Rokhsana Fiaz OBE is a Labour and Co-operative Party politician serving as Mayor of Newham.
In the open selection that followed, Fiaz defeated Wales for the Labour nomination by 861 votes to 503.
[2] Fiaz promised to hold a referendum on the direct elected mayoral system[3] and this took place in May 2021.
[4] In the local elections of May 2022 Rokhsana Fiaz was returned as mayor for second term, securing 35,696 votes (56.2%).
[7] In the 2009 Birthday Honours, Fiaz was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) "for services to Black and Minority Ethnic People.