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Bexley London Borough Council: Conservative: Civic Offices, 2 Watling Street 23.38 sq mi (60.6 km 2) 247,835 23 Brent: Brent London Borough Council: Labour: Brent Civic Centre, Engineers Way 16.70 sq mi (43.3 km 2) 341,221
The London boroughs are the current 32 local authority districts that together with the City of London make up the administrative area of Greater London, England; each is governed by a London borough council. The present London boroughs were all created at the same time as Greater London on 1 April 1965 by the London Government Act 1963 (c. 33 ...
The 28 boroughs were created by the London Government Act 1899. [1] In 1965 they were abolished and replaced by larger London boroughs within the new area of Greater London. The City of London, indicated no. 1 on the map, was not a metropolitan borough. It predated the metropolitan boroughs and is still in existence.
John Strype's map of 1720 describes London as consisting of four parts: The City of London, Westminster, Southwark and the eastern 'That Part Beyond the Tower'. [1] As London expanded, it absorbed many hundreds of existing towns and villages which continued to assert their local identities.
The membership of London Councils comprises the 32 London borough councils, the City of London Corporation, the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority and the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime. [1] The GLA was a member of the ALG for a period, before Mayor Ken Livingstone fell out with leading councillors and withdrew. [2]
Local government in Greater London, England takes place in two tiers; an upper tier and a lower tier. The upper tier authority is the Greater London Authority (GLA), controlled by the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. The lower tier authorities are the 32 borough councils and the City of London Corporation in the City of London. [1]
The 32 London boroughs are sub-divisions of Greater London. They were established in 1965. Between 1965 and 1986 a two-tier structure of government existed in Greater London and the boroughs shared power with the Greater London Council (GLC). When the GLC was abolished in 1986 they gained similar status to the unitary authorities.
Toggle London borough councils subsection. 1.1 Barking and Dagenham. 1.2 Barnet. 1.3 Bexley. ... The 32 London boroughs have been divided into 679 electoral wards ...