MPA London Assembly members announced

45/04
24 Jun 2004

The London Assembly members appointed to serve on the Metropolitan Police Authority for the next four-year term of office have been announced.

Len Duvall, Damian Hockney, Bob Neill and Murad Qureshi are newly appointed GLA members.

Tony Arbour, Jennette Arnold, Richard Barnes, Lynne Featherstone, Nicky Gavron, Elizabeth Howlett, Jenny Jones and Graham Tope have been reappointed as GLA members for a second term.

The Authority awaits an announcement of who will be appointed as an independent member by the Home Secretary to represent his interest in the Metropolitan Police Service’s national and international functions.

Notes to editors

1. Independent and magistrate members of the Authority were announced on 3 June, MPA press release 40/04 -

2. The Metropolitan Police Authority is made up of 23 members appointed for four years:

• 12 members are appointed by the mayor from the London Assembly on the basis of the political balance on the Assembly, one of whom must be the deputy mayor;
• 4 local magistrates are appointed by the Greater London Magistrates’ Court Authority; and
• 7 independent members – 6 are selected following a process of public advertisement and interview, the seventh appointed by the Home Secretary to represent his interest in the Metropolitan Police’s national and international functions.

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