London Assembly

London Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Chair	Jennette Arnold AM, Labour
Members	25 assembly members
Conservatives	11 / 25
Labour	8 / 25
Liberal Democrats	3 / 25
Greens	2 / 25
Independent	1 / 25
Elections
Voting system	Additional Member System
Last election	1 May 2008
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. 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 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.

Structure of the assembly

	Political party	Assembly members			Current members
		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 [2]
	United Kingdom Independence Party	0	2 [3]	0

1. ^ http://legacy.london.gov.uk/assembly/london_assembly_members.jsp
2. ^ The BNP member subsequently became an independent in August 2010.
3. ^ The UKIP members subsequently defected to Veritas and then formed the One London party.

Constituency members

Further information: London Assembly constituencies

London Assembly constituencies

Constituency	Member	Party
Barnet and Camden	Brian Coleman	Conservative
Bexley and Bromley	James Cleverly	Conservative
Brent and Harrow	Navin Shah	Labour
City and East	John Biggs	Labour
Croydon and Sutton	Stephen O'Connell	Conservative
Ealing and Hillingdon	Richard Barnes	Conservative
Enfield and Haringey	Joanne McCartney	Labour
Greenwich and Lewisham	Len Duvall	Labour
Havering and Redbridge	Roger Evans	Conservative
Lambeth and Southwark	Valerie Shawcross	Labour
Merton and Wandsworth	Richard Tracey	Conservative
North East	Jennette Arnold	Labour
South West	Tony Arbour	Conservative
West Central	Kit Malthouse	Conservative

London-wide members

	Party
		Members
	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

See also

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

External links

• London Assembly
• London Assembly publications
• London Assembly Liberal Democrats
• London Assembly Labour