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Politics. v. t. e. 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. [3] The current mayor is Sadiq Khan, who took office on 9 May 2016.
Sadiq Aman Khan Hon FRIBA (/ ˈsɑːdɪk ˈkɑːn /, [1] pronunciation ⓘ; born 8 October 1970) is a British politician serving as Mayor of London since 2016. He was previously Member of Parliament (MP) for Tooting from 2005 until 2016. A member of the Labour Party, Khan is on the party's soft left and has been ideologically characterised as a ...
The 2024 London mayoral election was held on 2 May 2024 to elect the next mayor of London. It took place simultaneously with elections to the London Assembly, some local council by-elections in London and regular local elections elsewhere in England and Wales. Following the Elections Act 2022, voting in this election took place under the first ...
Lord Mayor Nicholas Lyons and Sheriff Alastair King with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at Edinburgh in 2023. Alderman Alastair John Naisbitt King MStJ DL (born 5 November 1968), is a British financier and asset manager, Chairman of Naisbitt King Asset Management Ltd, [1] who serves as the 696th Lord Mayor of London for 2024/25.
The 2021 London mayoral election was held on 6 May 2021 to elect the mayor of London. It was held simultaneously with elections for the London Assembly, other local elections across England and Wales, and devolved elections in Scotland and Wales. The mayoral and Assembly elections were to be held on the 7th of May 2020, but in March 2020 the ...
The City of London gained its first mayor in 1189, with the elected role developing over the centuries, particularly as the Square Mile has become a major financial centre.
Morgan filed his nomination papers to run for mayor of London on May 26, 2022, two days after Holder announced he would not seek re-election. [8]During the campaign, Morgan received endorsements from Holder, London North Centre Liberal MP Peter Fragiskatos, London-Fanshawe New Democrat MP Lindsay Mathyssen, Elgin-Middlesex-London Conservative MP Karen Vecchio, and the London and District ...
The chairmanship and vice chairmanship of the London County Council were statutory offices created in 1889 and abolished in 1965. The positions were largely ceremonial, similar to the office of mayor in a borough. The council's standing orders also provided for the post of deputy chairman. Each of these offices were held for a one-year term of ...