A fifth, possibly the one hinted at in the Guardian, was a motion against a negative instrument — the Greater
London Authority Elections Rules 2000 — which was eventually agreed to by the Lords on 22 February 2000.
Jonathan Bartley is the Green candidate for Lambeth and Southwark in next year's Greater
London Authority elections and the co-director of the thinktank Ekklesia.
Not exact matches
Speaking at the first Prime Minister's Questions since the general
election earlier this month, Corbyn said years of Conservative government cuts to local
authority budgets had put public safety at jeopardy and had played a part in the fire that destroyed a tower block in Kensington, west
London earlier this month, killing at least 79 people.
Both businesses and residents of the City, or «Square Mile», are entitled to vote in
elections, and in addition to its functions as the local
authority — analogous to those undertaken by the 32 boroughs that administer the rest of the Greater
London region — it takes responsibility for supporting the financial services industry and representing its interests.
[9] New expenses rules published by the Independent Parliamentary Standards
Authority coming into force after the 2010 General
Election allow employment of one relative but replace funding for a second home with a
London Allowance of # 3,760 for MPs with seats within 20 miles of Westminster.
In May 2018, there are
elections for all 32
London boroughs, 35 metropolitan boroughs, 74 district / boroughs, and 20 unitary
authorities.
But it could hardly have blown up at a worse moment, coming less than a week before the
London mayoral
election and
elections in Wales, Scotland and English local
authorities.
This sees local
elections in a range of
authorities, but most notably in the metropolitan districts (places like Liverpool and Manchester) and all the
London Boroughs.
The levels of turn - out for
elections to its board of 53 elected members was not huge — 44 % of the electorate voted in
elections across the 13 inner -
London boroughs — but much better than turnout in
elections for more recent devolved positions of
authority, such as police commissioners.
[183] The idea of a
London mayor of a Greater
London Authority (GLA) had been included in Labour's 1997
election manifesto, and after their
election a referendum was scheduled for May 1998, in which there was a 72 % yes vote with a 34 % turnout.
It is the latest of a series of inroads on the first past the post voting system; already in
elections for the Scottish parliament, the Welsh and Northern Irish assemblies and soon the
election of a new
London authority, proportional representation has become the chosen method of voting.
As a result of the
elections last Thursday Labour now has the largest group of
authorities in
London at 17, with the Conservatives controlling 11 boroughs, the Liberal Democrats with two and another two boroughs under no overall control.
The Greater
London Authority was established under the Greater
London Authority Act 1999, with the inaugural
elections to the Greater
London Assembly and for the office of Mayor held in May 2000.
Follow the 2014 local
elections results live as more than 4,000 councillors are elected in England across metropolitan boroughs, unitary
authorities, non-metropolitan districts and in every seat in every
London borough.
The City of
London is also becoming more like the rest of «Midtown» (Clerkenwell, Hoxton, Finsbury ect) and this was illustrated by Labour gaining their first seats on that
authority at the last city council
elections.
It is also timely, given the forthcoming
elections on 1 May 2008 which affect the Greater
London Authority and various other
authorities.
British
election authorities have reportedly acquired a warrant to search the
London offices of Cambridge Analytica.