The Bill
The London Government Bill was introduced to the British House of Commons on March 1, 1899, by Arthur Balfour, Leader of the House. It provided for the division of the administrative county of London, except the City of London, into metropolitan boroughs. Each borough was to be governed by a borough council consisting of a mayor, aldermen and councillors, the total number of which was not to exceed seventy-two.
The Bill did not define areas for all the boroughs, but denoted sixteen existing parishes or districts that should become boroughs:
- The parishes of Battersea, Camberwell, Chelsea, Fulham, Hammersmith, Hampstead, Islington, Kensington, Lambeth, Lewisham. Paddington, St Marylebone and St Pancras
- The districts of Poplar and Wandsworth
- The ancient parliamentary borough of Westminster
The remaining boroughs were to be made up of combinations of existing authorities with a rateable value exceeding 500,000 pounds or with a population of between 100,000 and 400,000 inhabitants.
Read more about this topic: London Government Act 1899
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