Greater London Authority referendum, 1998

Greater London Authority referendum

Are you in favour of the Government's proposals for a Greater London Authority, made up of an elected mayor and a separately elected assembly?

Results
	Votes	Of total
Yes	1,230,759	7001720100000000000♠72.01%
No	478,413	7001279900000099999♠27.99%
Valid votes	1,709,172	7001984900000000000♠98.49%
Invalid or blank votes	26,178	7000151000000000000♠1.51%
Total votes	1,735,350	100.00%
Voter turnout	7001346000000000000♠34.6%
Electorate	5,016,064

Results by Borough

Yes No

Referendum held: 7 May 1998

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The Greater London Authority referendum of 1998 was a referendum held in Greater London on 7 May 1998 asking whether there was support for the creation of a Greater London Authority, composed of a directly elected Mayor of London, and a London Assembly to scrutinise the Mayor's actions. Voter turnout for the referendum was 34.1%.^[1]

Results

The referendum asked voters the question:

Are you in favour of the Government's proposals for a Greater London Authority, made up of an elected mayor and a separately elected assembly?*

Agree : 1,230,759 (72.0%)	Disagree : 478,413 (28.0%)
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Results by Borough

Local authority	Yes	No	Yes %	No %	Turnout*
City of London	977	574	63.0	37.0	30.6
Barking & Dagenham	20,534	7,406	73.5	26.5	24.9
Barnet	55,487	24,210	69.6	26.5	30.4
Bexley	36,527	21,195	63.3	36.7	34.7
Brent	47,309	13,050	78.4	21.6	35.6
Bromley	51,410	38,662	57.1	42.9	40.2
Camden	36,007	8,348	81.2	18.8	32.8
Croydon	53,863	29,368	64.7	35.3	37.2
Ealing	52,348	16,092	76.5	23.5	37.8
Enfield	44,297	21,639	67.2	32.8	32.8
Greenwich	36,756	12,356	74.8	25.2	32.4
Hackney	31,956	7,195	81.6	18.4	33.8
Hammersmith & Fulham	29,171	8,255	77.9	22.1	33.6
Haringey	36,296	7,038	83.8	16.2	29.9
Harrow	38,412	17,407	68.8	31.2	36.0
Havering	36,390	23,788	60.5	39.5	33.8
Hillingdon	38,518	22,523	63.1	36.9	34.4
Hounslow	36,957	12,554	74.6	25.4	31.9
Islington	32,826	7,428	81.6	18.5	34.2
Kensington & Chelsea	20,064	8,469	70.3	29.7	27.9
Kingston upon Thames	28,621	13,043	68.7	31.3	41.1
Lambeth	47,391	10,544	81.8	18.2	31.7
Lewisham	40,188	11,060	78.4	21.6	29.3
Merton	35,418	13,635	72.2	27.8	37.6
Newham	33,084	7,575	81.4	18.6	27.9
Redbridge	42,547	18,098	70.2	29.8	34.9
Richmond-upon-Thames	39,115	16,135	70.8	29.2	44.5
Southwark	42,196	10,089	80.7	19.3	32.7
Sutton	29,653	16,091	64.8	35.2	34.9
Tower Hamlets	32,630	9,467	77.5	22.5	34.2
Waltham Forest	38,344	14,090	73.1	26.9	33.6
Wandsworth	57,010	19,695	74.3	25.7	38.7
Westminster	28,413	11,334	71.5	28.5	31.8
Totals	1,230,759	478,413	72.01	27.99	34.1%
Source: The Independent

The 'Yes' vote won in every London Borough. There was generally more support in the Inner London Boroughs than the Outer London ones. The lowest support figures were 60.5% in Havering and 57.1% in Bromley; the greatest were 83.8% in Haringey and 81.8% in Lambeth.

Aftermath

The government passed the Greater London Authority Act 1999, creating the Greater London Authority. Elections for the Mayor of London and the London Assembly were held in May 2000.

References

↑ Overwhelming vote for mayor BBC News, 8 May 1998

External links

MayorWatch London Elections Guide

Elections in London

Mayor of London	2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

London Assembly	2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Greater London Authority	1998 (referendum)

Inner London Education Authority	1986

Greater London Council	1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981

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See also Elections in London Boroughs Middlesex County Council elections

(1997 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 1998 (→ 1999)

London boroughs	London Borough councils Barking and Dagenham Barnet Bexley Brent Bromley Camden Croydon Ealing Enfield Greenwich Hackney Hammersmith and Fulham Haringey Harrow Havering Hillingdon Hounslow Islington Kensington and Chelsea Kingston upon Thames Lambeth Lewisham Merton Newham Redbridge Richmond upon Thames Southwark Sutton Tower Hamlets Waltham Forest Wandsworth Westminster

Metropolitan boroughs	Barnsley Birmingham Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton

Unitary authorities	Bristol Derby Hartlepool Isle of Wight Kingston upon Hull Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire Portsmouth Southampton Stoke-on-Trent Swindon

District councils (England)	Adur Amber Valley Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Basingstoke and Deane Bassetlaw Bedford Brentwood Broadland Broxbourne Burnley Cambridge Cannock Chase Carlisle Cheltenham Cherwell Chester Chorley Colchester Congleton Craven Crawley Crewe and Nantwich Daventry Eastbourne Eastleigh Ellesmere Port and Neston Elmbridge Epping Forest Exeter Fareham Gloucester Gosport Great Yarmouth Harlow Harrogate Hart Hastings Havant Hertsmere Huntingdonshire Hyndburn Ipswich Lincoln Macclesfield Maidstone Mole Valley Newcastle-under-Lyme North Hertfordshire Norwich Nuneaton and Bedworth Oxford Pendle Penwith Preston Purbeck Redditch Reigate and Banstead Rochford Rossendale Rugby Runnymede Rushmoor Shrewsbury and Atcham South Bedfordshire South Cambridgeshire South Lakeland St Albans Stevenage Stratford-on-Avon Stroud Swale Tamworth Tandridge Three Rivers Tunbridge Wells Watford Waveney Welwyn Hatfield West Lancashire West Lindsey West Oxfordshire Weymouth and Portland Winchester Woking Worcester Worthing Wyre Forest

National Assembly elections	Northern Ireland

Referendums	Greater London Authority Northern Ireland Good Friday Agreement

Devolution in the United Kingdom

Devolved areas

National level	Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

Regional level (in England)	Combined authorities Directly elected mayoralties Greater London Authority

Referendums¹

English mayoral referendums
- London, 1998
- 2012
North East England
- 2004
Northern Ireland
- 1998
Scotland
- 1979
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Wales
- 1979
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Heads of devolved governments

Devolved legislatures²

Devolved administrations³

Organisations and laws of the
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Commissions (UK Parliament)	Kilbrandon Commission Holtham Commission Silk Commission McKay Commission

Commissions (devolved legislatures)	National Assembly for Wales Richard Commission Holtham Commission Scottish Parliament Calman Commission Smith Commission

Devolution acts	Greater London Authority Acts 1999 2007 Northern Ireland Acts 1998 2006 Wales Acts 1998 2006 2014 Scotland Acts 1998 2012

Select committees	Northern Ireland Affairs Scottish Affairs Welsh Affairs

Grand committees	England Northern Ireland Scottish Welsh

Departments and Territorial Offices (MOJ)	Cabinet Office - Devolution Secretariat Ministry of Justice - Devolution Directorate-General Office of the Advocate General for Scotland Northern Ireland Office Scotland Office Wales Office

Elections

Current	Agreements/Treaties Anglo-Irish Treaty Good Friday Agreement Budget Barnett formula Block grant Constitution of the United Kingdom Reserved and excepted matters West Lothian question

Proposals	Cornwall Cornish Assembly Cornish Constitutional Convention Mebyon Kernow Revived Cornish Stannary Parliament Devolved English parliament Campaign for an English Parliament Northern England Campaign for the North Yorkshire First Other parts of Southern England Wessex Regionalist Party Scotland Full fiscal autonomy

Historical	Administrations of England English Regional Assemblies, 1998-2010 Administrations of London London County Council Greater London Council Administrations of Northern Ireland 1922–72 1974 Legislatures of Northern Ireland 1922–72 1973–74 1982–86 Northern Ireland-related legislation of the UK Parliament Ireland, 1886 Ireland, 1893 Ireland, 1914 Ireland, 1920 Irish Free State, 1922 Northern Ireland, 1974 Irish Home Rule movement Prime Minister of Northern Ireland Scotland Act 1978 Scottish Office Sunningdale Agreement Wales Act 1978 Welsh Office

1. Rejected referendums are italicised. The others were fully or partially approved.
2. There is no law-making body for any regionally devolved area.
3. Administrations of regionally devolved areas are omitted.

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