Harrow London Borough Council

Harrow London Borough Council
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type	London borough council of the London Borough of Harrow
Structure
Seats	63 councillors
Political groups	Administration (35)   Labour (35) Opposition (28)   Conservative (28)
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	3 May 2018
Next election	2022
Meeting place
Harrow Civic Centre
Website
www.harrow.gov.uk

Harrow London Borough Council /ˈhæroʊ/ is the local authority for the London Borough of Harrow in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in the United Kingdom capital of London. It is currently controlled by the Labour Party, with a majority of 35 seats and the Conservative Party as the sole opposition with 28 seats.

History

A map showing the wards of Harrow since 2002

The current local authority was first elected in 1964, a year before formally coming into its powers and prior to the creation of the London Borough of Harrow on 1 April 1965. Harrow London Borough Council replaced Harrow Borough Council, which was formed when Harrow was incorporated in 1954. Harrow Urban District Council was the local authority from 1934 to 1954. Harrow Urban District Council replaced Harrow on the Hill Urban District Council, Wealdstone Urban District Council and Hendon Rural District Council, including Little Stanmore Parish Council, Great Stanmore Parish Council, Harrow Weald Parish Council and Pinner Parish Council, which were all created in 1894.

It was envisaged through the London Government Act 1963 that Harrow as a London local authority would share power with the Greater London Council. The split of powers and functions meant that the Greater London Council was responsible for "wide area" services such as fire, ambulance, flood prevention, and refuse disposal; with the local authorities responsible for "personal" services such as social care, libraries, cemeteries and refuse collection. As an outer London borough council it has been an education authority since 1965. This arrangement lasted until 1986 when Harrow London Borough Council gained responsibility for some services that had been provided by the Greater London Council, such as waste disposal. Since 2000 the Greater London Authority has taken some responsibility for highways and planning control from the council, but within the English local government system the council remains a "most purpose" authority in terms of the available range of powers and functions.

Finances

Harrow London Borough Council is the billing authority for Council Tax, and collects a precepts on behalf of the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime, the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority the Greater London Authority and Transport for London.

Councillors

As of 4 May 2018, the composition of Harrow Council is 35 Labour councillors to 28 Conservative councillors:

Ward	Councillors	Party
Belmont	Mina Parmar	Conservative
	Anjana Patel	Conservative
	Lynda Seymour	Conservative
Canons	Ameet Jogia	Conservative
	Amir Moshenson	Conservative
	Bharat Thakker	Conservative
Edgware	James Lee	Labour
	Angella Murphy-Strachan	Labour
	Nitin Parekh	Labour
Greenhill	Ghazanfar Ali	Labour
	Sue Anderson	Labour
	Keith Ferry	Labour
Harrow on the Hill	Dan Anderson	Labour
	Sarah Butterworth	Labour
	Honey Jamie	Labour
Harrow Weald	Ramji Chauhan	Conservative
	Stephen Greek	Conservative
	Pritesh Patel	Conservative
Hatch End	Susan Hall	Conservative
	John Hinkley	Conservative
	Jean Lammiman	Conservative
Headstone North	Christopher Baxter	Conservative
	Leslie Lewinson	Conservative
	Janet Mote	Conservative
Headstone South	Simon Brown	Labour
	Pamela Fitzpatrick	Labour
	Sasi Suresh	Labour
Kenton East	Niraj Dattani	Labour
	Chetna Halai	Conservative
	Nitesh Hirani	Conservative
Kenton West	Ajay Maru	Labour
	Vina Mithani	Conservative
	Kanti Rabadia	Conservative
Marlbrough	Varsha Parmar	Labour
	David Perry	Labour
	Antonio Weiss	Labour
Pinner	Paul Osborn	Conservative
	Norman Stevenson	Conservative
	Stephen Wright	Conservative
Pinner South	Richard Almond	Conservative
	Kam Chana	Conservative
	Christopher Mote	Conservative
Queensbury	Michael Borio	Labour
	Kiran Ramchandani	Labour
	Sachin Shah	Labour
Rayners Lane	Jeff Anderson	Labour
	Krishna Suresh	Labour
	Chloe Smith	Labour
Roxbourne	Dean Gilligan	Labour
	Graham Henson	Labour
	Maxine Henson	Labour
Roxeth	Peymana Assad	Labour
	Jerry Miles	Labour
	Primesh Patel	Labour
Stanmore Park	Marilyn Ashton	Conservative
	Camilla Bath	Conservative
	Phillip Benjamin	Conservative
Wealdstone	Phillip O'Dell	Labour
	Natasha Proctor	Labour
	Rekha Shah	Labour
West Harrow	Kareema Marikar	Labour
	Christine Robson	Labour
	Adam Swersky	Labour

Summary results of elections

Main article: Harrow local elections

External links

• London Borough of Harrow website