London Government Act 1963

Combined polls, polling districts and election notices for London borough and Greater London elections

15 After 1964 the ordinary election of councillors of the Greater London Council shall be held in 1967 and each third year thereafter and the ordinary day of election of such councillors shall—

(a) in any year of election after 1964 and before the relevant year of election be the day fixed for the purpose for that year by the Secretary of State ;

(b) in the relevant year of election and each subsequent year of election be the day fixed for that year by the Secretary of State as the day of election of borough councillors in England and Wales.

16 Any polling district formed for the purpose of the election of councillors for any ward of a London borough shall, if the ward is wholly included in the electoral area for the election of a councillor of the Greater London Council, be a polling district for the election of a councillor of that Council for that electoral area.

17 The polls at an election of councillors for any ward of a London borough and at an election of a councillor of the Greater London Council for any electoral area which includes the whole or part of that ward shall, so far as they relate to polling districts which are the same for both elections, be taken together—

(a) in the case of all ordinary elections held in or after the relevant year of election ; and

(b) in the case of elections to fill casual vacancies in both offices where the same day of election is fixed for both elections.

18 Without prejudice to section 34 of the Representation of the People Act 1949, any notice required to be given in connection with any election of London borough councillors or of a councillor of the Greater London Council may, where the polls are taken together, relate to both elections.