Council boss in charge until new Tower Hamlets mayor takes charge on Monday
WHOEVER is declared the winner of today’s mayoral election the man who is in charge until Monday is the chief executive Kevan Collins.
Tower Hamlets’ first directly elected mayoral officially takes office on Monday morning.
Until then Dr Collins will have to deal with any major issues which arise.
One thing’s for sure - with a six figure salary he also earns more than the new mayor who will take home �74,995 in the top political job.
He is also the returning officer in charge of tonight’s count which gets under way at York Hall in Bethnal Green after the polls close at 10pm.
You may also want to watch:
The council’s current leader Helal Abbas and his Cabinet of eight finish their term today and during the interregnum period on Friday and over the weekend Dr Collins has the power to make an urgent key decisions.
He could be in for a long night tonight as 175,000 people had the right to vote in this mayoral election at 119 polling stations across the East End.
Most Read
- 1 Teenager found dead in Victoria Park
- 2 Driver arrested after police 'drugs patrol' stops car in Whitechapel
- 3 Two in five people in Tower Hamlets may have had Covid-19
- 4 'I can save the planet with my seaweed' scientist in east London claims
- 5 Disgraceful management of the pandemic
- 6 Drug and alcohol abuse by Tower Hamlets parents and children soars
- 7 'Laptop bonanza' for schoolchildren in Poplar to help survive lockdown gloom
- 8 Post deliveries in east London hit by Covid crisis among Royal Mail staff
- 9 That's so raven: Everything you need to know about the guardians of the Tower
- 10 Pressure on government to provide laptops for lockdown learning
Dr Collins became chief executive last year after succeeding Martin Smith to the top job.
He was previously head of children’s services at the council and started his career as a teacher in Tower Hamlets before a stint working as a government adviser on education.
