2017 City of London Corporation election
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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 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, England.[2] These elections take place every four years.[3] As in the previous election, the vast majority of Council members were elected as independents.
In the 2013 election, all hundred seats were won by independent candidates.[1] In 2017, fifteen of the hundred seats on the Council were won by political parties: the newly created Temple & Farringdon Together party[4][5][2] and the Labour Party.
The elections attracted media attention[6] as they represented a high point in the City for Labour, who until the 2017 election had only ever won a single seat in a 2014 by-election for Portsoken ward.[7]
26 councillors were elected unopposed: twenty-five independents and one Labour.
Overall result
City of London Corporation Election, 2017[2] | |||||||||
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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 |
Ward results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Independent | Alex Barr | 92 | 32 | |
Independent | Michael Snyder | 79 | 28 | |
Independent | Mark Boleat | 77 | 27 | |
Independent | Gillian Kaile | 21 | 7 | |
Independent | Timothy Becker | 15 | 5 | |
Turnout | 284 | |||
Independent hold | ||||
Independent hold | ||||
Independent hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Labour | Jason Paul Pritchard | 230 | 20.03 | |
Labour | Mansur Ali | 210 | 18.29 | |
Independent | John William Fletcher | 197 | 17.16 | |
Independent | Henry Llewellyn Michael Jones | 187 | 16.29 | |
Independent | Ayesha Azad | 153 | 13.33 | |
Independent | Asif Sadiq | 111 | 9.67 | |
Independent | David James Barker | 60 | 5.23 | |
Turnout | 1148 | 50.7 | ||
Labour hold | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | ||||
Independent hold | ||||
Independent hold |
Changes since the election
By-elections
March 2018
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.[10] The seat was won by independent Shravan Joshi.[11]
A by-election was held in Billingsgate ward on 22 March 2018, following the resignation of independent Common Councilman Michael Welbank.[12] The seat was won by independent John Allen-Petrie.[13]
October 2018
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.[14]
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 | |||
Labour gain from Independent |
References
- ^ a b "English Elections: City of London Corporation, 2013". English Elections. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ a b c "Results - About the City - City of London". www.cityoflondon.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ "Ward elections - City of London". www.cityoflondon.gov.uk. City of London Corporations. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ http://citymatters.london/candidates-unite-ahead-of-city-vote/
- ^ "Candidates campaign in packs ahead of City elections". City Matters. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ Davies, Andrew MacAskill and Anjuli. "Historic win for Labour in City of London elections". Reuters UK. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ "English Elections: Portsoken, 2014". English Elections. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ City of London Corporation: Notice of Persons Elected, 2017
- ^ City of London Corporation: Notice of Persons Elected, 2017
- ^ "Preview: 20 Mar 2018". Britain Elects. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ "Britain Elects on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ "Previews: 22 Mar 2018". Britain Elects. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ "Britain Elects on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ a b "Natasha Lloyd-Owen wins Castle Baynard by-election - City Matters". www.citymatters.london. Retrieved 15 October 2018.