John Biggs (London politician)

John Biggs
Biggs speaking following his 2008 re-election to the London Assembly
Mayor of Tower Hamlets
In office 15 June 2015 – 8 May 2022
Preceded by	Lutfur Rahman
Succeeded by	Lutfur Rahman
Member of the London Assembly for City and East
In office 4 May 2000 – 7 May 2016
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by	Unmesh Desai
Majority	82,744
Personal details
Born	(1957-11-19) 19 November 1957 (age 66)
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour Co-op
Spouse	Christine Sibley ​ ​ (m. 1993; div. 2015)​
Residence	Wapping
Alma mater	University of Bristol

John Robert Biggs (born 19 November 1957) is a British Labour Co-op politician who was Mayor of Tower Hamlets between 2015 and 2022.

Biggs was first elected to Tower Hamlets London Borough Council in 1988 where he served as a Councillor for St Katharine's Ward and later St Dunstan's Ward until 2002. He was selected as Leader of the Labour Group in 1991, and became a Council Leader in 1994 following a landslide election win.

In 2000, he successfully ran for the City and East Constituency London Assembly seat. Over the course of a 16-year career in the Assembly he served as a member of the Metropolitan Police Authority, London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority, London Health Commission, Deputy Chair of the London Development Agency, Deputy Chair of the London Thames Gateway Development Corporation, Chair of Transport, Chair of Planning and Spatial Development, Chair of Regeneration, Chair of the London Assembly Budget Committee, and Chair of the GLA Audit Committee.

He was elected Mayor of Tower Hamlets in 2015, and reelected in 2018. In 2007 he was made an Honorary Fellow of Queen Mary University, and of Birkbeck College in 2016.