List of chairmen of the Greater London Council

This is a a list of people who held the office of chairman of the Greater London Council

The office was created in 1964 with the election of the first GLC. Until 1 April 1965 the GLC was a "shadow authority", coming into its full powers on 1 April 1965. The chairman was elected annually, and a similar role to a mayor: presiding at council meetings and acting as host or representative of the council on civic and ceremonial occasions. The office had the formal title of "The Right Honourable, The Chairman of the Greater London Council".


 * 1964-66: Sir Harold Shearman
 * 1966-67: Herbert Ferguson
 * 1967-68: Sir Percy Rugg
 * 1968-69: Sir Louis Gluckstein C.B.E.
 * 1969-70: Leslie Freeman O.B.E.
 * 1970-71: Peter Blair Black
 * 1971-72: Robert Mitchell
 * 1972-73: Frank Lewis Abbott
 * 1973-74: Arthur Ernest Wicks
 * 1974-75: Lord Pitt of Hampstead
 * 1975-76: Dame Evelyn Denington D.B.E.
 * 1976-77: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
 * 1977-78: Lawrence Bains
 * 1978-79: Harold T. Mote
 * 1979-80: Robert Vigars
 * 1980-81: Bernard Brook-Partridge
 * 1981-82: John B Ward
 * 1982-83: Sir Ashley Bramall
 * 1983-84: Harvey Hinds
 * 1984-85: Illtyd Harrington
 * 1985-86: Tony Banks MP