List of people from the London Borough of Southwark
Notable residents -- Politics and government
Table:
Name

Notability

District [4]

Notes [5]

Lord Eric Avebury

Liberal Member of Parliament, 1962–70; Liberal Democrat Representative peer, 1999-

Camberwell

[49]

Joseph Chamberlain

Liberal and Liberal Unionist politician, entrepreneur and imperial statesman

Camberwell

B [50]

Jack Jones

General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union, 1968–77

Denmark Hill

[51]

Harriet Harman

Labour Member of parliament, 1983-; Leader of the House of Commons, 2007-

Dulwich

[52]

Simon Hughes

Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament (1983-) and party President (2004-)

Bermondsey

Sir Timothy Laurence

Naval officer, Equerry to Queen Elizabeth (1986–89), and husband of Princess Anne

Camberwell

B[53]

Henry Thrale

Anchor Brewery heir, Member of Parliament (1765–80), Sheriff of the City of London

Southwark

[48]

Larry Whitty

Labour politician; General Secretary of the Labour Party (1985–94)

Camberwell

[54]

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Eric Reginald Lubbock , 4th Baron Avebury ( 29 September 1928 - 14 February 2016 ) was an English politician and human rights campaigner . He served as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Orpington from 1962 to 1970 . He then served in the House of Lords , having inherited the title of Baron Avebury in 1971 , until his death . In 1999 , when most hereditary peers were removed from the House of Lords , he was elected by his fellow Liberal Democrats to remain . When he died , he was the longest serving Liberal Democrat peer .
The Liberal Party was one of the two major parties in the United Kingdom with the opposing Conservative Party in the 19th and early 20th centuries . The party arose from an alliance of Whigs and free trade-supporting Peelites and the reformist Radicals in the 1850s . By the end of the 19th century , it had formed four governments under William Gladstone . Despite being divided over the issue of Irish Home Rule , the party returned to government in 1905 and then won a landslide victory in the following year 's general election . Under prime ministers Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman ( 1905-1908 ) and H. H. Asquith ( 1908-1916 ) , the Liberal Party passed the welfare reforms that created a basic British welfare state . Although Asquith was the party 's leader , its dominant figure was David Lloyd George . Asquith was overwhelmed by the wartime role of coalition prime minister and Lloyd George replaced him as prime minister in late 1916 , but Asquith remained as Liberal Party leader . The pair fought for years over control of the party , badly weakening it in the process . In The Oxford Companion to British History , historian Martin Pugh argues :
A member of parliament ( MP ) is the representative of the voters to a parliament . In many countries with bicameral parliaments , this category includes specifically members of the lower house , as upper houses often have a different title . Member of Congress is an equivalent term in other jurisdictions . Members of parliament tend to form parliamentary groups ( also called parliamentary parties ) with members of the same political party .
The Liberal Democrats ( Lib Dems ) are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom . The party currently has 11 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons , 94 members of the House of Lords , five Members of the Scottish Parliament and one member in each of the Welsh Assembly and the London Assembly . It was in a coalition government with the Conservative Party from 2010-15 . In 1981 , an electoral alliance was established between the Liberal Party , a group which was the direct descendant of the 18th-century Whigs , and the Social Democratic Party ( SDP ) , a splinter group from the Labour Party . In 1988 , the parties merged as the Social and Liberal Democrats , adopting their present name over a year later . Under the leadership of Paddy Ashdown and later Charles Kennedy , the party grew during the 1990s and 2000s , focusing its campaigns on specific seats and becoming the third-largest party in the House of Commons . Under the leadership of Nick Clegg , the Liberal Democrats were junior partners in David Cameron 's Conservative-led coalition government in which Clegg served as Deputy Prime Minister . Although it allowed them to implement some of their policies , the coalition damaged the Liberal Democrats ' electoral prospects and it suffered heavy losses at the 2015 general election . Since then , under the leaderships of Tim Farron , Sir Vince Cable and Jo Swinson , it has refocused itself as a party opposing Brexit . Positioned in the centre ground of British politics , the Liberal Democrats ideologically draw upon both liberalism and social democracy . Different factions have dominated the party at different points in its history , each with its own ideological bent , some leaning towards the centre-left and others the centre-right . The party calls for constitutional reform , including a transition from the first-past-the-post voting system to proportional representation .
In the United Kingdom , representative peers were those peers elected by the members of the Peerage of Scotland and the Peerage of Ireland to sit in the British House of Lords . Until 1999 , all members of the Peerage of England held the right to sit in the House of Lords ; they did not elect a limited group of representatives . All peers who were created after 1707 as Peers of Great Britain and after 1801 as Peers of the United Kingdom held the same right to sit in the House of Lords . Representative peers were introduced in 1707 , when the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland were united into the Kingdom of Great Britain . At the time there were 168 English and 154 Scottish peers . The English peers feared that the House of Lords would be swamped by the Scottish element , and consequently the election of a small number of representative peers to represent Scotland was negotiated . A similar arrangement was adopted when the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merged into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in January 1801 . Scotland was allowed to elect sixteen representative peers , while Ireland could elect twenty-eight . Those chosen by Scotland sat for the life of one Parliament , and following each dissolution new Scottish peers were elected . In contrast , Irish representative peers sat for life . Elections for Irish peers ceased when the Irish Free State came into existence as a Dominion in December 1922 . However , already-elected Irish peers continued to be entitled to sit until their death .
Camberwell ( /ˈkæmbərˌwɛl/ ) is a district of South London , England , within the London Borough of Southwark . It is located 2.7 miles ( 4.3 km ) southeast of Charing Cross . Camberwell was first a village associated with the church of St Giles and a common of which Goose Green is a remnant . This early parish included the neighbouring hamlets of Peckham , Dulwich , Nunhead , and part of Herne Hill ( the rest of Herne Hill was in the parish of Lambeth ) . Until 1889 , it was part of the county of Surrey . In 1900 the original parish became the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell . In 1965 , most of the Borough of Camberwell was merged into the London Borough of Southwark . To the west , part of both West Dulwich and Herne Hill come under the London Borough of Lambeth . The place now known known as Camberwell covers a much smaller area than the ancient parish , and it is bound on the north by Walworth ; on the south by East Dulwich and Herne Hill ; to the west by Kennington ; and on the east by Peckham .
Joseph Chamberlain ( 8 July 1836 - 2 July 1914 ) was a British statesman who was first a radical Liberal , then , after opposing home rule for Ireland , a Liberal Unionist , and eventually served as a leading imperialist in coalition with the Conservatives . He split both major British parties in the course of his career . Chamberlain made his career in Birmingham , first as a manufacturer of screws and then as a notable mayor of the city . He was a radical Liberal Party member and an opponent of the Elementary Education Act 1870 on the basis that it could result in subsidising Church of England schools with local ratepayers ' money . As a self-made businessman , he had never attended university and had contempt for the aristocracy . He entered the House of Commons at 39 years of age , relatively late in life compared to politicians from more privileged backgrounds . Rising to power through his influence with the Liberal grassroots organisation , he served as President of the Board of Trade in Gladstone 's Second Government ( 1880-85 ) . At the time , Chamberlain was notable for his attacks on the Conservative leader Lord Salisbury , and in the 1885 general election he proposed the Unauthorised Programme , which was not enacted , of benefits for newly enfranchised agricultural labourers , including the slogan promising three acres and a cow . Chamberlain resigned from Gladstone 's Third Government in 1886 in opposition to Irish Home Rule . He helped to engineer a Liberal Party split and became a Liberal Unionist , a party which included a bloc of MPs based in and around Birmingham . From the 1895 general election the Liberal Unionists were in coalition with the Conservative Party , under Chamberlain 's former opponent Lord Salisbury . In that government Chamberlain promoted the Workmen 's Compensation Act 1897 .
The Liberal Unionist Party was a British political party that was formed in 1886 by a faction that broke away from the Liberal Party . Led by Lord Hartington ( later the Duke of Devonshire ) and Joseph Chamberlain , the party formed a political alliance with the Conservative Party in opposition to Irish Home Rule . The two parties formed the ten-year-long coalition Unionist Government 1895-1905 but kept separate political funds and their own party organisations until a complete merger between the Liberal Unionist and the Conservative parties was agreed to in May 1912 .
James Larkin Jones CH MBE ( 29 March 1913 - 21 April 2009 ) , known as Jack Jones , was a British trade union leader and General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers ' Union .
Secretary is a title often used in organizations to indicate a person having a certain amount of authority , power , or importance in the organization . Secretaries announce important events and communicate to the organization . The term is derived from the Latin word secernere , to distinguish or to set apart , the passive participle ( secretum ) meaning having been set apart , with the eventual connotation of something private or confidential , as with the English word secret . A secretarius was a person , therefore , overseeing business confidentially , usually for a powerful individual ( a king , pope , etc. ) . The official title of the leader of most communist and socialist political parties is the General Secretary of the Central Committee or First Secretary of the Central Committee . When a communist party is in power , the General Secretary is usually the country 's de facto leader ( though sometimes this leader also holds state-level positions to monopolize power , such as a presidency or premiership in order to constitute de jure leadership of the state ) , such as China and Cuba . In England , the term secretarius was used from the beginning of the thirteenth century in the varying meanings of a confidential clerk , an ambassador , or a member of the king 's council . In the fourteenth century , the title became strongly associated with the keeper of the king 's signet . From the Renaissance to the late 19th century , men involved in the daily correspondence and the activities of the powerful assumed the title of secretary . With time , like many titles , the term was applied to more and varied functions , leading to compound titles to specify the authority associated with its use , like general secretary or financial secretary . In some countries , such as the United States , the term secretary is used to indicate the holder of a cabinet-level post . There are a number of popular variations of the title used to indicate that the secretary in question has a high degree of authority , such as general secretary ( or , following usage in the Norman language , secretary-general ) , first secretary , and executive secretary .
The Transport and General Workers ' Union ( TGWU or T & G ) was one of the largest general trade unions in the United Kingdom and Ireland - where it was known as the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers ' Union ( ATGWU ) to differentiate itself from the Irish Transport and General Workers ' Union - with 900,000 members ( and was once the largest trade union in the world ) . It was founded in 1922 , and its first general secretary was Ernest Bevin . In 2007 , it merged with Amicus to form Unite the Union .
Denmark Hill is an area and road in Camberwell , in the London Borough of Southwark . It is a sub-section of the western flank of the Norwood Ridge , centred on the long , curved Ruskin Park slope of the ridge . The area and road is said to have acquired its name from Queen Anne 's husband , Prince George of Denmark , who hunted there . It is part of the A215 which north of its main foot , Camberwell Green , becomes Camberwell Road and south of Red Post Hill becomes named Herne Hill , another district . Its postcode is SE5 . North-east and south-easterly slopes of the same eminence are named Grove Hill and Dog Kennel Hill , on top of which the summit is shared with Champion Hill , the only divide being proximity to the respective two affluent streets which intersection on Camberwell descent . From Camberwell Green northwards the land is much lower and very gently sloped as in northern Brixton at its other foot , in the west . There are good views across central London from vantage points ( e.g . top-storey windows ) . On a clear day some viewers can read the time on the Big Ben clockface .
Harriet Ruth Harman QC ( born 30 July 1950 ) is a British solicitor and Labour politician serving as a Member of Parliament ( MP ) since 1982 , first for Peckham and then its successor constituency of Camberwell and Peckham since 1997 . Harman holds the record as the longest-ever continuously serving female MP in the House of Commons . On 13 June 2017 , she was dubbed Mother of the House by the then Prime Minister Theresa May . She has served in various Cabinet and Shadow Cabinet positions . She served as a Shadow Social Services minister ( from 1984 ) and as a Shadow Health minister ( from 1987 ) , Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury ( 1992-1994 ) and then , under Tony Blair , as Shadow Employment Secretary ( 1994-1995 ) , Shadow Health Secretary ( 1995-1996 ) and Shadow Social Security Secretary ( 1996-1997 ) . Following the 1997 general election victory , she was appointed Secretary of State for Social Security and the first ever Minister for Women , serving until 1998 ; when she left the Cabinet . In 2001 , she was appointed Solicitor General for England and Wales , serving until 2005 when she became Minister of State for Constitutional Affairs . Harman ran in the 2007 deputy leadership election and defeated five other candidates , ultimately defeating Secretary of State for Health , Alan Johnson , by 50.43% to 49.56% . Gordon Brown , who was elected as party leader , appointed Harman Leader of the House of Commons , Lord Privy Seal , Minister for Women and Equality and Chairman of the Labour Party , holding these positions until the 2010 general election , although she was not appointed Deputy Prime Minister . Upon defeat , Brown resigned as party leader and Harman , as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party , became Acting Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition until Ed Miliband was elected leader . She subsequently served as Shadow Deputy Prime Minister , combining the position with that of Shadow Secretary of State for International Development ( 2010-2011 ) and then Shadow Secretary of State for Culture , Media and Sport ( 2011-2015 ) . After Labour 's defeat at the 2015 general election , Miliband resigned as Leader of the Labour Party and Harman once again became Acting Leader and Leader of the Opposition .
The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom that has been described as an alliance of social democrats , democratic socialists and trade unionists . In all general elections since 1922 , Labour has either been the governing party or the Official Opposition . The Labour Party was founded in 1900 , having grown out of the trade union movement and socialist parties of the 19th century . It overtook the Liberal Party to become the main opposition to the Conservative Party in the early 1920s , forming two minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in the 1920s and early 1930s . Labour served in the wartime coalition of 1940-1945 , after which Clement Attlee 's Labour government established the National Health Service and expanded the welfare state from 1945 to 1951 . Under Harold Wilson and James Callaghan , Labour again governed from 1964 to 1970 and 1974 to 1979 . In the 1990s , Tony Blair took Labour to the centre as part of his New Labour project , which governed the UK under Blair and then Gordon Brown from 1997 to 2010 . Labour is currently the Official Opposition in the Parliament of the United Kingdom , having won the second-largest number of seats in the 2017 and 2019 general elections . The Labour Party is currently the largest party in the Welsh Assembly , forming the main party in the current Welsh government . The party is the third-largest in the Scottish Parliament . Labour is a member of the Party of European Socialists and Progressive Alliance , and holds observer status in Socialist International . The party includes semi-autonomous Scottish and Welsh branches , and supports the Social Democratic and Labour Party in Northern Ireland , although it still organises there .
The Leader of the House of Commons is generally a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom who is responsible for arranging government business in the House of Commons . The House of Commons devotes approximately three-quarters of its time to government business , such as bills introduced by the government and ministerial statements . The Leader of the House , with the parties ' chief whips ( the usual channels ) , is responsible for organising government business and providing time for non-government ( backbench ) business to be put before the House . The Leader of the House additionally announces the next week 's debate schedule in the Business Statement every Thursday .
Dulwich ( /ˈdʌlɪtʃ/ DUL-itch ) is an area of south London , England . The settlement is mostly in the London Borough of Southwark , with parts in the London Borough of Lambeth , and consists of Dulwich Village , East Dulwich , West Dulwich and the Southwark half of Herne Hill ( which is often referred to as the North Dulwich triangle ) . Dulwich lies in a valley between the neighbouring districts of Camberwell ( to the west ) , Crystal Palace , Denmark Hill , Forest Hill , Peckham , Sydenham Hill and Tulse Hill . Dulwich formed part of the ancient parish of Camberwell in Surrey . The parish became the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell within the County of London in 1889 . In 1965 , the borough was abolished and the area became part of the newly-created London Borough of Southwark .
Sir Simon Henry Ward Hughes ( born 17 May 1951 ) is a former British politician . He is now the Chancellor of London South Bank University , an External Adviser to The Open University and UK Strategic Adviser to Talgo . Hughes is also the Chair of the Local Governing Body of Bacon 's College Rotherhithe and Chair of the London Bubble Theatre , Senior Independent Director of the London Football Association and a trustee of the Millwall Community Trust and the Rose Theatre Trust . Hughes was Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2010 to 2014 , and from 2013 until 2015 was Minister of State at the Ministry of Justice . He was the Member of Parliament ( MP ) for the constituency of Bermondsey and Old Southwark ( and its predecessors ) from 1983 until 2015 . Until 2008 he was President of the Liberal Democrats ( the party president chairs the Federal Executive board of the party , is the senior elected party official and also represents the party at official functions ) . Hughes has twice run unsuccessfully for the leadership of the party and was its unsuccessful candidate for Mayor of London in the 2004 election . He was appointed as a Privy Councillor on 15 December 2010 . In December 2013 Hughes was appointed as a Minister of State for Justice and Civil Liberties , and announced he would stand down as Deputy Leader upon the election of a successor .
Bermondsey ( /ˈbɜːrməndzi/ ) is a district in South East London in the London Borough of Southwark , England , 2.5 miles ( 4.0 km ) southeast of Charing Cross . To the west of Bermondsey lies Southwark , to the east Rotherhithe and Deptford , to the south Walworth and Peckham , and to the north is Wapping . It lies within the historic county boundaries of Surrey .
Vice Admiral Sir Timothy James Hamilton Laurence , KCVO , CB , ADC ( P ) ( born 1 March 1955 ) is a retired Royal Navy officer and the second husband of Princess Anne , the only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip . Laurence was equerry to the Queen from 1986 to 1989 .
An equerry ( /ɪˈkwɛri , ˈɛkwəri/ ; from French écurie 'stable ' , and related to écuyer 'squire ' ) is an officer of honour . Historically , it was a senior attendant with responsibilities for the horses of a person of rank . In contemporary use , it is a personal attendant , usually upon a sovereign , a member of a royal family , or a national representative . The role is equivalent to an aide-de-camp , but the term is now prevalent only in the Commonwealth of Nations .
Elizabeth II ( Elizabeth Alexandra Mary ; born 21 April 1926 ) [ a ] is Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms . [ b ] Elizabeth was born in London as the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York , later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth , and she was educated privately at home . Her father acceded to the throne on the abdication of his brother King Edward VIII in 1936 , from which time she was the heir presumptive . She began to undertake public duties during the Second World War , serving in the Auxiliary Territorial Service . In 1947 , she married Philip , Duke of Edinburgh , a former prince of Greece and Denmark , with whom she has four children : Charles , Prince of Wales ; Anne , Princess Royal ; Prince Andrew , Duke of York ; and Prince Edward , Earl of Wessex . When her father died in February 1952 , Elizabeth became head of the Commonwealth and queen regnant of seven independent Commonwealth countries : the United Kingdom , Canada , Australia , New Zealand , South Africa , Pakistan , and Ceylon . She has reigned as a constitutional monarch through major political changes , such as devolution in the United Kingdom , Canadian patriation , and the decolonisation of Africa . Between 1956 and 1992 , the number of her realms varied as territories gained independence , and as realms , including South Africa , Pakistan , and Ceylon ( renamed Sri Lanka ) , became republics . Her many historic visits and meetings include a state visit to the Republic of Ireland and visits to or from five popes . Significant events have included her coronation in 1953 and the celebrations of her Silver , Golden , and Diamond Jubilees in 1977 , 2002 , and 2012 , respectively . In 2017 , she became the first British monarch to reach a Sapphire Jubilee . She is the longest-lived and longest-reigning British monarch , as well as the world 's longest-serving female head of state , oldest living monarch , longest-reigning current monarch , and the oldest and longest-serving current head of state .
Anne , Princess Royal , KG , KT , GCVO , GCStJ , QSO , CD ( Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise ; born 15 August 1950 ) is the second child and only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip , Duke of Edinburgh . At the time of her birth , she was third in the line of succession to the British throne , behind her mother - then Princess Elizabeth - and older brother , Charles . She rose to second after her mother 's accession but is 14th in line as of August 2019 [ update ] . [ b ] Anne is known for her charitable work and is a patron of over 200 organisations . She is also known for her equestrian talents ; she won two silver medals ( 1975 ) and one gold medal ( 1971 ) at the European Eventing Championships , and she is the first member of the British royal family to have competed in the Olympic Games . Princess Anne has held the title of Princess Royal since 1987 and is its seventh holder . Anne was married to Captain Mark Phillips in 1973 ; they separated in 1989 and divorced in 1992 . They have two children and four grandchildren . In 1992 , within months of her divorce , Anne married Commander ( now Vice Admiral ) Sir Timothy Laurence , whom she had met while he served as her mother 's equerry between 1986 and 1989 . Since 2012 , she has held the rank of Admiral and Chief Commandant of Women in the Royal Navy .
Henry Thrale ( 1724/1730 ? -4 April 1781 ) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1765 to 1780 . He was a close friend of Samuel Johnson . Like his father , he was the proprietor of the large London brewery , H. Thrale & Co. Born at the Alehouse in Harrow Corner , Southwark , he was the son of the rich brewer Ralph Thrale ( 1698-1758 ) and Mary Thrale . He married Hester Lynch Salusbury on 11 October 1763 ; they had 12 children , and she outlived him . He was MP for Southwark 23 December 1765 - September 1780 , an Alderman , and Sheriff of the City of London : a respected , religious man who was a good hunter and sportsman with a taste for gambling .
The Anchor Brewery was a brewery in Park Street , Southwark , London , England . Established in 1616 , by the early nineteenth century it was the largest brewery in the world . From 1781 it was operated by Barclay Perkins & Co , who in 1955 merged with the Courage Brewery , which already owned the nearby Anchor Brewhouse . The Park Street brewery was demolished in 1981 .
Two sheriffs are elected annually for the City of London by the Liverymen of the City Livery Companies . Today 's sheriffs have only nominal duties , but the historical officeholders had important judicial responsibilities . They have attended the Justices at the Central Criminal Court , Old Bailey , since its original role as the Court for the City and Middlesex . The sheriffs live in the Central Criminal Court , Old Bailey , during their year of service , so that one of them can always be attendant on the judges . In Court No 1 the principal chairs on the bench are reserved for their and the Lord Mayor 's use , with the Sword of the City hanging behind the bench . It is an invariable custom that the Lord Mayor of London must previously have served as a sheriff . By a custom of immemorial usage in the City , the two sheriffs are elected at the Midsummer Common Hall by the Liverymen by acclamation , unless a ballot is demanded from the floor , which takes place within fourteen days . The returning officers at the Common Hall are the Recorder of London ( senior Judge of the Old Bailey ) and the outgoing Sheriffs . As of September 2019 [ update ] , the current sheriffs are Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli and Mr Christopher Hayward CC . As elected officers from the 7th century ( excepting 1067 to 1132 ) , the sheriffs ' jurisdiction covers the square mile of the City of London . The more recent creation of High Sheriff of Greater London covers areas of London outside the City , which today incorporates parts of several old counties , most notably Middlesex .
Southwark ( /ˈsʌðək/ SUDH-ək ) is a district of Central London and is the north-west of the London Borough of Southwark . Centred 1 1⁄2 miles ( 2.4 km ) east of Charing Cross , it fronts the River Thames and the City of London to the north . It was at the lowest bridging point of the Thames in Roman Britain , providing a crossing from Londinium , and for centuries had the only Thames bridge in the area , until a bridge was built upstream more than 10 miles ( 16 km ) to the west . [ n 1 ] It was a 1295-enfranchised ( nationally represented ) borough in the county of Surrey , apparently created a burh in 886 , containing various parishes by the high medieval period , lightly succumbing to City attempts to constrain its free trade and entertainment . Its entertainment district , in its heyday at the time of Shakespare 's Globe Theatre ( which stood 1599-1642 ) has revived in the form of the Southbank which overspills imperceptibly into the ancient boundaries of Lambeth and commences at the post-1997 reinvention of the original theatre , Shakespeare 's Globe , incorporating other smaller theatre spaces , an exhibition about Shakespeare 's life and work and which neighbours Vinopolis and the London Dungeon . After the 18th-century decline of Southwark 's small wharves , the borough rapidly grew in population and saw the growth of great docks , printing/paper , railways , goods yards , small artisan and other often low-wage industries and Southwark was among many such inner districts to see slum clearance and replacement largely with social housing during the late 19th and early 20th centuries . It is now at an advanced stage of regeneration and has the City Hall offices of the Greater London Authority . At its heart is the area known as Borough , which has an eclectic covered and semi-covered market and numerous food and drink venues as well as the skyscraper The Shard . Another landmark is Southwark Cathedral , a priory then parish church , created a cathedral in 1905 , noted for its Merbecke Choir . The area has three main tube stations : Borough , Southwark nearby and one close to the river which is combined with a major railway station above , London Bridge .
John Lawrence Whitty , Baron Whitty , PC ( born 15 June 1943 ) , known as Larry Whitty , is a British Labour Party politician .
The General Secretary of the Labour Party is the most senior employee of the British Labour Party , and acts as the non-voting secretary to the National Executive Committee . When there is a vacancy the National Executive Committee selects a provisional replacement , subject to approval at the subsequent party conference .