LABOUR were celebrating last night after unexpectedly winning five seats on the City of London’s Common Council.
City of London elections are unusual in that the electorate is comprised of not only local residents but also voters appointed by companies and businesses in the “Square Mile” — the financial centre of the capital.
The City of London Corporation claims that “the City is the only area in the country in which the number of workers significantly outnumbers the residents and therefore, to be truly representative of its population, offers a vote to City organisations so they can have their say on the way the City is run.”

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