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Westminster City Council
Westminster City Council
is the local authority for the
City of Westminster
in
Greater London
, England. It is a London borough council and is entitled to be
known as a city council
, which is a rare distinction in the
United Kingdom
. The city is divided into 20 wards, each electing three councillors. Following the 2010 elections, the council is composed of 44
Conservative Party
members and 16
Labour Party
members. The council was created by the
London Government Act 1963
and replaced three local authorities:
Paddington Metropolitan Borough Council
,
St Marylebone Metropolitan Borough Council
and
Westminster City Council
. The borough council provides
some shared services
with Hammersmith and Fulham, and Kensington and Chelsea.
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