| To elect a body of 25 members
whose job it is to question the London Mayor on the way he carries
out his job London is divided into 14 CONSTITUENCIES which represent
all the London Boroughs. The 25 member body is known as the London
assembly. The election is on party political lines with each
political party putting up a candidate to win that constituency
seat. Voting is then carried out by the population of that
constituency. Each constituency will elect one member to sit on the
London assembly. You will note there are 14 constituencies but 25
seats on the London Assembly. This is by design. 14 members are
elected by the London voting public while the remaining 11 are given
their seat by choosing their names from a list of political party
members. The idea is that the final makeup of the Assembly will
always be in line proportionally with the overall pattern of
political votes cast throughout London. This stops the anomaly of
where a party could lose all constituencies by very narrow margins
and end up with no seats while the winning party gets all seats, in
an extreme example. Winning members who sit on the London Assembly
have the initials AM after their name. For a map of London postcodes click here. For a map of London Boroughs click here. |
London Constituencies Map
| 1: BARNET & CAMDEN | 8: GREENWICH & LEWISHAM |
| 2: BEXLEY & BROMLEY | 9: HAVERING & REDBRIDGE |
| 3: BRENT &HARROW | 10: LAMBETH & SOUTHWARK |
| 4: CITY & EAST | 11: MERTON & WANDSWORTH |
| 5: CROYDON & SUTTON | 12: NORTH EAST |
| 6: EALING & HILLINGDON | 13: SOUTH EAST |
| 7: ENFIELD & HARINGEY | 14: WEST CENTRAL |