Minister for London

Minister for London

Incumbent
Gavin Barwell MP[1]
since 17 July 2016
Department for Communities and Local Government
Appointer Elizabeth II
Inaugural holder John Gummer
Formation 1994

The Minister for London is a United Kingdom Government ministerial post in the Department for Communities and Local Government. The Minister is responsible for policy relating to London including informing Members of Parliament in the House of Commons on the activities of the Greater London Authority. The incumbent Minister is Gavin Barwell.[1]

History

London had been under the authority of the London County Council and then the Greater London Council, but Margaret Thatcher abolished the GLC in 1986 after clashes with its leader, Ken Livingstone. Most of the municipal powers were then devolved to the 32 individual boroughs. Under John Major, however, the need for more centralised organisation was addressed by a series of moves. John Gummer was appointed Minister of London concurrently with his tenure as Secretary of State for Environment, and in 1994 the Government Office for London was established.[2] After Tony Blair entered office, the Labour government set up an elected Mayor of London.[2] This office, along with a reconstituted Greater London Authority, worked with the Minister and the Government Office.

The post was scrapped by David Cameron after he came to office in 2010.[3] In 2016 however, the post was revived by Theresa May and was assigned to Gavin Barwell.

List of Ministers for London

Colour key (for political parties):
  Conservative   Labour

Name Portrait Started Ended Concurrently held Political party Prime Minister
John Gummer 1994 2 May 1997 Secretary of State for the Environment Conservative John Major
Nick Raynsford 2 May 1997 29 July 1999 Labour Tony Blair
Keith Hill 29 July 1999 8 June 2001 Labour
Nick Raynsford 8 June 2001 March 2003 Labour
Tony McNulty March 2003 June 2003[4] Labour
Keith Hill June 2003 6 May 2005 [5] Labour
Jim Fitzpatrick 6 May 2005 28 June 2007 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development Labour
Tessa Jowell 28 June 2007 3 October 2008 Minister for the Olympics
Paymaster General		 Labour Gordon Brown
Tony McNulty 3 October 2008 5 June 2009 Minister of State for Employment and Welfare Reform Labour
Tessa Jowell 5 June 2009 11 May 2010 Paymaster General
Minister for the Olympics
Minister for the Cabinet Office		 Labour
Office not in use 11 May 2010 17 July 2016 David Cameron (I·II)
Gavin Barwell 17 July 2016 Incumbent Minister of State for Housing and Planning Conservative Theresa May

Shadow Minister

The position of Shadow Minister for London was retained by Labour under the leadership of Ed Miliband, and was held by Sadiq Khan throughout Miliband's leadership. However, since Khan's nomination as Labour's candidate for Mayor of London and Jeremy Corbyn's leadership, the office has remained vacant.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Minister for London, HM Government, retrieved 4 August 2016
  2. 1 2 Ben Pimlott (2002). Governing London. Nirmala Rao. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-924492-8.
  3. ↑ Mulholland, Hélène (4 June 2010). "Minister for London post abolished by David Cameron". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  4. ↑ "Press release: Association of London Government looking forward to working with new Minister for London". 2003-03-12. Archived from the original on 2007-11-27.
  5. ↑
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