London Assembly

London Assembly
London Assembly
	Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Chair	Tony Arbour (Conservative)
Mayor of London	Sadiq Khan (Labour)
Leader of the Majority	Len Duvall (Labour)
Leader of the Opposition	Gareth Bacon (Conservative)
Structure
Seats	25 members
Political groups	Labour (12); Conservative (8); Green (2); UKIP (2); Liberal Democrats (1);
Committees	Audit; Budget and Performance; Budget Monitoring; Confirmation Hearings; Economy; Education; Environment; GLA Oversight; Health; Housing; Planning; Police and Crime; Regeneration; Transport;
Elections
Voting system	Additional Member System
Last election	5 May 2016
Meeting place
	City Hall; Southwark, Greater London, United Kingdom
Website
	www.london.gov.uk

The London Assembly is an 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 majority, to amend the Mayor's annual budget and to reject the Mayor's draft statutory strategies.^[2] The Assembly was established in 2000 and meets at City Hall on the South Bank of the River Thames, close to Tower Bridge. The Assembly is also able to investigate other issues of importance to Londoners (transport, environmental matters, etc.), publish its findings and recommendations, and make proposals to the Mayor.

Assembly Members

The Assembly comprises 25 members elected using the Additional Member System of proportional representation. Elections take place every four years – at the same time as for the Mayor. There are 14 constituencies each electing one member, with a further 11 members elected from a party list to make the total members from each party proportional to the votes cast for that party across the whole of London using a modified D'Hondt allocation.^[3] A party must win at least 5% of the party list vote in order to win any seats. Members of the Assembly have the post-nominal title 'AM'. The annual salary for a London Assembly member is approximately £55,000.^[4]

Since its creation in 2000, twelve assembly members have subsequently been elected to the House of Commons: David Lammy, Meg Hillier and Diana Johnson for Labour; Andrew Pelling, Bob Neill, Angie Bray, Bob Blackman, Eric Ollerenshaw, Victoria Borwick, James Cleverly and Kit Malthouse for the Conservatives; and Lynne Featherstone for the Liberal Democrats. One assembly member, Jenny Jones, was appointed to the House of Lords as the first life peer for the Green Party, and sat in the assembly until May 2016. Sally Hamwee, Graham Tope and Toby Harris were life peers elected to the Assembly, while Lynne Featherstone and Dee Doocey were appointed peers after leaving the Assembly. In addition, Val Shawcross, Assembly Member for Lambeth and Southwark was selected, but unsuccessful, as the Labour parliamentary candidate for the constituency of Bermondsey and Old Southwark at the 2010 general election. Andrew Dismore, Graham Tope, and Richard Tracey are all former MPs who were later elected to the assembly. One assembly member – John Biggs, former AM for City and East – became the directly-elected Mayor of Tower Hamlets in 2015. He is currently serving as the Mayor.

Structure of the Assembly

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	Political party	Assembly Members					Current members
	Political party	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	Current members
Labour	9	7	8	12	12 #E4003B #E4003B #E4003B #E4003B #E4003B #E4003B #E4003B #E4003B #E4003B #E4003B #E4003B #E4003B
Conservative	9	9	11	9	8 #0087DC #0087DC #0087DC #0087DC #0087DC #0087DC #0087DC #0087DC
Green	3	2	2	2	2 #02A95B #02A95B
UKIP	-	2	-	-	2 #6D3177 #6D3177
Liberal Democrat	4	5	3	2	1 #FAA61A
BNP	-	-	1	-	-

List of Assembly Members

Constituency	Member	Party
Barnet and Camden	Andrew Dismore #E4003B	Labour Co-operative
Bexley and Bromley	Gareth Bacon #0087DC	Conservative
Brent and Harrow	Navin Shah #E4003B	Labour
City and East	Unmesh Desai #E4003B	Labour Co-operative
Croydon and Sutton	Stephen O'Connell #0087DC	Conservative
Ealing and Hillingdon	Onkar Sahota #E4003B	Labour
Enfield and Haringey	Joanne McCartney #E4003B	Labour Co-operative
Greenwich and Lewisham	Len Duvall #E4003B	Labour Co-operative
Havering and Redbridge	Keith Prince #0087DC	Conservative
Lambeth and Southwark	Florence Eshalomi #E4003B	Labour Co-operative
Merton and Wandsworth	Leonie Cooper #E4003B	Labour Co-operative
North East	Jennette Arnold #E4003B	Labour Co-operative
South West	Tony Arbour #0087DC	Conservative
West Central	Tony Devenish #0087DC	Conservative
London-wide	Nicky Gavron #E4003B	Labour Co-operative
	Fiona Twycross #E4003B	Labour
	Tom Copley #E4003B	Labour
	Andrew Boff #0087DC	Conservative
	Kemi Badenoch #0087DC	Conservative
	Shaun Bailey #0087DC	Conservative
	Siân Berry #02A95B	Green
	Caroline Russell #02A95B	Green
	Peter Whittle #6D3177	UKIP
	David Kurten #6D3177	UKIP
	Caroline Pidgeon #FAA61A	Liberal Democrat

List of Chairs of the Assembly

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Chairs of the Assembly
Name		Entered office	Left office
Trevor Phillips	May 2000	May 2001	Labour
Sally Hamwee	May 2001	May 2002	Liberal Democrat
Trevor Phillips	May 2002	February 2003	Labour
Sally Hamwee	February 2003	May 2004	Liberal Democrat
Brian Coleman	May 2004	May 2005	Conservative
Sally Hamwee	May 2005	May 2006	Liberal Democrat
Brian Coleman	May 2006	May 2007	Conservative
Sally Hamwee	May 2007	May 2008	Liberal Democrat
Jennette Arnold	May 2008	May 2009	Labour
Darren Johnson	May 2009	May 2010	Green
Dee Doocey	May 2010	May 2011	Liberal Democrat
Jennette Arnold	May 2011	May 2013	Labour
Darren Johnson	May 2013	May 2014	Green
Roger Evans	May 2014	May 2015	Conservative
Jennette Arnold	May 2015	May 2016	Labour
Tony Arbour	May 2016	incumbent	Conservative

Committees

The Assembly has formed the following committees:^[5]

Audit Panel
Budget and Performance Committee
Budget Monitoring Sub-Committee
Confirmation Hearings Committee
Devolution Working Group
Economy Committee
Education Panel
Environment Committee
GLA Oversight Committee
Health Committee
Housing Committee
Online Crime Working Group
Planning Committee
Police and Crime Committee
Regeneration Committee
Transport Committee

The Police and Crime Committee was set up under the terms of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 in order to scrutinise the work of Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime, which replaced the Metropolitan Police Authority.^[6] The chair of the Police and Crime Committee is Joanne McCartney, deputy chairs are Caroline Pidgeon and Jenny Jones, and other members are Tony Arbour, Jeanette Arnold, John Biggs, Victoria Borwick, Len Duvall and Roger Evans.

Result maps

Note that these maps only show constituency results and not list results.

2000 results
2004 results
2008 results
2012 results
2016 results

References

^ "Gareth Bacon". Glaconservatives.co.uk. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
^ "Localism Act 2011". Legislation.gov.uk. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
^ "BBC News – How the London election works". Bbc.co.uk. 25 April 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
^ "London Assembly Members". The London Assembly. Mayor of London, the London Assembly and the Greater London Authority.
^ "Committee structure | London City Hall". London.gov.uk. 22 February 1999. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
^ "Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011". Legislation.gov.uk. 26 October 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2015.

External links

[1] "Gareth Bacon". Glaconservatives.co.uk. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2016.

[2] "Localism Act 2011". Legislation.gov.uk. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2015.

[3] "BBC News – How the London election works". Bbc.co.uk. 25 April 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.

[4] "London Assembly Members". The London Assembly. Mayor of London, the London Assembly and the Greater London Authority.

[5] "Committee structure | London City Hall". London.gov.uk. 22 February 1999. Retrieved 15 August 2016.

[6] "Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011". Legislation.gov.uk. 26 October 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2015.

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