[5][6] After some defections, the remaining Tower Hamlets Independent Group councillors registered formally as a political party in 2018.
[19] Ohid Ahmed was a senior Labour Party councillor as a cabinet member between 2002 and 2010.
[20] He was also the Labour Party candidate for West Suffolk in 2010,[21] and Deputy Mayor of Tower Hamlets between 2010 and 2014.
[23] Maium Miah was formerly a Conservative Party councillor for Millwall before joining Tower Hamlets First, and stood in Canary Wharf ward in 2014.
[24] The party's general secretary, Lillian Collins, was formerly Labour's chair in Tower Hamlets.
[25] On 4 April 2018, Aspire launched its campaign for the borough elections in Tower Hamlets,[25] with a full slate of 45 council candidates.
[28] On 12 August 2021, Aspire stood in the by-election to the Weavers ward via candidate Kabir Ahmed winning 47%.