Portsoken is an electoral ward for Portsoken in the City of London, England. It returns four councillors and one alderman to the Court of Common Council of the City of London Corporation.
Councillor elections 2025 election The election took place on 20 March 2025.
2022 election The election took place on 24 March 2022. The Common Council election in Portsoken Ward recorded the highest turnout in the 2022 Citywide Common Council Elections with 57.6% of the electorate casting their vote. The average turnout across the rest of the City of London was much lower at 36.5%. Two incumbent councillors, Munsur Ali and Jason Pritchard, who were elected as Labour candidates in 2017, stood jointly and were both re-elected. John Fletcher and Henry Jones stood jointly and were both re-elected. Changes in voteshare are by party for the Labour candidates and by candidate for independent candidates who previously stood as independents.
2017 election The election took place on 23 March 2017.
2014 by-election The by-election took place on 20 March 2014.
Aldermanic elections 2017 by-election The by-election took place on 14 December 2017. Michael Bear became alderman in 2005 and resigned in 2017. This led to the first aldermanic election in the City of London Corporation contested by the Labour Party. The election was won by Prem Goyal, founder of the All People's Party, although he stood as an independent.
List of aldermen 1891–1921 Sir Marcus Samuel (Lord Mayor 1902–1903). He became the first Viscount Bearsted in 1925, two years before his death in 1927. 1921–33 Isidore Jacobs, except 19 July–20 September 1927 when there was no alderman for Portsoken 1933–44 Sir Samuel Joseph (Lord Mayor 1942–1943) 1944–46 Edmund Dutton 1946–49 Keith Joseph, son of Sir Samuel Joseph 1949–84 Sir Bernard Waley-Cohen (Lord Mayor 1960–61) 1984–2006 Peter Levene, Baron Levene of Portsoken (Lord Mayor 1998–99) 2006–17 Sir Michael Bear (Lord Mayor 2010–2011) 2017–present Prem Goyal
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