Royal Commission On Local Government in Greater London - Report

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The Report of the Royal Commission on Local Government in Greater London, 1957–60, (Cmnd. 1164) was published on 19 October 1960. The recommendations in the unanimous report were:

  • The establishment of a Regional Council for Greater London. The council was to be entirely elected, with one member for each parliamentary constituency.
  • The Regional council was to administer "strategic services" such as town planning, traffic management, education, fire and ambulance services.
  • A second tier of local units, called "Greater London Boroughs", would be formed by amalgamation of the existing metropolitan boroughs, county boroughs, municipal boroughs and county districts.
  • Greater London Boroughs were to have a population of between 100,000 and 250,000.
  • Some services would need to be shared between the two tiers. For example, the regional authority would decide on the educational budget, maintenance of standards, planning of location and types of schools and the recruitment of teachers; the boroughs would oversee the day to day administration of all schools in their area.

The Commission did not include the entire review area within its proposed Greater London region: they excluded Waltham Holy Cross in Essex, Dartford in Kent, Potters Bar in Middlesex and the Elstree and Watford areas of Hertfordshire.

The report proposed a total of fifty-two Greater London Boroughs, to be formed from the following existing areas:

  1. City of London
  2. City of Westminster
  3. Finsbury/Holborn/Shoreditch
  4. Islington
  5. Hackney/Stoke Newington
  6. Bethnal Green/Poplar/Stepney
  7. Woolwich
  8. Deptford/Greenwich
  9. Lewisham
  10. Camberwell
  11. Bermondsey/Southwark
  12. Lambeth
  13. Wandsworth (part)
  14. Battersea/Wandsworth (part)
  15. Hammersmith/Fulham
  16. Kensington/Chelsea
  17. Paddington/St Marylebone
  18. Hampstead/St Pancras
  19. Chingford/Walthamstow
  20. Chigwell/Leyton/Wanstead and Woodford
  21. Ilford
  22. Romford
  23. Hornchurch
  24. Barking/Dagenham
  25. East Ham
  26. West Ham
  27. Bexley/Crayford/Erith
  28. Chislehurst and Sidcup/Orpington
  29. Beckenham/Bromley/Penge
  30. Croydon
  31. Caterham and Warlingham/Coulsdon and Purley
  32. Banstead/Epsom and Ewell
  33. Beddington and Wallington/Carshalton/Sutton and Cheam
  34. Merton and Morden/Mitcham/Wimbledon
  35. Barnes/Richmond
  36. Kingston upon Thames/Malden and Coombe/Surbiton
  37. Esher/Walton and Weybridge
  38. Feltham/Staines/Sunbury-on-Thames
  39. Twickenham
  40. Heston and Isleworth
  41. Acton/Brentford and Chiswick
  42. Ealing
  43. Hayes and Harlington/Southall
  44. Ruislip-Northwood/Uxbridge/Yiewsley and West Drayton
  45. Harrow
  46. Wembley
  47. Willesden
  48. Hendon
  49. Barnet/East Barnet/Finchley/Friern Barnet
  50. Hornsey/Southgate/Wood Green
  51. Edmonton/Tottenham
  52. Cheshunt/Enfield

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