The Court of Common Council is the primary decision-making body of the City of London Corporation. It meets nine times per year. Most of its work is carried out by committees. Elections are held at least every four years. It is largely composed of independent members although the number of Labour Party Common Councilmen in 2017 grew to five out of a total of 100.[1] In October 2018, the Labour Party gained its sixth seat on the Common Council with a by-election victory in Castle Baynard ward.[2] The most recent election was in 2022.
The first common council was elected in 1273, with 40 members. In 1347 the number was increased to 133, and from later in the same century (it is stated to have been during the reign of King Edward III) it was increased to 206. The members were elected annually in December.[3]
The council has later been reduced to 100 members, and is now elected every fourth year.
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Main article: 2017 City of London Corporation election |
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See also: 2022 City of London Corporation election |
| Ward | Councilmen elected March 2017 | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aldersgate (6) | Joyce C Nash | Ind. | |
| Barbara Newman | Ind. | ||
| Jeremy Mayhew | Ind. | ||
| Randall Anderson | Ind. | ||
| Adrian Bastow | Ind. | ||
| Richard Crossan | Labour | ||
| Aldgate (5) | Douglas Barrow | Ind. | |
| Andrien Meyers | Ind. | ||
| Hugh Morris | Ind. | ||
| Sylvia Moys | Ind. | ||
| Dhruv Patel | Ind. | ||
| Bassishaw (2) | Graeme Harrower | Ind. | |
| Robert Merrett | Ind. | ||
| Billingsgate (2) | Jamie Ingham Clark | Ind. | |
| Michael Welbank | Ind. | ||
| Bishopsgate (6) | Simon Duckworth | Ind. | |
| Prem Goyal | Ind. | ||
| Wendy Hyde | Ind. | ||
| Andrew Paul Mayer | Ind. | ||
| Patricia Scotland | Ind. | ||
| Tom Sleigh | Ind. | ||
| Bread Street (2) | Oliver Lodge | Ind. | |
| Giles Shilson | Ind. | ||
| Bridge (2) | Tim Levene | Ind. | |
| Keith Bottomley | Ind. | ||
| Broad Street (3) | John Bennett | Ind. | |
| Christopher Hayward | Ind. | ||
| John Scott | Ind. | ||
| Candlewick (2) | Kevin Everett | Ind. | |
| James de Sausmarez | Ind. | ||
| Castle Baynard (8) | Catherine McGuinness | Ind. | |
| Christopher Boden | Ind. | ||
| Emma Edhem | Ind. | ||
| Michael Hudson | Ind. | ||
| Angus Knowles-Cutler | Ind. | ||
| Graham Packham | Ind. | ||
| Henrika Priest | Ind. | ||
| Jeremy Simons | Ind. | ||
| Cheap (3) | Alastair Moss | Ind. | |
| Nicholas Bensted-Smith | Ind. | ||
| Tijs Broeke | Ind. | ||
| Coleman Street (4) | Michael Cassidy | Ind. | |
| Sophie Fernandes | Ind. | ||
| Stuart Fraser | Ind. | ||
| Andrew McMurtrie | Ind. | ||
| Cordwainer (3) | Alex Barr | Ind. | |
| Mark Boleat | Ind. | ||
| Michael Snyder | Ind. | ||
| Cornhill (3) | Stephen Haines | Ind. | |
| Peter Dunphy | Ind. | ||
| Ian Seaton | Ind. | ||
| Cripplegate (8) | John Tomlinson | Ind. | |
| Mark Bostock | Ind. | ||
| David Bradshaw | Ind. | ||
| Mary Durcan | Labour | ||
| Vivienne Littlechild | Ind. | ||
| Susan Pearson | Ind. | ||
| William Pimlott | Labour | ||
| Stephen Quilter | Ind. | ||
| Dowgate (2) | Henry Pollard | Ind. | |
| Mark Wheatley | Ind. | ||
| Farringdon Within (8) | Clare James | Ind. | |
| Thomas Anderson | Ind. | ||
| Matthew Bell | Ind. | ||
| Karina Dostalova | Ind. | ||
| Christopher Hill | Ind. | ||
| Ann Holmes | Ind. | ||
| Richard Regan | Ind. | ||
| Graeme Smith | Ind. | ||
| Farringdon Without (10) | John Absalom | Temple and Farringdon Together. | |
| George Abrahams | Temple and Farringdon Together. | ||
| Caroline Addy | Temple and Farringdon Together. | ||
| Gregory Lawrence | Temple and Farringdon Together. | ||
| Edward Lord | Temple and Farringdon Together. | ||
| Paul Martinelli | Temple and Farringdon Together. | ||
| Wendy Mead | Temple and Farringdon Together. | ||
| Ruby Sayed | Temple and Farringdon Together. | ||
| Oliver Sells | Temple and Farringdon Together. | ||
| William Upton | Temple and Farringdon Together. | ||
| Langbourn (3) | Philip Woodhouse | Ind. | |
| John Chapman | Ind. | ||
| Judith Pleasance | Ind. | ||
| Lime Street (4) | Elizabeth Rogula | Ind. | |
| Dominic Christian | Ind. | ||
| Thomas Clementi | Ind. | ||
| Henry Colthurst | Ind. | ||
| Portsoken (4) | Henry Jones | Ind. | |
| Munsur Ali | Labour | ||
| John Fletcher | Ind. | ||
| Jason Pritchard | Labour | ||
| Queenhithe (2) | Brian Mooney | Ind. | |
| Caroline Haines | Ind. | ||
| Tower (4) | Roger Chadwick | Ind. | |
| Anne Fairweather | Ind. | ||
| Marianne Fredericks | Ind. | ||
| James Tumbridge | Ind. | ||
| Vintry (2) | Tom Hoffman | Ind. | |
| Rehana Ameer | Ind. | ||
| Walbrook (2) | James Thomson | Ind. | |
| Peter Bennett | Ind. | ||