The governing body of London from 1965 until 1986.
Occupied a much larger area than the London County Council.
Leaders of the GLC[]
- Bill Fiske (11 April 1964 - 14 April 1967)
- Desmond Plummer (14 April 1967 - 13 April 1973)
- Sir Reg Goodwin (13 April 1973 - 6 May 1977)
- Sir Horace Cutler (6 May 1977 - 8 May 1981)
- Ken Livingstone (8 May 1981 - 2 August 1984)
- John Wilson (2 August 1984 - 21 September 1984)
- Ken Livingstone (21 September 1984 - 31 March 1986)
Preceded by: London County Council.
Succeeded by: London Residuary Body
See also: Inner London Education Authority - which took over the educational functions of the former LCC.
Sources of information[]
An electoral history here [1].
Wikipedia page here [2].
The GLC story page is [3].
A March 2016 BBC article 'The Rise and fall of the GLC' is here [4].
Details of the archives at the London Metropolitan Archives here [5].
Bibliography[]
- Colin Roy Anderson, London Government in Transition. LCC to GLC 1962-1967, dissertation University of Bedford 1996 [6]