# 2025 City of London Corporation election

The 2025 City of London Corporation election will be held on 20 March 2025, prior to most other 2025 United Kingdom local elections, to elect Commoners to the Court of Common Council of the City of London Corporation.
The City of London is the oldest continuously-running municipal democracy in the world.

## Background

Elections to the Court of Common Council, the main decision-making body of the City of London Corporation which governs the City of London, take place every four years. At the last election in 2022 (delayed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic) 78 seats were won by Independents, 5 by Labour, and the remaining 17 by localist groups.

## Electoral system

Aldersgate, Cripplegate, Farringdon Without, Portsoken and Queenhithe are the more resident-populated of the twenty-five City Wards. Residents each have one vote, and businesses are allotted votes scaled in accordance with the number of employees. Businesses can appoint one employee as a voter for every five staff up to ten voters, with an additional voter per fifty staff beyond that.
Common Councillors (aka Commoners) are elected by block voting.

## Common Council composition

Since the 2022 election, six by-elections have been held to replace Commoners who resigned from or died in office. Two such by-elections were held in 2022, with Independents being elected for both Bridge and Bridge Without and Cordwainer. Three were held in 2023, when an Independent was elected for Castle Baynard; Labour gained a seat on Common Council following the death of an Independent in Cripplegate; and Temple & Farringdon Together returned a Commoner unopposed for Farringdon Without. The only by-election in 2024 was held on the same day as the general election, when an Independent was elected for Farringdon Within.

## Contesting Groups and Parties
### Groups with prior representation

Below displays the current affiliation of Commoners on the City Common Council. Political party affiliations are shown. Some independents may align with slates of candidates for their ward. All parties are running candidates in the upcoming election.
| Parties | Parties | Parties | Parties | Leader(s) | Ideology | Website | Seats | Seats | Candidates standing |
| Parties | Parties | Parties | Parties | Leader(s) | Ideology | Website | 2022 election | Prior to the election | Candidates standing |
| | Independent | Independent | Independent | N/A | N/A | N/A | 78 / 100 | 77 / 100 | 104 |
| | Temple & Farringdon Together | Temple & Farringdon Together | Temple & Farringdon Together | Wendy Mead | | www.templeandfarringdon.com | 10 / 100 | 10 / 100 | 10 |
| | Castle Baynard Independents | Castle Baynard Independents | Castle Baynard Independents | John Griffiths | | www.castle-baynard.org.uk | 7 / 100 | 7 / 100 | 8 |
| | Labour Party | Labour Party | Labour Party | | Social democracy | www.citylabour.org | 5 / 100 | 6 / 100 | 13 |

### Slates

Temple & Farringdon Together and Castle Baynard Independents are registered political parties, and hence are not included in this section.
The following groups are running a slate of candidates in a particular ward:
| Slate | Leader(s) | Ward | Website | 2022 Councillors | Candidates standing |
| | | Bassishaw | | 1 / 2 | 2 |
| #Better Billingsgate | | Billingsgate | | 1 / 6 | 2 |
| David & Julie | David O'Reilly | Billingsgate | www.davidjulie4billingsgate.com | 0 / 6 | 2 |
| Bishopsgate Ward Team | Simon Duckworth | Bishopsgate | www.bishopsgate.london/team | 4 / 6 | 6 |
| Ward of Bread Street | Emily Benn | Bread Street | www.breadstreet.org | 2 / 2 | 2 |
| | | Bridge | | 1 / 2 | 2 |
| Iceni | Martha Grekos | Castle Baynard | www.castlebaynardiceni.org | 0 / 8 | 8 |
| Ward of Cheap Team | Robert Hughes-Penney | Cheap | www.wardofcheap.city | 3 / 3 | 3 |
| Coleman Street Ward | Dawn Wright | Coleman Street | www.colemanstreetward.org | 1 / 4 | 4 |
| Cordwainer Ward Team | | Cordwainer | | 2 / 3 | 3 |
| Team Dowgate | Henry Pollard | Dowgate | www.teamdowgate.org | 2 / 2 | 2 |
| Farringdon Within Ward candidates | | Farringdon Within | www.farringdonwithin.com | 1 / 8 | 2 |
| Langbourn Team | | Langbourn | www.langbourn.london | 2 / 3 | 2 |
| Team | | Portsoken | | 3 / 4 | 4 |
| Tower Ward Team | | Tower | www.jamestumbridge.com | 4 / 4 | 4 |
| Vote Hodgson | Jaspreet Hodgson | Vintry | www.hodgson.city | 1 / 2 | 2 |
| Team Walbrook | James Thomson | Walbrook | www.jamesthomson.london | 2 / 2 | 2 |

## Results summary

Prior to the election being held, 45 of the 100 councillors were elected uncontested across 14 wards, with some wards seeing candidates pull out.
2022 City of London Corporation election :
| Party | Party | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats | Votes | Votes | Votes |
| Party | Party | Count | Gains | Losses | Net | Of total (%) | Of total (%) | Count | Change |
| | Independent | 45 | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | | | | | | | | |
| | Temple & Farringdon Together | | | | | | | | |
| | Castle Baynard Independents | | | | | | | | |
| Total | Total | 100 | | | | | | | |