I was elected to the Court of Common Council as Common Councillor for Walbrook in 2013, re-elected in for a second term in 2017 and re-elected for a third term in 2022.
I am intending to stand again for re-election in March 2025, together with Alethea Silk, my fellow Common Councillor for Walbrook Ward: Team Walbrook.
I serve on a number of committees within the City of London including:
- Court of Common Council
- The main governing body of the City of London Corporation
- Policy & Resources Committee
- The principal committee of Common Council with oversight of policy and resource allocation. I sit on two of its key sub-committees:
- Finance Committee
- Oversight of the City of London’s finances
- Investment Committee
- Oversight of the City’s significant financial and property investments
- Capital Buildings Board
- Oversight of the delivery of the new Courts on Fleet Street and City Police Accommodation, a £600m programme
- City of London Police Authority Board – Deputy Chair (Chair 2020 to 2024)
- Oversight as police authority for the City of London Police. I also sit on all four of the committee’s of the Police Authority Board:
- Fraud and Cyber Crime Reporting and Analysis Procurement Committee
- Oversight responsibility for the City of London for the replacement of Action Fraud, a £150 programme, in collaboration with the Home Office
- City Bridge Foundation
- CBF is responsible for the maintenance and operation of the five City bridges and is the sixth largest charity in the UK and London’s largest charitable grant giving body.
- I also sit on its grant giving committee, the Funding Committee
- CBF is responsible for the maintenance and operation of the five City bridges and is the sixth largest charity in the UK and London’s largest charitable grant giving body.
- Board of Governors of the City of London School – Immediate past Chairman
I previously served on:
- Housing Delivery Programme Working Group – Immediate Past Chairman
- Planning & Transport 2013 to 2017
- Port Health & Environmental Services Committee 2013 to 2016
A full list of committees that I serve on can be found by clicking here to access my Member’s page on the City of London website.
Published and promoted by James Thomson
Grocers’ Hall, Princes Street, Walbrook Ward, City of London EC2R 8AD