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Greater London is divided into fourteen territorial constituencies for London Assembly elections, each returning one member. The electoral system used is additional member system without an overhang and there are, therefore, a fixed number of eleven additional members elected from a party list.
As of the 2016 election, the fourteen single-member constituencies are listed below. As set out in the Greater London Authority Act 1999, each constituency comprises between two and four local authorities, with an average electorate of around 440,000. The total electorate in 2021 was 6,191,387. [1]
| Constituency | Boroughs | 2021 electorate | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barnet and Camden | Barnet Camden | 412,332 | Labour |
| 2 | Bexley and Bromley | Bexley Bromley | 423,904 | Conservative |
| 3 | Brent and Harrow | Brent Harrow | 426,373 | Labour |
| 4 | City and East | Barking and Dagenham City of London Newham Tower Hamlets | 637,319 | Labour |
| 5 | Croydon and Sutton | Croydon Sutton | 432,130 | Conservative |
| 6 | Ealing and Hillingdon | Ealing Hillingdon | 447,103 | Labour |
| 7 | Enfield and Haringey | Enfield Haringey | 404,492 | Labour |
| 8 | Greenwich and Lewisham | Greenwich Lewisham | 402,501 | Labour |
| 9 | Havering and Redbridge | Havering Redbridge | 402,404 | Conservative |
| 10 | Lambeth and Southwark | Lambeth Southwark | 461,056 | Labour |
| 11 | Merton and Wandsworth | Merton Wandsworth | 387,795 | Labour |
| 12 | North East | Hackney Islington Waltham Forest | 529,229 | Labour |
| 13 | South West | Hounslow Kingston Richmond | 459,309 | Conservative |
| 14 | West Central | Hammersmith and Fulham Kensington and Chelsea Westminster | 365,443 | Conservative |
Seats allocated using d'Hondt method, in order. Any party gaining less than 5% of the vote is not eligible for an Additional Assembly Member seat. Transfers within parties between elections omitted for simplicity. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] []
N.B.: The columns of this table do not represent actual constituencies.
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