The Greater London Council (GLC) was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater London from 1965 to 1986. It replaced the earlier London County Council (LCC) which had covered a much smaller area. The GLC was dissolved in 1986 by the Local Government Act 1985 and its powers were devolved to the London boroughs and other entities. A new administrative body,known as the Greater London Authority (GLA),was established in 2000.
The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames is a borough in southwest London. The main town is Kingston upon Thames and it includes Surbiton,Chessington,Malden Rushett,New Malden and Tolworth. It is the oldest of the four royal boroughs in England. The others are Kensington and Chelsea and Greenwich also in London,and Windsor and Maidenhead. The local authority is Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council.
Wimbledon is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Since 2005,the seat has been represented by Stephen Hammond of the Conservatives.
Kingston and Surbiton is a constituency created in 1997 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Ed Davey,the Leader of the Liberal Democrats. Kingston and Surbiton has been considered a marginal seat,as well as a swing seat since 2010,as the seat has changed hands twice since that year,and its winner's majority did not exceed 6.6% of the vote since the 13.2% majority won in 2010. In 2019,Davey won a 17.2% majority and a majority of the votes cast and the seat is now a safe seat for the party.
Twickenham is a House of Commons constituency in South-West London,represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Munira Wilson of the Liberal Democrats.
The region of Greater London,including the City of London,is divided into 73 parliamentary constituencies which are sub-classified as borough constituencies,affecting the type of electoral officer and level of expenses permitted.
Eric OllerenshawOBE is a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lancaster and Fleetwood from 2010 to 2015.
South West is a constituency represented in the London Assembly. It was represented,since its creation in 2000,by Tony Arbour,a Conservative from Richmond upon Thames. Following Tony Arbour's retirement,the seat was won by Nick Rogers in the 2021 election.
David Lawrence Shaw was a British politician who served as a Member of Parliament (MP). He was the Conservative Member for Dover from the 1987 general election until the 1997 election,when he lost the seat to Gwyn Prosser of Labour. He was one of the first British Members of Parliament to use the Internet to communicate.
Richard Patrick Tracey,,was a British Conservative Party politician,journalist and news presenter. He was the Member of Parliament for Surbiton from 1983 to 1997,and served as Minister for Sport between 1985 and 1987. He later became a Member of the London Assembly,in which he represented the constituency of Merton and Wandsworth,from 2008 to 2016,when he retired. He was the Deputy Leader of the London Assembly's Conservative group.
Gareth Andrew Bacon is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Orpington since 2019. A member of the Conservative Party,he was a member of the London Assembly from 2008 until he stood down in 2021 after his election as an MP.
Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in Greater London,England. It is a London borough council,one of 32 in London,the United Kingdom capital. Richmond upon Thames is divided into 18 wards and elections for all Council seats in the borough are held every four years. The most recent election was in 2022 when the Liberal Democrats,led by Gareth Roberts,retained overall majority control of the council for a second consecutive term.
The 1964 Kingston upon Thames Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council in London,England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained control of the council.
The 1964 Richmond upon Thames Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council in London,England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained control of the council.
Local elections in the United Kingdom took place on 5 May 2022. These included elections for all London borough councils,for all local authorities in Wales and Scotland. Most seats in England were last up for election in 2018 and in Scotland and Wales in 2017. The elections coincided with the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election. In 91 cases,most of them in Wales,council seats were uncontested,each having only one candidate. Three seats in Scotland remained unfilled as no one nominated to fill them.
The 2022 Hounslow London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 62 members of Hounslow 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 2022 Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect all 48 members of Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.
The 2022 Redbridge London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 63 members of Redbridge London Borough Council will be elected. The elections will take place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.
The 2022 Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 54 members of Richmond upon Thames 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.
