2009 City of London Corporation election

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

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]

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

Overall result

City of London Corporation Election, 2009
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. Archived from the original on 12 November 2017. 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.