 Therefore, between 1750 and 1978 Southwark had two persons (the Alderman and the Recorder) who were members of the City's Court of Aldermen and Common Council who were elected neither by the City freemen or by the Southwark electorate but appointed by the Court of Aldermen.The Borough and Bankside Community Council corresponds to the Southwark electoral wards of Cathedrals and Chaucer.They are part of the Bermondsey and Old Southwark Parliament constituency whose Member of Parliament is Neil Coyle.