London, capital of Great Britain, SE England, on both sides of the Thames River.The Greater London Council administered the larger London area until 1986, when it was abolished by the Thatcher government, making London unique as a world metropolis without a central governing unit. In 1999 the Greater London Authority Act reestablished a single local governing body for the Greater London area, consisting of an elected mayor and the London Assembly. Elections were held in 2000, and Ken Livingstone became London's first elected mayor.
伦敦,英国的首都,位于英格兰的东南方,泰晤士河流经这里。大伦敦理事会管理的大伦敦地区,直到1986年,当时它被废除的撒切尔政府,使伦敦成为一个没有一个中央理事单位的独特世界大都市。在1999年,大伦敦管理局法重新确立一个单一的地方的管治机构,大伦敦地区,组成一个民选市长和伦敦大会。选举是在2000年举行,并肯利文斯通成为伦敦的第一位民选市长。