The Greater London Authority (GLA),colloquially known by the metonym City Hall,is the devolved regional governance body of Greater London,England. It consists of two political branches:the executive Mayoralty and the 25-member London Assembly,which serves as a means of checks and balances on the former. Since May 2016,both branches have been under the control of the London Labour Party. The authority was established in 2000,following a local referendum,and derives most of its powers from the Greater London Authority Act 1999 and the Greater London Authority Act 2007.
The London Assembly is a 25-member elected body,part of the Greater London Authority,that scrutinises the activities of the Mayor of London and has the power,with a two-thirds supermajority,to amend the Mayor's annual budget and to reject the Mayor's draft statutory strategies. The London Assembly was established in 2000. It is also able to investigate other issues of importance to Londoners,publish its findings and recommendations,and make proposals to the Mayor.
Felicia Nicolette C. Gavron is a British politician who served as Deputy Mayor of London to Ken Livingstone from 2000 to 2003 and 2004 to 2008. She was a member of the London Assembly from 2000 to 2021 and was the former Labour candidate for the 2004 Mayor of London elections.
Jennifer Helen Jones,Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb,is a British politician who served as Deputy Mayor of London from 2003 to 2004. A member of the Green Party of England and Wales,she was until September 2019 the sole Green Party member in the House of Lords.
Jennette Arnold,OBE is a Labour Co-op politician who served as chair of the London Assembly for five terms. From 2004 to 2021,Arnold represented the North East constituency,comprising the London Boroughs of Hackney,Islington and Waltham Forest.
John Robert Biggs is a British Labour Co-op politician who was Mayor of Tower Hamlets between 2015 and 2022.
Valerie Shawcross is a British politician who served as Deputy Mayor of London for Transport from 2016 to 2018. A member of the Labour Co-operative parties,she was Member of the London Assembly for Lambeth and Southwark from 2000 to 2016.
Murad Qureshi is a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician,and a former Member of the London Assembly.
Jennifer Elizabeth Randerson,Baroness Randerson is a Welsh Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords. She is a former junior minister in the Wales Office serving in the Cameron–Clegg coalition. Prior to her peerage she was an Assembly Member for Cardiff Central from 1999 to 2011 when she served in the Welsh Labour-Lib Dem administration of the 2000–2003 Welsh Assembly Government.
Sayeeda Hussain Warsi,Baroness Warsi,is a British lawyer,politician,and member of the House of Lords who served as co-chairwoman of the Conservative Party from 2010 to 2012. She served in the Cameron–Clegg coalition,first as the Minister without portfolio between 2010 and 2012,then as the Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and as the Minister of State for Faith and Communities,until her resignation citing her disagreement with the Government's policy relating to the Israel–Gaza conflict in August 2014.
The London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA) was a functional body of the Greater London Authority (GLA) from 2000 to 2018. It was established with the Greater London Authority by the Greater London Authority Act 1999. It replaced the London Fire and Civil Defence Authority,on 3 July 2000. Its principal purpose was to be the strategic governance of the London Fire Brigade. The members of LFEPA were appointed annually by the Mayor of London and were nominated from the London Assembly and the London borough councils. There were two direct mayoral appointments to the authority from 2008,following the Greater London Authority Act 2007. It was abolished in April 2018 and replaced with the London Fire Commissioner,following the Policing and Crime Act 2017.
Caroline Valerie Pidgeon is a British politician serving as the Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the London Assembly since 2018,and a Londonwide Member of the London Assembly (AM) since 2008.
Tom Phillip Copley is a British Labour Party and Co-operative Party politician,serving as the Deputy Mayor of London for Housing and Residential Development. He served as a London wide member of the London Assembly from 2012 to 2020 and is a former councillor on Lewisham Council.
The London Conservativesare the regional party of the Conservative Party that operates in Greater London.
Caroline Russell is a British politician and activist serving as Leader of the Green Party in the London Assembly since October 2018,and a Member of the London Assembly (AM) for Londonwide since May 2016.
Judith Vivienne Blake,Baroness Blake of Leeds is a British Labour politician serving as a life peer in the House of Lords since 2021. She serves on the opposition front bench as a Shadow Spokesperson for Housing,Communities and Local Government and an Opposition Whip.
Sakina Zahra Sheikh is a British Labour Party politician who has been a Member of the London Assembly (AM) for Londonwide since 2021. She also represents Perry Vale on Lewisham Council.
Eleanor Anna "Elly" Baker is a notable British Labour Party politician who has been a Member of the London Assembly (AM) for Londonwide since 2021. She worked as an organiser for the National Education Union.
The 2022 Waltham Forest London Borough Council election was on 5 May 2022. All 60 members of Waltham Forest London Borough Council were elected. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom. the Labour Party maintained its control of the council,winning 47 out of the 60 seats with the Conservative Party forming the council opposition with the remaining 13 seats.
The 2024 London mayoral election is due to be held on 2 May 2024 to elect the next mayor of London. It will take place simultaneously with elections to the London Assembly and local elections across England and Wales. Following the Elections Act 2022,voting in this election will take place under the first-past-the-post system for the first time,replacing the supplementary vote system.
