Tower Hamlets London Borough Council elections S. Lynch. A by-election for the ward of Stepney Green was held on 11 June 2015, after the sitting councillor, Alibor Choudhury, was found guilty of corrupt and illegal practices by an election court. A by-election for the ward of Whitechapel was held on 2 December 2016, after the sitting councillor, Shahed Ali, was found guilty of housing fraud. Another independent candidate, Ahmed Shafi, won the seat. Tower Hamlets London Borough Council elections Tower Hamlets London Borough Council, the local authority for the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, is elected every four years. There were no by-elections. The by-election was
Brick Lane film, Sarah Gavron, attests on the DVD commentary of the film that genuine footage of Brick Lane does appear in the finished movie. Activists told "The Guardian" they intended to burn copies of Ali's book during a rally to be held on 30 July 2006, but the demonstration passed without incident. Other notable books on the area are "Salaam Brick Lane" by Tarquin Hall, "On Brick Lane" (2007) by Rachel Lichtenstein and "An Acre of Barren Ground" by Jeremy Gavron. A large collection of photographs of the characters and sales people who worked the markets in Brick Lane were taken