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.
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Background
editElections 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, 95 seats were won by independent candidates 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
editMost 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
editThe 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
editThe 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]
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Party | Seats | Votes | |||||||
Count | Gains | Losses | Net | Of total (%) | Of total (%) | Count | Change | ||
Independent | 78 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 78.0 | 63.0 | 12,979 | 9.8 | |
Temple & Farringdon Together | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 13.4 | 2,752 | 7.2 | ||
Castle Baynard Independents | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7.9 | 1,633 | New | |
Labour | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5.0 | 15.4 | 3,172 | 8.8 | ||
Women's Equality | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 68 | New | ||
Total | 100 |
Ward results
editStatements of persons nominated were published on 1 March.[9] Incumbent councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).
Aldersgate
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||||
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Aldgate
editAndrien Meyers, Tim McNally, David Sales, Mandeep Thandi and Shailendra Umradia stood together under the name "Aldgate Team".[11]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Bassishaw
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Billingsgate
editNighat Qureishi and Luis Tilleria stood together under the slogan "Build a Better Billingsgate".[12]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | – | |||
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Bishopsgate
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Simon Duckworth* | – | – | – | |
Independent | Wendy Hyde* | – | – | – | |
Independent | Shavran Joshi | – | – | – | |
Independent | Andrew Mayer* | – | – | – | |
Independent | Benjamin Murphy | – | – | – | |
Independent | Tom Sleigh* | – | – | – | |
Turnout | – | – | – | ||
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Bread Street
editEmily Benn stood jointly with Giles Shilson.[13]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | — | |||
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Independent hold |
Bridge
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Keith Bottomley* | — | – | — | |
Independent | Timothy Levene* | — | — | — | |
Turnout | – | – | – | ||
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Independent hold |
Broad Street
editShahnan Bakth, Christopher Hayward and Antony Manchester stood jointly.[14]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Candlewick
editThe incumbent councillors James de Sausmarez and Kevin Everett stood jointly; the other candidates, Christopher Boden and James Bromiley-Davis likewise stood as a pair.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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Castle Baynard
editCandidates 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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | – | |||
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Cheap
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Nick Bensted-Smith* | — | – | — | |
Independent | Tijs Broeke* | — | — | — | |
Independent | Alastair Moss* | — | — | — | |
Turnout | – | – | – | ||
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Coleman Street
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||||
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Cordwainer
editThe three candidates, elected unopposed, stood jointly.[15]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Jamel Banda | — | – | — | |
Independent | Alex Barr* | — | — | — | |
Independent | Michael Snyder* | — | — | — | |
Turnout | – | – | – | ||
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Cornhill
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Joanna Abeyie | — | – | — | |
Independent | Peter Dunphy* | — | — | — | |
Independent | Ian Seaton* | — | — | — | |
Turnout | – | – | – | ||
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Independent hold |
Cripplegate
editSimon Walsh and Ceri Wilkins stood together jointly.[16]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | — | |||
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Dowgate
editThe incumbent councillors Henry Pollard and Mark Wheatley stood jointly.[17]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | 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 | — | |||
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Farringdon Within
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | — | |||
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Farringdon Without
editThe ten incumbents stood for the Temple and Farringdon Together party, the label they had been elected as in the 2017 election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | – | |||
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Langbourn
editAlexander Craggs, Judith Pleasance and Philip Woodhouse stood together jointly.[18]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | — | |||
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Independent hold |
Lime Street
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | — | |||
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Portsoken
editThe 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.[19] John Fletcher and Henry Jones stood jointly.[20] Changes in voteshare are by party for the Labour candidates and by candidate for independent candidates who previously stood as independents.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Caroline Haines* | — | – | — | |
Independent | Brian Mooney* | — | — | — | |
Turnout | – | – | – | ||
Independent hold | |||||
Independent hold |
Tower
editRoger Chadwick, Marianne Fredericks, James Tumbridge and Jason Groves stood jointly as the "Tower Ward Team".[21]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||||
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Vintry
editRehana Ameer and Richard Burge stood jointly.[22]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
editThe incumbent councillors, Peter Bennett and James Thomson, stood jointly.[23]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | James Thomson* | 126 | — | — | |
Independent | Alethea Silk | 113 | — | — | |
Independent | Peter Bennett* | 105 | – | — | |
Turnout | – | – | – | ||
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