located_in_the_administrative_territorial_entity walthamstow east 
The 14 British Overseas Territories ( BOT ) are territories under the jurisdiction and sovereignty ___MASK61___ the United Kingdom . They are those parts ___MASK61___ the former British Empire that have not chosen independence or have voted to remain British territories . Most ___MASK61___ the inhabited territories are internally self - governing , with the UK retaining responsibility for defence and foreign relations . The rest are either uninhabited or have a transitory population ___MASK61___ military or scientific personnel . They share the British monarch ( Elizabeth II ) as head ___MASK61___ state . The Palace ___MASK61___ ___MASK45___ is the meeting place ___MASK61___ the House ___MASK61___ Commons and the House ___MASK61___ Lords , the two houses ___MASK61___ the Parliament ___MASK61___ the United Kingdom . Commonly known as the Houses ___MASK61___ Parliament after its occupants , it is also known as the ' heart ___MASK61___ British politics '. The Palace lies on the north bank ___MASK61___ the River Thames in the City ___MASK61___ ___MASK45___ , in central London . A Member ___MASK61___ Parliament ( MP ) is the representative ___MASK61___ the voters to a parliament . In many countries with bicameral parliaments , this category includes specifically members ___MASK61___ the lower house , as upper houses often have a different title . In modern politics and history , a parliament is a legislative , elected body ___MASK61___ government . Generally a modern parliament has three functions : representing the electorate , making laws , and overseeing the government (" i . e .", hearings , inquiries ). ___MASK50___ ( or ) is the principal town ___MASK61___ the London Borough ___MASK61___ Waltham Forest in East London , England . It is located northeast from Charing Cross . The ___MASK5___ Borough ___MASK61___ Waltham Forest is a ___MASK5___ borough in East ___MASK5___ , England . The north and south ___MASK61___ the borough , split by the North Circular Road , contrast markedly in terms ___MASK61___ ethnicity and socio - economic indicators , with built - up urban districts in the south having inner - city characteristics , and more affluent residential development in the north with open spaces , parks , and playing fields . The borough is between Epping Forest / ___MASK74___ in the north , Redbridge in the east , Newham and Hackney in the south , and Haringey and Enfield in the west , where the River Lea and Lea Valley and the surrounding parkland forms a green corridor separating north and east ___MASK5___ . Waltham Forest was one ___MASK61___ the six ___MASK5___ boroughs that hosted the 2012 Summer Olympics . The local authority is Waltham Forest ___MASK5___ Borough Council . Major districts are Leyton and Leytonstone in the south , Walthamstow in the middle , and Chingford in the north . ___MASK50___ was a local government district in ___MASK94___ ___MASK74___ , England from 1873 to 1965 , around the town of ___MASK50___ . It was within the London suburbs , forming part of the London postal district and Metropolitan Police District . Its former area now corresponds to the central part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest in Greater London . The Parliament ___MASK61___ the United Kingdom , commonly known as the UK Parliament or British Parliament , is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom , British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories . It alone possesses legislative supremacy and thereby ultimate power over all other political bodies in the UK and its territories . Its head is the Sovereign ___MASK61___ the United Kingdom ( currently Queen Elizabeth II ) and its seat is the Palace ___MASK61___ ___MASK45___ in the City ___MASK61___ ___MASK45___ , London . The City ___MASK61___ ___MASK45___ is an Inner London borough which also holds city status . It occupies much ___MASK61___ the central area ___MASK61___ Greater London including most ___MASK61___ the West End . It is to the west ___MASK61___ and adjoining the ancient City ___MASK61___ London , directly to the east ___MASK61___ the Royal Borough ___MASK61___ Kensington and Chelsea , and its southern boundary is the River Thames . It was created with the 1965 establishment ___MASK61___ Greater London . Upon creation , ___MASK45___ was awarded city status , which had been previously held by the smaller Metropolitan Borough ___MASK61___ ___MASK45___ . The Metropolitan Police ___MASK53___ ( MPD ) is the police area which is policed by the Metropolitan Police Service in London . It currently consists ___MASK61___ Greater London , excluding the City ___MASK61___ London . The Metropolitan Police ___MASK53___ was created by the Metropolitan Police Act 1829 as an ad hoc area ___MASK61___ administration because the built up area ___MASK61___ London spread at the time into many parishes and counties without an established boundary . The district expanded as the built up area grew and stretched some distance into rural land . When county police were set up in England the forces ___MASK61___ ___MASK74___ , Hertfordshire , Kent and Surrey did not include those parts ___MASK61___ the counties within the MPD and Middlesex did not have a county force . Similarly , boroughs in the MPD that elsewhere would have been entitled to their own police force did not have them . ___MASK50___ East was a parliamentary constituency in what was then the Municipal Borough ___MASK61___ ___MASK50___ in east London . It returned one Member ___MASK61___ Parliament ( MP ) to the House ___MASK61___ Commons ___MASK61___ the Parliament ___MASK61___ the United Kingdom , elected by the first - past - the - post voting system . The constituency was created for the 1918 general election , and abolished for the February 1974 general election , when it was combined with part ___MASK61___ the former ___MASK50___ West to form the new ___MASK50___ constituency . However , Hale End ward was added to the new Chingford constituency . The ___MASK5___ postal ___MASK53___ is the area in England ___MASK61___ to which mail addressed to the LONDON post town is delivered . The General Post Office at the control ___MASK61___ the Postmaster General directed Sir Rowland Hill to devise the area in 1856 and throughout its history has been subject to gradual periodic reorganisation and division into increasingly smaller postal units , with the early loss ___MASK61___ two compass points and a minor retraction in 1866 . It was integrated by the Post Office into the national postcode system ___MASK61___ the United Kingdom during the early 1970s and corresponds to the N , NW , SW , SE , W , WC , E and EC postcode areas . The postal ___MASK53___ has also been known as the ___MASK5___ postal area . The County ___MASK61___ ___MASK5___ was much smaller at , but Greater ___MASK5___ is much larger at .