Editing Millwall (section)

==Politics==
Millwall gained some notoriety when, in a [[1993 Millwall by-election|council by-election in 1993]], [[Derek Beackon]] won the [[British National Party]]'s first council seat there. After a major anti-fascist campaign, the BNP lost the seat at the following full council election.

In September 2004, Tower Hamlets' [[RESPECT The Unity Coalition|Respect]] party fought its second council election in the borough, standing local activist Paul McGarr. In this previously 'solid' [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] seat, Labour were pushed into third place, and the local [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative party]] took its first ever seat on Tower Hamlets council. In the [[2006 United Kingdom local elections|2006 local elections]], the Conservatives took all three seats, defeating former MP [[Alan Amos]].

The Millwall ward was subsequently abolished in 2014, largely replaced by the new wards of Canary Wharf and Island Gardens. These retained the Conservative leanings of the old Millwall ward, and as of 2018 they each have one Conservative and one Labour councillor. These are the only two Conservative councillors on Tower Hamlets council.