Metropolitan Area (Greater London)
The 1958 Act did not extend to the Greater London Conurbation (as defined by the Registrar General) where reform of local government was under consideration by the Royal Commission under Sir Edwin Herbert established in the previous year. The area excluded was defined in schedule 5 as:
- County of London
- Middlesex
- From Surrey
- County Borough of Croydon
- Municipal Borough of Barnes, Municipal Borough of Beddington and Wallington, Municipal Borough of Epsom and Ewell, Municipal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, Municipal Borough of Malden and Coombe, Municipal Borough of Mitcham, Municipal Borough of Richmond, Municipal Borough of Surbiton, Municipal Borough of Sutton and Cheam and the Municipal Borough of Wimbledon
- Banstead Urban District, Carshalton Urban District, Caterham and Warlingham Urban District, Coulsdon and Purley Urban District, Esher Urban District, Merton and Morden Urban District and Walton and Weybridge Urban District
- From Kent
- Municipal Borough of Beckenham, Municipal Borough of Bexley, Municipal Borough of Bromley, Municipal Borough of Dartford and Municipal Borough of Erith
- Chislehurst and Sidcup Urban District, Crayford Urban District, Orpington Urban District and Penge Urban District
- From Hertfordshire
- Municipal Borough of Watford
- Barnet Urban District, Bushey Urban District, Cheshunt Urban District, Chorleywood Urban District, East Barnet Urban District and Rickmansworth Urban District
- Elstree Rural District and the parish of Northaw in the Hatfield Rural District and the parishes of Aldenham and Watford Rural in the Watford Rural District
- From Essex
- County Borough of East Ham, County Borough of West Ham
- Municipal Borough of Barking, Municipal Borough of Chingford, Municipal Borough of Dagenham, Municipal Borough of Ilford, Municipal Borough of Leyton, Municipal Borough of Romford, Municipal Borough of Walthamstow and Municipal Borough of Wanstead and Woodford
- Chigwell Urban District, Hornchurch Urban District and Waltham Holy Cross Urban District.
The commission delivered its report in 1960, and a much modified version of its proposals (excluding outlying districts) was enacted as the London Government Act 1963.
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