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{{about|the elected mayor of Greater London|the City of London mayor|Lord Mayor of London}}
[[File:Boris_Johnson_-opening_bell_at_NASDAQ-14Sept2009-3c_cropped.jpg|thumb|[[Boris Johnson]] the current Mayor of London]]
The '''Mayor of London''' is an elected politician in [[London]]. The role, created in 2000, was the first directly-elected mayor in the United Kingdom. The [[Mayor]] of London is also referred to as the '''London Mayor''', a form which helps to avoid confusion with the [[Lord Mayor of London]], the ancient and now mainly ceremonial role in the [[City of London]]. The Mayor of London is mayor of [[Greater London]], which has a population of over 7.5 million while the City of London is only a small part of the modern city centre and has a population of less than 10,000. The first elected Mayor of London is [[Ken Livingstone]], who was re-elected in 2004. [[Boris Johnson]] was [[London mayoral election, 2008|elected mayor]] in 2008.
==Role==
The Mayor is responsible for budgeting and strategic planning of some governmental functions across the whole of the [[Greater London|London]] [[Regions of England|region]]. The plans of the mayor are looked at by the [[London Assembly]] and actioned by the [[Greater London Authority]]. Responsibilities include [[transport]], the [[police]], [[fire brigade|fire]] and [[emergency services]], [[cultural strategy]] and [[economic development]].
==Salary==
The mayor of London's salary is one that ranks along that of a government cabinet minister's. The current salary is £137,579 per year [http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20111004013041/http://www.london.gov.uk/gla/budget/index.jsp].
==Other websites==
* [http://www.london.gov.uk Mayor of London website]
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20070709214659/www.london.gov.uk/mayor/csg/csgmmbrs.jsp Mayor of London's Cultural Strategy Group]
*[http://www.londonelects.co.uk/standing/nominations.html Page about the process of nomination]
*[http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/news.php?article_id=39&comment=ok Page about Ken Livingstone's relationship with Labour]
{{multistub|politics|UK}}
[[Category:Mayors of London| ]]
[[File:Boris_Johnson_-opening_bell_at_NASDAQ-14Sept2009-3c_cropped.jpg|thumb|[[Boris Johnson]] the current Mayor of London]]
The '''Mayor of London''' is an elected politician in [[London]]. The role, created in 2000, was the first directly-elected mayor in the United Kingdom. The [[Mayor]] of London is also referred to as the '''London Mayor''', a form which helps to avoid confusion with the [[Lord Mayor of London]], the ancient and now mainly ceremonial role in the [[City of London]]. The Mayor of London is mayor of [[Greater London]], which has a population of over 7.5 million while the City of London is only a small part of the modern city centre and has a population of less than 10,000. The first elected Mayor of London is [[Ken Livingstone]], who was re-elected in 2004. [[Boris Johnson]] was [[London mayoral election, 2008|elected mayor]] in 2008.
==Role==
The Mayor is responsible for budgeting and strategic planning of some governmental functions across the whole of the [[Greater London|London]] [[Regions of England|region]]. The plans of the mayor are looked at by the [[London Assembly]] and actioned by the [[Greater London Authority]]. Responsibilities include [[transport]], the [[police]], [[fire brigade|fire]] and [[emergency services]], [[cultural strategy]] and [[economic development]].
==Salary==
The mayor of London's salary is one that ranks along that of a government cabinet minister's. The current salary is £137,579 per year [http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20111004013041/http://www.london.gov.uk/gla/budget/index.jsp].
==Other websites==
* [http://www.london.gov.uk Mayor of London website]
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20070709214659/www.london.gov.uk/mayor/csg/csgmmbrs.jsp Mayor of London's Cultural Strategy Group]
*[http://www.londonelects.co.uk/standing/nominations.html Page about the process of nomination]
*[http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/news.php?article_id=39&comment=ok Page about Ken Livingstone's relationship with Labour]
{{multistub|politics|UK}}
[[Category:Mayors of London| ]]