Portsoken (electoral ward)

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]

Portsoken Ward^[7]

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

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.

Portsoken (4 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Fletcher*	255	21.8	4.6
	No description	Munsur Ali*	254	21.7	N/A
	No description	Jason Paul 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

List of Aldermen representing Portsoken ward

• 1891–1921 Sir Marcus Samuel (Lord Mayor 1902–1903). He became the first Viscount Bearsted in 1925, two years before his death in 1927.^[10]
• 1921–33 Isidore Jacobs, except 19 July–20 September 1927 when there was no alderman for Portsoken^[10]
• 1933–44 Sir Samuel Joseph (Lord Mayor 1942–1943)^[10]
• 1944–46 Edmund Dutton^[10]
• 1946–49 Keith Joseph, son of Sir Samuel Joseph^[10]
• 1949–84 Sir Bernard Waley-Cohen (Lord Mayor 1960–61)^[10]
• 1984–2006 Peter Levene, Baron Levene of Portsoken (Lord Mayor 1998–99)^[10]
• 2006–17 Sir Michael Bear (Lord Mayor 2010–2011)^[10]
• 2017–present Prem Goyal^[10]

References

1. Rogerson, Barnaby (2013). "25. Wards of the City of London". The Guardian. No. 25 December 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
2. "Find Member". democracy.cityoflondon.gov.uk. City of London Corporation. 21 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
3. Teale, Andrew (13 December 2017). "Previews: 14 Dec 2017". Britain Elects. Andrew Teale. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
4. "Labour's Listening - Portsoken". portsokenlabour.wordpress.com. portsokenlabour. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
5. Goyal, Prem. "All People's Party – gathering momentum in Southwark". www.obv.org.uk. Operation Black Vote. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
6. "Election results - City of London". mobile.cityoflondon.gov.uk. City of London Corporation. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
7. Results of past elections held in the City of London, wider London and UK.
8. "Your chance to shape the City's future City of London Corporation Elections 2022". www.speakforthecity.com. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
9. "Your chance to shape the City's future City of London Corporation Elections 2022". www.speakforthecity.com. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
10. "Aldermen of the Ward of Portsoken". e-voice.org.uk. Portsoken Ward Club.