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Elections to the Court of Common Council of the City of London Corporation on 22 March 2017 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.[2][3]
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Results by ward. Red represents Labour. Blue represents Temple & Farringdon Together. Grey represents Independents. Wards coloured dark grey did not hold contests. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The elections attracted media attention as they represented a high point in the City of London for Labour, who until the 2017 election had only ever won a single seat in a 2014 by-election for Portsoken ward.[4][5]
26 councillors were elected unopposed: twenty-five independents and one Labour.
Elections to the Court of Common Council, the main decision-making body of the City of London Corporation which governs the City of London, take place every four years.[6] In the previous election in 2013, all 100 seats were won by independent candidates.[1]
In a 2014 by-election for the Portsoken ward, the Labour Party won its first seat on the council with the Anglican priest William Campbell-Taylor becoming the first partisan councillor to be elected to the body.[7]
Most residents of the twenty-five wards of the City of London live in the Aldersgate, Cripplegate, Portsoken and Queenhithe. Residents have one vote each, and businesses have a number of votes that scales with the number of employees. Businesses can appoint one employee as a voter for every five staff up to ten voters, with an additional voter per fifty staff beyond that.[8]
Councillors are elected by multi-member first-past-the-post.
2017 City of London Corporation election[3] | |||||||||
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Party | Seats | Votes | |||||||
Count | Gains | Losses | Net | Of total (%) | Of total (%) | Count | Change | ||
Independent | 85 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 85.0 | 72.8 | 14,587 | −23.8 | |
Temple & Farringdon Together | 10 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 10.0 | 20.6 | 4,131 | +20.6 | |
Labour | 5 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 5.0 | 6.6 | 1,328 | +2.5 | |
Total | 100 |
Incumbent councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Randall Anderson* | – | – | – | |
Independent | Adrian Bastow | – | – | – | |
Labour | Richard Crossan | – | – | – | |
Independent | Jeremy Mayhew* | – | – | – | |
Independent | Joyce Nash* | – | – | – | |
Independent | Barbara Newman* | – | – | – | |
Turnout | – | – | – | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Douglas Barrow* | – | – | – | |
No description | Andrien Meyers | – | – | – | |
Independent | Hugh Morris* | – | – | – | |
No description | Sylvia Moys* | – | – | – | |
Independent | Dhruv Patel* | – | – | – | |
Turnout | – | – | – | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Graeme Harrower* | – | – | – | |
Independent | Robert Merrett* | – | – | – | |
Turnout | – | – | – | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | John Welbank* | 42 | 43.3 | N/A | |
Independent | Jamie Ingham Clark* | 40 | 41.2 | N/A | |
No description | Richard Briggs | 15 | 15.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 97 | 24.1 | N/A | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Simon Duckworth* | – | – | – | |
Independent | Prem Goyal | – | – | – | |
Independent | Wendy Hyde* | – | – | – | |
Independent | Andrew Mayer | – | – | – | |
Independent | Tom Sleigh* | – | – | – | |
Independent | Pooja Tank | – | – | – | |
Turnout | – | – | – | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Giles Shilson* | 136 | 40.1 | 9.4 | |
Independent | Oliver Lodge* | 126 | 37.2 | 10.7 | |
Independent | Alison McDonald | 46 | 13.5 | N/A | |
Independent | Neil Green | 31 | 9.1 | N/A | |
Turnout | 339 | 56.1 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Keith Bottomley* | 131 | 52.8 | ||
Independent | Timothy Levene | 96 | 38.7 | ||
Independent | Simon Maddocks | 21 | 8.5 | ||
Turnout | 248 | 46.7 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | John Bennett* | – | – | – | |
Independent | Christopher Hayward* | – | – | – | |
Independent | John Scott* | – | – | – | |
Turnout | – | – | – | ||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | James De Sausmerez* | 113 | 48.7 | N/A | |
Independent | Kevin Everett* | 104 | 44.8 | – | |
Independent | Jonathon Pettigrew | 15 | 6.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 232 | 56.1 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Emma Edhem | 225 | 11.3 | N/A | |
Independent | Henrika Priest* | 225 | 11.3 | 1.7 | |
Independent | Catherine McGuiness* | 213 | 10.7 | 1.6 | |
Independent | Graham Packham* | 213 | 10.7 | 1.2 | |
Independent | Jeremy Simons* | 208 | 10.4 | N/A | |
Independent | Angus Knowles-Cutler | 200 | 10.0 | N/A | |
Independent | Michael Hudson* | 195 | 9.8 | 1.6 | |
Independent | Christopher Boden* | 187 | 9.4 | 2.6 | |
Independent | Alpa Raja | 119 | 6.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,785 | 20.5 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Alastair Moss* | 178 | 28.6 | 8.3 | |
Independent | Tijs Broeke | 169 | 27.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Nicholas Bensted-Smith* | 168 | 27.0 | N/A | |
Independent | Ann Pembroke* | 107 | 17.2 | 4.8 | |
Turnout | 622 | 50.3 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Sophie Fernandes* | 162 | 26.0 | – | |
Independent | Stuart Fraser* | 140 | 22.4 | – | |
No description | Andrew McMurtrie* | 137 | 22.0 | – | |
Independent | Michael Cassidy* | 133 | 21.3 | – | |
Labour | Paul O'Brien | 52 | 8.3 | N/A | |
Turnout | 624 | 30.9 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Alex Barr | 92 | 32.4 | N/A | |
Independent | Michael Snyder* | 79 | 27.8 | – | |
Independent | Mark Boleat* | 77 | 27.1 | – | |
Independent | Gillian Kaile | 21 | 7.4 | N/A | |
No description | Timothy Becker | 15 | 5.3 | N/A | |
Turnout | 284 | 58.3 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Peter Dunphy* | 92 | 33.6 | 1.7 | |
Independent | Stephen Haines* | 85 | 31.0 | 0.1 | |
Independent | Ian Seaton* | 77 | 28.1 | 2.2 | |
Labour | Joseph Batty | 20 | 7.3 | 0.6 | |
Turnout | 274 | 29.2 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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No description | Susan Pearson | 558 | 13.6 | N/A | |
Independent | John Tomlinson* | 449 | 10.9 | 0.5 | |
Labour | William Pimlott | 409 | 10.0 | 2.3 | |
Independent | Vivienne Littlechild* | 407 | 9.9 | 0.5 | |
Labour | Joan Durcan | 401 | 9.8 | N/A | |
Independent | David Bradshaw* | 386 | 9.4 | 2.1 | |
Independent | Steve Quilter* | 375 | 9.1 | 2.6 | |
Independent | Richard Bostock | 323 | 7.9 | N/A | |
Independent | Gareth Moore* | 311 | 7.6 | 2.0 | |
Independent | John Barker | 307 | 7.5 | 1.7 | |
Independent | Christopher Punter* | 181 | 4.4 | 5.4 | |
Turnout | 4,107 | 37.8 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Mark Wheatley* | 123 | 40.6 | 10.7 | |
Independent | Henry Pollard* | 112 | 37.0 | 2.0 | |
Independent | Matthew Hampson | 68 | 22.4 | N/A | |
Turnout | 303 | 30.3 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Thomas Anderson | 247 | 10.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Christopher Hill | 241 | 10.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Ann Holmes* | 226 | 9.4 | 0.3 | |
Independent | Clare James* | 213 | 8.8 | 3.1 | |
Independent | Matthew Bell | 190 | 7.9 | N/A | |
Independent | Karina Dostalova* | 184 | 7.6 | 2.7 | |
Independent | Richard Regan* | 160 | 6.6 | 4.0 | |
Independent | Graeme Smith* | 159 | 6.6 | 3.2 | |
Independent | Virginia Rounding* | 148 | 6.1 | 6.0 | |
Independent | John Edwards | 143 | 5.9 | N/A | |
Independent | Colin Gregory | 131 | 5.4 | N/A | |
Independent | Alex Bain-Stewart* | 107 | 4.4 | 6.5 | |
Independent | Stephen Collins | 100 | 4.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Stanley Ginsburg | 94 | 3.9 | N/A | |
Independent | Robert McLean | 71 | 2.9 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,414 | 35.4 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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T&F Together | Caroline Addy | 440 | 7.4 | N/A | |
T&F Together | Ruby Sayed | 427 | 7.2 | N/A | |
T&F Together | Wendy Mead* | 425 | 7.2 | 0.6 | |
T&F Together | Oliver Sells | 424 | 7.1 | N/A | |
T&F Together | Paul Martinelli* | 410 | 6.9 | 0.8 | |
T&F Together | Gregory Lawrence | 408 | 6.9 | 1.2 | |
T&F Together | Charles Lord* | 404 | 6.8 | 1.0 | |
T&F Together | George Abrahams* | 403 | 6.8 | 0.1 | |
T&F Together | John Absalom* | 400 | 6.7 | 0.4 | |
T&F Together | Oliver Sells | 390 | 6.6 | N/A | |
Independent | Julian Malins* | 209 | 3.5 | 4.9 | |
Independent | Colin Davidson | 208 | 3.5 | N/A | |
Independent | Sophia Morrell | 190 | 3.2 | N/A | |
Independent | David Nicholls | 168 | 2.8 | N/A | |
Independent | Alexander Deane* | 167 | 2.8 | 5.5 | |
Independent | Francis Hoar | 164 | 2.8 | N/A | |
Independent | Andrew Lomas | 163 | 2.7 | N/A | |
No description | Nicholas Bennett | 149 | 2.5 | N/A | |
Independent | Adam Richardson* | 147 | 2.5 | 4.1 | |
No description | Mark Watson-Gandy | 144 | 2.4 | N/A | |
Independent | Lewis Rodger | 50 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Independent | Stuart Gardner | 42 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 5,932 | 20.9 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Philip Woodhouse* | 95 | 27.0 | 5.5 | |
Independent | Judith Pleasance* | 82 | 23.3 | 8.6 | |
Independent | John Chapman* | 64 | 18.2 | 0.6 | |
Independent | Timothy Butcher | 57 | 16.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Alexander Craggs | 54 | 15.3 | N/A | |
Turnout | 352 | 42.4 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Dominic Christian* | 154 | 28.3 | N/A | |
Independent | Henry Colthurst* | 115 | 21.1 | 1.4 | |
Independent | Elizabeth Rogula* | 115 | 21.1 | 2.4 | |
Independent | Thomas Clementi | 86 | 15.8 | N/A | |
Independent | Peter Cave | 75 | 13.8 | N/A | |
Independent | George Johnstone | 35 | 6.4 | N/A | |
Turnout | 545 | 49.0 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jason Pritchard | 230 | 20.0 | 10.2 | |
Labour | Munsur Ali | 210 | 18.3 | N/A | |
Independent | John Fletcher* | 197 | 17.2 | 1.3 | |
Independent | Henry Jones* | 187 | 16.3 | 3.6 | |
Independent | Ayesha Azad | 153 | 13.3 | N/A | |
Independent | Asif Sadiq | 111 | 9.7 | N/A | |
Independent | David Barker | 60 | 5.2 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,148 | 50.7 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Brian Mooney* | 85 | 51.8 | 4.6 | |
Independent | Caroline Haines | 73 | 44.5 | 0.3 | |
Labour | John Courtneidge | 6 | 3.7 | 3.7 | |
Turnout | 164 | 33.6 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Roger Chadwick* | – | – | – | |
Independent | Anne Fairweather* | – | – | – | |
Independent | Marianne Fredericks* | – | – | – | |
Independent | James Tumbridge* | – | – | – | |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Thomas Hoffman* | 85 | 37.9 | ||
Independent | Rehana Ameer | 74 | 33.0 | ||
Independent | William Fraser* | 65 | 29.0 | ||
Turnout | 224 | 45.4 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Peter Bennett* | 123 | 38.8 | N/A | |
Independent | James Thomson* | 113 | 35.6 | 12.5 | |
Independent | Xuelin Bates | 81 | 25.6 | ||
Turnout | 317 | 44.0 | |||
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A by-election was held in Bishopsgate ward on 20 March 2018, following the election of independent Common Councilman Prem Goyal as Alderman for Portsoken ward in December 2017.[9] The seat was won by independent Shravan Joshi.[10]
A by-election was held in Billingsgate ward on 22 March 2018, following the resignation of independent Common Councilman Michael Welbank.[11] The seat was won by independent John Allen-Petrie.[12]
A by-election was held in Castle Baynard ward on 9 October 2018, following the election of independent Common Councilman Emma Edham as Alderman for Candlewick ward in July 2017. The seat was won by Labour candidate Natasha Lloyd-Owen.[13]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Natasha Lloyd-Owen | 77 | 27.80 | |
Independent | Julian Henry Malins | 59 | 21.30 | |
Independent | Alpa Raja | 37 | 13.36 | |
Independent | Merlene Soo Chin Emerson | 36 | 13.00 | |
Independent | Virginia Rounding | 28 | 10.11 | |
Independent | Richard William Humphreys | 23 | 8.30 | |
Independent | Deborah Mackintosh Oliver | 12 | 4.33 | |
Independent | Timothy George Christie Becker | 5 | 1.81 | |
Turnout | 277 | |||
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