2022 City of London Corporation election

The 2022 City of London Corporation election took place on 24 March 2022 to elect members of the Court of Common Council in the City of London Corporation, England. The election was postponed for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2022 City of London Corporation election

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100 seats to the Court of Common Council 51 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	34.2%
First party Second party   Party Independent Temple & Farringdon Together Last election 85 seats, 72.5% 10 seats, 10.5% Seats won 78 10 Seat change 7 Popular vote 3,392 289 Percentage 62.7% 5.3% Swing 9.8% 5.2%   Third party Fourth party   Party Castle Baynard Independents Labour Last election Did not stand 5 seats, 17.1% Seats won 7 5 Seat change 7 Popular vote 237 1,425 Percentage 4.4% 26.3% Swing New party 9.2%
Map of results.
Council control before election No overall control Council control after election No overall control

Background

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.^[1] In the previous election in 2017, 85 seats were won by independent candidates, 10 by Temple and Farringdon Together and the remaining five by the Labour Party.

The election was originally scheduled for 18 March 2021, but was delayed for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]

It had been proposed that, due to the pandemic, the elections be combined with the 2021 United Kingdom local elections in the rest of England on 6 May. The City's Policy and Resources Committee recommended against this, and suggested July 2021 as an alternative date should the elections need to be postponed.^[3][4]

Electoral system

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.^[5]

Councillors are elected by multi-member first-past-the-post.

Campaign

The Russian state-owned VTB Bank, which had been sanctioned by the UK government over the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, nonetheless received a share of votes.^[6]

Overall results

The election resulted in Temple and Farringdon Together and the Labour Party winning the same number of seats as they had done in the previous election, with Temple and Farringdon Together on ten seats and Labour on five. The new Castle Baynard Independents won seven seats, with the remaining seats being won by independent candidates. The Women's Equality Party stood candidates but none were successful.^[7] One of the victorious independent candidates was Emily Benn, whose grandfather was the Labour MP Tony Benn.^[8]

Six wards were uncontested. Turnout in the elections averaged 34.2% across contested wards.^[9]

2022 City of London Corporation election[10]
Party		Seats					Votes
		Count	Gains	Losses	Net	Of total (%)	Of total (%)	Count	Change
	Independent	78	2	9	7	78.0	62.7	3,392	9.8
	Labour	5	2	2		5.0	26.3	1,425	9.2
	Temple & Farringdon Together	10	0	0		10.0	5.3	289	5.2
	Castle Baynard Independents	7	7	0	7	7.0	4.4	237	4.4
	Women's Equality	0	0	0		0.0	1.3	68	1.3
Total		100

Ward results

Statements of persons nominated were published on 1 March.^[11] Incumbent councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).

Aldersgate

Aldersgate (6 seats)^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen Fentiman*	499	18.4	N/A
	Labour	Stephen Goodman	443	16.4	N/A
	Independent	Annet Rideg	373	13.8	N/A
	Independent	Naresh Sonpar	351	13.0	N/A
	Independent	Deborah Oliver	350	12.9	N/A
	Independent	Randall Anderson*	317	11.7	N/A
	Independent	Jeremy Mayhew*	260	9.6	N/A
	Independent	Adam Richardson	113	4.2	N/A
Turnout			2,706		N/A
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Independent
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

Aldgate

Andrien Meyers, Tim McNally, David Sales, Mandeep Thandi and Shailendra Umradia stood together under the name "Aldgate Team".^[13]

Aldgate (5 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Andrien Meyers*	203	17.9	N/A
	Independent	Timothy McNally	195	17.2	N/A
	Independent	David Sales	194	17.1	N/A
	Independent	Mandeep Thandi	192	17.0	N/A
	Independent	Shailendra Umradia	178	15.7	N/A
	Independent	Camilia Kaerts	88	7.8	N/A
	Independent	Hugh Morris*	82	7.2	N/A
Turnout			1,132		N/A
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent

Bassishaw

Bassishaw (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Madush Gupta	133	43.3
	Independent	Ian Bishop-Laggett	114	37.1	N/A
	Independent	Rajiv Vyas	60	19.5	N/A
Turnout			307		N/A
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent

Billingsgate

Nighat Qureishi and Luis Tilleria stood together under the slogan "Build a Better Billingsgate".^[14]

Billingsgate (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Luis Tilleria	77	28.2	N/A
	Independent	Nighat Qureishi	75	27.5	N/A
	Independent	John Allen-Petrie*	62	22.7	N/A
	Independent	Jamie Ingham Clark*	59	21.6	19.6
Turnout			273		–
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent

Bishopsgate

Bishopsgate (6 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Simon Duckworth*	–	–	–
	Independent	Wendy Hyde*	–	–	–
	Independent	Shavran Joshi	–	–	–
	Independent	Andrew Mayer*	–	–	–
	Independent	Benjamin Murphy	–	–	–
	Independent	Tom Sleigh*	–	–	–
Turnout			–	–	–
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold

Bread Street

Emily Benn stood jointly with Giles Shilson.^[15]

Bread Street (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Emily Benn	105	37.5	N/A
	Independent	Giles Shilson*	84	30.0	10.1
	Independent	Stephen Hodgson	60	21.4	N/A
	Women's Equality	Harini Iyengar	31	11.1	N/A
Turnout			280		—
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold

Bridge

Bridge and Bridge Without (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Keith Bottomley*	—	–	—
	Independent	Timothy Levene*	—	—	—
Turnout			–	–	–
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

Broad Street

Shahnan Bakth, Christopher Hayward and Antony Manchester stood jointly.^[16]

Broad Street (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Christopher Hayward*	148	29.4	N/A
	Independent	Shahnan Bakth	127	25.2	N/A
	Independent	Antony Manchester	113	22.4	N/A
	Independent	Elizabeth Corrin	65	12.9	N/A
	Independent	John Scott*	51	10.1	N/A
Turnout			504		N/A
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent

Candlewick

The incumbent councillors James de Sausmarez and Kevin Everett stood jointly; the other candidates, Christopher Boden and James Bromiley-Davis likewise stood as a pair.

Candlewick (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James Bromiley-Davis	75	29.2	N/A
	Independent	Christopher Boden	67	26.1	N/A
	Independent	James de Sausmarez*	58	22.6	26.1
	Independent	Kevin Everett*	57	22.2	22.6
Turnout			257		N/A
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent

Castle Baynard

Candidates for the Castle Baynard Independents Party are marked CB Independents. Change in vote share for CB Independents candidates reflect their previous vote share when running as independents.

Castle Baynard (8 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Martha Grekos	271	14.2	N/A
	CB Independents	Henrika Priest*	237	12.4	1.1
	CB Independents	Joan Mary Durcan	224	11.8	N/A
	CB Independents	Alpa Raja	218	11.4	5.4
	CB Independents	Graham Packham*	215	11.3	0.6
	CB Independents	Catherine McGuinness*	211	11.1	0.4
	CB Independents	John Griffiths	206	10.8	N/A
	CB Independents	Glen Witney	205	10.8	N/A
	CB Independents	Michael Hudson*	117	6.1	3.7
Turnout			1,904		N/A
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing	–
	CB Independents gain from Independent		Swing	–
	CB Independents gain from Independent		Swing	–
	CB Independents gain from Independent		Swing	–
	CB Independents gain from Independent		Swing	–
	CB Independents gain from Independent		Swing	–
	CB Independents gain from Independent		Swing	–
	CB Independents gain from Independent		Swing	–

Cheap

Cheap (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Nick Bensted-Smith*	—	–	—
	Independent	Tijs Broeke*	—	—	—
	Independent	Alastair Moss*	—	—	—
Turnout			–	–	–
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

Coleman Street

Coleman Street (4 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sophie Fernandes*	142	25.3	0.7
	Independent	Dawn Wright*	125	22.3	N/A
	Independent	Andrew McMurtrie*	113	20.1	1.9
	Independent	Michael Cassidy*	98	17.5	3.8
	Independent	Saif Masood	83	14.8	N/A
Turnout			561		—
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

Cordwainer

The three candidates, elected unopposed, stood jointly.^[17]

Cordwainer (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jamel Banda	—	–	—
	Independent	Alex Barr*	—	—	—
	Independent	Michael Snyder*	—	—	—
Turnout			–	–	–
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

Cornhill

Cornhill (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Joanna Abeyie	—	–	—
	Independent	Peter Dunphy*	—	—	—
	Independent	Ian Seaton*	—	—	—
Turnout			–	–	–
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

Cripplegate

Simon Walsh and Ceri Wilkins stood together jointly.^[18]

Cripplegate (8 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Susan Pearson*	686	14.1	0.5
	Labour	Natasha Lloyd-Owen	617	12.6	2.6
	Labour	Anne Corbett	616	12.6	2.8
	Independent	Mark Bostock*	587	12.0	4.1
	Independent	Elizabeth King	581	11.9	N/A
	Labour	Frances Leach	549	11.2	N/A
	Independent	Paul Singh	393	8.1	N/A
	Independent	Ceri Wilkins	378	7.7	N/A
	Independent	Shazaah Masood	252	5.2	N/A
	Independent	Simon Walsh	222	4.5	N/A
Turnout			4,881		—
	Independent hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
	Labour gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent

Dowgate

The incumbent councillors Henry Pollard and Mark Wheatley stood jointly.^[19]

Dowgate (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Deputy Henry Pollard*	83	38.8	1.8
	Independent	Mark Wheatley*	79	36.9	0.1
	No description	Flora Hamilton	52	24.3	N/A
Turnout			214		—
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

Farringdon Within

Farringdon Within (8 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Edwards*	245	13.8	7.9
	Independent	Ann Holmes*	240	13.5	4.1
	Independent	Brendan Barns	204	11.5	N/A
	Independent	Matthew Bell*	159	8.9	1.0
	Independent	John Foley	153	8.6	N/A
	Independent	Eamonn Mullally	148	8.3	N/A
	Independent	Florence Keelson-Anfu	106	6.0	N/A
	Independent	Graeme Doshi-Smith*	100	5.6	1.0
	Labour	Harry Stratton	87	4.9	N/A
	No description	Arne Mielken	84	4.7	N/A
	Labour	Gordon Nardell	83	4.7	N/A
	Independent	Gillian Kaile	60	3.4	N/A
	Independent	John Gill	45	2.5	N/A
	Independent	Joseph Cawley	34	1.9	N/A
	Independent	Gerard O'Sullivan	29	1.6	N/A
Turnout			1,777		—
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold

Farringdon Without

The ten incumbents stood for the Temple and Farringdon Together party, the label they had been elected as in the 2017 election.

Farringdon Without (10 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	T&F Together	Wendy Mead*	289	10.1	2.9
	T&F Together	Greg Lawrence*	286	10.0	3.1
	T&F Together	Oliver Sells*	283	9.9	3.3
	T&F Together	Ruby Sayed*	282	9.9	2.7
	T&F Together	Paul Martinelli*	281	9.8	2.9
	T&F Together	Edward Lord*	278	9.7	2.9
	T&F Together	Caroline Kordai Addy*	275	9.6	2.2
	T&F Together	William Upton*	267	9.3	N/A
	T&F Together	George Abrahams*	262	9.2	2.4
	T&F Together	John Absalom*	249	8.7	2.0
	Labour	Ellen Goodwin	108	3.8	N/A
Turnout			2,860		—
	T&F Together hold		Swing	–
	T&F Together hold		Swing	–
	T&F Together hold		Swing	–
	T&F Together hold		Swing	–
	T&F Together hold		Swing	–
	T&F Together hold		Swing	–
	T&F Together hold		Swing	–
	T&F Together hold		Swing	–
	T&F Together hold		Swing	–
	T&F Together hold		Swing	–

Langbourn

Alexander Craggs, Judith Pleasance and Philip Woodhouse stood together jointly.^[20]

Langbourn (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Judith Pleasance*	55	22.3	1.0
	Independent	Timothy Butcher	50	20.2	4.0
	Independent	Philip Woodhouse*	49	19.8	7.2
	Independent	Alexander Craggs	36	14.6	0.7
	Independent	John Chapman*	34	13.8	4.4
	Independent	Timothy Wright	23	9.3	N/A
Turnout			247		—
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold

Lime Street

Lime Street (4 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dominic Christian*	134	27.7	0.6
	Independent	Irem Yerdelen	108	22.3
	Independent	Henry Colthurst*	106	21.9	0.8
	Independent	Anthony Fitzpatrick	95	19.6	N/A
	Independent	Sam Batstone	41	8.5	N/A
Turnout			484		—
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent

Portsoken

The election that took place in Portsoken Ward recorded the highest turnout in the entire 2022 Common Council Elections with 57.6% of the electorate casting their vote. The average turnout across the City of London was 36.5%. Two incumbent councillors, Munsur Ali and Jason Paul Pritchard, who were elected as Labour candidates in 2017, stood jointly.^[21] John Fletcher and Henry Jones stood jointly.^[22] Changes in voteshare are by party for the Labour candidates and by candidate for independent candidates who previously stood as independents.

Portsoken (4 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Fletcher*	255	21.8	4.6
	No description	Munsur Ali*	254	21.7	N/A
	No description	Jason Paul Pritchard*	239	20.5	N/A
	Independent	Henry Jones*	213	18.2	1.9
	Labour	Lana Joyce	114	9.8	10.2
	Labour	Dominic Hauschild	56	4.8	14.1
	Women's Equality	Alison Smith	37	3.2	N/A
Turnout			1,168	57.6	6.9
	Independent hold
	No description gain from Labour		Swing	–
	No description gain from Labour		Swing	–
	Independent hold

Queenhithe

Queenhithe (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Caroline Haines*	—	–	—
	Independent	Brian Mooney*	—	—	—
Turnout			–	–	–
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

Tower

Roger Chadwick, Marianne Fredericks, James Tumbridge and Jason Groves stood jointly as the "Tower Ward Team".^[23]

Tower (4 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Marianne Fredericks*	219	24.2	N/A
	Independent	James Tumbridge*	184	20.4	N/A
	Independent	Aaron D'Souza	183	20.2	N/A
	Independent	Jason Groves	176	19.5	N/A
	Independent	Roger Chadwick*	142	15.7	N/A
Turnout			904		N/A
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent

Vintry

Rehana Ameer and Richard Burge stood jointly.^[24]

Vintry (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rehana Ameer*	62	42.8	9.8
	Independent	Jaspreet Hodgson	45	31.0	N/A
	Independent	Richard Burge	38	26.2	N/A
Turnout			145		—
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent

Walbrook

The incumbent councillors, Peter Bennett and James Thomson, stood jointly.^[25]

Walbrook (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James Thomson*	126	—	—
	Independent	Alethea Silk	113	—	—
	Independent	Peter Bennett*	105	–	—
Turnout			–	–	–
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent