Before the Electoral Act of 1968-9, local government elections in Northern Ireland allowed owners of businesses to cast more than one vote. Tim Pat Coogan wrote on this subject:
Limited companies and occupiers of premises with a rateable valuation of £10 could appoint nominees - as could companies for each £10 of their valuations - under a system of plural voting, which even allowed such votes to be case in another constituency...[2]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plural_voting
The City of London (Which is the old City Center where the big banks are located NOT what most people call the City of London, which under English law is referred to as "Greater London".
City of London (The Corporation)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_London_Corporation#Elections
Greater London Authority (The Actual modern City of London):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_London_Authority
The City of London permits Piural voting, corporation voting etc":
Eligible voters[12] must be at least 18 years old and a citizen of the United Kingdom, a European Union country, or a Commonwealth country, and either:
A resident
A sole trader or a partner in an unlimited partnership or
An appointee of a qualifying body.
Each body or organisation, whether unincorporated or incorporated, whose premises are within the City of London may appoint a number of voters based on the number of workers it employs. Limited liability partnerships fall into this category.
Bodies employing fewer than ten workers may appoint one voter, those employing ten to fifty workers may appoint one voter for every five; those employing more than fifty workers may appoint ten voters and one additional voter for every fifty workers beyond the first fifty.
Though workers count as part of a workforce regardless of nationality, only certain individuals may be appointed as voters. Under section 5 of the City of London (Ward Elections) Act 2002, the following are eligible to be appointed as voters (the qualifying date is 1 September of the year of the election);
Those who have worked for the body for the past year at premises in the City
Those who have served on the body's board of directors for the past year at premises in the City
Those who have worked in the City for the body for an aggregate total of five years
Those who have worked mainly in the City for a total of ten years and still do so or have done within the last 5 years.[13]
Voters appointed by businesses do not forfeit the right to vote for the local Council of their home residence (so long as it is outside the City). Therefore - uniquely in the U.K. - these voters are able to vote in two separate local elections. Firstly in 'the City' as appointed voter for their employers, or fellow employees and again for the local Council where their home address is situated.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_London_Corporation#VotersThus the City of London has more non resident voters then residents (Again I want to emphasis the City of London IS not what we American would call London, that is governed by the Greater London Authority). . I mention the City of London for it is one of those rare creations that permit corporations and non-residents to vote. Also remember the real political power is in the Greater London Authority.
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