Two east London MPs today called on Tower Hamlets council to take "urgent action" over electoral fraud fears.
Bethnal Green and Bow MP Rushanara Ali, and Jim Fitzpatrick, MP for Poplar and Limehouse, have written to the council's interim chief executive Aman Dalvi demanding "immediate action" to investigate allegations of electoral fraud uncovered by the Standard.
The Labour MPs, who were joined by Labour Assembly member John Biggs and leader of the council's Labour group Josh Peck, said "public confidence in the electoral process" must be restored in the lead-up to the mayoral election. They added: "Following the story in the Evening Standard this week containing serious allegations of electoral fraud and mismanagement of electoral registration, we are writing to urge the council to take urgent action to rectify this problem.
"Residents have a right to know that the integrity of this process is being rigorously defended and that they can trust in the council to do this."
It emerged this week that more than 500 voters are registered in just 64 homes, according to records - an average of three people per bedroom.
Tower Hamlets has strongly denied the claims and said a police investigation last year following similar allegations found no cases of electoral abuse.
