Council & democracy
The council is made up of 51 elected local councillors from 17
wards, also known as local voting areas, across the borough.
Here you can find out what voting
area you live in, or how to meet your
councillor.
Tower Hamlets Council employs around 10,500 staff in six
directorates around 4,800 of whom are
based in schools.
Meet your councillor
Tower Hamlets Mayor
Tower Hamlets Mayor is responsible
for many of the ceremonial duties of the council. A new Mayor and
Deputy Mayor are elected every year from among the serving
councillors in the borough.
Council budgets
We report our budgets
and spending to show how we use public money. We also record
and publish all decisions and recommendations from meetings.
Consultations, contracts, and performance
In this section you can read about the range
of consultation practices in the
council, the tenders and contracts
process, and how we measure our performance.
Data protection and freedom of information
Find out about the Data
Protection Act 1998 and the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and
what information can be made available to the public.