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The London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA) is a functional body of the Greater London Authority (GLA) and was established under the Greater London Authority Act 1999. Its principal purpose is to run the London Fire Brigade.
The 17 members of LFEPA are appointed annually by the Mayor of London. Eight are nominated from the London Assembly, seven from the London Boroughs and two are Mayoral appointees.
It was formerly known as the London Fire and Civil Defence Authority (LFCDA) and had been under the direction of the Greater London Council (GLC). In 1986 when the GLC was disbanded, the LFCDA became a joint-board, made up of councillors appointed from the London boroughs. The LFCDA was reconstituted under its current name on July 3, 2000, coming under the control of the newly created Greater London Authority.
Controversy
In June 2007 the Labour Mayor, Ken Livingstone, refused to re-appoint all but one of the Conservative and Liberal Democrat LFEPA members on the grounds that "the nominations failed to tackle the under representation of women and Black, Asian and ethnic minority Londoners on the authority." . The Evening Standard reported that the mayor's political opponents were likely to seek a High Court injunction to reverse the decision . A compromise was eventually reached whereby the Mayor replaced one of the male Conservative London Assembly Members, Robert Blackman, with Angie Bray and appointed the London Councils' nominations on a temporary basis until August . These appointments have now been extended until June 2008 or the passage of the new GLA Act through Parliament.
Members
- Cllr Brian Coleman AM FRSA, (Chairman), Conservative, London Assembly representative Barnet and Camden constituency
- Cllr Colin Aherne, Labour, Borough representative London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
- Cllr Liaquat Ali, (Vice-Chair) Labour, Borough representative, London Borough of Waltham Forest
- Cllr Tony Arbour, AM, Conservative, London Assembly representative, South West Constituency
- Cllr Ed Butcher, Liberal Democrat, Borough representative, London Borough of Haringey
- Mr David Cartwright, Mayoral appointee
- Cllr Roger Evans, Conservative, London Assembly representative, Havering and Redbridge constituency
- Cllr Betty Evans-Jacas, Labour, Borough representative, London Borough of Lambeth
- Cllr Rebekah Gilbert, Conservative, Borough representative, London Borough of Bromley
- Cllr Maurice Heaster, Conservative, Borough representative, London Borough of Wandsworth
- Cllr Darren Johnson, Green, London Assembly representative, London-wide Member
- Cllr Bertha Joseph, Conservative, Borough representative, London Borough of Brent
- Cllr Caroline Pidgeon AM, Liberal Democrat, London Assembly representative, London-wide Member
- Mr Murad Qureshi AM, Labour, London Assembly representative, London-wide Member
- Cllr Navin Shah AM, Labour, London Assembly representative, Brent and Harrow constituency
- Ms Valerie Shawcross, CBE, AM, Labour, London Assembly representative, Lambeth and Southwark constituency
- Alderman Simon Walsh, Mayoral appointee