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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]
City of London Corporation Election, 2013 [4] | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Votes | ||||||||
Count | Gains | Losses | Net | Of total (%) | Of total (%) | Count | Change | |||
Independent | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | 95.9 | 19,443 | +1.4 | |||
Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 832 | -1.4 | |||
Total | 100 | |||||||||
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]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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