Portsoken (electoral ward)
| Portsoken | |
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| Electoral ward for the Court of Common Council of the City of London Corporation | |
Portsoken ward boundaries since 2013 | |
| District | City of London |
| County | Greater London |
| Major settlements | Portsoken |
| Current electoral ward | |
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Portsoken is an electoral ward for Portsoken in the City of London, England.[1] It returns four councillors and one alderman to the Court of Common Council of the City of London Corporation.[2]
Councillor elections
2025 election
The election took place on 20 March 2025.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | John Fletcher | 219 | |||
| Independent | Samapti Bagchi | 207 | |||
| Independent | Jason Pritchard | 183 | |||
| Independent | Munsur Ali | 171 | |||
| Independent | Aline Koztepe | 115 | |||
| Independent | Hanif Ali | 113 | |||
| Labour | Joe Verlander | 52 | |||
| Labour | Dil-Veer Kang | 36 | |||
| Turnout | 49% | ||||
| Independent hold | |||||
| Independent gain from Independent | |||||
| Independent hold | |||||
| Independent hold | |||||
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.[4] John Fletcher and Henry Jones stood jointly and were both re-elected.[5] Changes in voteshare are by party for the Labour candidates and by candidate for independent candidates who previously stood as independents.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | John Fletcher | 255 | 21.8 |  4.6 | |
| No description | Munsur Ali | 254 | 21.7 | N/A | |
| No description | Jason Pritchard | 239 | 20.5 | N/A | |
| Independent | Henry Jones | 213 | 18.2 | 1.9 | |
| Labour | Lana Joyce | 114 | 9.8 |  10.2 | |
| Labour | Dominic Hauschild | 56 | 4.8 | 14.1 | |
| Women's Equality | Alison Smith | 37 | 3.2 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 1,168 | 57.6 | 6.9 | ||
| Independent hold | |||||
| No description gain from Labour | Swing | – | |||
| No description gain from Labour | Swing | – | |||
| Independent hold | |||||
2017 election
The election took place on 23 March 2017.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jason Pritchard | 230 | 20.0 | 10.2 | |
| Labour | Munsur Ali | 210 | 18.3 | N/A | |
| Independent | John Fletcher | 197 | 17.2 | 1.3 | |
| Independent | Henry Jones | 187 | 16.3 | 3.6 | |
| Independent | Ayesha Azad | 153 | 13.3 | N/A | |
| Independent | Asif Sadiq | 111 | 9.7 | N/A | |
| Independent | David Barker | 60 | 5.2 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 1,148 | 50.7 | |||
| Labour gain from Independent | |||||
| Labour gain from Independent | |||||
| Independent hold | |||||
| Independent hold | |||||
2014 by-election
The by-election took place on 20 March 2014.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | William Campbell-Taylor | 137 | 36.8 | ||
| Independent | Marie Brockington | 98 | 26.3 | ||
| Independent | Evan Millner | 47 | 12.6 | ||
| Independent | Syed Mahmood | 44 | 11.8 | ||
| Independent | Roger Jones | 26 | 7.0 | ||
| Independent | André Walker | 11 | 3.0 | ||
| Independent | Muhammad Al-Hussaini | 9 | 2.4 | ||
| Majority | 39 | 10.5 | |||
| Turnout | 372 | 43.26 | |||
| Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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.[7][8] The election was won by Prem Goyal, founder of the All People's Party,[9] although he stood as an independent.[10]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Prem Goyal | 228 | 58.31 | ||
| Labour | William Campbell-Taylor | 143 | 36.57 | ||
| Independent | David Barker | 20 | 5.12 | ||
| Independent | Anthony Samuels | 2 | 0.51 | ||
| Turnout | 396 | 61.68 | |||
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.[11]
- 1921–33 Isidore Jacobs, except 19 July–20 September 1927 when there was no alderman for Portsoken[11]
- 1933–44 Sir Samuel Joseph (Lord Mayor 1942–1943)[11]
- 1944–46 Edmund Dutton[11]
- 1946–49 Keith Joseph, son of Sir Samuel Joseph[11]
- 1949–84 Sir Bernard Waley-Cohen (Lord Mayor 1960–61)[11]
- 1984–2006 Peter Levene, Baron Levene of Portsoken (Lord Mayor 1998–99)[11]
- 2006–17 Sir Michael Bear (Lord Mayor 2010–2011)[11]
- 2017–present Prem Goyal[11]
References
- ↑ Rogerson, Barnaby (2013). "25. Wards of the City of London". The Guardian. No. 25 December 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ↑ "Find Member". democracy.cityoflondon.gov.uk. City of London Corporation. 21 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ↑ "Portsoken".
- ↑ "Your chance to shape the City's future City of London Corporation Elections 2022". www.speakforthecity.com. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- ↑ "Your chance to shape the City's future City of London Corporation Elections 2022". www.speakforthecity.com. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- ↑ "Labour win raises questions on City of London's independence". Financial Times. 21 March 2014.
- ↑ Teale, Andrew (13 December 2017). "Previews: 14 Dec 2017". Britain Elects. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ↑ "Labour's Listening - Portsoken". portsokenlabour.wordpress.com. portsokenlabour. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ↑ Goyal, Prem. "All People's Party – gathering momentum in Southwark". www.obv.org.uk. Operation Black Vote. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
- ↑ "Election results - City of London". mobile.cityoflondon.gov.uk. City of London Corporation. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Aldermen of the Ward of Portsoken". e-voice.org.uk. Portsoken Ward Club.