New Young Mayor for Tower Hamlets elected

Archive News Story: January 2011
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Nahimul Islam, a member of the Tower Hamlets Homes Youth Panel, has been elected Tower Hamlets Young Mayor 2011. 

Nahimul, 15, fought off 17 other hopeful candidates who put themselves forward for the role of Young Mayor.

His deputies will be 15 year old, Tasmina Khanum of Bow and Nadeem Miah, also 15, of Brick Lane.

Young people aged 11 to 18 who live, work or study in the borough cast their vote on Tuesday (January 25) at official polling stations in secondary schools, youth clubs and Idea Stores. The turn out was reported to be 52.43%.

The Young Mayor and his deputies will represent the young people of Tower Hamlets and play an important role in ensuring the powers-that-be listen to the views of the younger generation.

Nahimul, from Wapping, is involved in the Youth Council and Youth Opportunity Fund and his priorities as Young Mayor are narrow the attainment gap through accreditations, help young people into education, training and work through Olympic volunteering and jobs and improve community relations.

Nahimul told Tower Hamlets Homes: “It means the world to become Young Mayor as for the next 2 years I will be representing all young people in the borough and carrying out decisions affecting everyone. It’s a great feeling, but it’s a big job with great responsibility which I’m willing to carry forward to improve the lives of the youth.” 

You can hear Nahimul speak about his manifesto on YouTube:    

Young Mayor 2011 Election Results in brief:

Nahimul ISLAM (from Wapping)      2,004 votes    Young Mayor

Tasmina KHANUM (from Bow)        1,175 votes    Deputy

Nadeem MIAH (from Brick Lane)        754 votes    Deputy

The results were declared by Kevan Collins, Returning Officer and Chief Executive of Tower Hamlets Council, on Wednesday (January 26).