City of London Corporation election, 2013

City of London Corporation election, 2013
100 seats to the Court of Common Council; 51 seats needed for a majority
	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 ;

Last updated March 20, 2019

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.

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.

Overall result

City of London Corporation Election, 2017^[4]
Party		Seats					Votes
Party		Count	Gains	Losses	Net	Of total (%)	Of total (%)	Count	Change
	Independent	100	0	0		100.0	95.9	19,443	+1.4
	Labour	0	0	0		0.0	4.1	832	-1.4
Total		100

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 is one of the City of London's 25 ancient wards, which are still used for local elections. It is predominantly outside the walls, in the east of the City. It is mainly residential, and is sometimes considered to be part of the East End of London.

Portsoken by-election, March 2014^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William Campbell-Taylor	137	36.8
	Independent	Marie Brockington	98	26.3
	Independent	Evan Millner	47	12.6
	Independent	Syed Mahmood	44	11.8
	Independent	Roger Jones	26	7.0
	Independent	André Walker	11	3.0
	Independent	Muhammad Al-Hussaini	9	2.4
Majority			39	10.5
Turnout			372	43.26
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

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References

↑ "Notice of Results: City of London Corporation" (PDF). www.cityoflondon.gov.uk. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
↑ "Ward elections - City of London". www.cityoflondon.gov.uk. City of London Corporations. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
↑ "City of London Corporation, 2013". EnglishElections.
↑ "Results - About the City - City of London". www.cityoflondon.gov.uk. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
↑ "Labour win raises questions on City of London's independence". Financial Times. 21 March 2014.
↑ EnglishElections: Portsoken, 2014
↑ City of London Labour Party - NEWS RELEASE - Labour wins first ever seat on City of London Common Council - 20 March 2014

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[1] "Notice of Results: City of London Corporation" (PDF). www.cityoflondon.gov.uk. Retrieved 2017-04-21.

[Ward_elections-2] "Ward elections - City of London". www.cityoflondon.gov.uk. City of London Corporations. Retrieved 13 November 2017.

[EnglishElections-3] "City of London Corporation, 2013". EnglishElections.

[cityoflondon.gov.uk-4] "Results - About the City - City of London". www.cityoflondon.gov.uk. Retrieved 2017-03-31.

[5] "Labour win raises questions on City of London's independence". Financial Times. 21 March 2014.

[6] EnglishElections: Portsoken, 2014

[7] City of London Labour Party - NEWS RELEASE - Labour wins first ever seat on City of London Common Council - 20 March 2014

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City of London Corporation election, 2013

Contents

Overall result

By-elections

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