London Assembly
Elected body in London
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| 2024 | Khehra establishes the London Youth Achievement Awards in collaboration with the London Assembly to commemorate the Assembly's 25th anniversary, creating a platform to recognize young people's contributions across London. |
| 2024 | Introduced a shadow cabinet within the London Youth Assembly to amplify young people's perspectives in political decision-making and advocate for meaningful city-level change. |
| 2024 | London Assembly election held with updated party representation, including Labour, Conservative, Green, Liberal Democrat, and Reform parties. |
| April 2024 | Ashan Khehra is unanimously elected as Chair of the London Youth Assembly (LYA), bringing renewed energy to the organization after a period of inactivity. |
| May 2023 | Andrew Boff returns as Chair of the London Assembly, representing the Conservative Party. |
| 2022 | John Biggs concluded his term as the directly elected mayor of Tower Hamlets. |
| May 2022 | Onkar Sahota becomes Chair of the London Assembly, representing the Labour Party. |
| 2021 | London Assembly election was held, delayed from 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, maintaining the current additional member system (AMS) electoral system. |
| May 2021 | Andrew Boff becomes Chair of the London Assembly, representing the Conservative Party. |
| May 2020 | The term in office for Assembly members was extended from May 2020 to May 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic cancelling elections. |
| March 2019 | Tom Copley and Fiona Twycross departed to take up full-time Deputy Mayor roles, with Murad Qureshi and Alison Moore replacing them as Labour Assembly members. |
| December 12 2018 | Peter Whittle and David Kurten disbanded the UKIP grouping and formed the Brexit Alliance group following Whittle's departure from UKIP. |
| 2017 | Navin Shah unsuccessfully stood as the Labour candidate for Harrow East in the general election. |
| December 2016 | An Electoral Reform Bill was introduced proposing to change the London Assembly election system to first-past-the-post. |
| May 2016 | Jenny Jones concluded her tenure in the London Assembly after being elevated to the House of Lords. |
| May 2016 | Tony Arbour becomes Chair of the London Assembly, representing the Conservative Party. |
| 2015 | John Biggs began serving as the directly elected mayor of Tower Hamlets. |
| 2013 | Jenny Jones became the Green Party's first life peer, while continuing to sit in the Assembly until May 2016. |
| 2011 | Police and Crime Committee established under the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, replacing the Metropolitan Police Authority and tasked with scrutinizing the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime. |
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