Talk:London boroughs

Misquoting a Reference
One of the sources referenced has been quite seriously mis-quoted, and I've had to amend it. Previously, the article read:

"Major issues

Because of high housing costs in London and the impact of welfare reforms enacted by the Coalition Government, there are many challenges for local government in London. Local Government Guru, Richard Cressey, when addressing an audience of like-minded people in 2013, asserted that such issues could not be addressed "on a borough by borough basis". Instead, Cressey argued for it to be dealt with on a "pan-London basis". Everyone else agreed."

Quite simply, the quoted reference does not say that.

The source quoted does was a round table discussion, with multiple contributors from different backgrounds.


 * Firstly there is no reference, from any contributor, to "welfare reforms enacted by the Coalition Government". This is because the piece is not a discussion about Welfare reform, which is mentioned nowhere in the article.  There is a discussion on long term HOUSING policy, with a perspective back to the 1960s and 1970s, but no discussion of current government welfare policy.
 * Secondly, Richard Cressey's comment was not about Welfare reform, but about the boroughs ability to borrow money to fund infrastructure development - this is the quote in full:

"We're constrained in that we can only borrow against our own borough's size or scale," explained Cressey, who recommended that borrowing could be more efficient if authorities were allowed to borrow against other boroughs in accordance with their housing need. "The issue of housing is not on a borough-by-borough basis, it's on a pan-London basis," he added."


 * Finally, the comment "Everyone else agreed" 'Everyone else agreed' to a subject that wasn't being discussed?  In fact, there is no reference in the article to 'Everyone else' coming to an agreement on any particular point at all - it was a round-table discussion.

This man's comments have been attributed to a completely different subject, one that wasn't even discussed in the article quoted.

This is very, VERY serious. The article completely mis-quotes not only a source, but an individual. I'm going to assume good faith, but we all have a responsibility to ensure that Wikipedia articles are backed up by references, and that those references are quoted correctly. This was quite a lapse.

Indisciplined (talk) 00:17, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

Untitled
Outer Boroughs - these were not part of the County of London but remained in their original counties until 1965.

secretlondon, and morwen 14/9/03

Smaller Map
Is there any way to shrink the map, or get a smaller map? The page doesn't quite fit into an 800x600 Explorer window.

Former units
Are the remaining selection of former municipal and other components going to be developed, rather than redirecting to the modern geographical places?

I will add some details as and when they are (as I "collect" historical survivals etc).

Jackiespeel 18:25, 26 September 2005 (UTC)


 * Hello. Some have already been started and were hiding:


 * Municipal Borough of Barnes
 * County Borough of Croydon
 * Municipal Borough of Hendon
 * Chislehurst and Sidcup Urban District


 * The rest could all make good articles. MRSC 18:33, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

Wow, that's a lot of boroughs
Why do you Londoners need so many? New York does just fine with five of 'em! 204.52.215.107 21:58, 3 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Well, not a bad question, but it's been a rather different pattern of development. Brooklyn was a whole other city until 1898, after all. London has never had to absorb a complete rival city, really. It's also worth noting that an NYC borough corresponds to a US county. Equating this with Britain (it's a bit facile, because our counties differ, but still...), the true equivalent of your five boroughs would be the subsumed areas of nearby counties that became part of London in 1899 - then lost more area later in 1965) - all of Middlesex by 1965, plus parts of Kent, Essex, Herts, Surrey - curiously enough, six entities counting London itself... (In fact, only five in 1899 - none of Essex was included until 1965 - so there you go, 1899 London consisted of five 'counties' just like NYC...)


 * Interesting to note that NYC and London both underwent significant reorganisation in 1898-99, hadn't realised the parallels. Tarquin Binary 02:15, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The percentage of ethinicity is utterly wrong for nearly all of the London boroughs and now some1 has changed it so you cannoy edit it
something needs to be done —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jjbb66 (talk • contribs) 23:26, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

'City' of Westminster
Hi, the 'City of Westminster' has the status of London Borough - no more, no less. The same applies to the 'Royal Boroughs'. The 1965 Act makes no distinction, and the names were adopted by the new authorities from the warrants granted to prior authorities. The City of Westminster, derives its claim from privileges granted by Henry VIII; it was revived soon after it became a metropolitan borough around 1900. Most other UK cities were forced to reapply for their status in the local government reforms of 1975, but not in London - because the reorganisation had occurred ten years earlier. The City of London is the only authority with formal City status in London; and its also a ceremonial county and uniquely sui generis. ergo, the lead should read: "The administrative area of Greater London contains thirty-two London boroughs. Inner London comprises twelve of these boroughs plus the City of London. Outer London comprises the twenty remaining boroughs of Greater London." If only because the sentence doesn't otherwise add up! (ie not 11 + 2 cities). Kbthompson (talk) 17:49, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

According to the UK government Westminster is a city see the national archives (62.189.169.182 (talk) 09:54, 7 April 2011 (UTC))

"Possible Status" should read 2 cities not 1
Both the City of Westminster and the City of London retain City status in the United Kingdom.108.196.40.52 (talk) 00:28, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
 * But the City of London isn't a "London Borough". (See the first sentence of the article.) --  Dr Greg   talk  18:32, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

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Adding a gallery for ward results across Greater London
Recently an editor, Ralbegen, created this great image File:Citywide ward results of the 2018 London local elections.svg and used it on the last two local election articles (2018 and 2022). There isn't really an article for the borough council elections specifically, but I think this article would be a good space to add in a gallery of images similar to this. What are other's thoughts? --Jonjonjohny (talk) 04:27, 13 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi, I'm pleased you like the ward map! I'd be happy to make more for previous elections if I can find suitable shapefiles for them (or if other can provide shapefiles for them). I have an old enough version of Boundary-line that I could produce a results map for 2014 without too much trouble, but unless I can get shapefiles for the wards for 2010 and earlier then it would necessitate quite a lot more work. Ralbegen (talk) 16:35, 13 October 2021 (UTC)
 * (I had some time this evening and made a map for 2014, which I've put on the page for the 2014 elections). Ralbegen (talk) 19:32, 13 October 2021 (UTC)
 * It's excellent work thank you for making them, and I like the way they're incorporated into the election articles. It wasn't to put pressure on you to track the last 10 Local Elections, I just think it would be good to have a space on an article that displays them all together. --Jonjonjohny (talk) 08:47, 14 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I think a gallery of ward maps on this page would be nice. I've completed the series back to 2002 now, which will be as far as I'll go for now. Please feel free to implement something here! Ralbegen (talk) 20:30, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Added. Jonjonjohny (talk) 11:17, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

Typo?
The article says there are 32 boroughs but the list contains 33. Can someone knowledgeable fix that conflict and provide the correct number (or explain the reason for such a difference). 77.57.33.67 (talk) 15:46, 16 October 2021 (UTC)Ely Asher


 * The first item in the list is "1. City of London (not a London Borough)". Does that not answer your question? --  Dr Greg  talk 16:00, 16 October 2021 (UTC)