2013 City of London Corporation election

2013 City of London Corporation election
100 seats to the Court of Common Council; 51 seats needed for a majority
	Results by ward. Red represents Labour. Grey represents Independents. Wards coloured dark grey did not hold contests.
Council control before election; No overall control;	Council control after election ; No overall control;

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]

Overall result

City of London Corporation Election, 2013^[4]
Party		Seats					Votes
Party		Count	Gains	Losses	Net	Of total (%)	Of total (%)	Count	Change
	Independent	100	0	0		100.0	80.4	3,409	-14.1
	Labour	0	0	0		0.0	19.6	832	+14.1
Total		100

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]

Portsoken by-election, March 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William Campbell-Taylor	137	36.8
	Independent	Marie Brockington	98	26.3
	Independent	Evan Millner	47	12.6
	Independent	Syed Mahmood	44	11.8
	Independent	Roger Jones	26	7.0
	Independent	André Walker	11	3.0
	Independent	Muhammad Al-Hussaini	9	2.4
Majority			39	10.5
Turnout			372	43.26
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

References

^ "Notice of Results: City of London Corporation" (PDF). www.cityoflondon.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
^ "Ward elections - City of London". www.cityoflondon.gov.uk. City of London Corporations. Archived from the original on 12 November 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
^ "City of London Corporation, 2013". EnglishElections. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017.
^ "Local Election Results 2013 City of London Corporation". Local Elections Archive Project. 17 October 2024.
^ "Labour win raises questions on City of London's independence". Financial Times. 21 March 2014.

[1] "Notice of Results: City of London Corporation" (PDF). www.cityoflondon.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2017.

[Ward_elections-2] "Ward elections - City of London". www.cityoflondon.gov.uk. City of London Corporations. Archived from the original on 12 November 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.

[EnglishElections-3] "City of London Corporation, 2013". EnglishElections. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017.

[4] "Local Election Results 2013 City of London Corporation". Local Elections Archive Project. 17 October 2024.

[5] "Labour win raises questions on City of London's independence". Financial Times. 21 March 2014.

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See also: London-wide elections Wards Boundary changes