The London Assembly Who we are The London Assembly is a This includes the Greater watchdog for London. The London Authority (GLA) 25 Assembly Members are portion of your council tax. elected by Londoners at the The Assembly can reject the same time as the Mayor. Mayor’s strategies or amend the budget if London has been represented two-thirds of members by the Assembly and the Mayor agree to do so. since 2000. The Mayor is the most powerful directly-elected Assembly Members are politician in the UK. As such, champions for London. he must be held publicly and We investigate issues that democratically accountable. affect your everyday life The London Assembly makes and work to find ways to sure this happens. improve London. Cross- party committees conduct We examine the Mayor’s Assembly investigations policies and programmes in often looking at long-term areas like policing, transport, issues facing the capital. housing, planning, the economy, health and the The Mayor must answer to environment. The Assembly Londoners at the ballot box also directly questions the every four years. Our job is Mayor in public ten times a to hold the Mayor to account year at Mayor’s Question Time. every day. The Mayor must consult Assembly Members before producing his strategies and £16 billion budget. How we made a difference in 2016 – 17 The Met is investigating The Police and Crime TfL announced it would The Health Committee’s historical allegations of Committee’s investigation significantly increase its work on mental health for electoral fraud at the on safety at Notting Hill Taxi and Private Hire marginalised groups has 2014 Tower Hamlets Carnival created the impetus enforcement team, as helped shape the Mayor’s Mayoral Election following for MOPAC to commission recommended by the new mental health initiative, the work of the Police and a major review of crowd Transport Committee in its Thrive LDN Crime Committee management arrangements 2014 report, Future Proof The GLA Oversight Committee’s The Economy Committee’s After the committee The London Finance work on the procurement of work on Brexit led to joint investigated the Commission’s January the proposed Garden Bridge talks at the Scottish Parliament pedestrianisation of Oxford 2017 report promoted contributed to the Mayor with representatives from Street, TfL announced a 40 a land value tax, as commissioning a review from Rt Scotland, Wales and the per cent cut in buses along recommended by the Hon Dame Margaret Hodge MP Northern Ireland Assembly the street Planning Committee How we made a difference in 2016 – 17 Following the Budget and The Mayor’s draft Good In line with Environment In October 2016, the Mayor Performance Committee’s Practice Guide to Estate Committee recommendations, agreed to adopt a ‘Vision work on the implications of Regeneration incorporated the Mayor agreed to bring in Zero’ approach to road councils withdrawing funding many recommendations the central Ultra Low Emission safety, as recommended for CCTV, MOPAC and the from the 2015 Housing Zone a year early in 2019 and in the 2014 Transport Met committed to consider Committee report, Knock extend it in 2020 Committee report, Feet First whether a pan-London funding it Down or Do it Up? approach was needed The Mayor committed to TfL announced changes To avoid confusion over the After the 2016 Mayoral and action on development to door-to-door services, cost of TfL’s fares freeze, Assembly election, we made viability assessments including dropping the the Mayor has agreed to a series of suggestions to to improve transparency five-mile limit on Dial-a-Ride publish basic fare income improve the process next and hasten the delivery of journeys, as the Transport data and assumptions before time and to avoid the problems affordable housing in line Committee recommended the 2020 Mayoral Election experienced in Barnet with Planning Committee in 2015 recommendations How we engage with the public All Assembly meetings are We host key civic events over open to the public. They are the year, including an Annual broadcast on our website and Service of Remembrance and our YouTube channel. That a Holocaust Memorial Day means Londoners can see and Ceremony. We also regularly hear exactly what we’re doing receive visits from students on their behalf. and overseas delegations who want to learn more about We encourage people and our work. organisations to give their views to Assembly Twice a year Assembly committee investigations. Members and the Mayor These contributions play hold People’s Question Time. a key part in shaping the These events give Londoners recommendations we make a chance to ask what we are in our committee reports. doing for their city. Assembly Members welcome constituents’ views. We are here to help if you have a problem with any part of the GLA group. We don’t spend all our time at City Hall. Instead, we get out and about and see for ourselves what’s working well and where changes need to be made. There are several ways you can get involved. You can: ◆◆ raise issues of concern with Assembly Members directly via email or Twitter ◆◆ tweet @LondonAssembly and tweet about our meetings and investigations ◆◆ give your views to Assembly investigations ◆◆ suggest a question for an Assembly Member to ask at Mayor’s Question Time ◆◆ come to People’s Question Time ◆◆ come to Mayor’s Question Time and Assembly committee meetings at City Hall – the public are welcome ◆◆ watch our meetings live at www.london.gov.uk/media- centre/london-assembly or at www.youtube.com/user/ LondonAssembly Sian Berry, Green Party Assembly members Londonwide ◆ 020 7983 4391 [email protected] There are 25 London Assembly Members. Eleven are Londonwide Andrew Boff, Conservative and represent the whole of the capital. Fourteen are elected Londonwide ◆ by constituencies made up of two or three London boroughs. 020 7983 4352 [email protected] Like MPs, Assembly Members hold local surgeries for residents. Eight Assembly Members also sit on the London Fire Leonie Cooper, Labour and Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA). Merton and Wandsworth ◆ 020 7983 6536 [email protected] Tony Arbour, Conservative Tom Copley, Labour South West (Hounslow, Kingston-upon-Thames Londonwide ◆ and Richmond-upon-Thames) 020 7983 5524 [email protected] ◆ 020 7983 4361 [email protected] Jennette Arnold, Labour Unmesh Desai, Labour North East (Hackney, Islington and Waltham Forest) City and East (Barking & Dagenham, ◆ 020 7983 4374 [email protected] City of London, Newham, Tower Hamlets) ◆ 020 7983 4430 [email protected] Gareth Bacon, Conservative Tony Devenish, Conservative Londonwide West Central (Hammersmith & Fulham, ◆ 020 7983 5784 [email protected] Kensington & Chelsea, City of Westminster) ◆ 020 7983 6576 [email protected] Shaun Bailey, Conservative Andrew Dismore, Labour Londonwide Barnet and Camden ◆◆ ◆ 020 7983 4354 [email protected] 020 7983 4031 [email protected] Len Duvall, Labour Caroline Pidgeon, Liberal Democrat Greenwich and Lewisham Londonwide ◆ ◆ 020 7983 4517 [email protected] 020 7983 4386 [email protected] Florence Eshalomi, Labour Keith Prince, Conservative Lambeth and Southwark Havering and Redbridge ◆ ◆ 020 7983 4427 [email protected] 020 7983 4359 [email protected] Nicky Gavron, Labour Caroline Russell, Green Party Londonwide Londonwide ◆ ◆ 020 7983 4898 [email protected] 020 7983 4388 [email protected] Susan Hall, Conservative Dr Onkar Sahota, Labour Londonwide Ealing and Hillingdon ◆ ◆ 020 7983 4713 [email protected] 020 7983 4097 [email protected] David Kurten, UKIP Navin Shah, Labour Londonwide Brent and Harrow ◆ ◆ 020 7983 4661 [email protected] 020 7983 4377 [email protected] Joanne McCartney, Labour Fiona Twycross, Labour Enfield and Haringey Londonwide ◆ ◆ 020 7983 4378 [email protected] 020 7983 4101 [email protected] Steve O’Connell, Conservative Peter Whittle, UKIP Croydon and Sutton Londonwide ◆ ◆ 020 7983 4353 steve.o’[email protected] 020 7983 4660 [email protected] City Hall The Queen’s Walk More London London SE1 2AA www.london.gov.uk @LondonAssembly enquiries 020 7983 4100 minicom 020 7983 4458.