2017 City of London Corporation election

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.

2017 City of London Corporation election

23 March 2017
100 seats to the Court of Common Council 51 seats needed for a majority
Party Independent Temple & Farringdon Together Labour Last election 100 seats, 96%[1] Did not stand 0 seats, 4% Seats before 99 0 1 Seats won 85 10 5 Seat change 15 10 5 Popular vote 14,587 4,131 1,328 Percentage 72.8% 20.6% 6.6% Swing 23.8% New party 2.5%
Results by ward. Red represents Labour. Blue represents Temple & Farringdon Together. 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

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]
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

Cordwainer Ward[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Portsoken Ward[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

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]

Castle Baynard Ward[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

1. "English Elections: City of London Corporation, 2013". English Elections. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
2. "Results - About the City - City of London". www.cityoflondon.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
3. "Ward elections - City of London". www.cityoflondon.gov.uk. City of London Corporations. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
4. http://citymatters.london/candidates-unite-ahead-of-city-vote/
5. "Candidates campaign in packs ahead of City elections". City Matters. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
6. Davies, Andrew MacAskill and Anjuli. "Historic win for Labour in City of London elections". Reuters UK. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
7. "English Elections: Portsoken, 2014". English Elections. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
8. City of London Corporation: Notice of Persons Elected, 2017
9. City of London Corporation: Notice of Persons Elected, 2017
10. "Preview: 20 Mar 2018". Britain Elects. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
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12. "Previews: 22 Mar 2018". Britain Elects. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
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14. "Natasha Lloyd-Owen wins Castle Baynard by-election - City Matters". www.citymatters.london. Retrieved 15 October 2018.