Saturday, September 14, 2024
Hyperlocal update: The news from Bow
1) The Bow East by-election took place on Thursday and we have a new councillor.
• Abdi Mohamed [Labour]: 53% (↑6%)
• Rupert George [Green]: 30% (↑14%)
• Robin Edwards [Conservative]: 10% (↑4%)
• Siobhan Proudfoot [Liberal Democrats]: 6% (↓2%)
It was a strong Labour performance, taking over half of the votes, although turnout was only 15% so it's not quite as thumping a win as it looks. The Greens leapt into second place, reflecting a recent Green renaissance across this part of London, although their leaflet game was strong with three separate missives landing in my letterbox. The Conservative leaflet arrived so late that I'd already voted.
None of this will affect how Tower Hamlets council is run because we have a Mayoral system so Lutfur Rahman can do what he likes, indeed his Aspire party didn't even bother to put up a candidate. But Bow East's former councillor is now the MP for Westminster and the City, so who knows where Abdi might end up?
2) Bus Stop M still doesn't have a poster saying that route 8 no longer stops here. That's pretty appalling given it's now seven days after the route was curtailed to Old Ford. Meanwhile one of the posters at Bow Church DLR has been ripped off (and the other is heading that way), which is fine because route 8 never stopped there anyway.
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