City of LondonCity of London

City of London

The City of London is London’s smallest local authority by area and England’s smallest ceremonial county, covering just 289 hectares.

CamdenCamden

Camden

Camden is home to three of London’s largest rail stations: King’s Cross, St Pancras and Euston.

Islington

Islington

Sadler’s Wells theatre is built on one of Islington’s once famous spas, popular in the 18th century for their health-giving properties.

LambethLambeth

Lambeth

Lambeth is home to London’s largest station, Waterloo, covering an area of almost 10 hectares.

Southwark

Southwark

Charles Dickens, the scientist Michael Faraday, Charlie Chaplin and William Shakespeare have all lived in Southwark

WestminsterWestminster

Westminster

The City of Westminster contains over 11,000 listed buildings of special architectural and historic interest; 78% of the borough is included within a designated conservation area.

Kensington & ChelseaKensington & Chelsea

Kensington & Chelsea

Famous historic residents of Kensington and Chelsea include: Isaac Newton, JMW Turner, Sir Thomas Moore and Queen Elizabeth.

Colin Barrow

Colin Barrow, City of Westminster

Board Member

Councillor Colin Barrow is the Leader of Westminster City Council. He was first elected to the council in May 2002 and was Cabinet Member for Economic Development and Transport then Cabinet Member for Finance and Deputy Leader between 2005 and 2008. He became Leader of the Council in May 2008.

Colin is particularly focussed on improving educational outcomes for Westminster’s young people, improving the public realm and economic development and recovery.

Educated at Dulwich College, where he studied Modern Languages, Colin went on to read Law at Clare College, Cambridge. He spent ten years in industry and thirteen years in financial services before forsaking employment in 1996.

Colin was appointed CBE in 2004 for services to local government. He is co-founder of Policy Exchange and Localis, a think tank dedicated to strengthening local government. Colin has been Chairman of the National Autistic Society since 2005.