Foreign relations of the Mayor of London Boris Johnson pledged to review overseas offices and currently only the Beijing and Brussels offices are operational. The Mayor of London Ken Livingstone signed city partnerships during his terms with: During his mayoralty, Boris Johnson signed partnership agreements with New York City, Paris and Tokyo. Foreign relations of the Mayor of London The foreign relations of the Mayor of London are carried out as part of his responsibility to promote Greater London's global links on behalf of the British capital. In addition to work done as part of the 2012 London Olympics, the Greater London Authority (GLA) estimates that 700,000
Deputy Mayor of London of Policy and Planning and Chief of Staff to Johnson until his death in office in 2011. In May 2011, Sir Edward Lister was then appointed as his successor. Richard Barnes ceased to be Deputy Mayor on 4 May 2012, when he lost his seat in the Assembly. Victoria Borwick succeeded him in the post. Borwick resigned in May 2015, following her election as Member of Parliament for Kensington, being succeeded by Roger Evans. The 2016 London mayoral election was won by Sadiq Khan, a member of the Labour Party. Following the election, he appointed Joanne McCartney Statutory Deputy Mayor,