The Lord Mayor of London is the mayor of the City of London,England,and the leader of the City of London Corporation. Within the City,the Lord Mayor is accorded precedence over all individuals except the sovereign and retains various traditional powers,rights,and privileges,including the title and style The Right Honourable Lord Mayor of London.
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.
Bishopsgate was one of the eastern gates in London's former defensive wall. The gate's name is traditionally attributed to Earconwald,who was Bishop of London in the 7th century. It was first built in Roman times and marked the beginning of Ermine Street,the ancient road running from London to York (Eboracum). The gate was rebuilt twice in the 15th and 18th centuries,but was permanently demolished in 1760.
Peter Keith Levene,Baron Levene of Portsoken KStJ is a businessman who was chairman of Lloyd's of London from 2003 until 2011 and Lord Mayor of London from 1998 to 1999.
Sir Bernard Nathaniel Waley-Cohen,1st Baronet was a British businessman. He was the 633rd Lord Mayor of London,elected in 1960.
Farringdon Within is one of the 25 wards of the City of London,the historic and financial centre of London,England. It was formed in the 14th century from the sub-division of the pre-existing Farringdon Ward into Farringdon Within,and Farringdon Without,beyond the Wall.
Sir Peter Drury Haggerston GadsdenFREng was a Canadian born British chartered engineer and globe-trotting trader. He was the 652nd Lord Mayor of London in 1979 and 1980.
Portsoken,traditionally referred to with the definite article as the Portsoken,is one of the City of London,England's 25 ancient wards,which are still used for local elections. Historically an extra-mural Ward,lying east of Aldgate and the City walls,the area is sometimes considered to be part of the East End of London.
Castle Baynard is one of the 25 wards of the City of London,the historic and financial centre of London,England.
Sir James Shaw,1st Baronet,became Lord Mayor of London in 1805. From humble beginnings in a farming family in Ayrshire,he became a successful merchant and politician;he was a relation of Robert Burns and used his wealth to support Burns's orphaned children. As Lord Mayor of London,he led the funeral procession of Lord Nelson in 1806,having established his right to do so and was created baronet twice,in 1809 and 1813. While later Chamberlain of London,he almost lost his own fortune due to injudicious investments,and died,exonerated,in 1843.
Sir Francis Graham Moon,1st Baronet was an English printseller and publisher and served as Lord Mayor of London.
Sir David Hugh Wootton is an English lawyer and politician. He was the 684th Lord Mayor of London,from 2011 to 2012,and is the Alderman of the Ward of Langbourn.
Jeffrey Richard de Corban Evans,4th Baron Mountevans,,is a British hereditary peer and shipbroker,who served as Lord Mayor of London from 2015 to 2016.
Sir Cuthbert Hacket was an English merchant who was Lord Mayor of London in 1626.
Sir Michael Berry Savory was Lord Mayor of London for 2004–2005.
The 2017 City of London Corporation election took place on 23 March 2017 to elect members of the Court of Common Council in the City of London Corporation. The election was the first time apart from a 2014 by-election that partisan candidates were elected to the body. Fifteen of the hundred seats on the council were won by political parties:the newly created Temple &Farringdon Together party and the Labour Party.
William Campbell-Taylor is a British politician and Church of England vicar of St Thomas' Church,Clapton Common in the Diocese of London. In his autobiography Campbell-Taylor admits that he was suspended for sexual misconduct while in training for the priesthood at Westcott House,and he states "Some very dim views were taken. The College told me I would have to leave and that in due course the Bishop of Oxford would examine my case and decide whether I should be allowed to return". He was the first party candidate to be elected to the Common Council of the City of London Corporation,which broke the tradition of Aldermen and Councilmen in the financial capital standing as non-party political independents,and was described by City A.M. newspaper as "even more controversial than could be expected". He won the by-election in Portsoken for the Labour Party in March 2014 and stood down as Common Councilman before the election of March 2017. In December 2017,Campbell-Taylor was heavily defeated in the by-election for Alderman of Portsoken Ward by Prem Goyal with a margin of 228 to 143 votes.
Portsoken Ward is an electoral district in the City of London,England.. It returns an Alderman and four Councilmen to the Court of Common Council of the City of London Corporation.
The All People's Party (APP) was a political party established in the United Kingdom in 2013. When it was founded it had two sitting councillors in the London Borough of Southwark:Althea Smith had formerly been a member of the Labour Party. In the Southwark London Borough Council election,2014 the APP stood 15 candidates. However,despite gaining 2,828 votes,they failed to get any councillors elected.
Sir Henry Aaron Isaacs was an Alderman,Sheriff of the City of London and Lord Mayor of London in 1889.
