A Lamborghini belonging to a Labour councillor was found twice parked in a car park’s disabled bays without a blue badge.
Farhaan Rehman, the Labour councillor for Hounslow Heath in West London, owns a light blue Lamborghini Urus SE SUV worth £208,000 which has been pictured on two occasions parked in a disabled parking spot at Hounslow House civic centre.
If a general member of the public was caught parking in a disabled bay without a badge, they could face a fixed penalty notice of £160.
Despite this, no finding of fault has been made against Mr Rehman, whose father is also the General Secretary of a Hounslow mosque which is one of the largest in the UK and which is currently under investigation by the Charity Commission.
Mr Rehman has also not responded to requests for comment from the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS).
Hounslow Labour told the LDRS is was investigating the pictures, MyLondon reported.
Just last week, a single mother was fined £1,000 for ‘fly-tipping’ an envelope next to some boxes when her council bins were full.
Loretta Alvarez, 26, told the LDRS that if Councillor Rehman had indeed parked in the bays himself without a blue badge, it would make her feel as though elected officials conduct themselves differently to how ordinary members of the public are expected to act.
‘It [would make] you think, there clearly is a hierarchy, he thinks he can get away with it, and probably can because he’s a councillor.
‘But me, a normal person, getting on, paying my bills, I’d have to pay that,’ Ms Alvarez said.
Loretta Alvarez had placed the cardboard envelope on top of some boxes by the communal bins outside her flat in Feltham, west London, which are shared by 25 other households.
The mother of two assumed council workers would take the rubbish when they came to collect the waste, but was shocked to receive a penalty notice from Hounslow Council and was threatened with legal action if she did not pay.
While the parking spaces used by Mr Rehman to park his Lamborghini are owned and managed by Hounslow Council, the local authority said it was a matter for Hounslow Labour.
Labour councillor Rehman’s father, Shafiq Reham, is the General Secretary of Hounslow Jamia Masijd and Islamic Centre Mosque, one of the largest in the UK.
The mosque is also being investigated by the Charity Commission over concerns about its governance and regulatory compliance.
Worshippers and former staff at the mosque put their allegations to the government watchdog, the Sun reported last month, with concerns including ‘unaccounted for’ charitable funds and contracts allegedly being awarded to associates of the leadership team.
Probes were also launched by Hounslow Council and the Labour Party into individuals alleged to have a ‘stranglehold’ over the community.
Jack Emsley, the conservative councillor for Chiswick Homefields, told the LDRS he believes Mr Rehman should be deselected as a Labour candidate ahead of the 2026 local elections, if he is found to have breached parking rules.
He said: ‘Given the misery Hounslow Labour have caused residents in Chiswick, where they have raked in millions of pounds from PCNs for parking and traffic offences, I expect they will take a similar zero-tolerance approach to Cllr Rehman and dump him as a Labour candidate in next year’s elections.
‘Anything less would be an appalling double standard of one rule for Hounslow Labour councillors, and another for everyone else.’
The Daily Mail contacted Farhaan Rehman for comment.
