The administrative area of Greater London contains 32 London Boroughs, of which twelve (plus the City of London) make up Inner London and twenty Outer London.
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History
The present boroughs came into existence on April 1, 1965 with the creation of the Greater London Council (GLC). The first London Borough elections, however, were held in 1964 and the newly elected London Borough Councils acted as "shadow" Authorities before coming into power the following year
They had wider authority than the inner London metropolitan boroughs and neighbouring municipal boroughs which they mostly replaced, but less power than the three county boroughs of Croydon, West Ham and East Ham which ceased to exist at the same time.
The London boroughs became in effect unitary authorities (combining both county and borough functions, much like the former county boroughs) at the GLC's abolition on April 1, 1986. Since the creation (2000) of a new Greater London Authority, covering the former GLC area but with more limited powers, the boroughs now have powers intermediate between those of English unitary authorities and districts within administrative counties.
The City of London is administered by its own distinct body, the Corporation of London, which predates the London boroughs.
New (London) borough |
Old (Metropolitan) boroughs |
Camden
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Hampstead, Holborn, St Pancras
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Greenwich
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Greenwich, most of Woolwich
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Hackney
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Hackney, Shoreditch, Stoke Newington
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Hammersmith and Fulham
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Hammersmith, Fulham
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Islington
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Islington, Finsbury
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Kensington and Chelsea
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Kensington, Chelsea
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Lambeth
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Lambeth (and Streatham and Clapham from Wandsworth)
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Lewisham
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Lewisham, Deptford
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Southwark
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Bermondsey, Camberwell, Southwark
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Tower Hamlets
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Bethnal Green, Poplar, Stepney
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Wandsworth
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Battersea, Wandsworth (except Streatham and Clapham)
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Westminster
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Paddington, St Marylebone, Westminster
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New (London) borough |
Old areas (municipal boroughs and urban districts) |
Barking and Dagenham
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Barking and Dagenham from Censored page
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Barnet
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Barnet and East Barnet from Hertfordshire; Finchley, Hendon and Friern Barnet from Censored page
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Bexley
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Bexley, Erith, Crayford and Sidcup from Chislehurst and Sidcup from Kent
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Brent
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Wembley and Willesden from Censored page
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Bromley
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Bromley, Beckenham, Orpington, Penge and Chislehurst from Chislehurst and Sidcup from Kent
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Croydon
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Croydon and Coulsdon and Purley from Surrey
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Ealing
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Acton, Ealing and Southall from Censored page
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Enfield
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Edmonton, Enfield, Southgate from Censored page
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Haringey
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Hornsey, Tottenham and Wood Green from Censored page
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Harrow
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Harrow from Censored page
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Havering
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Romford and Hornchurch from Censored page
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Hillingdon
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Hayes and Harlington , Ruislip-Northwood , Uxbridge and Yiewsley and West Drayton from Censored page
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Hounslow
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Brentford and Chiswick , Feltham and Heston and Isleworth from Censored page
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Kingston upon Thames
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Kingston upon Thames, Malden and Coombe and Surbiton from Surrey
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Merton
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Mitcham, Merton and Morden , Wimbledon from Surrey
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Newham
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East Ham, West Ham in Censored page; North Woolwich from Woolwich
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Redbridge
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Ilford, Wanstead and Woodford from Censored page (plus part of Dagenham and Chigwell)
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Richmond upon Thames
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Barnes and Richmond upon Thames from Surrey; Twickenham from Censored page;
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Sutton
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Beddington, Carshalton and Sutton and Cheam from Surrey
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Waltham Forest
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Chingford, Leyton and Walthamstow from Censored page
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See also: List of places in London, England
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Last updated: 05-06-2005 14:05:40
Last updated: 05-13-2005 07:56:04