The People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets (PATH) was a minor political party in

Tower Hamlets The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is a London borough covering much of the traditional East End. It was formed in 1965 from the merger of the former metropolitan boroughs of Stepney, Poplar, and Bethnal Green. 'Tower Hamlets' was originally ...

, London, England composed of councillors who had formerly been members of

Tower Hamlets First Tower Hamlets First was a British political party represented in Tower Hamlets London Borough Council, which was launched to contest the 2014 local elections in the Borough. During its existence, it was the second largest party on Tower Hamlets ...

and then the

Tower Hamlets Independent Group Aspire is a political party in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England, formed by Lutfur Rahman and councillors elected as members of his Tower Hamlets First. After Tower Hamlets First was removed from the register of political parties fo ...

. The group was formed by Cllr

Rabina Khan Rabina Khan ( bn, রবিনা খান; born 15 September 1972) is a Bangladeshi-born British writer, politician, former councillor for Shadwell and Cabinet Member for Housing in Tower Hamlets Council, community worker and author of '' Aye ...

and her husband Cllr Aminur Khan as a split from the Tower Hamlets Independent Group in November 2016. Khan disbanded the party in 29 August 2018 and later joined the Liberal Democrats.

Background

was established by Lutfur Rahman on 18 September 2013. The party stood candidates in the 2014 Tower Hamlets Council election, where it won 18 out of 45 seats, becoming the second largest party on Tower Hamlets Council, and the fifth largest political party out of all London borough councils. The party was suspended in 23 April 2015, after an

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report that found Rahman "personally guilty of 'corrupt or illegal practices' or both" with the party labelled as a "one-man band". The party was removed from the

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maintained by the

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on 29 April 2015. Following the dissolution of Tower Hamlets First, the majority of former party members established the

(THIG) to co-ordinate activity on the council. Six members subsequently left the Tower Hamlets Independents to form the competing People's Alliance group. Cllr.

formally registered the People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets with the

on 26 February 2018.

Initial representation

Until the elections on 3 May 2018, the People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets had 6 out of the 45 Council seats in the

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. Rabina Khan had previously been elected as a Labour Party candidate and then as a Tower Hamlets First candidate. Abjol Miah was previously elected as a

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councillor.

2018 elections and party disbands

Khan stood in the 2018 elections for directly elected Mayor of Tower Hamlets, coming second, and the party stood in all but one ward at the 2018 borough elections. Khan was re-elected as a Councillor, but the party won no other seats. In August, Khan disbanded the party with her and colleagues switching to the Liberal Democrats. Former PATH councillor Abjol Miah stood as a Liberal Democrat candidate in a by-election for the Shadwell ward on 7 February 2019. However, he was suspended from the party the day of the vote for sharing an antisemitic video on Twitter and Facebook in 2014 by

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Background

Initial representation

2018 elections and party disbands

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