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Mayor 'shocked' after election declared void

Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman has been left ‘shocked’ after being barred from standing in a re-run of the May 2014 poll that elected him.

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By Dan Peters | 23 April 2015

Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman has been left ‘shocked' after being barred from standing in a re-run of the May 2014 poll that elected him.

The election was today declared void after Mr Rahman was found guilty of illegal practices and accused of ‘driving a coach and horses' through local authority law.

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