Lack of democracy shames Ponds decission

12.00.00am GMT Sun 13th Mar 2005

At the meeting at Hampstead Town hall (ticket only organised by the Corporation of London) Catherine McGuinness and her vice Chair made much of being accountable as elected councillors. I noticed that the Corporation of London elections take place on Monday 14th March and thought that the following list might be of some interest to those of us wanting to hold the corporation to account for the way they manage the heath and don't seem to quite understand consultation and liaison...

Notice in particular the number of uncontested elections. The opportunities for exercising democracy within the Corporation looks very limited indeed.

Ed Fordham

This is each ward and the nominations:

Aldersgate (Uncontested)

DUDLEY, Martin Raymond

LECK, Peter

MAYHEW, Jeremy Paul

NASH, Joyce Carruthers

NEWMAN, Barbara Patricia

Aldgate (Uncontested)

FARTHING, Richard Bruce Crosby

HARDWICK, Peter Bruce

HOLLAND, John

MOYS, Sylvia Doreen

THOMPSON, David James

Bassishaw (Uncontested)

AYERS, Kenneth Edwin

BREWSTER, John William

MARTINELLI, Peter Joseph

Billingsgate (Contested - 3 for 2)

MOBSBY, Douglas James Leslie

POINTON, Geoffrey Neil

WELBANK, John Michael

Bishopsgate (Uncontested)

DAY, Martin James

DOVE, William Harry

DUCKWORTH, Simon D'Olier

GINSBURG, Stanley

GRAVES, Anthony Colin

ROBINSON, Dorothy Charlton

RONEY, Esmond Patrick Thomson

WILLOUGHBY, Philip John

Bread Street (Uncontested)

FITZGERALD, Rodney Cyril Alban

JACKSON, Laurence St. John Thomas

Bridge With / Bridge Without (Uncontested) HARRIS, Brian Nicholas OWEN-WARD, John Richard

Broad Street (Uncontested)

BENNETT, John Alfred

GALLOWAY, Archibald Duncan

SCOTT, John George Stewart

Candlewick (Uncontested)

EVERETT, Kevin Malcolm

KNOWLES, Stanley Keith

Cheap (Uncontested)

EVE, Robin Anthony

PEMBROKE, Ann Marjorie Francescia

Castle Baynard (Uncontested)

CATT, Raymond Michael

HUNT, William George

LUDER, Ian David

MCGUINNESS, Catherine Sidony

MITCHELL, Christopher Robert

NOVE, Perry Richard

SIMONS, Jeremy Lewis

Coleman Street (Uncontested)

CASSIDY, Michael John

FRASER, Stuart John

HENDERSON-BEGG, Michael

KEMP, Derek Lewis

LORD, Charles Edward

Cordwainer (Uncontested)

BOLEAT, Mark John

GILLON, George Marr Flemington

SNYDER, Michael John

Cornhill (Uncontested)

HAYNES, John Edward Haynes

WANG, Clotilde Ann Marie

Cripplegate (Contested 10 for 9)

ALTMAN CBE, Lionel Philip

ANGELL, Ernest Henry

BARKER, John Alfred

BRADSHAW, David John

CURRIE, Stephanie Ella Maureen

MERRETT, Robert Allan

PUNTER, Christopher

QUILTER, Stephen Douglas

STEVENSON, Francis Patrick (Steve)

TOMLINSON, John

Dowgate (Uncontested)

POLLARD, James Henry George

SHERLOCK, Michael Robin Castle

Farringdon Within (Uncontested)

CENCI DI BELLO, Penelope Jane

DUFFIELD, Robert William

ESKENZI, Anthony Noel

HUGHES-PENNEY, Robert Charles

PAGE, Michael

REGAN, Richard David

SHALIT, David Manuel

WOOTTON, David Hugh

Farringdon Without (Uncontested)

ABRAHAMS, George

ABSALOM, John David

FARROW, Michael William Walter

HILLIARD, Nicholas Richard Maybury

LAWRENCE, Gregory Alfred

MALINS, Julian Henry

MEAD, Wendy

PRICE, Edward Ernest

SPANNER, John Hedley

TWOGOOD, Mark

Lime Street (Contested 4 for 3)

ASHFORD, Charles Vernon

CARRINGTON, Mary Lou

COHEN, Christine Mackenzie

COTGROVE, Dennis

Langbourn (Contested 3 for 2)

BRANSON, Nigel Anthony Chimmo

CHAPMAN, John Douglas

OWEN, MBE (NEE LONGMAN), Janet

Portsoken (Uncontested)

BEAR, Michael David

BURLEIGH, Ian Bernard

JONES, Henry Llewellyn Michael

LEE, Brian John

Queenhithe (Uncontested)

KING, Alastair John Naisbitt

MOONEY, Brian Desmond Francis

Tower (Uncontested)

BIRD, John Leslie

CHADWICK, Roger Arthur Holden

KELLETT, Maureen Wendy Francis

MOSS, Anthony David

PULMAN, Gerald Albert George

Vintry (Contested 3 For 2)

FRASER, William Barrie

HOFFMAN, Thomas Dieter Dirk

MOIR, Richard James Douglas

Walbrook (Contested 4 for 2)

FARR, Martin Charles

HALLIDAY, Pauline Ann

LLEWELYN-DAVIES, Anthony

THORP, David Arundell Rhodes