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2009 City of London Corporation election

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2009 City of London Corporation election

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100 seats to the Court of Common Council
51 seats needed for a majority
  First party
  Blank
Party Independent
Last election 100 seats, 100%
Seats before 100
Seats won 100
Seat change Steady
Popular vote 16,247
Percentage 94.5%
Swing Decrease5.5%

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

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City of London Corporation Election, 2009
Party Seats Votes
Count Gains Losses Net Of total (%) Of total (%) Count Change
  Independent 100 0 0 Steady 100.0 94.5 16,247 Decrease5.5
  Labour 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 5.5 938 Increase5.5
Total 100

References

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  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.