate=13 July 2015}}</ref>

Khan was subsequently re-elected as a councillor as a member of the [[Tower Hamlets Independent Group]] (THIG).<ref name="lovewapping">{{cite news |last=Baynes|first=Mark|url=http://www.lovewapping.org/2017/01/lutfur-rahman-makes-comeback-with-new-political-party-tower-hamlets-together/|title=Exclusive: Lutfur Rahman making political comeback with new party|work= |location= |publisher=''Love Wapping''|date=24 January 2017|accessdate=31 January 2017}}</ref> In November 2016, she defected from THIG to form the [[People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets]] (PATH),<ref name="lovewapping"/> which was formally recognised as a political party by the [[Electoral Commission (United Kingdom)|Electoral Commission]] in February 2018.<ref name="eastlondonadvertiser4">{{cite news |last=Brooke|first=Mike|url=http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/politics/rabina_khan_takes_on_fight_for_sacked_mayor_rahman_for_tower_hamlets_re_run_election_1_4056687|title=Electoral Commission gives People’s Alliance of Tower Hamlets recognition as a political party for council election|work= |location=London|publisher=''[[Docklands and East London Advertiser|East London Advertiser]]''|date=28 February 2018|accessdate=2 March 2018}}</ref>

Khan is standing in the [[Mayor of Tower Hamlets#2018_election|2018 elections for directly elected Mayor of Tower Hamlets]].<ref name="eastlondonadvertiser6">{{cite news |last=Brooke|first=Mike|url=http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/politics/rivals-for-tower-hamlets-mayor-vote-in-tug-of-war-with-oaps-in-row-over-protocol-breach-1-5423792|title=Tower Hamlets mayor election rivals in tug-of-war as ‘breach of protocol’ row erupts|work= |location=London|publisher=''[[Docklands and East London Advertiser|East London Advertiser]]''|date=7 March 2018|accessdate=11 March 2018}}</ref>