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The Election Process

Voting at Common Hall

All Liverymen, but not their spouses or guests, are eligible to attend Common Hall at Guildhall on Midsummer Day (24th June) when two sheriffs are elected by the livery.

[The date will change if the 24th falls on a weekend.]

IN 2018 THE ELECTION DATE IS MONDAY 25 JUNE

 

It is helpful (though not essential – an electoral register is held at the door) to the admission process for each liverymen to have an entry pass, and these are available on request from each Company’s Clerk at no charge.

This is always a very popular event, and liverymen arrive early to secure their seats.

Alhough the proceedings don’t begin until 11.45am,  Liverymen start gathering in Guildhall yard from 10.30am and are often seated by 11 o’clock .

Who can vote?

Only liverymen clothed prior to May the previous year are eligible to vote, so when the election for the two sheriffs is contested, new liveryman are honour bound not to put their hands up!

[The reason for the “more than 12 months” rule was to prevent liveries packing their membership at the last moment to get their favoured candidate elected.]

How is the election carried out?

The assembled liverymen are invited to display by a show of hands their support for a particular candidate.

Unlike the election of Lord Mayor, here it can be a real election by the livery. The Court of Alderman do not interfere.

If there is more than one non-aldermanic candidate, by a resolution of Common Hall in October 2011, the candidates will be strongly encouraged to accept the result of the count of hands at Guildhall in June and not to demand a further ballot two weeks later, though that does remain their legal right.

When do the Sheriffs take up their role?

They take office in a ceremony at Guildhall on Michaelmas Eve, 28th September, followed by what is known as the Sheriffs’ Breakfast.

 

View Letter of Validily Nominated Candidate for Gwen Rhys.

 

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Who I am

  • 40+ years business experience
  • resilient, tenacious, pragmatic
  • relationship-builder and connector
  • track record of intra- and entre- preneurship
  • speaker, conference chair
  • award-winning diversity and inclusion champion

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Gwen Rhys

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Who I am

  • 40+ years business experience
  • resilient, tenacious, pragmatic
  • relationship-builder and connector
  • track record of intra- and entre- preneurship
  • speaker, conference chair
  • award-winning diversity and inclusion champion

My Livery Companies

  • Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers
  • Worshipful Company of Needlemakers
  • Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers
  • Livery Company of Wales

My Ward Clubs

  • Aldgate Ward Club
  • Broad Street Ward Club
  • Ward of Cheap
  • Queenhithe Ward Club

Women in the Livery and High Civic Office in the City of London

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Out and About

I have a busy schedule of Livery and work-related events.

Check out what I get up to. 

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Gwen and Christine at Welsh Livery Dinner
Presentation of Painting to Lord Mayor October 2017
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Glass Sellers Banquet
Glass Sellers Banquet
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Court and Livery Dinner
Glass Sellers
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Needlemakers Installation Dinner 30th September 2015 - 8 of 63
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Court and Livery Dinner
Livery Dinner 2015
Livery Dinner 2015
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Glass Sellers Banquet
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  • Messages of Support – Liverymen
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  • The Election Process
  • Role of Sheriff
  • Job Description

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