Editing Spitalfields (section)

===Representation===
{{see also|2018 Tower Hamlets London Borough Council election}}
Nearly all (except a tiny area north of the railway, in Weaver's Ward) of the district is part of the Spitalfields & Banglatown ward, which elects two councillors to [[Tower Hamlets Borough Council]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=WARD&VW=LIST&PIC=0|title=Your Councillors|date=12 July 2020|website=democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk}}</ref> Spitalfields is in the [[Bethnal Green and Bow (UK Parliament constituency)|Bethnal Green and Bow]] constituency, represented in the [[House of Commons]] of the [[UK Parliament]] since 2010 by [[Rushanara Ali]] of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/rushanara-ali/4138|title=Rushanara Ali MP|website=UK Parliament}}</ref>

The [[Spitalfields Neighbourhood Planning Forum]], which is constitituted of Spitalfields residents, business operators, community organisations and other local interests, is intended to help local people influence neighbourhood planning policies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.spitalfieldsforum.org.uk/|title=Spitalfields & banglatown neighbourhood Plan|website=Spitalfieldsforum.org.uk|access-date=23 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Brooke|first1=Mike|title=Spitalfields planning forum gets legal recognition in bid to halt City encroachment|url=http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/politics/spitalfields_planning_forum_gets_legal_recognition_in_bid_to_halt_city_encroachment_1_4484984|work=Docklands and East London Advertiser|date=6 April 2016|access-date=18 August 2016}}</ref>