The 2025 City of London Corporation election was 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.
On the day before polling day, in this case the 19 March, wardmote meetings are held in which residents and workers are able to ask candidates questions.
Common Council composition Since the 2022 election, seven by-elections have been held to replace Commoners who resigned from, died in, or vacated office to become an Alderman of the City of London.
Two such by-elections were held in 2022, with Independents being elected for both Bridge and Bridge Without and Cordwainer.
Four were held in 2023: an Independent was elected for Castle Baynard; two were held in Cripplegate, the first an Independent hold after the sitting Commoner was elected an Alderman and the second, a Labour gain from Independent, following the resignation of Richard Bostock; 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 Leader(s) Ideology Website Seats Candidates standing 2022 election Prior to the election Independent N/A N/A 104 Temple & Farringdon Together Wendy Mead 10 Castle Baynard Independents John Griffiths 8 Labour Party Social democracy 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 standingBassishaw2#BetterBillingsgateBillingsgate2 David & Julie David O'Reilly Billingsgate 2 Bishopsgate Ward Team Simon Duckworth Bishopsgate 6Ward of Bread Street Emily BennBread Street2Bridge2 Iceni Martha Grekos Castle Baynard 8 Ward of Cheap Team Robert Hughes-Penney Cheap 3Coleman Street WardDawn WrightColeman Street4Cordwainer Ward TeamCordwainer3Team DowgateHenry PollardDowgate2Farringdon Within Ward candidatesFarringdon Within2Langbourn TeamLangbourn2 TeamPortsoken4 Tower Ward TeamTowerwww.jamestumbridge.com4 Vote Hodgson Jaspreet Hodgson Vintry 2 Team Walbrook James Thomson Walbrook 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.
2025 City of London Corporation election Party Seats Votes Count Gains Losses Net Of total (%) Of total (%) Count Change Total 100
Results by ward Asterisks denote incumbents. The results are compared to the 2022 elections.
Aldersgate
Aldgate
Bassishaw
Billingsgate
Bishopsgate
Bread Street
Bridge
Broad Street
Candlewick
Castle Baynard
Cheap
Coleman Street
Cordwainer
Cornhill
Cripplegate
Dowgate
Farringdon Within
Farringdon Without
Langbourn
Lime Street
Portsoken
Queenhithe
Tower
Vintry
Walbrook
By-elections
The by-election was triggered by the election of Sushil Saluja as Alderman of the City of London for Coleman Street on 4 February 2026.
See also Chief Commoner City of London
References
External links Wards and candidate statements from the Corporation's Election Services website