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The London Borough of Hounslow and its council were created under the London Government Act 1963, with the first election held in 1964.For its first year the council acted as a shadow authority alongside the area's three outgoing authorities, being the borough councils of Brentford and Chiswick and Heston and Isleworth and the urban district council of Feltham.
Syon and Brentford Lock is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Hounslow. The ward was first used in the 2022 elections . It returns three councillors to Hounslow London Borough Council .
The seat is a mixture of very suburban London and urban district centres with many differing heights and types of homes. It stretches along the north bank of the Thames and then to the west, encompassing the London districts (former villages) of Chiswick, most of Hounslow, Isleworth (from Old Isleworth to Osterley) and the former market town of Brentford.
Council Tax Benefit was a means-tested rebate that potentially rebated 100% of a claimant's Council Tax bill. The rebate would be reduced by a fifth of any qualifying income above a certain level; benefits did not qualify for this calculation, but most other income did. In effect, Council Tax Benefit was a rebate for people with low incomes.
At 5.5%, Hounslow has one of the largest proportion of Sikhs in London, and the eighth-highest in England. Hounslow also has a very large Somali community (the 3rd largest in London behind Ealing and Brent). Somalia being the most common African representation in the borough, mainly settling in areas such as Heston and Brentford.
Hounslow has a high proportion of people who identify themselves as BAME (Black, Asian and minority Ethnic), and it is the borough's most diverse town. In seven of Hounslow's eight electoral wards, the BAME proportion is above 70%. [19] The town has a large British Asian and Somali community. [20]
After Hounslow Civic Centre became uneconomic to operate, [1] Hounslow London Borough Council decided to procure a smaller facility which would be located in the centre of the borough and more accessible to the public. [2] The site they selected on Bath Road had previously been occupied by a car park. [3]
The London boroughs each have a council made up from representatives from political parties and single issue organisations elected every four years by local residents The City of London does not have a conventional local authority, but is governed by the historic City of London Corporation which is elected by both residents and businesses, and ...