article_snippet.sent: The race was won by Lutfur Rahman, 50, a controversial figure who has been accused in a separate High Court case of rigging his re-election victory last year.
article_snippet.sent: The victory by Mr Rahman – a former Labour councillor who stood as an independent after Mr Abbas was thrown out of the party over alleged links to Islamists – was seen as an embarrassment for Ed Miliband.
article_snippet.sent: The race was won by Lutfur Rahman, 50, a controversial figure who has been accused in a separate High Court case of rigging Ed Miliband re-election victory last year .