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Not exactly a surprising result, given the shenanigans. 25.6% turnout is far from the worst I've seen for local elections, too.

Chz | 22.10.10 - 8:55 a.m. | #

Now that some London Boroughs are merging for all services (Westminster/Kensington and Chelsea/Hammersmith and Fulham) I wonder if Tower Hamlets, -a fairly small borough,- maybe one day will join with Hackney and Islington.
Does seem a waste of money having a mayoral election in Tower Hamlets.

John | 22.10.10 - 9:01 a.m. | #

I passed York Hall last night on my way home at about 10.30 last night, and saw the well-oiled Tower Hamlets election machine in action - the police had closed the bus lane on Cambridge Heath Road, and were using it as a queueing system for Presiding Officers' cars, each of which had a couple of ballot boxes in the back.
(I did wonder what the turnout would have been like, and how many of those boxes would have been almost empty. And if any dead people had perhaps voted this time urine.)

martin | Homepage | 22.10.10 - 9:47 a.m. | #

Ahem. Apparently I've still not quite got the hang of typing on this new-fangled phone. That last word should have read 'around'.

martin | Homepage | 22.10.10 - 9:49 a.m. | #

When I went to vote there was only a Labour canvasser outside the polling station in Wrights Road. He had no interest in speaking to me. He only approached Asian people to give them a leaflet.


gayskin | 22.10.10 - 10:00 a.m. | #

Imagine a country where this happened everywhere... it will, and in not too many years, unless we act now to stop it...

Blue Witch | Homepage | 22.10.10 - 10:15 a.m. | #

I voted at the same polling station as you dg and there was a nice young lady from the Rahman campaign int eh AM rush hour. Was suprised witht he lack of moblisation from the Labour campaign, no leaflets at all in my block of new built and semi-private flats although all affordable/social housing. It seems the battle was played out only in small sections of the borough. If Biggs had been Labour's candidate I reckon it would have been much closer.

Preist_Field | 22.10.10 - 10:29 a.m. | #

Thanks for putting the results up so quickly. I was the only white voter at my nearly empty polling station by Tom Thumbs Arch. The were Lutfer canvassers outside who ignored me. Many of the pensioners here in Bow East seem depressed and defeatist - "No point in voting, it won't make any difference."

Bow Resident | Homepage | 22.10.10 - 11:19 a.m. | #

My experience was very similar, except that there were both Rahman and Abbas supporters at the gate, and the Rahman supporters did offer me a leaflet. When I came out, there were two dayglo-jacketed council workers there, and someone was saying in a raised voice that if Abbas got in then he would sack all the council workers. But there was no sign of violence.

Peter Cameron | Homepage | 22.10.10 - 11:59 a.m. | #

A few Labour people outside the Millwall polling stations, but otherwise not much sign of life. I got the impression the election officials were even quite relieved to have someone to talk to (I've done it, it's one of the most boring jobs ever).

But there's nothing unusual about parties giving out "polling cards" with a mock ballot paper on and their candidate(s) duly marked up. Until party affiliations were listed on the ballot paper, they all did it. My grandmother, one coming out after voting, used to take great delight in giving the Conservative card to the Communist teller, the Communist one to Labour, the Labour one to the Liberals, and so on.

Autolycus | Homepage | 22.10.10 - 4:44 p.m. | #











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