City of London Corporation election, 2009

City of London Corporation election, 2009
100 seats to the Court of Common Council; 51 seats needed for a majority
Council control before election; No overall control ;	Council control after election; No overall control ;

Last updated March 20, 2019

The 2009 City of London Corporation election took place on 15 March 2009 to elect members of the Court of Common Council in the City of London Corporation, England. These elections take place every four years.^[1] !28 candidates contested 100 seats. This yielded only 13 wards where an election was needed to determine who should take the position.^[2] As in the previous election, most Council members were elected as independents. The election was the first to ever be contested by the Labour party, who claimed to have decided to run in order to provide voters a choice, and that residents were often overlooked in favour of the business lobby.^[3]

The Court of Common Council is the primary decision-making body of the City of London Corporation. It meets nine times per year. Most of its work is carried out by committees. Elections are held at least every four years. It is largely composed of independent members although the number of Labour Party Common Councilmen in 2017 grew to five out of a total of 100. In October 2018, the Labour Party gained its sixth seat on the Common Council with a by-election victory in Castle Baynard ward.

The City of London Corporation, officially and legally the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London, is the municipal governing body of the City of London, the historic centre of London and the location of much of the United Kingdom's financial sector.

The City of London Corporation elections occur regularly to provide the elected representatives who run the City of London Corporation.

All 100 seats were won by independent candidates^[4]

Overall result

City of London Corporation Election, 2017
Party		Seats					Votes
Party		Count	Gains	Losses	Net	Of total (%)	Of total (%)	Count	Change
	Independent	100	0	0		100.0	94.5	16,247	5.5
	Labour	0	0	0		0.0	5.5	938	5.5
Total		100

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References

↑ "Ward elections - City of London". www.cityoflondon.gov.uk. City of London Corporations. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
↑ "City Common Council election results". MayorWatch. 17 March 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
↑ Cryan, Andrew (13 March 2009). "City elections". BBC News.
↑ "City of London Corporation, 2009". EnglishElections.

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[Ward_elections-1] "Ward elections - City of London". www.cityoflondon.gov.uk. City of London Corporations. Retrieved 13 November 2017.

[MW-2] "City Common Council election results". MayorWatch. 17 March 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2017.

[3] Cryan, Andrew (13 March 2009). "City elections". BBC News.

[EnglishElections-4] "City of London Corporation, 2009". EnglishElections.

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