Mayor of London

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executive position mayoral office political office

The Mayor of London is the directly elected head of the Greater London Authority responsible for the strategic governance of London, including transport, policing, planning, and the environment.

Aliases (1)

Sadiq Khan ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	executive position → mayoral office → political office →
accountableTo	London Assembly →
appliesToJurisdiction	Greater London → London →
country	United Kingdom →
createdBy	Greater London Authority Act 1999 →
electionType	direct election →
electorate	residents of Greater London →
firstHolder	Ken Livingstone →
firstHolderStartDate	2000-05-04 →
governingBody	Greater London Authority →
governmentLevel	regional →
hasPower	to appoint members to key London public bodies → to issue strategies for London-wide policy areas → to set the budget for the Greater London Authority →
hasSeat	City Hall →
headOfGovernmentFor	Greater London →
inceptionLegalBasis	Greater London Authority Act 1999 →
isDifferentFrom	Lord Mayor of London →
jurisdictionType	city region →
locatedIn	England → London → United Kingdom →
notableOfficeHolder	Boris Johnson → Ken Livingstone → Sadiq Khan →
officeCreated	2000 →
officeHoldersElectedBy	first-past-the-post system (from 2024) → supplementary vote system (historically) →
oversees	Greater London Authority budget → London Fire Commissioner → Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime → Transport for London →
partOf	Greater London Authority →
reportsTo	London electorate →
responsibleFor	economic development strategy in London → environmental policy in London → housing strategy in London → policing strategy in London → spatial planning in London → strategic governance of London → transport policy in London →
style	Mayor →
termLength	4 years →
worksWith	London Assembly →

Referenced by (26)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson → Boris Johnson → Boris Johnson → Ken Livingstone →	positionHeld
Greater London → Greater London Authority → Outer London →	headOfGovernment
Environment Committee (London Assembly) →	advises
London Fire Commissioner →	appointedBy
Transport for London →	boardChairperson
London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games →	collaboratedWith
Transport for London →	controlledBy
Greater London Authority Act 1999 →	createdOffice
Greater London Authority Act 1999 →	definesElectoralSystemFor
Greater London Authority →	executiveHead
City Hall, London →	formerTenant
C40 →	founderRole
Greater London Authority →	hasPart
Mayor of Greater Manchester →	isSimilarTo
London →	leaderTitle
Mayor of London ("Sadiq Khan") →	notableOfficeHolder
Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime →	overseenBy
London Fire Commissioner →	reportsTo
Budget and Performance Committee →	scrutinises
Hounslow London Borough Council →	sharesPowersWith
City Hall (London) →	tenant