2013 City of London Corporation election

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2013 City of London Corporation election
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  2009 21 March 2013 2017  

100 seats to the Court of Common Council
51 seats needed for a majority
 First party
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Party Independent
Last election100 seats, 94.5%
Seats won100
Seat changeSteady2.svg
Popular vote3,409
Percentage80.4%
SwingDecrease2.svg14.1%

City of London Corporation election, 2013.svg
Results by ward. Red represents Labour. Grey represents Independents. Wards coloured dark grey did not hold contests.

Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

No overall control

The 2013 City of London Corporation election took place on 21 March 2013 to elect members of the Court of Common Council in the City of London Corporation, England. [1] These elections take place every four years. [2] As in the previous election, the vast majority of Council members were elected as independents.

Contents

All 100 seats were won by independent candidates [3]

Overall result

City of London Corporation Election, 2013 [4]
PartySeatsVotes
CountGainsLossesNetOf total (%)Of total (%)CountChange
  Independent 10000Steady2.svg100.080.43,409-14.1
  Labour 000Steady2.svg0.019.6832+14.1
Total100

By-elections

In a subsequent by-election in the Portsoken ward in 2014 the Labour party won its first ever councillor in the Corporation: William Campbell-Taylor, an Anglican priest who had campaigned for higher ethical standards in the City. [5]

Portsoken by-election, March 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Campbell-Taylor 13736.8
Independent Marie Brockington9826.3
Independent Evan Millner4712.6
Independent Syed Mahmood4411.8
Independent Roger Jones267.0
Independent André Walker113.0
Independent Muhammad Al-Hussaini92.4
Majority3910.5
Turnout 37243.26
Labour gain from Independent Swing

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References

  1. "Notice of Results: City of London Corporation" (PDF). www.cityoflondon.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  2. "Ward elections - City of London". www.cityoflondon.gov.uk. City of London Corporations. Archived from the original on 12 November 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  3. "City of London Corporation, 2013". EnglishElections. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017.
  4. "Local Election Results 2013 City of London Corporation". Local Elections Archive Project. 17 October 2024.
  5. "Labour win raises questions on City of London's independence". Financial Times. 21 March 2014.