Greater London

Greater London county
Country	United Kingdom
Part of the country	England
region	Greater London
status	Region and Ceremonial County
Ceremonial county
surface	1,569 km² (25th of 48 )
Residents	8,817,300
was standing	2017 (estimate)
region
founded	April 1, 1965
out	County of London and parts of Middlesex , Essex , Kent , Surrey and Hertfordshire
by	London Government Act 1963
Administrative authority	Greater London Authority
Administrative headquarters	Southwark
surface	1,572 km²
ONS code	H
GSS code	E12000007
NUTS code	UKI
Website	www.london.gov.uk
	structure ( Inner London and Outer London ) 32 London Boroughs ; City of London;

The administrative area Greater London ( English for Great London ), in the NUTS headings from Inner and Outer London called, is one of nine regions in England and, in addition to the unique in its status central district City of London 32 London boroughs , including the central borough of City of Westminster . Although Greater London is the only region of England that still has a unified administration, it is not a city, but a region in which cities and towns are located. Statistically it is broken down into Inner London and Outer London .

The 32 boroughs also form the administratively insignificant ceremonial county of Greater London , while the City of London is its own ceremonial county; Administrative counties there is no different than in other regions of England.

The area is 1572 km² and in 2012 Greater London had 8,308,369 inhabitants. Since 2000, Greater London has been administered by the Greater London Authority and ruled by the directly elected Mayor of London (Lord Mayor). Since 2016 this has been Sadiq Khan . The London Assembly forms the legislature .

history

Coat of arms of the former Greater London Council

The ceremonial county of Greater London corresponds to the Greater London region without the City of London (white spot in the center of the picture), which is also counted among the ceremonial counties

Greater London was formed in 1965 when the City of London , County of London , County of Middlesex and parts of Counties of Essex , Kent , Surrey and Hertfordshire were merged. Greater London thus comprised all built-up areas within the green belt .

Greater London initially had a two-tier form of administration. On the first level were the Greater London Council (GLC) and the Corporation of London (responsible for the City of London), including the 32 boroughs. The GLC was repealed in 1986 by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher . Some functions were delegated to the corporation and the 32 boroughs, and others directly to the central government.

In 2000 the Labor government under Tony Blair created the Greater London Authority as part of an administrative reform , consisting of the London Assembly and the office of Mayor of London . Since then, Greater London has had a single administration again. The 2000 and 2004 mayoral elections were both won by Ken Livingstone , the last chairman of the GLC. He was replaced in the 2008 elections by Boris Johnson from the Conservative Party , who was confirmed in office in 2012. In 2016, Sadiq Khan (Labor) was elected. In the London Assembly, the Conservatives were the strongest party until the 2012 election; from 2000 to 2004 the Labor Party held the same number of seats, but received slightly fewer votes. Labor has been the strongest political group since 2012.