Candlewick is one of 25 wards in the
City of London, each electing an
alderman to the
Court of Aldermen and commoners (the City equivalent of a
councillor) to the
Court of Common Council of the
City of London Corporation. Only electors who are
Freemen of the City are eligible to stand. The Ward is represented on the Court of Alderman by
Alderman Professor Emma Edhem, and on the Court of Common Council by Christopher Paul Boden and James St John Davis. ==References==