Westminster City Council is a London borough council and is entitled to be known as a city council, a rare distinction in the UK.
The city is divided into 20 wards and was created by the London Government Act 1963. It replaced three local authorities: Paddington Metropolitan Borough Council, St Marylebone Metropolitan Borough Council and Westminster Borough Council. The present-day city council provides some shared services with Hammersmith and Fulham, and with Kensington and Chelsea.
