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The Greater London Authority (GLA) is a strategic city-wide government for London. It is made up of a directly elected Mayor - the Mayor of London - and a separately elected Assembly - the London Assembly.

Mayor and Assembly

The Mayor prepares strategies to deal with London-wide issues and co-ordinates action on a London-wide basis. The Assembly scrutinises the Mayor's activities, questioning the Mayor about his or her decisions. The Assembly is also able to investigate other issues of importance to Londoners and make proposals to the Mayor. The London Assembly member for Bexley and Bromley is James Cleverley, elected on May 1 2008. There are about 400 staff to help the Mayor and Assembly in their duties.

The Greater London Authority

The date of the first elections to the GLA was 4 May 2000 and the new Authority assumed its main responsibilities on 3 July 2000. The GLA elections are held every four years.

Greater London Authority Election results

These are available on the London Elects website

What responsibilities does the GLA have?

The GLA's main areas of responsibility are:

• transport;
• planning;
• economic development;
• environment;
• policing;
• fire and emergency planning;
• culture; and
• health.

How is the GLA structured?

There is a clear separation of powers within the Authority between the Mayor - who has an executive role, making decisions on behalf of the GLA - and the Assembly, which has a scrutiny role.

Visit the Greater London Authority website for further information.

Contact

Telephone:  020 7983 4000
Minicom:  020 7983 4458

Address:  Greater London Authority
City Hall, Queens Walk, London SE1 2AA

Office hours:  Monday to Friday 8.30am to 6pm
Visitor Centre:  Monday to Friday 9.30am to 5pm