Court of Common Council

The Common Council Chamber at the Guildhall, pictured in 1808

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. In October 2018, the Labour Party gained its sixth seat on the Common Council with a by-election victory in Castle Baynard ward. The most recent election was in 2022.

History

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.

The council has later been reduced to 100 members, and is now elected every fourth year.

Court of Common Council elected March 2017

Map of the results of the City of London Corporation election, 2017. Each ward has several boxes, each representing an elected councillor. Boxes are coloured per any party affiliation of those elected, and the vote share which these poll-toppers received. Thus, in Portsoken, the two Labour councillors are shown as red and won more votes than the two independents returned. The wards coloured dark grey candidates were returned/deemed elected as uncontested. Red represents Labour; blue: Temple & Farringdon Together; grey: independents.
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.

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