London Government Act 1963
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The London Government Act 1963 (1963 c. 33) was an Act of the UK parliament, which recognised officially the conurbation known as Greater London.
The act abolished the administrative counties of Middlesex and London, and absorbed parts of Kent, Essex, Surrey and Hertfordshire plus the whole of the City of London to form the administrative area of Greater London. The new authorities came into their powers in 1965, although elections had been conducted beforehand.
The Greater London area set up by the Act was very similar to that proposed by the Herbert Report, with the exclusion of Banstead, Caterham and Warlingham, Esher, Walton and Weybridge in Surrey, Chigwell in Essex, Cheshunt in Hertfordshire, and Staines and Sunbury in Middlesex. Staines and Sunbury were put under the control of Surrey County Council.
The Act set up a two-tier local government system, with powers divided between the newly formed Greater London Council (GLC), and the 32 Borough Councils and the City. The Act also established the Inner London Education Authority to administer schools and colleges in the 12 London boroughs covering the former County of London. The remaining 20 outer boroughs became local education authorities in their own right. The London Traffic Area and the London and Home Counties Traffic Advisory Committee, set up in 1924, were abolished, with the GLC gaining powers to regulate road traffic. An alteration was also made to the Metropolitan Police District to include the whole of Greater London, but the district continued to include a number of areas in surrounding counties.
The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the GLC and devolved its functions to the London boroughs and to central government.
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County of London |
Middlesex from Essex: Barking | Chingford | Dagenham | East Ham | Hornchurch | Ilford | Leyton | Romford | Walthamstow | Wanstead and Woodford | West Ham from Hertfordshire: Barnet | East Barnet from Kent: Beckenham | Bexley | Bromley | Chislehurst and Sidcup | Crayford | Erith | Orpington | Penge from Surrey: Barnes | Beddington and Wallington | Carshalton | Coulsdon and Purley | Croydon | Kingston upon Thames | Malden and Coombe | Merton and Morden | Mitcham | Sutton and Cheam | Surbiton | Richmond upon Thames | Wimbledon |
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