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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.

Camden

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

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.

Lambeth

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

Southwark

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

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 & Chelsea

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

RB Kensington & Chelsea

Our board

Sir Merrick Cockell, RB Kensington & Chelsea

Board Member

Sir Merrick Cockell has been Leader of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea since 2000. Kensington and Chelsea is recognised as amongst the highest performing councils in the country and was assessed by the Audit Commission with the best possible rating in its annual Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA) for 7 years running.

Before becoming Leader in 2000, Councillor Cockell held a variety of senior jobs at Kensington and Chelsea including Chairman of the Education and Libraries Committee and Chief Whip of the Conservative majority on the Council. As a ward Councillor he has served the people of Stanley ward in Chelsea since first being elected to the Council in 1986.

He is currently:

Member of the Audit Commission Board, Chairman of the Kensington and Chelsea Partnership, Chairman of the Conservative Councillors’ Association and Board Member of the Conservative Party, a Board Member of Central London Forward, Member of Birmingham City Council Excellence Board, Trustee of the 2020 Public Services Trust and Chairman of the local government think-tank, Localis

Councillor Cockell lives in the Earl's Court with his wife and two daughters. He founded and ran an international trading company for 23 years.

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