Lutfur Rahman, the Mayor of Tower Hamlets, has been found guilty of “corrupt practice” regarding his election.
The independent left-wing politician was accused of electoral fraud by four voters who launched a legal challenge against him under the Representation of the People Act.
Election Commissioner Richard Mawrey, who was sitting as a judge in the Royal Courts of Justice, said Mr Rahman had "driven a coach and horses" through local authority law.
He said Mr Rahman should be barred from office and his election re-run.
Reporters present in the court said there were audible gasps in the room when the judgement was read out.
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