2009 City of London Corporation election

The 2009 City of London Corporation election took place on 15 March 2009 to elect members of the Court of Common Council in the City of London Corporation, England. These elections take place every four years.[1] 128 candidates contested 100 seats. This yielded only 13 wards where an election was needed to determine who should take the position.[2] As in the previous election, most Council members were elected as independents. The election was the first to ever be contested by the Labour party, who claimed to have decided to run in order to provide voters a choice, and that residents were often overlooked in favour of the business lobby.[3]

2009 City of London Corporation election
15 March 2009
100 seats to the Court of Common Council
51 seats needed for a majority
  First party
 
Party Independent
Last election 100 seats, 100%
Seats before 100
Seats won 100
Seat change
Popular vote 16,247
Percentage 94.5%
Swing 5.5%
Council control before election

No overall control

 Council control after election

No overall control

All 100 seats were won by independent candidates.[4]

Overall result
City of London Corporation Election, 2017
Party Seats Votes
Count Gains Losses Net Of total (%) Of total (%) Count Change
  Independent 100 0 0 100.0 94.5 16,247 5.5
  Labour 0 0 0 0.0 5.5 938 5.5
Total 100

References
  1. "Ward elections - City of London". www.cityoflondon.gov.uk. City of London Corporations. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  2. "City Common Council election results". MayorWatch. 17 March 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  3. Cryan, Andrew (13 March 2009). "City elections". BBC News.
  4. "City of London Corporation, 2009". EnglishElections. Archived from the original on 22 April 2017.
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