Council

Who decides, and how you can hold them to account

London is run by an elected council of 15 people. They set the budget, approve big purchases and hire the senior staff who run the city day to day.

Current council

• MayorJosh Morganmayor@london.ca
• Ward 1 CouncillorHadleigh McAlisterhmcalister@london.ca
• Ward 2 CouncillorShawn Lewisslewis@london.ca
• Ward 3 CouncillorPeter Cuddypcuddy@london.ca
• Ward 4 CouncillorSusan Stevensonsstevenson@london.ca
• Ward 5 CouncillorJerry Pribiljpribil@london.ca
• Ward 6 CouncillorSam Trosowstrosow@london.ca
• Ward 7 CouncillorCorrine Rahmancrahman@london.ca
• Ward 8 CouncillorSteve Lehmanslehman@london.ca
• Ward 9 CouncillorAnna Hopkinsahopkins@london.ca
• Ward 10 CouncillorPaul Van Meerbergenpvanmeerbergen@london.ca
• Ward 11 CouncillorSkylar Frankesfranke@london.ca
• Ward 12 CouncillorElizabeth Pelozaepeloza@london.ca
• Ward 13 CouncillorDavid Ferreiradferreira@london.ca
• Ward 14 CouncillorSteven Hilliershillier@london.ca

Names and official email addresses from the city's council page. None of the members lists a public social media account there.

Top number: pay. Second number: benefits and expenses together, such as health cover, mileage, conferences and training. Exactly what goes in it differs a little from city to city; the note below says what this city’s statement includes. Some members take the city’s health plan and some do not, so a higher second number is not a problem by itself. The statements give only totals; the receipts behind them can be requested from the clerk.

Each year links to the city's statement. Municipal Act s. 284 statements published by the city for 2024 (the latest year we found). "pay" is the stipend as printed (the same for each ward councillor), plus the further 8,140.86 shown for the Deputy Mayor and the Budget Chair; for the Mayor it is the printed stipend. "other" is the printed total minus pay: benefits (including vehicle allowance, CPP, health and pension costs) and expenses. Stipends are on a cash basis with 26 pay periods in 2024, as the statements note. The Mayor’s statement is a separate PDF. The ward 14 statement prints "65.137.80" for the stipend, a typing error we read as 65,137.80 because the total 86,433.02 only adds up that way.

• Yes
  Budgets posted online

  The full 2024 to 2027 Multi-Year Budget, the business plans and the 2026 Annual Budget Update are posted on london.ca. Source

• Yes
  Audited financial statements

  The 2025 statements carry a clean opinion ("present fairly") from KPMG LLP dated July 23, 2026; statements are posted back to 2021. Source

• Partly
  Council pay and expenses (s. 284)

  Councillors’ expense accounts are posted quarterly, with detailed lines. The Statements of Remuneration linked from the council page are for 2024; we did not find 2025 statements there. Source

• Partly
  Meeting agendas, minutes and reports

  The eSCRIBE portal opens and lists meetings, but every report attached to an agenda returned a "Verifying your browser" page to our automated reader, so we could not read staff reports, internal audit reports or minutes. We did not try to get around it. Source

• Yes
  Conflict of interest registry

  The council page lists 43 written declarations from May 16, 2023 to June 17, 2026, each with a form. The forms did not give us readable text, so we did not read the reasons. Source

• Yes
  Integrity Commissioner reports

  Annual and investigation reports are posted from 2016 to April 30, 2026, along with Ombudsman closed meeting reports. Source

• Unknown
  Lobbyist registry

  We did not find a lobbyist registry on london.ca (the address we tried returned an error), so we make no claim either way. Source

• Yes
  Mayoral decisions

  Each use of strong-mayor powers is posted as a numbered written decision. Source

• City of London on YouTube

  Official city channel, linked from london.ca.

• City of London on Facebook

  Official city page, linked from london.ca.

• City of London on X

  Official city account, linked from london.ca.

• City of London on Instagram

  Official city account, linked from london.ca.

• City of London on LinkedIn

  Official city page, linked from london.ca.

1. Send the request in writing to the city clerk (the freedom of information coordinator), on the city’s form or in a letter, with the $5 application fee.
2. Describe the records, not the answer you want. Dates, departments and the kind of record (a list, invoices, emails) make a request quicker and cheaper.
3. The city has 45 business days to answer (the law changed in 2026; older guides say 30 days). It can charge for search time and copies, but must send an estimate first if the fees will be over $25.
4. Some parts can be held back, such as legal advice or personal information about other people. The city must say which part of the law it relied on.
5. If you are refused, or the fees seem too high, you can appeal to the Information and Privacy Commissioner within 30 business days of the city’s decision.

The city's request form (on its Forms page) · The law · Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario

• 2025 Year-End Operating Budget Monitoring Report, by service

  The report was received by the Infrastructure and Corporate Services Committee on April 20, 2026, but we could not open it. It would show the winter control and other variances inside the transportation services figure. Related question: Why did transportation services cost $292,357,000 in 2025 when the budget was $264,203,000?.

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  I request, under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act: Please provide the 2025 Year-End Operating Budget Monitoring Report and any schedule showing the 2025 budget and actual for winter control (snow and ice) and for each service area, including the amount of amortization in transportation services.

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• Internal audit reports and management responses, 2022 to 2026

  The Audit Committee receives reports from an outsourced internal auditor; we could not open any of them.

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  I request, under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act: Please provide every report of the outsourced internal auditor received by the Audit Committee from 2022 to date, with the management responses.

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• Council resolution responding to the January 2024 Ombudsman report

  The Municipal Act requires council to pass a resolution on how it will address the report. Related question: What has London changed since the Ontario Ombudsman found that a committee quorum met outside an open meeting?.

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  I request, under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act: Please provide the council resolution and minutes responding to the Ombudsman of Ontario’s January 2024 report on the March 21, 2023 gathering of the Community and Protective Services Committee, and any guidance issued to councillors on site visits.

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• Reports on the police business case results

  The business case names response times and call queues as measures. Related question: Is the added police spending delivering the results the budget promised, as police expenditure rises from $141,478,000 to $212,915,000?.

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  I request, under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act: Please provide any report to council or the London Police Services Board since 2024 that gives urgent and non-urgent response times and the number of calls for service held in queue, and the number of positions filled under business case P-28.

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The wording is a starting point, not legal advice. Narrow the dates if the city says a request is too broad or too costly.

1. Integrity Commissioner

   Looks into complaints that a council member broke the Code of Conduct. London retains a law firm, Aird & Berlis LLP; its April 30, 2026 report says it has been interim Integrity Commissioner since May 3, 2025.

2. Ontario Ombudsman (closed meeting investigator)

   The Ombudsman is the closed meeting investigator for the City of London, as the Ombudsman’s January 2024 and October 2025 reports state.

3. Audit Committee

   Four councillors and one citizen member oversee the external auditors and the outsourced internal auditor. The city’s page says it receives the functional reporting of the outsourced internal auditor. We could not read the internal audit reports (see notes).