Change in Party Representation on Harrow Council: October 2020.

The Conservative Group on Harrow Council have suspended Cllr. Kamaljit Chana (Pinner South) for a period of six months while his conduct is investigated.

Therefore the representation on the Council is now:
Labour 35, Conservative 27, Independent Conservative 1.

Revised Edition:

Harrow Votes: The Urban and Rural District Councils, 1894-1933 

This improved and expanded volume is now available.

Improvements to the presentation of Illustrations

An improved way of displaying illustrations has been discovered.  No longer will the user have to click and open the image of interest: instead the illustration, photo or scan will be displayed in situ.

This will make images much more accessible to the general user; an added benefit is a visual improvement to these pages.  The process of updating has taken some time, but as of 8 October only the 2002-2020 section's illustrations await updating.

Greater London Authority and London Mayor Election 

7 May 2020 - POSTPONED UNTIL 6 MAY 2021

The next scheduled election in Harrow was for a member of the Greater London Authority. Voters would have cast votes for a member for the Brent and Harrow constituency, for London-wide members from Party lists, and for the Mayor of London.

The current Assembly Member for Brent and Harrow, Navin Shah, had indicated that he was retiring from the GLA.  The Labour Party had selected Krupesh J. Hirani as their candidate; the Conservative Party had selected Molly I. Samuel-Leport. 

Due to the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) health emergency, the Government announced on 13 March that the local elections due on 7 May 2020 were postponed and would now take place on 6 May 2021.  

Any local authority by-elections that would have been occasioned by a casual vacancy have also been postponed until 6 May 2021.

Local Government Boundary Commission for England:
Ward Boundary Review of the London Borough of Harrow

The LGBCE announced on 31 July 2018 that it was commencing a review in to the ward boundaries of the London Borough of Harrow.  The new ward boundaries would come in to force at the 2022 council election. The Commission will also be conducting a review of 24 other London boroughs.

The Commission state that the "individual borough reviews will decide how many councillors should be elected to each local authority as well as the boundaries and names of council wards.  The reviews aim to make sure votes in London local elections are fair and that each councillor represents roughly the same number of voters.  The Commission will also look at local community interests and ties."

The Commission have also stated in the case of Harrow that they would recommend a council size of 55, a reduction of 8 councillors from the current arrangement with 63 councillors.

The consultation on warding arrangements, that commenced on 31 July, ended on 8 October 2018. The next stage was a consultation on the draft recommendations published by the LGBCE, between 4 December 2018 and 11 February 2019.  Final recommendations were scheduled to be published on 26 March 2019, but the Commission decided to issue further draft recommendations on 2 April, allowing consultation on these until 29 April 2019.  Final recommendations were published on 28 May 2019 and details can be found on the LGBCE's website.  An examination of the changes have been included as Appendix V in the 2002-2020 section of this website.