London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Labour-controlled
May 2016
Executive Mayor John Biggs AM (Lab)
Deputy Mayor
Cllr Sirajul Islam (Lab)
TEC Member
TBC
MPs
Rushanara Ali MP (Lab)
Bethnal Green & Bow
Jim Fitzpatrick MP (Lab)
Poplar & Limehouse
AM
Unmesh Desai AM (Lab)
Barking & Dagenham, City of
London, Newham, Tower
Hamlets
Chief Executive Will Tuckley
Seats won at 2014
Local Elections
Labour
20
Tower Hamlets First
18
Borough facts
Population: 284,000
(3.3% of London’s total population)
Total jobs in the borough: 270,000
(5.0% of all London jobs)
Total road length: 29km TLRN, 280km Borough roads
(41km major roads, 258km minor)
Conservative
4
Mode share of trips originating in LB Tower Hamlets
Taxi/Other
1.4%
Rail
5.9%
Cycle
3.5%
Car
18.2%
Underground
16.9%
63% of households do not own a car
(cf 57% in Inner London, 42% across Greater London)
Bus (incl Tram)
12.7%
863 million vehicle kms were travelled in Tower Hamlets in
2013 (3.0% of all London traffic)
Tower Hamlets residents make 2.4 trips per person per day
(cf 2.6 per person both in Inner and Greater London)
37% of trips are made on public transport
(cf 38% in Inner London, 29% across Greater London)
Opportunity & Intensification Areas
Isle of Dogs (OA) – 110,000 jobs, 10,000 homes
City Fringe / Tech City (OA) – 70,000 jobs, 8,700 homes
Walk
41.4%
Lower Lea Valley (incl. Stratford) (OA)
– 50,000 jobs, 32,000 homes
TfL Services in the borough:
Alex Williams
Director of Borough Planning
Colin Mann
Head of Borough Engagement
Debbie Canavan / Carole Davies Borough Engagement Manager (East)
TfL Contact:
[email protected]