The Chamber of the London Assembly at City Hall.
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. The Greater London Authority ( GLA) is the city-wide governing body for London, England. The Mayor of London is an elected politician who along with the London Assembly of 25 members is accountable for the strategic government of Greater London (see The Assembly was established in 2000 and is headquartered at City Hall on the south side of the River Thames close to Tower Bridge. City Hall is the headquarters of the Greater London Authority which comprises the Mayor of London and London Assembly. The Thames ( is a major River flowing through southern England. Tower Bridge is a combined bascule and Suspension bridge in London, England over the River Thames. The Assembly is also able to investigate other issues of importance to Londoners, publish its findings and recommendations, and make proposals to the Mayor.
Stepping stone
Although the Assembly's powers are fairly limited, the body is increasingly seen as a stepping stone to Parliament. The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories In the time since its creation in 2000, six Assembly members have been elected to the House of Commons: David Lammy, Meg Hillier and Diana Johnson for Labour; Andrew Pelling and Bob Neill for the Conservatives; and Lynne Featherstone for the Liberal Democrats. The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords David Lindon Lammy (born 19 July 1972 is a British Politician and the Member of Parliament for Tottenham. Margaret Olivia Hillier known as Meg Hillier (born 14 February 1969) is a British Politician and Labour and Co-operative Diana Ruth Johnson (born 25 July 1966, Northwich) is a British Labour Party Member of Parliament and former member of the Andrew John Pelling (born 20 August 1959 is a British Conservative politician Robert James MacGillivray "Bob" Neill (born 24 June 1952 is a British Politician and Barrister. Lynne Choona Featherstone (born Lynne Choona Ryness 20 December 1951 is a British Politician, being the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament In addition, Angie Bray and Bob Blackman have been selected as the Conservative parliamentary candidates for the marginal seats of Ealing Central and Acton and Harrow East at the next general election. Angie Bray is a Conservative Party politician and was member of the London Assembly for West Central London from 2000 to 2008 Robert John Blackman, better known as Bob Blackman (born circa 1956 is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom. A marginal seat is a Constituency held with a particularly small majority in a legislative Election conducted under a single-winner rather than Ealing Central and Acton will be a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Harrow East is a Harrow, London Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Leadership of the main parties David Cameron became Conservative leader in December 2005 replacing Michael Howard.
Makeup
The London Assembly comprises 25 members elected using the Additional Member System. The Additional Member System (AMS is a branch of Voting systems in which some representatives are elected from geographic constituencies and others are elected under Elections take place every four years - at the same time as for the Mayor. The Mayor of London is an elected politician who along with the London Assembly of 25 members is accountable for the strategic government of Greater London (see 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. Parties must win at least 5% of the party list vote in order to win any seats. Members of the Assembly have the letters 'AM' after their names.
In 2008/09 the Chair of the London Assembly is Jennette Arnold. Jennette Arnold is a Labour Party politician and member of the London Assembly representing the London Boroughs of Hackney, Islington Her predecessor was Sally Hamwee. Sally Rachel Hamwee Baroness Hamwee is a Liberal Democrat politician
Current state of the parties
¹Both United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) members defected in February 2005 to the newly-formed Veritas party; from September 2005 they formed their own party, One London which failed to win seats in the subsequent election. The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal Political party in the United Kingdom, formed in 1988 by merging the The Green Party of England and Wales (GPEW (Plaid Werdd Cymru a Lloegr is the principal Green political party in England and Wales. The British National Party (BNP is a Far-right and whites only political party in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, ˈjuːkɪp Veritas ( Latin: "Truth" is a Political party in the United Kingdom, formed in February 2005 by politician-celebrity Robert Kilroy-Silk One London is a small British Political party formed on September 1, 2005 by Damian Hockney and Peter Hulme-Cross.
Constituency Members
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London-wide Members
See also
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