Portsoken Ward is an electoral district in the City of London, England.[1] (See also Portsoken). It returns an Alderman and four Councilmen[2] to the Court of Common Council of the City of London Corporation.
2017 Aldermanic by-election
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.[3][4]
The election was won by Prem Goyal, founder of the All People's Party,[5] although he stood as an independent.[6]
2022 Common Council election
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 Paul Pritchard, who were elected as Labour candidates in 2017, stood jointly and were both re-elected.[8] John Fletcher and Henry Jones stood jointly and were both re-elected.[9] Changes in voteshare are by party for the Labour candidates and by candidate for independent candidates who previously stood as independents.
List of Aldermen representing Portsoken ward
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