London Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Chair	Jennette Arnold AM OBE
Members	25 assembly members
Labour	12 / 25
Conservative	9 / 25
Green	2 / 25
Liberal Democrat	2 / 25
Elections
Voting system	Additional Member System
Last election	3 May 2012
Meeting place
City Hall Southwark, Greater London United Kingdom
Website
www.london.gov.uk

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The London Assembly is an elected body, part of the Greater London Authority, that scrutinises the activities of the Mayor of London and has the power, with a two-thirds majority, to amend the mayor's annual budget and to reject the Mayor's draft statutory strategies^[1]. The assembly was established in 2000 and is headquartered at City Hall on the south bank of the River Thames, close to Tower Bridge. The assembly is also able to investigate other issues of importance to Londoners (transport, environmental matters, etc.), publish its findings and recommendations, and make proposals to the mayor.

  London Elects

London Elects is the body that coordinates pan-London elections under the guidance of the London returning officer. It has two functions; one to liaise with the London boroughs and oversee the election of London Mayor, London Assembly and European elections, and secondly to communicate the elections, the process and the results to the public. It was founded in 2003.

  Assembly members

The Assembly comprises 25 members elected using the Additional Member System of proportional representation. Elections take place every four years - at the same time as for the Mayor. There are 14 constituencies each electing one member, with a further 11 members elected from a party list to make the total members from each party proportional to the votes cast for that party across the whole of London using modified D'Hondt^[2]. Parties must win at least 5% of the party list vote in order to win any seats. Members of the Assembly have the postnomial title 'AM'. The annual salary for a London Assembly member is approximately £54,000.^[3] The current chair of the London Assembly is Jennette Arnold. The Deputy Chair of the London Assembly is Darren Johnson.

Since its creation in 2000, nine Assembly members have subsequently been elected to the House of Commons: David Lammy, Meg Hillier and Diana Johnson for Labour; Andrew Pelling, Bob Neill, Angie Bray, Bob Blackman and Eric Ollerenshaw for the Conservatives; and Lynne Featherstone for the Liberal Democrats. In addition, Val Shawcross, Assembly Member for Lambeth and Southwark was selected, but unsuccessful, as the Labour parliamentary candidate for the constituency of Bermondsey and Old Southwark. Andrew Dismore and Richard Tracey are both former MPs who were later elected to the Assembly.

  Structure of the assembly

  Constituency members

  London-wide members

  See also

• London Assembly election, 2000
• London Assembly election, 2004
• London Assembly election, 2008
• London Assembly election, 2012

  References

  External links

• London Assembly
• London Assembly publications
• London Assembly Liberal Democrats
• London Assembly Labour
• GLA Conservatives