City of London Corporation

Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London

City of London Corporation
Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London ; City of London Corporation
	Arms of the Corporation of the City of London: Argent, a cross gules in the first quarter a sword in pale point upwards of the last; Supporters: Two dragons with wings elevated and addorsed argent on each wing a cross gules; ; Crest: On a dragon's wing displayed sinister a cross gules; ; Motto: Domine Dirige Nos ("O Lord direct us")
	Corporation logo: a stylised version of the arms
Type
Type	Local authority of the City of London
Leadership
Lord Mayor	Alastair King ; since 8 November 2024
Town Clerk and Chief Executive	Ian Thomas ; since February 2023
Policy chairman	Chris Hayward ; since 5 May 2022
Chief Commoner	Peter Dunphy
Structure
Seats	100 Common Councilmen; 25 Aldermen
Court of Common Council political groups	Independent (83) Temple & Farringdon Together (10) Labour (7)
Court of Aldermen committees	Privileges Committee, General Purposes Committee
Court of Common Council committees	List Audit and Risk Management Committee; Barbican Centre Board; Barbican Residential Committee; Board of Governors of the City of London Freemen's School; Board of Governors of the City of London School; Board of Governors of the City of London School for Girls; Board of Governors of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama; Capital Buildings Committee; Community & Children's Services Committee; Culture, Heritage and Libraries Committee; Education Board; Epping Forest & Commons Committee; Establishment Committee; Finance Committee; Freedom Applications Committee; Gresham (City Side) Committee; Hampstead Heath, Highgate Wood and Queen's Park Committee; Health and Wellbeing Board; Investment Committee; Licensing Committee; Livery Committee; Local Government Pensions Board; Markets Committee; Open Spaces and City Gardens; Planning and Transportation Committee; Police Committee; Policy and Resources Committee; Port Health & Environmental Services Committee; Standards Committee; The City Bridge Trust Committee; West Ham Park Committee;
Elections
Last Court of Aldermen election	Varies – individual mandate, up to 6-year term of office
Last Court of Common Council election	March 2025
Meeting place
	Guildhall, London
Website
	www.cityoflondon.gov.uk

The City of London Corporation, officially and legally the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London, is the local authority of the City of London, the historic centre of London and the location of much of the United Kingdom's financial sector.

In 2006, the name was changed from Corporation of London to distinguish the body governing the City of London from the Greater London Authority, the regional government of the larger Greater London administrative area. It is a corporation in the sense of being a municipal corporation rather than a company; it is deemed to be the citizens and other eligible parties acting as one corporate body to manage the City's affairs. The corporation is based at the Guildhall.

Both businesses and residents of the City, or "Square Mile", are entitled to vote in corporation elections. In addition to its functions as the local authority (analogous to those undertaken by the 32 boroughs that administer the rest of Greater London) the City of London Corporation takes responsibility for supporting the financial services industry and representing its interests. The corporation's structure includes the Lord Mayor, the Court of Aldermen, the Court of Common Council, and the Freemen and Livery of the City. The "Liberties and Customs" of the City of London are guaranteed in Magna Carta's clause IX, which remains in statute.