The City of London is divided into 25 wards for the election of common councilmen, deputies and aldermen to the Corporation of London.
The wards have their origins in the Middle Ages, althoughthe number and boundaries have changed over time.
Electoral arrangements[]
Each ward elects one alderman to the Court of Aldermen, and between two and ten common councilmen to the Court of Common Council.
The number of common councilmen elected by a ward varies depending on the number of electors (including both residents and business voters).
Only electors who are Freeman of the City of London are eligible to stand.
Since 2003 the four wards have been designated as "residential": Aldersgate, Cripplegate, Portsoken and Queenhithe. These four wards elect 20 of the 100 common councilmen between them. The remaining 21 "business-dominated" wards elected the remaining 80 councilmen.
List of wards[]
The number of Common Councilmen will remain at 100, but the allocation of them between wards was to be altered at the 2013 election.
Wards of the City of London
| Ward | Common Councilmen (2003 - 2013) |
Common Councilmen (2013 -) |
Number on Map |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aldersgate | 5 | 6 | 4 |
| Aldgate | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| Bassishaw | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| Billingsgate | 2 | 2 | 24 |
| Bishopsgate | 8 | 6 | 16 |
| Bread Street | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Bridge and Bridge Without | 2 | 2 | 23 |
| Broad Street | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| Candlewick | 2 | 2 | 22 |
| Castle Baynard | 7 | 8 | 2 |
| Cheap | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Coleman Street | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| Cordwainer | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| Cornhill | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| Cripplegate | 9 | 8 | 5 |
| Dowgate | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| Farringdon Within | 8 | 8 | 3 [1], 3a [2] |
| Farringdon Without | 10 | 10 | 1 [3], 1a [4] |
| Langbourn | 2 | 3 | 19 |
| Lime Street | 3 | 4 | 18 |
| Portsoken | 4 | 4 | 21 |
| Queenhithe | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| Tower | 5 | 4 | 25 |
| Vintry | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| Walbrook | 2 | 2 | 14 |