The Greater London Council (GLC) was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater London from 1965 to 1986. It replaced the earlier London...
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The following people served as members of the Greater London Council, either as councillors or Aldermen. The polling days were: 9 April 1964 (Aldermen...
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The fifth election to the Greater London Council (GLC) was held on 5 May 1977. The Conservatives, led by Horace Cutler, gained control of the council...
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governed by a London borough council. The present London boroughs were all created at the same time as Greater London on 1 April 1965 by the London Government...
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The Greater London Authority (GLA), colloquially known by the metonym City Hall, is the devolved regional governance body of Greater London, England....
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The sixth election to the Greater London Council (GLC) was held on 7 May 1981. Following the election Andrew McIntosh the leader of the Labour Group was...
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List of chairmen of the Greater London Council. List of chairmen of the London County Council "Corrections and clarifications". The Guardian. 5 April 2021...
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The first election to the Greater London Council (GLC) was held on 9 April 1964. The election happened at a time of very high political tension, with...
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The second election to the Greater London Council was held on 13 April 1967, and saw the first Conservative victory for a London-wide authority since 1931...
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across the region, and regular local government is the responsibility of the borough councils and the City of London Corporation. Greater London is bordered...
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The fourth election to the Greater London Council (GLC) was held on 12 April 1973. Labour won a large majority of 58 seats to 32 for the Conservatives;...
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Geoffrey Pattie (category Members of the Greater London Council)
In 1967 Pattie was elected to the Greater London Council as one of four councillors representing the London Borough of Lambeth. He served a single three-year...
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Horace Cutler (category Members of the Greater London Council)
served as leader of the Greater London Council from 1977 to 1981. He was noted for his showmanship and flair for publicity, and some of his right-wing economic...
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London Councils is the collective of local government in Greater London, England. It is a cross-party organisation that represents London's 32 borough...
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Michael Grylls (category Members of the Greater London Council)
councillor on St. Pancras Borough Council, and was elected to the Greater London Council for Westminster and the City of London from 1967 to 1970. Grylls married...
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was replaced in 1965 by the Greater London Council (GLC), which covered a larger area. The GLC was subsequently granted a coat of arms which contained elements...
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Raine Spencer, Countess Spencer (redirect from Raine, The Countess Spencer)
elected to represent Lewisham South on the London County Council, then Richmond upon Thames on the Greater London Council. In this capacity she took a special...
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Desmond Plummer (redirect from Lord Plummer of St Marylebone)
longest serving Leader of the Greater London Council 1967–1973. Plummer went to Hurstpierpoint College and the College of Estate Management. He qualified...
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The London Assembly is a 25-member elected body, part of the Greater London Authority, that scrutinises the activities of the Mayor of London and has...
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Audrey Callaghan (redirect from Lady Callaghan of Cardiff)
homes and the Children's Committee. She was an alderman of the Greater London Council from 1964 and became chairman of Lewisham Council's children's...
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The Greater London Council Staff Association (GLCSA) was a trade union representing workers for the London-wide council. The union was founded in 1909...
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Camden London Borough Council, also known as Camden Council, is the local authority for the London Borough of Camden in Greater London, England. It is...
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The third election to the Greater London Council was held on 9 April 1970 and saw a Conservative victory with a reduced majority. New constituencies to...
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Bill Fiske, Baron Fiske (category Members of the Greater London Council)
politician who was the first Leader of the Greater London Council and oversaw the decimalisation of the pound sterling as Chairman of the Decimal Currency...
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Gerard Vaughan (British politician) (category Members of the Greater London Council)
in the mid-1950s, serving as an alderman on the London County Council. He stood unsuccessfully in 1964 to represent Lambeth on the Greater London Council...
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was a Labour Party member of the Greater London Council from May 1977 until the council was abolished in 1986. He was Chief Whip of the Labour group in 1984...
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Reg Goodwin (category Members of the Greater London Council)
He was Leader of the Greater London Council from 1973 to 1977. On the moderate wing of the Labour Party, he favoured public control of utilities. Goodwin...
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Mike Tuffrey (category Members of the Greater London Council)
as a member of the Greater London Council for Vauxhall (1985-6) and was a councillor of the London Borough of Lambeth from 1990 to 2002 during the second...
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as the Leader of the Greater London Council (GLC) from 1981 until the council was abolished in 1986, and as Mayor of London from the creation of the office...
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The Greater London Council's political leadership was in the hands of a Leader and a number of committees. Detailed policy proposals in the service areas...
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