2013 City of London Corporation election explained

Election Name:2013 City of London Corporation election
Country:City of London
Type:Parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Party Colour:yes
Previous Election:2009 City of London Corporation election
Previous Year:2009
Next Election:2017 City of London Corporation election
Next Year:2017
Seats For Election:100 seats to the Court of Common Council
Majority Seats:51
Election Date:21 March 2013
Party1:Independent (politician)
Last Election1:100 seats, 94.5%
Seats Before1:100
Seats1:100
Popular Vote1:19,443
Percentage1:95.9%
Swing1:1.4%
Council control
Posttitle:Council control after election
Before Election:No overall control
After Election:No overall control
Map Size:330px

The 2013 City of London Corporation election took place on 21 March 2013 to elect members of the Court of Common Council in the City of London Corporation, England.[1] These elections take place every four years.[2] As in the previous election, the vast majority of Council members were elected as independents.

All 100 seats were won by independent candidates[3]

By-elections

In a subsequent by-election in the Portsoken ward in 2014 the Labour party won its first ever councillor in the Corporation: William Campbell-Taylor, an Anglican priest who had campaigned for higher ethical standards in the City.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Notice of Results: City of London Corporation. www.cityoflondon.gov.uk. en-GB. 2017-04-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303092211/https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/about-the-city/elections-and-wards/Documents/Notice-of-Results-City-Vote-2013.pdf. 3 March 2016. dead.
  2. Web site: Ward elections - City of London. www.cityoflondon.gov.uk. City of London Corporations. 13 November 2017. 12 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171112084849/https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/about-the-city/voting-elections/Pages/ward-elections.aspx. dead.
  3. News: City of London Corporation, 2013 . EnglishElections . https://web.archive.org/web/20170401055953/http://www.englishelections.org.uk/england/l13/citylondon.php . 2017-04-01 . dead .
  4. Web site: Results - About the City - City of London. www.cityoflondon.gov.uk. en-GB. 2017-03-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20170329232128/https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/about-the-city/Pages/Results.aspx. 2017-03-29. dead.
  5. News: 21 March 2014 . Labour win raises questions on City of London's independence . Financial Times .