London Assembly

London Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Chair	Jennette Arnold OBE AM, Labour
Leader of the Largest Group	Len Duvall, Labour
Structure
Seats	25 Assembly Members
Political groups	Labour (12)      Conservative (9)      Green (2)      Liberal Democrats (2)
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	3 May 2012
Next election	5 May 2016
Meeting place
City Hall Southwark, Greater London United Kingdom
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 and to reject the Mayor's draft statutory strategies.^[1] 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.

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 modified D'Hondt.^[2] 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.^[3]

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. 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. Andrew Dismore and Richard Tracey are both former MPs who were later elected to the assembly. One assembly member – John Biggs, AM for City and East – became the directly-elected Mayor of Tower Hamlets in 2015. He is currently serving as both Mayor and AM.

Structure of the Assembly

Composition of London Assembly, 2000 – 2012      Green Party      Labour Party      Liberal Democrats      Conservative Party      UKIP      BNP     

List of Assembly Members

Chairs of the Assembly

Committees

The Assembly has formed the following committees:^[4]

• 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.^[5] 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

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  2000 results

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  2004 results

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  2008 results

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  2012 results

See also

• London Assembly election, 2000
• London Assembly election, 2004
• London Assembly election, 2008
• London Assembly election, 2012
• London Assembly election, 2016

References

External links

• London Assembly
• London Assembly publications
• London Assembly Liberal Democrats
• London Assembly Labour
• GLA Conservatives