London is ungoverned.
London . governed by the Mayor of London and the London Assembly.The London Mayor is not to be confused with the Lord Mayor of London who heads the City of London Corporation , which administers the City of London . Mayor of London . The current mayor is Sadiq Khan , who took up office on 9 May 2016 . The role , created in 2000 after the London devolution referendum in 1998 , was the first directly elected mayor in the United Kingdom . The Mayor of London is the mayor of the entirety of Greater London , including the City of London , for which there is also the ceremonial Lord Mayor of the City of London .