| London Assembly | |
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| Type | |
| Type | Unicameral |
| Leadership | |
| Chair | Jennette Arnold AM, Labour |
| Members | 25 assembly members |
| Conservatives |
11 / 25
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| Labour |
8 / 25
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| Liberal Democrats |
3 / 25
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| Greens |
2 / 25
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| Independent |
1 / 25
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| Elections | |
| Voting system | Additional Member System |
| Last election | 1 May 2008 |
| Meeting place | |
| City Hall Southwark, Greater London United Kingdom |
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| Website | |
| www.london.gov.uk | |
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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 assembly was established in 2000 and is headquartered 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.
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The London 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. Parties must win at least 5% of the party list vote in order to win any seats. Members of the Assembly have the postnomial title 'AM'. The annual salary for a London Assembly member is approximately £54,000.[1] The current chair of the London Assembly is Dee Doocey. In 2009/10 the chair of the London Assembly was Darren Johnson.
Since its creation in 2000, nine 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 and Eric Ollerenshaw for the Conservatives; and Lynne Featherstone for the Liberal Democrats. 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. Richard Tracey is so far the only example of a former MP later being elected to the Assembly.
| Political party | Assembly members | Current members | |||||||||||||
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| 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | |||||||||||||
| Conservative | 9 | 9 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| Labour | 9 | 7 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Liberal Democrat | 4 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Green | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| British National Party | 0 | 0 | 1 [A 1] | ||||||||||||
| United Kingdom Independence Party | 0 | 2 [A 2] | 0 | ||||||||||||
| London Assembly constituencies | |
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| Conservative | Andrew Boff, Victoria Borwick, Gareth Bacon | |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Tuffrey, Dee Doocey, Caroline Pidgeon | |
| Labour | Nicky Gavron, Murad Qureshi | |
| Green | Jenny Jones, Darren Johnson | |
| Independent (elected as BNP candidate) | Richard Barnbrook |
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