24-476: Civic Offices may refer to the following municipal facilities: Bexley Civic Offices , Bexleyheath, London Civic Offices, Clonmel , County Tipperary, Ireland Civic Offices, Dungarvan , County Waterford, Ireland Civic Offices, Limerick , County Limerick, Ireland Civic Offices, Nenagh , County Tipperary, Ireland Sutton Civic Offices , London Woking Civic Offices , Surrey, England Topics referred to by
48-507: A 15-mile (24 km) East to West segregated 'Crossrail for bikes'. At the General Election of 7 May 2015, Johnson was elected MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip , He continued to serve as mayor until the mayoral election in May 2016, when Sadiq Khan was elected. Sadiq Khan introduced the 'bus hopper' fare on TfL buses, which allows passengers to board a second bus within one hour for
72-519: A fixed term of four years, with elections taking place in May. Prior to the Elections Act 2022 , the supplementary vote method was used. There are no limits on the number of terms a mayor may serve. The mayor is elected by the largest single-member electorate in the United Kingdom. As with most elected posts in the United Kingdom, there is a deposit (in this case of £10,000), which is returnable on
96-757: A mayoral election debate on the BBC 's Question Time in April 2008, stated that the primary reason he supported the Olympic bid was to secure funding for the redevelopment of the East End of London . In July 2007, he brought the Tour de France cycle race to London. In May 2008, Boris Johnson introduced a new transport safety initiative to put 440 high visibility police officers in and around bus stations. A ban on alcohol on underground, and Docklands Light Railway, tram services and stations across
120-530: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bexley Civic Offices The Bexley Civic Offices is a municipal facility in Watling Street, Bexleyheath , London. It is the headquarters of the Bexley London Borough Council . The new Bexley Urban District Council established offices in an early 19th century building on the south side of
144-677: Is scrutinised by the London Assembly and, supported by their Mayoral Cabinet , directs the entirety of London, including the City of London (for which there is also the Lord Mayor of the City of London ). Each London Borough also has a ceremonial mayor or, in Croydon , Hackney , Lewisham , Newham and Tower Hamlets , an elected mayor. The Greater London Council , the elected government for Greater London,
168-617: Is the chief executive of the Greater London Authority . The role was created in 2000 after the Greater London devolution referendum in 1998, and was the first directly elected mayor in the United Kingdom . The current mayor is Sadiq Khan , who took office on 9 May 2016. The position was held by Ken Livingstone from the creation of the role on 4 May 2000 until he was defeated in May 2008 by Boris Johnson , who then also served two terms before being succeeded by Khan. The mayor
192-641: The Greater London Authority Act 2007 , the Localism Act 2011 and Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 . The mayor's main functions are: The remaining local government functions are performed by the London borough councils . There is some overlap; for example, the borough councils are responsible for waste management, but the mayor is required to produce a waste management strategy. In 2010, Johnson launched an initiative in partnership with
216-716: The Broadway in Bexleyheath known as Oak House in 1903. After Bexley secured municipal borough status in 1932, Oak House remained the headquarters of the new Municipal Borough of Bexley until it was merged with the Municipal Borough of Erith to form the London Borough of Bexley with its new headquarters at Erith Town Hall in 1965. The new council only used Erith Town Hall briefly as it chose to demolish Oak House in 1979 to make way for purpose-built Civic Offices which opened on
240-655: The Multi-academy Trust AET to transform schools across London. This led to the establishment of London Academies Enterprise Trust ( LAET ) which was intended to be a group of ten academies, but it only reached a group of four before the mayor withdrew it in 2013. The mayor is a member of the Mayoral Council for England and the Council of the Nations and Regions . The following is a table comparing power over services of
264-834: The United Kingdom Parliament of civil partnerships and later still, Same-sex marriage . Unlike civil partnerships, the London Partnerships Register was open to heterosexual couples who favour a public commitment other than marriage. As Mayor of London, Livingstone was a supporter of the London Olympics in 2012 , ultimately winning the bid to host the Games in 2005. Livingstone encouraged sport in London; especially when sport could be combined with helping charities like The London Marathon and 10K charity races. Livingstone, in
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#1732844463057288-839: The borough, moved into the new Bexley Civic Offices in May 2014. It was officially opened by the Mayor of London , Boris Johnson , in October 2014. In January 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic , the civic offices were used as a site to carry out COVID-19 testing . Beginning in June, the offices were also used as a clinic to give out COVID-19 vaccines . Mayor of London Sadiq Khan ( L ) Statutory Deputy Mayor Joanne McCartney ( L/Co ) London Assembly Lord Mayor Peter Estlin London boroughs ( list ) Vacant The mayor of London
312-701: The boroughs to the GLA and mayor. Initiatives taken by Ken Livingstone as Mayor of London included the London congestion charge on private vehicles using city centre London on weekdays, the creation of the London Climate Change Agency , the London Energy Partnership and the founding of the international Large Cities Climate Leadership Group , now known as C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group . The congestion charge led to many new buses being introduced across London. In August 2003, Livingstone oversaw
336-477: The candidate's winning of at least 5% of votes cast. The most recent London mayoral election was held on 2 May 2024. The results of the election were announced on 4 May 2024. Sadiq Khan was re-elected as mayor and became the first to be elected for 3 terms, beating the Conservative Susan Hall . Most powers are derived from the Greater London Authority Act 1999 , with additional functions coming from
360-561: The capital was introduced. Also in May 2008, he announced the closure of The Londoner newspaper, saving approximately £2.9 million. A percentage of this saving was to be spent on planting 10,000 new street trees. In 2010, he extended the coverage of Oyster card electronic ticketing to all National Rail overground train services. Also in 2010, he opened a cycle hire scheme (originally sponsored by Barclays , now Santander ) with 5,000 bicycles available for hire across London. Although initiated by his predecessor, Ken Livingstone ,
384-451: The chance to submit proposals for two tranches of funding. Successful bids for Phase 1 included Enfield, Muswell Hill and Bexley town centre. The recipients of phase 2 funding were still to be announced As of 2011 . In January 2013, he appointed journalist Andrew Gilligan as the first Cycling Commissioner for London. In March 2013, Johnson announced £1 billion of investment in infrastructure to make cycling safer in London, including
408-461: The introduction of the Oyster card electronic ticketing system for Transport for London services. Livingstone supported the withdrawal of the vintage AEC Routemaster buses from regular service in London. Livingstone introduced the London Partnerships Register which was a voluntary scheme without legal force for same sex couples to register their partnership, and paved the way for the introduction by
432-419: The same fare. Under Khan, paper, coin and cash transactions became obsolete. The Oyster system was expanded to include debit and credit cards. This initiative was started under his predecessor, Johnson. Upon election, Khan outlined a vision to make London the "greenest city" by investing in walking and cycling infrastructure while reducing polluting vehicles. In 2019, the " Ultra Low Emission Zone " scheme
456-602: The same site on the south side of the Broadway in 1980. The facility at Watling Street, which was designed in the style of a pagoda and built as the head office of the Woolwich Building Society at a cost of £10.5 million, was officially opened by Princess Anne in 1989. Following Barclays ' acquisition of the building society in 2000 and a subsequent period of integration, the Watling Street building became vacant in 2005. Meanwhile, Bexley London Borough Council
480-423: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Civic Offices . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Civic_Offices&oldid=1161403886 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
504-578: The scheme rapidly acquired the nickname of "Boris Bikes". Johnson withdrew the recently introduced high-speed high-capacity " bendy buses " from service in 2011 which had been bought by Livingstone, and he instead supported the development of the New Routemaster which entered service the next year. In 2011, Boris Johnson set up the Outer London Fund of £50 million designed to help facilitate improve local high streets. Areas in London were given
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#1732844463057528-471: Was abolished in 1986 by the Local Government Act 1985 . Strategic functions were split off to various joint arrangements. Londoners voted in a referendum in 1998 to create a new governance structure for Greater London. The directly elected mayor of London was created by the Greater London Authority Act 1999 in 2000 as part of the reforms. The mayor is elected by the first-past-the-post system for
552-409: Was launched which taxes highly polluting vehicles in its covered territory. London declared itself the world's first "National Park City" (effective from July 2019), reflecting its unusually high amount of green space for a city of its size. The Government postponed all elections due in May 2020, including for the mayor of London, for one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Khan had therefore served
576-523: Was seeking new facilities to replace its aging Civic Offices on the south side of the Broadway. The Watling Street building was refurbished by Mace at a cost of £21.4 million to a design by Bennetts Associates . The works included alterations to facilitate open plan working and also involved the construction of a new building at the rear of the site to accommodate a council chamber, a council member's area and public galleries. Some 1,300 council staff, who were previously based in four separate locations in
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