History Of Local Government In London

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The history of local government in London, England can be broken down into a number of periods:

From	Legislation	System
1835	Municipal Corporations Act 1835	The small, ancient and self governing City of London is unreformed by legislation covering the other major city corporations and does not expand into the growing metropolitan area surrounding it. The area that is currently Greater London is administered by parishes and hundreds in the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Kent, Surrey and Hertfordshire, with very little co-ordination between them.^[1] Special areas such as the Liberty of Westminster are exempt from county administration. In other areas ad-hoc single-purpose boards are set up. Commentators consider it to be a system 'in chaos'.^[1]
1855	Metropolis Management Act 1855	The Metropolitan Board of Works is created to provide the infrastructure needed in the area now known as Inner London, its members are nominated by the vestries and boards.^[2]
1889	Local Government Act 1888	The County of London is created from the area of responsibility of the Metropolitan Board of Works.^[3] A London County Council shares power with the boards and vestries. The City of London is outside of its scope. Croydon and West Ham (and later East Ham) become county boroughs outside the County of London but also outside the control of the newly formed Surrey and Essex county councils.
1894	Local Government Act 1894	The rest of England, including the area around the County of London and the county boroughs (but not within it), is divided into urban districts and rural districts. In the Greater London area they become consolidated over the next 70 years into municipal boroughs and urban districts with no rural districts remaining. Many districts later become populous enough to apply for county boroughs status, but are rejected.
1900	London Government Act 1899	Metropolitan boroughs are created within the County of London and functions are shared with the London County Council. The vestries, boards and liberties in the area are abolished.
1965	London Government Act 1963	An enlarged Greater London replaces the County of London, the county boroughs and all local government districts within around a 12 mile radius. The mostly strategic Greater London Council shares power with the 32 London boroughs and the City of London.^[4]
1986	Local Government Act 1985	The Greater London Council is abolished and the London boroughs work as unitary authorities with strategic functions organised by joint boards and quangos.^[5] A residual Inner London Education Authority remains for the inner area, but is abolished during a national reform of education.
2000	Greater London Authority Act 1999	The regional Greater London Authority, consisting of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly assume a strategic function, sharing power with the London boroughs and the City of London.^[6]

Gallery

Coat of arms of the City of London Corporation	Coat of arms of London County Council	Greater London Authority logo	Spring Gardens, home of the Metropolitan Board of Works
County Hall, former home of the London County Council and Greater London Council	Council chamber within County Hall	City Hall, current home of the Greater London Authority	City of London (red) compared to Greater London
County of London (red) compared to Greater London	County of London shown within England (in 1889)	Greater London shown within England

References

1. ^ Barlow, I., Metropolitan Government, (1991)
2. ^ Saint, A., Politics and the people of London: the London County Council (1889-1965), (1989)
3. ^ Thomson, D., England in the Nineteenth Century (1815-1914), (1978)
4. ^ Redcliffe-Maud & Wood, B., English Local Government Reformed, (1974)
5. ^ Kingdom, J., Local Government and Politics in Britain, (1991)
6. ^ Jones, B. et al, Politics UK, (2004)

History of local government in London
Metropolitan Board of Works (MBW) 1855 - 1889 London County Council (LCC) 1889 - 1965 Greater London Council (GLC) 1965 - 1986 Mayor of London and the London Assembly of the Greater London Authority (GLA) 2000 +

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"God and my right"
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For London as a whole, see the main article London.

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City of London

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Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England. The administrative area was created in 1965 and covers the City of London and 32 London boroughs. Its area also forms the London region of England and the London European Parliament constituency.
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The Liberty of Westminster was an independent liberty, locally in the Hundred of Ossulstone, in the county of Middlesex, England.

Following the dissolution of Westminster Abbey, a court of burgesses was formed in 1585 to govern the Westminster area, previously under the
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The Metropolitan Board of Works (MBW) was the principal instrument of London-wide government from 1855 until the establishment of the London County Council in 1889. Its principal responsibility was to provide infrastructure to cope with London's rapid growth, which it successfully
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Inner London is the name for the group of London boroughs which form the interior part of Greater London and are surrounded by Outer London.
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The County of London was an administrative county and ceremonial county of England from 1889 to 1965. It bordered Middlesex to the north and west, Essex to the north-east, Kent to the south-east and Surrey to the south.
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London County Council (LCC) was the principal local government body for the County of London, throughout its 1889-1965 existence, and the first London-wide general municipal authority to be directly elected.
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Croydon was a local government district in north east Surrey from 1849 to 1965.

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A local board of health was formed for the parish of Croydon St John the Baptist in 1849.
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West Ham was a borough in the far south west of Essex from 1886 to 1965, forming part of the built-up area of London, although outside the County of London. It was immediately north of the River Thames and east of the River Lee.
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East Ham was a local government district in the far south west of Essex from 1894 to 1965. It extended from Wanstead Flats in the north to the River Thames in the south and from Green Street in the west to Barking Creek in the east.
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County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (excluding Scotland), to refer to a borough or a city independent of county council control.
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In the British Isles an urban district was a type of local government district which covered an urbanised area.
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Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the administrative counties.
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Municipal boroughs were a type of local authority which existed in England and Wales between 1835 and 1974.

The municipal boroughs were created by the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 and allowed the creation of an elected town council, consisting of a mayor, aldermen and
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The London Government Act 1899 (62 & 63 Vict. c.14) divided the County of London into 28 Metropolitan Boroughs, replacing the 41 parish vestries and District Boards of Works administering the area.
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A metropolitan borough (or metropolitan district) is a type of local government district in England, covering urban areas within metropolitan counties.

Metropolitan boroughs of London (1900-1965)

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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.
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London boroughs. Twelve of these plus the City of London constitute Inner London, while twenty others constitute Outer London.

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The Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) was the education authority for the 12 inner London boroughs from 1965 until its abolition in 1990.

The Inner London Education Authority was established when the Greater London Council (GLC) replaced the London County Council as
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The Greater London Authority (GLA) administers the 1579 kmÂ² (610 sq. miles) of Greater London, England, covering the 32 London boroughs and the City of London.
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Mayor of London is an elected politician in London. The role, created in 2000, was the first directly-elected mayor in the United Kingdom. The Mayor of London is also referred to as the London Mayor
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