Governance
Pinner has four tiers of government: Harrow Council (Local), The London Assembly (Regional), Parliament (National), and the European Parliament (Continental).
Harrow Council has been governed since 2006 by the Conservatives, led by David Ashton. Conservative]]). Pinner is represented by three wards: Pinner, Pinner South and Hatch End, each represented by three councillors.
Pinner lies within the Brent and Harrow constituency in the London Assembly, which has been represented since 2008 by Navin Shah (Labour). Prior to the 2010 general election, Pinner was part of the Harrow West constituency in the United Kingdom parliament. Following a Boundary Commission review, it formed part of a new parliamentary constituency, Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner, represented since 2010 by Nick Hurd (Conservatives).
Pinner is part of the London European Parliament constituency, which elects nine MEPs by proportional representation – currently three Conservative, three Labour, one Liberal Democrat, one Green and one UKIP member.
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