London, capital of Great Britain, SE England, on both sides of the Thames River.The Greater London Council administered the larger London area until 1986, when it was abolished by the Thatcher government, making London unique as a world metropolis without a central governing unit. In 1999 the Greater London Authority Act reestablished a single local governing body for the Greater London area, consisting of an elected mayor and the London Assembly. Elections were held in 2000, and Ken Livingstone became London's first elected mayor.
倫敦,英國的首都,位于英格蘭的東南方,泰晤士河流經(jīng)這里。大倫敦理事會管理的大倫敦地區(qū),直到1986年,當(dāng)時(shí)它被廢除的撒切爾政府,使倫敦成為一個(gè)沒有一個(gè)中央理事單位的獨(dú)特世界大都市。在1999年,大倫敦管理局法重新確立一個(gè)單一的地方的管治機(jī)構(gòu),大倫敦地區(qū),組成一個(gè)民選市長和倫敦大會。選舉是在2000年舉行,并肯利文斯通成為倫敦的第一位民選市長。