2013 City of London Corporation election
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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.
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21 March 2013
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100 seats to the Court of Common Council 51 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Results by ward. Red represents Labour. Grey represents Independents. Wards coloured dark grey did not hold contests. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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All 100 seats were won by independent candidates[3]
Overall result
| 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 | 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]
| 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 | ||||