Westminster City Council was created by the 1963 London Government Act. Representatives were elected to form the Council the following year, with it assuming its powers in 1965. The Council was Conservative-controlled until the most recent elections in May 2022.
Currently, there are 23 Conservative Party councillors, covering nine of the Council's wards. The other 31 councillors represent the Labour Party.
The council's eighteen wards are:
- Abbey Road *
- Bayswater
- Church Street
- Harrow Road
- Hyde Park
- Knightsbridge & Belgravia *
- Lancaster Gate *
- Little Venice *
- Maida Vale
- Marylebone *
- Pimlico North *
- Pimlico South
- Queen's Park
- Regent's Park *
- St James's *
- Vincent Square *
- West End
- Westbourne
* Ward represented by one or more Conservative Councillors.
