March 2025 – City-wide elections
The City is divided into 25 wards, small electoral districts, each with a number of Common Councillors and one Alderman. There are 125 elected members of the City of London Corporation in total, who look after local services in the City and beyond, and serve as the representative voice of City businesses here and around the world.
Voters can help make sure their priorities are on the agenda: from support in growing their business to creating safe, green and bustling streets. We also look after local services such as roads, rubbish collection, planning and the police – ensuring this remains one of the best places to live, work and visit in the world.
The next all-out elections to the Common Council will be on the 20th March 2025, but by-elections and elections for Alderman can be held at any time.
If you are a registered voter, it is best to apply for a postal vote. Details of how to do this are set out below.
2025 Common Council Elections – key dates
- 18 Feb 2025 – Notice of Election
- 25 Feb 2025 – Close of Nominations
- 5 Feb 2025 – Deadline for applying for a postal vote (see details of how to apply below)
- 19 March 2025 – Wardmotes. For Walbrook Ward, this is expected to be at Mansion House
- 20 March 2025 – Polling Day
Voting in the City of London
Unlike in other elections elsewhere, people who work in the City can vote – and help ensure this remains one of the best places to live, work and visit in the world.
Window for registration each year is between 30th August – 30th November.
To engage in our election and for more information on how you can shape your future, please visit www.speakforthecity.com.
You can registered online in just a few minutes. If you have any questions or are the voter registration contact at your organisation and need your login details, please email electoralservices@cityoflondon.gov.uk
If you would like to request to become a voter at your organisation, please visit speakforthecity.com/voter-registration.
For further information please visit the The City of London Corporation website.
Your chance to shape the City
Who can Register?
Voters must be UK, Commonwealth or EU citizens. Businesses and other organisations in the City can nominate those who have worked for them here for at least one year since 1 September 2020. They can also appoint voters who meet other qualifications: please see the notes on the voter registration form. If a voter lives outside the City, they can be registered for local elections in both places.
Ensuring representation
The law requires that your voters reflect your workforce
You should, where possible, register a wide cross-section of your organisation and should avoid only registering senior staff.
If your organisation has staff networks, who represent the interests of the wider workforce, these can provide a perfect source of voting representatives. Please use your full voter allocation – to ensure as many of your colleagues as possible are able to help shape the City’s future. You may want to email colleagues inviting them to become voting representatives. If you would like a copy of a template email, please contact electoralservices@cityoflondon.gov.uk.
If you want to know more about how to register voters as a business, please visit: https://www.speakforthecity.com/registration-guide
For further information please visit the The City of London Corporation Ward Election website.
Registering for a postal votes
You can have your ballot papers sent to the address where you are registered to vote or an alternative address.
You can apply to vote by post at any time, but the deadline for applications at an election is at 5pm 11 working days before polling day.
To apply for a postal vote for the Ward List, which is used for Common Council and Aldermanic elections, you can complete the below paper form or a form can be posted to you.
Completed postal vote application form can be scanned or clearly photographed and emailed to the Electoral Services Team – electoralservices@cityoflondon.gov.uk
The form must include your date of birth and signature, and must be signed by hand. If you are applying for the Electoral Register, it must also include your national insurance number.
Alternatively you can post forms to:
Electoral Services
Guildhall, Aldermanbury
London EC2V 7HH
If you do not have access to a printer, contact the Electoral Services team and an application form can be posted to you.
