24 February 2009
City of London Corporation elections - candidate lists
finalised for 16 March voting
The final list of candidates for the City of London ward
elections is now available.
The full City-wide elections take place on 16 March. These are to
elect the 100 “Common Councilmen”* that represent the City’s
interests in the Court of Common Council* - the main
decision-making body of the City of London Corporation.
Of the 25 Wards, 13 will have a contested election, and 12 will
be uncontested. There are a total of 128 candidates standing for
100 seats and 89 (69.5%) of the candidates are existing Members of
the Court of Common Council.
75% of all voters registered are in contested wards, with 93% of
all residential voters and 67% of all business voters in contested
wards. The total electorate is 21,423 (6,431 residential and 14,992
business).
The elections are the third to take place since the passage of
the City of London (Ward Elections) Act 2002. This established the
new voting arrangements that designed to allow the City of London
Corporation to become more effective and representative of the
modern City.
Important: The City of London is unique in that businesses
and other organisations have a vote alongside residents and it is
only through the participation of all stakeholders that we can
ensure that we represent the whole City. If you do not want
to vote in person at this election then you can vote by post.
Applications for postal votes need to be returned by 5.00pm on 27
February.
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Notes to editors
The City of London Corporation: The City of London Corporation,
which provides local government services for the Square Mile, the
financial and commercial heart of Britain, works nationally and
internationally to maintain and enhance the City as a world-leading
international financial and business centre. Its other special
responsibilities and services to London and the wider UK include
the City of London Police, the Barbican Arts Centre, the Central
Criminal Court at the Old Bailey, 10,000 acres of open space
including Hampstead Heath and Epping Forest, three wholesale food
markets, two inner-London City Academies, the City Bridge Trust,
economic regeneration programmes in neighbouring boroughs and
acting as London’s Port Health Authority.
* The modern City retains ancient terms in some contexts: the
terms asterisked refer to the elected councillors and the council,
respectively.
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