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.
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.
An election to the Assembly of London took place on 10 June 2004,along with the 2004 London mayoral election.
Robert John Blackman MP is a British politician who has been the chairman of the 1922 Committee and chair of the Backbench Business Committee since 2024. A member of the Conservative Party,he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Harrow East since 2010. He served as the Joint Executive Secretary of the backbench 1922 Committee from 2012 to 2024. Blackman was the Member of the London Assembly (MLA) for Brent and Harrow between 2004 and 2008.
Harrow East is a constituency in Greater London created in 1945 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Bob Blackman,a Conservative.
Brent London Borough Council in London,England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2022 the council has comprised 57 councillors representing 22 wards,with each ward electing two or three councillors.
Brent and Harrow is a constituency represented in the London Assembly.
Local government elections took place in London,and some other parts of the United Kingdom on Thursday 4 May 2006. Polling stations were open between 7am and 10pm.
An election to the Assembly of London took place on 1 May 2008,along with the 2008 London mayoral election. The Conservatives gained 2 seats,Labour gained one seat,the Liberal Democrats lost two seats,and UKIP were wiped out. Notably,a candidate for the British National Party (BNP) was elected for the first time.
There were local government elections in London on Thursday 22 May 2014. All councillor seats on the 32 London borough councils were up for election. The electorates of Hackney,Lewisham,Newham and Tower Hamlets also elected their executive mayors,who operate in place of council leaders in those boroughs. Ward changes took place in Hackney,Kensington and Chelsea,and Tower Hamlets,which reduced the total number of councillors by 10 to 1,851. Both the mayoral and councillor elections are four-yearly.
The 2006 Brent London Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Brent London Borough Council in London,England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.
The 2010 Brent London Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Brent London Borough Council in London,England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.
The 2014 Brent London Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Brent London Borough Council in London,England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.
The London Conservativesare the regional party of the Conservative Party that operates in Greater London.
The 2021 London Assembly election was held on 6 May 2021 to elect the members of the London Assembly,alongside the 2021 London mayoral election. The mayoral and Assembly elections were originally to be held on 7 May 2020,but on 13 March 2020 it was announced the election would be postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the sixth election since the Assembly was established in 2000. Due to the previous term being extended to 5 years,those elected would only serve a three-year term until the next election in 2024. The election was held on the same day in 2021 as other elections in the UK;the UK local elections,Scottish Parliament election,and Welsh Senedd election.
David Timothy Simmonds is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ruislip,Northwood and Pinner from 2019. Simmonds was formerly a councillor on Hillingdon London Borough Council,having served from 1998 to 2022. He has been Shadow Minister for Housing,Communities and Local Government since July 2024.
The 2022 London local elections took place on 5 May 2022,as part of the 2022 United Kingdom local elections. All London borough councillor seats were up for election. Mayoral elections took place in Hackney,Lewisham,Newham and Tower Hamlets,with Croydon electing a mayor for the first time following a local referendum in October 2021.
Krupesh Jadavji Hirani is a British Labour and Co-operative politician who has been the London Assembly Member for Brent and Harrow since 2021. He previously represented Dudden Hill ward on Brent Council from 2010 to 2022.
The 2022 Brent London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 57 members of Brent London Borough Council were to be elected. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.
The 2022 Harrow London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 55 members of Harrow 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.
