Governance
The administrative centre of the Borough is in Bexleyheath.
There are 21 wards represented on Bexley Council; each ward elects three councillors, 63 in all. The wards are shown on the accompanying map.
All seats were up for re-election during the election on May 4, 2006. Until that date, Labour held control of the council by a margin of one (32 Labour to 31 Conservative councillors). In the election, the Conservatives took 23 seats from Labour, giving them the majority.
Insofar as central government is concerned, the borough is divided among the constituencies of Old Bexley and Sidcup; Erith and Thamesmead (shared with the Royal Borough of Greenwich); and Bexleyheath and Crayford.
After the 2005 General Election, Erith and Thamesmead is represented by a Labour Party MP while the remaining two seats were held by the Conservative Party; although on 29 January 2008 the Conservative Party whip was withdrawn from Old Bexley and Sidcup's MP Derek Conway following alleged misuse of funds, leaving him as an Independent MP.
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