The annual reshuffle of the London Assembly is complete.
At its Annual Meeting today, all Assembly Members present voted for new leadership, in a year which will culminate with the Assembly and Mayoral elections in May 2016.
The new Chair of the London Assembly is confirmed as Jennette Arnold OBE AM and the new Deputy Chairman is Tony Arbour AM.
Chair of the London Assembly, Jennette Arnold OBE AM said;
“We thank Roger Evans AM for all his great work as Chairman of the Assembly during the past year and in this new year, as we approach the Assembly and Mayoral Elections in May 2016, we must remain focussed on our key role and what more we can do for London.
Our job is to make sure that everyone in the capital gets the value for money and the transparency they deserve. We provide Londoners with the reassurance that back-room deals, under-the-table tactics and simple bad business decisions are not allowed to happen. After all we are elected to hold the Mayor and his functional bodies to account.”
The meeting also agreed the membership and Chairs of a range of Committees to lead investigations into issues ranging from public transport to spending at City Hall.
The meeting can be viewed here.
The role of the Assembly is to act as a check and balance on the activities of the Mayor of London.
Committees, Chairs and Deputy Chairs as follows:
Audit Panel (4 Members)
Chairman: John Biggs AM
Deputy Chairman: Roger Evans AM
Budget and Performance Committee (7 Members)
Chairman: John Biggs AM
Deputy Chair: Stephen Knight AM
Confirmation Hearings Committee (9 Members)
Chair and Deputy Chair appointed at each meeting.
Economy Committee (7 Members)
Chair: Fiona Twycross AM
Deputy Chair: Stephen Knight AM
Environment Committee (7 Members)
Chair: Darren Johnson AM
Deputy Chair: Murad Qureshi AM
GLA Oversight Committee (9 Members)
Chair: Len Duvall AM
Deputy Chairman: Tony Arbour AM
Health Committee (5 Members)
Chair: Dr Onkar Sahota AM
Deputy Chair: Andrew Boff AM
Housing Committee (7 Members)
Chair: Tom Copley AM
Deputy Chair: Darren Johnson AM
Planning Committee (5 Members)
Chair: Nicky Gavron AM
Deputy Chairman: Steve O’Connell AM
Police and Crime Committee (9 Members)
Chair: Joanne McCartney AM
Deputy Chair: Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM
Deputy Chair: Jenny Jones AM
Regeneration Committee (5 Members)
Chairman: Gareth Bacon AM
Deputy Chair: Navin Shah AM
Transport Committee (9 Members)
Chair: Valerie Shawcross CBE AM
Deputy Chair: Caroline Pidgeon MBE AM
Notes to editors
Notes for editors:
1. All London Assembly Committee meetings are open to the public.
2. See our public meeting calendar.
3. As well as investigating issues that matter to Londoners, the London Assembly acts as a check and a balance on the Mayor.
For more details, please contact Alison Bell in the Assembly Media Office on 020 7983 4228. For out of hours media enquiries please call 020 7983 4000 and ask for the Assembly duty press officer. Non-media enquiries should be directed to the Public Liaison Unit, Greater London Authority, on 020 7983 4100.