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2017 City Of London Corporation Election
The 2017 City of London Corporation election took place on 23 March 2017 to elect members of the Court of Common Council in the City of London Corporation. The election was the first time apart from a 2014 by-election that partisan candidates were elected to the body. Fifteen of the hundred seats on the council were won by political parties: the newly created Temple & Farringdon Together party and the Labour Party. The elections attracted media attention as they represented a high point in the City of London for Labour, who until the 2017 election had only ever won a single seat in a 2014 by-election for Portsoken ward. 26 councillors were elected unopposed: twenty-five independents and one Labour. Background Elections to the Court of Common Council, the main decision-making body of the City of London Corporation which governs the City of London, take place every four years. In the previous election in 2013, all 100 seats were won by independent candidates. In a 2014 by-e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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No (and variant writings) may refer to one of these articles: English language * ''Yes'' and ''no'' (responses) * A determiner in noun phrases Alphanumeric symbols * No (kana), a letter/syllable in Japanese script * No symbol, displayed đźš« * Numero sign, a typographic symbol for the word 'number', also represented as "No." or similar variants Geography * Norway (ISO 3166-1 country code NO) ** Norwegian language (ISO 639-1 code "no"), a North Germanic language that is also the official language of Norway ** .no, the internet ccTLD for Norway * Lake No, in South Sudan * No, Denmark, village in Denmark * NĹŤ, Niigata, a former town in Japan * No Creek (other) * Acronym for the U.S. city of New Orleans, Louisiana or its professional sports teams ** New Orleans Saints of the National Football League ** New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Dr. No'' (film), a 1962 ''James Bond'' film ** Julius N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broad Street (ward)
Broad Street is one of the 25 ancient wards of the City of London. History In medieval times it was divided into ten precincts and contained six churches, of which only two, St Margaret Lothbury and All Hallows-on-the-Wall now survive: St Bartholomew-by-the-Exchange was demolished in 1840, St Benet Fink in 1844, St Martin Outwich in 1874 and St Peter le Poer in 1907. The ward's northern boundary along London Wall and Blomfield Street borders Coleman Street ward, before curving to the north-east along Liverpool Street, the division with Bishopsgate. From here, Old Broad Street runs south-west along the border with Cornhill where it joins Throgmorton Street, its southern boundary—to the south of which is the Bank of England in Walbrook ward. The western boundary follows a series of small courts and alleys adjacent to Moorgate and then runs up Copthall Avenue. A busy commercial area it also contains two livery halls of the Worshipful Company of Carpenters and Worshipfu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornhill, London
Cornhill (formerly also Cornhil) is a ward and street in the City of London, the historic nucleus and financial centre of modern London. The street runs between Bank Junction and Leadenhall Street. The hill from which it takes its name is one of the three ancient hills of London; the others are Tower Hill, site of the Tower of London, and Ludgate Hill, crowned by St Paul's Cathedral. The highest point of Cornhill is at above sea level. History Cornhill is one of the traditional divisions of the City. The street contains two of the City churches designed by Sir Christopher Wren: St. Michael, Cornhill, and St Peter upon Cornhill, reputed to occupy the oldest Christianised site in London. Both are on the site of the Roman forum of ''Londinium''. At its other end it meets Threadneedle Street, Poultry, Lombard Street and others at Bank junction. Sir Thomas Gresham's original Royal Exchange fronted onto Cornhill, but its successor on the site, designed by William Tite, faces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Boleat
Sir Mark John Boleat (born January 1949, in Jersey) is leader of the Jersey Alliance political party, and deputy chairman of the City of London Corporation's Policy and Resources Committee. He has previously been director general of the Building Societies Association, the Council of Mortgage Lenders and the Association of British Insurers. He is a Common Councilman for Cordwainer Ward and trustee of Centre for London. He was knighted in the 2017 Birthday Honours. Boleat was appointed Chairman of the LINK Scheme Ltd, the company that runs the UK ATM network in early 2017. Boleat joined the board of Arron Banks's Eldon Insurance Service Ltd on 12 June 2019. In the 2022 Jersey election, Boleat ran in the St Clement electoral district and was Jersey Alliance's candidate for the role of Chief Minister. Boleat polled last place out of 7 candidates in the district he stood in, receiving 721 votes, and was unelected. As a result of the election, the Jersey Alliance party lost 8 seat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Snyder (accountant)
Sir Michael John Snyder (born 30 July 1950) is a British businessman and politician. He is Metropolitan Grand Master of the Freemasons of London. Business career Snyder joined Kingston Smith as a trainee in 1968 and became a managing partner in 1979. He played a leadership role in the company, becoming a senior partner in 1990. He stepped down from the board in 2016, but was retained as a consultant. In 2015 he joined the board of Metro Bank with a view to developing Metro Bank’s small business lending operations. Political career Snyder is a politician in the City of London and has served as an elected representative for Cordwainer Ward on the Court of Common Council since 1986.City of Londoregister He served as chairman of the Policy and Resources Committee from 2003 to 2008, as well as the Finance Committee, and the Barbican Estate Committee. He is currently the chairman of the Capital Buildings Committee. He was knighted in 2008 for services to Business and to the City of Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Barr
Alex Barr is a Scottish financier and Alderman representing Cordwainer Ward in the City of London. Prior to this he served as a Common Councilman, also in Cordwainer Ward. Barr attended Queen Anne High School in Dunfermline, Fife and subsequently the University of Aberdeen. He started his career in investment management in Edinburgh, with Franklin Templeton. In 1995 he joined Henderson Investors, now Janus Henderson, on their US Equities desk. He later joined Morgan Grenfell, (which became Deutsche Asset Management and is now known as DWS), where he was a fund manager and led the oversight of their Multi Asset portfolios. The business was taken over in 2005 by Aberdeen Asset Management (now abrdn), for whom Barr was Head of Private Equity and co-head of their European Private Equity Portfolio Management Team. He subsequently formed the investment management business Bread Street Capital Partners, which became Sarasin Bread Street and is part of City of London based investment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cordwainer Ward
Cordwainer is a small, almost rectangular-shaped ward in the City of London. It is named after the cordwainers, the professional shoemakers who historically lived and worked in this particular area of London; there is a Livery Company for the trade — the Worshipful Company of Cordwainers. The ward is sometimes referred to as the "Cordwainers' ward". It is bounded to the north by Poultry and Cheapside (the boundary with Cheap ward); to the west by the eponymous Bread Street and the ward of the same name; to the south by Cannon Street (and Vintry and Dowgate wards); and to the east by Walbrook ward and a street of the same name. Streets within Cordwainer's boundaries are, amongst others, Bow Lane, Pancras Lane and part of Watling Street. Queen Street runs north–south through the centre of the ward. Former precincts In mediaeval times and long before the most recent boundary changes in 2003, Cordwainer was divided into eight precincts: *St. Mary, Aldermary, upper and lower ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Fraser (politician)
Stuart Fraser is a politician based in the City of London Corporation. He was chair of the Policy and Resources Committee there from 2008 until 2012. He became involved as a politician following a successful career as a stockbroker. He is a director of Brewin Dolphin. Fraser was first elected to the Court of Common Council representing Coleman Street Ward in 1992. When he became chair of the City of London Policy and Resources Committee, he said that he viewed the 2008 financial crisis 8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of t ... a "phoney crisis" and said that he "would still like the City of London to dominate the world." In 2010 he claimed to be probably the most effective lobbyist in Britain. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Fraser, Stuart Living people Year of birth m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coleman Street Ward
Coleman Street is one of the 25 ancient wards of the City of London and lies on the City's northern boundary with the London Borough of Islington. The ward, which includes land lying on either side of the former city wall, takes its name from a road linking Gresham Street with the London Wall road. The ward Modern ward boundary changes, particularly those of 2003, have much altered the extent of city wards, so that many no longer closely correlate to their historic areas. Coleman Street is a very busy ward, it has its own long established ward club and newsletter. Etymology The ward takes its name from Coleman Street, which took its name from the charcoal burners who occupied the area in medieval times. Historic Ward The first mention of the Ward appears to have been in 1130, but at that time it was common practice to use the name of the ward Alderman to refer to the ward. In the 1130 survey, Coleman Street Ward is thought to correspond to ''Warda Haconis''. The Ward con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheap (ward)
Cheap is a small ward in the City of London. It stretches west to east from King Edward Street, the border with Farringdon Within ward, to Old Jewry, which adjoins Walbrook; and north to south from Gresham Street, the border with Aldersgate and Bassishaw wards, to Cheapside, the boundary with Cordwainer and Bread Street wards. The name Cheap derives from the Old English word "chep" for "market". The following roads run north to south across the ward: St. Martin's Le Grand, Foster Lane, Gutter Lane, Wood Street, Milk Street, King Street, and Ironmonger Lane. Within its boundaries are two Anglican churches: St Vedast Foster Lane and St Lawrence Jewry; a third church, St Mildred, Poultry, was demolished in 1872. Several Livery Halls are located in Cheap, including those of the Mercers', Goldsmiths', Wax Chanders' and Saddlers' Companies. A small part of the Guildhall lies within the ward's boundaries: the main entrance and main hall itself; the remainder is in Bassishaw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angus Knowles-Cutler
Angus Knowles-Cutler (born 1 September 1962) is a British businessman and politician. He is currently vice-Chairman and London office managing partner at Deloitte, councilman representing Castle Baynard, London, and holds a number of other business leadership roles in London. He is known for his studies on the impact of technological advances on the UK labour market. Early life and education Knowles-Cutler was born in Bradford on 1 September 1962, the son of Charles Knowles and Joyce (née Bradbury). He attended Bedford Modern School, and Luton Sixth Form College before receiving a scholarship to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He graduated in 1985 with an MA in History. He also studied in Osaka, Japan from 1987 to 1988 as a Monbusho scholar. Career Angus Knowles-Cutler worked at Bain & Company, KPMG and Ernst & Young before joining Deloitte in 2001. He has served as vice-chairman of Deloitte since 2015 and was appointed chairman of Deloitte's UK-China practice in 2016. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine McGuinness (English Politician)
Catherine Sidony McGuinness is a politician and public speaker in the City of London Corporation. She served as Chair of the Policy and Resources Committee, the effective political leader of the corporation, from 2017 to 2022. She is the daughter of two academics, the philosopher Brian McGuinness and the music historian Rosamond McGuinness. Her brother, Paddy McGuinness, was the Deputy National Security Adviser for Intelligence, Security, and Resilience at the Cabinet Office, 2014 to 2018. She has represented Castle Baynard ward since 1997. In May 2017 she took over from Mark Boleat as chair of the Policy and Resources Committee of the City of London Corporation, having previously been deputy chairman. She is also a trustee of Centre for London. Her husband, John Gilbert, is chair of the Cripplegate Foundation and was previously a Liberal Democrat councillor in Islington (2006–2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
