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John Boydell, the lord mayor of London in 1790. This is a list of all mayors and lord mayors of London (leaders of the City of London Corporation, and first citizens of the City of London). Until 1354, the title held was mayor of London.
The mayor of London is the chief executive of the Greater London Authority. The role was created in 2000 after the Greater London devolution referendum in 1998, and was the first directly elected mayor in the United Kingdom. [2] The current mayor is Sadiq Khan, who took office on 9 May 2016.
The Mayor of London is the executive of the Greater London Authority. The role has existed since 2000. Ken Livingstone (4 May 2000 – 3 May 2008) Boris Johnson (4 May 2008 – 8 May 2016) Sadiq Khan (9 May 2016 –)
The Lord Mayor of London is the mayor of the City of London, England, and the leader of the City of London Corporation.Within the City, the Lord Mayor is accorded precedence over all individuals except the sovereign [1] and retains various traditional powers, rights, and privileges, including the title and style The Right Honourable Lord Mayor of London.
The Lord Mayor of the City of London is the head of the City of London Corporation, which governs the City of London.Historically this was the most important local government position in London, England, but the City of London covers only a very small part of modern Greater London, which has its own mayor, the Mayor of London.
The Greater London Authority referred the matter to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) "so it can assess whether or not it is necessary to investigate the former mayor of London for the criminal offence of misconduct in public office", for the Mayor is also London's police and crime commissioner. [264]
Ray Lewis was deputy to then-London mayor Boris Johnson, but resigned in July 2008.
By 1996, various prominent public figures were arguing for the implementation of directly elected mayors for large UK cities like London. [188] 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 ...