Talk:City of London

More nitpicking: the link to the City of London is actually a link to The Corporation of The City of London, the public body which governs the City. (Sorry.) -- Robert Brook

Voting in the City

25 wards - elect one alderman and the rest common councilmen. There are 4 predominantly residential wards - Aldergate, Cripplegate, Portsoken and Queenhithe. Each ward returns between 4 and 12 members. Only 6 wards were contested in 2002. The lowest vote received to be elected was 11.

Corporate voters:

Based on workforce on 1st September 2003.

if less than 9 employees - 1 vote up to 50 employees - 1 vote for every 5 employees more than 50 employees - 10 voters, and one additional per extra 50 employees

if an organisation has more than one office each office has votes - even if they are in the same ward (as long as they are not physically linked)

Qualifying bodies are:

any incorporated or unincorporated body includes churches, hospital trusts. Need to physically occupy premises in the city.

The business vote is approx 26,000, there are approx 6,000 residential voters.

The above should be a page not a talk page!

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Temple

In what sense are inner and middle temples separate enclaves in the City = I don't think they are but am not totally sure? one could equally say that St Pauls is a separate enclave or the Barbican is a separate enclave.

In the sense that they are independent. [1] (http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1999/90029-ai.htm) says that 'any reference to a London borough includes a reference to the City of London, which for this purpose shall be taken to include the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple;' which means that ordinarily the city of london would not include the inner and middle temples. Morwen 20:25, Feb 1, 2004 (UTC)

True or false??

True or false: there is a difference between this article and London, England. 66.245.6.21 23:58, 27 May 2004 (UTC)

True. London, England redirects to London, which is an article about the city of London as a whole (see that article for details of what that means. This article is about a small area within London, confusingly known as the City (of London) for historical reasons. Pete/Pcb21 (talk) 00:06, 28 May 2004 (UTC)

Pcb21 is right - it's true, very true, and an important, though initially confusing distinction. All the London articles do try to make this clear. For example if you look at the populations given in the first paragraphs of the two articles you are comparing, you get 7,000 vs. 7,000,000! :) If you are here, and you say The City, you mean the little bit in the middle. Nevilley 07:30, 28 May 2004 (UTC)

The article seems to imply that The City of London is part of Greater London, which I was always lead to believe it actually isn't - rather Greater London in an administrative county which includes all of the London Boroughs but excludes the City itself.

Of course, I mean this in a political sense rather than a literal sense - in that that the Corporation of London and the Greater London Authority are two separate entities governing two entirely separate areas (the Mayor of London and the GLA having no authority over the City of London whatsoever). They are, of course, all part of the same conurbation in practical terms.

And you have been led to believe wrongly. John Biggs is the GLA memebr for City & East with covers the City of London. On matters of strategic importance (including for, example, large and tall buildings) the Mayor of London (ie head of the GLA, not the Lord Mayor) has the final say. Icundell 23:16, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)