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The London Borough of Merton (/ ˈ m ɜːr t ə n / ⓘ) is a London borough in London, England. The borough was formed under the London Government Act 1963 in 1965 by the merger of the Municipal Borough of Mitcham , the Municipal Borough of Wimbledon and the Merton and Morden Urban District , all formerly within Surrey .
The statute was passed in 1235 and is named after Merton, where it was passed. It is considered the first English statute. [5] Magna Carta was initially enacted in 1215 and is counted as a statute by some sources as early as 1225; [5] however, The Statutes of the Realm does not consider it as a statute prior to a 1297 confirmation. [5]
Anns v Merton London Borough Council [1977] UKHL 4, [1978] AC 728 was a decision of the House of Lords that established a broad test for determining the existence of a duty of care in the tort of negligence, called the Anns test or sometimes the two-stage test for true third-party negligence. The case was overruled by Murphy v Brentwood DC [1991].
The London Borough of Merton and its council were created under the London Government Act 1963, with the first election held in 1964. [3] For its first year the council acted as a shadow authority alongside the area's three outgoing authorities, being the councils of the municipal boroughs of Mitcham and Wimbledon and the urban district of Merton and Morden. [4]
The scheme was operational first in London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham from June 2017, [4] and the London Borough of Merton followed shortly after. [5] In 2018, Bluecity located 10 cars at Gatwick Airport. [6] Bluecity shut down permanently on 10 February 2020, after reaching agreements with only three of London's thirty-three local ...
Merton was an electoral division for the purposes of elections to the Greater London Council. The constituency elected two councillors for a three-year term in 1964, 1967 and 1970. The constituency elected two councillors for a three-year term in 1964, 1967 and 1970.
Merton: Merton London Borough Council: Labour: Civic Centre, London Road 14.52 sq mi (37.6 km 2) 210,709 17 Newham [note 3] Newham London Borough Council: Labour: Newham Dockside, 1000 Dockside Road 13.98 sq mi (36.2 km 2) 358,645
Elections for the London Borough of Merton were held on 4 May 2006. This was on the same day as other local elections in England. [2] The Conservatives became the largest party in Merton, forming a minority administration. The incumbent Labour majority administration was defeated.