The London County Council (LCC) was the principal local government body for the County of London throughout its existence from 1889 to 1965, and the first London-wide general municipal authority to be directly elected. It covered the area today known as Inner London and was replaced by the Greater London Council. The LCC was the largest, most significant and most ambitious English municipal authority of its day.
London County Council
The First Meeting of the London County Council in the County Hall Spring Gardens, 1889 by Henry Jamyn Brooks
Aldwych, a broad, porticoed street with underpass to Waterloo Bridge, from a slum clearance project in 1905
Lambeth Bridge, built by the LCC in 1932, its red colour being that of the nearby House of Lords
The Greater London Council (GLC) was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater London from 1965 to 1986. It replaced the earlier London County Council (LCC) which had covered a much smaller area. The GLC was dissolved in 1986 by the Local Government Act 1985 and its powers were devolved to the London boroughs and other entities. A new administrative body, known as the Greater London Authority (GLA), was established in 2000.
Greater London Council
Council Chamber of the GLC, from the majority benches
GLC sign on a housing estate in the London Borough of Lewisham as seen in 2022
GLC coat of arms on old fire station on Albert Embankment, Lambeth, as seen in 2022
