What power does the London Assembly have and who are its members?

London Assembly logo Credit: London Assembly

The London Assembly is made up of 25 members who are elected at the same time as the Mayor.

Eleven of the members represent the entire capital while 14 are elected by individual constituencies.

The job of the assembly is to hold London mayor to account by scrutinising policies and programmes through committee meetings, investigations and site visits.

The assembly publicly questions the Mayor of London ten times a year at Mayor’s Question Time.

The London Assembly was set up in 2000 and has had a total of seven elections, the latest in May 2024.

Below is an interactive map showing how the political make-up of the assembly has changed.

In 2024, Reform UK won its first seat on the London Assembly.

The current London Assembly members are:

Constituency members

  • Barnet & Camden - Anne Clarke (Labour)

  • Bexley & Bromley - Thomas Turrell (Conservative)

  • Brent & Harrow - Krupesh Hirani (Labour)

  • City & East - Unmesh Desai (Labour)

  • Croydon & Sutton - Neil Garratt (Conservative)

  • Enfield & Haringey - Joanne McCartney (Labour)

  • Greenwich & Lewisham - Len Duvall (Labour)

  • Havering & Redbridge - Keith Prince (Conservative)

  • Lambeth & Southwark - Marina Ahmad (Labour)

  • Merton & Wandsworth - Leonie Cooper (Labour)

  • North East - Sem Moema (Labour)

  • South West - Gareth Roberts (Liberal Democrat)

  • West Central - James Small-Edwards (Labour)

London-wide members

  • Sian Berry (Green)

  • Susan Hall (Conservative)

  • Alex Wilson (Reform UK)

  • Caroline Russell (Green Party)

  • Shaun Bailey (Conservative)

  • Emma Best (Conservative)

  • Hina Bokhari (Liberal Democrat)

  • Zack Polanski (Green Party)

  • Andrew Boff (Conservative)

  • Elly Baker (Labour)

  • Alessandro Georgiou (Conservative)

Assembly Members also act as champions for Londoners by investigating issues that are important to London - from improving the economy to how to tackle alcohol misuse by young Londoners.

Assembly investigations are carried out by cross-party committees which cover areas like transport, policing, housing and planning, the economy, health and the environment.

The London Assembly can press for changes to national, Mayoral or local policy.

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