List of heads of London government

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This is a list of the various heads of local government organisations that have served London, England.


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[edit] General purpose authorities

[edit] Chairmen of the Metropolitan Board of Works

[edit] Leaders of the London County Council

The post of Leader was only officially recognised in 1933. This table gives the Leaders of the majority parties on the council before this time, although in the first term this had little relevance in terms of the leadership of the Council.

[edit] Leaders of the Greater London Council

[edit] Mayor of London

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Upper tier
Lower tier
Historical
Metropolitan Board of Works (MBW) 1855–1889 · London County Council (LCC) 1889–1965 · Greater London Council (GLC) 1965–1986
* not a London Borough

[edit] Special purpose authorities

[edit] Chairmen of the Metropolitan Asylums Board

[edit] Chairmen of the London School Board

[edit] Chairman of the London Residuary Body

[edit] Leaders of the Inner London Education Authority

Although ILEA was created in 1964 and came into its powers in 1965, the post of Leader did not exist until April 1967. For the period 1964-67 the de facto Leadership was shared between the Chairman of the Education Committee, James Young, and the Chairmen of the Authority, Harold Shearman (from 1964-1965) and Ashley Bramall (1965-1967).