11 Facts About London Borough Council

London boroughs are the 32 local authority districts that together with the City of London make up the administrative area of Greater London; each is 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 Act 1963 and are a type of local government district.

Inner London boroughs tend to be smaller, in both population and area, and more densely populated than Outer London boroughs.

The London boroughs were created by combining groups of former local government units.

London Borough Council elections take place every four years, with the most recent elections in 2022, and the next elections due in 2026.

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Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London Borough Council was established in 1957 and the report was published on 19 October 1960.

Twelve boroughs in the former County of London area were designated Inner London boroughs and the 20 others were designated Outer London boroughs.

The City of London Borough Council continued to be administered by the City of London Borough Council Corporation, and the Inner and Middle Temples continued to govern their own areas.

London Borough Council names formed by combining two locality names had been discouraged when the boroughs were created.

The London Government Act 1963 provided a mechanism for communities on the edge of Greater London to petition for transfer from London boroughs to a neighbouring county district.

London Borough Council argues that shared service projects fail because they cause a disruption to the service flow by moving the work to a central location, creating waste in hand-offs, rework and duplication, lengthening the time it takes to deliver a service and consequently creating failure demand .