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The London Borough of Havering 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 two outgoing authorities, being the borough council of Romford and the urban district council of Hornchurch.
Wards were established for Havering when it came into existence on 1 April 1965. The first elections of ward councillors took place in 1964. [ 9 ] These boundaries were also used for the 1968, 1971 and 1974 elections.
Created in 2000, Havering and Redbridge has elected only Conservative AMs to date. The current AM is Keith Prince, first elected in 2016.. The Conservative win upon its creation in 2000 was somewhat unexpected, as at that point, the vast majority of the area it covers (excluding two Redbridge wards that fall under the Chingford and Woodford Green parliamentary seat) was represented by Labour MPs.
In the 2021 London Assembly elections, Labour won eleven seats, the Conservatives nine, the Green Party three, and the Liberal Democrats two. [1]The 2024 election was one of several local elections (and one parliamentary by-election) that took place on the same day, across England and Wales.
Havering-atte-Bower is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Havering. The ward was first used in the 2022 elections . It returns three councillors to Havering London Borough Council .
A 2017 study by Trust for London and the New Policy Institute found that 52% of adults in Havering lack Level 3 Qualifications (A Level equivalent) – the worst level of any London borough. 44% of 19 year olds in Havering also lacked these qualifications – the second worst level in the capital.
The Mayor of Havering was a position first established in 1965 with the creation of the London Borough of Havering.It replaced the mayor of Romford. The mayor is a member [a] elected by Havering Council at a mayor-making ceremony in May to serve for a year, during which time they act as the borough's civic and ceremonial head.
Havering was an electoral division for the purposes of elections to the Greater London Council. The constituency elected three councillors for a three-year term in 1964, 1967 and 1970. The constituency elected three councillors for a three-year term in 1964, 1967 and 1970.