Style | No courtesy or style ascribed[1] Mr Mayor (formally) The Right Honourable (formal) |
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Member of | Greater London Authority London Mayoral Cabinet |
Reports to | London Assembly |
Seat | City Hall, London |
Appointer | Electorate of London |
Term length | Four years, renewable |
Inaugural holder | Ken Livingstone |
Formation | Greater London Authority Act 1999 |
Deputy | Joanne McCartney |
Salary | £152,734 |
Website | www |
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 elected mayor in 2008. Johnson announced that he will not run for re-election in 2016. Sadiq Khan was elected mayor in 2016.