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Outer Boroughs - these were not part of the County of London but remained in their original counties until 1965.
secretlondon, and morwen 14/9/03
| Borough | Executive Party | Council make-up |
|---|---|---|
| Barking & Dag | Labour | 42 Lab, 4 Residents, 3 LD, 2 Con |
| Barnet | Con | Lab 24, Con 33, LD 6 |
| Bexley | Labour | Lab 32, Con 30, LD 1 |
| Brent | Labour | Lab 35, Con 16, LD 9 |
| Bromley | Con | Lab 6, Con 41, LD 13 |
| Camden | Lab | 35 Lab, Con 11, LD 8 |
| Croydon | Labour | Lab 37, Con 32, LD 1 |
| Ealing | Labour | Lab 48, Con 17, LD 4 |
| Enfield | Con | Lab 24, Con 39 |
| Greenwich | Labour | Lab 38, Con 9, LD 4 |
| Hackney | Labour | Lab 45, Con 9, LD 3 |
| Hamm & Fulham | Labour | 28 Lab, 18 Con |
| Haringey | Labour | Lab 42, LD 15 |
| Harrow | Labour | Lab 31, Con 29, LD 3 |
| Havering | Con | Lab 9, Con 26, LD 1, Other 18 |
| Hillingdon | Con | Lab 27, Con 31, LD 7 |
| Hounslow | Labour | Lab 36, Con 15, LD 5, Other 4 |
| Islington | LD | 10 Lab, 38 LD, 0 Con |
| Ken & Chel | Con | 42 Con, 12 Lab |
| Kingston | LD | Lab 3, Con 15, LD 30 |
| Lambeth | joint LD/Con | 28 LD, 28 Lab, Con 7 |
| Lewisham | Labour | Lab 45, Con 2, LD 4, Other 3 |
| Merton | Labour | Lab 32, Con 25, LD 0, Other 3 |
| Newham | Labour | Lab 59, Other 1 |
| Redbridge | Con | Lab 21, Con 33, LD 9 |
| Richmond | Con | Lab 0, Con 39, LD 15 |
| Southwark | LD | Lab 28, Con 5, LD 30 |
| Sutton | LD | Lab 3, Con 8, LD 43 |
| Tower Hamlets | Labour | Lab 35, LD 16 |
| Waltham Forest | joint Labour/LD | Lab 29, Con 18, LD 13 |
| Wandsworth | Con | Lab 10, Con 50 |
| Westminster | Con | Lab 12, Con 48 |
[edit] Smaller Map
Is there any way to shrink the map, or get a smaller map? The page doesn't quite fit into an 800x600 Explorer window.
[edit] Former units
Are the remaining selection of former municipal and other components going to be developed, rather than redirecting to the modern geographical places?
I will add some details as and when they are (as I "collect" historical survivals etc).
Jackiespeel 18:25, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
- Hello. Some have already been started and were hiding:
- The rest could all make good articles. Mrsteviec 18:33, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Wow, that's a lot of boroughs
Why do you Londoners need so many? New York does just fine with five of 'em! 204.52.215.107 21:58, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
- Well, not a bad question, but it's been a rather different pattern of development. Brooklyn was a whole other city until 1898, after all. London has never had to absorb a complete rival city, really. It's also worth noting that an NYC borough corresponds to a US county. Equating this with Britain (it's a bit facile, because our counties differ, but still...), the true equivalent of your five boroughs would be the subsumed areas of nearby counties that became part of London in 1899 - then lost more area later in 1965) - all of Middlesex by 1965, plus parts of Kent, Essex, Herts, Surrey - curiously enough, six entities counting London itself... (In fact, only five in 1899 - none of Essex was included until 1965 - so there you go, 1899 London consisted of five 'counties' just like NYC...)
- Interesting to note that NYC and London both underwent significant reorganisation in 1898-99, hadn't realised the parallels. Tarquin Binary 02:15, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
