The present boroughs came into existence on April 1, 1965 with the creation of the Greater London Council (GLC). The first London Borough elections, however, were held in 1964 and the newly elected London Borough Councils acted as "shadow" Authorities before coming into power the following year
They had wider authority than the inner London metropolitan boroughs and neighbouring municipal boroughs which they mostly replaced, but less power than the three county boroughs of Croydon, West Ham and East Ham which ceased to exist at the same time.
The London boroughs became in effect unitary authorities (combining both county and borough functions, much like the former county boroughs) at the GLC's abolition on April 1, 1986. Since the creation (2000) of a new Greater London Authority, covering the former GLC area but with more limited powers, the boroughs now have powers intermediate between those of English unitary authorities and districts within administrative counties.
The LondonBorough of Bexley is a Londonborough in southeast outer London.
The borough was formed in 1965 by the merger of the Kentboroughs of Bexley, and Erith and the Crayford urban district, and half of Chislehurst and Sidcup Urban District.
The LondonBorough of Harrow is a Londonborough of outer northwest London.
The Londonborough was formed in 1965 from the Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth and the part of the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth containing Streatham and Clapham.
To the north are the Central London districts of the South Bank and Lambeth which have a developing tourist economy while at the very south of the borough are the leafy suburbs of Gipsy Hill, Tulse Hill, West Dulwich and West Norwood.
Nearby and still in the north of the borough is St Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth Palace and the Florence Nightingale Museum.
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