London local elections, 2014

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London local elections, 2014
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All 1,851 councillors on all 32 London boroughs
  First party Second party Third party
  Ed Miliband David Cameron Nick Clegg
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrat
Popular vote 2,626,540 1,826,714 635,719
Percentage 37.4% 26.1% 10.2%
Swing Increase4.8% Decrease5.9% Decrease11.8%
Councils 20 9 1
Councils +/– Increase3 Decrease2 Decrease1
Councillors 1,060 612 116
Councillors +/– Increase185 Decrease105 Decrease130
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London borough councils by political control following election.

There were local government elections in London on Thursday 22 May 2014. All councillor seats on the 32 London borough councils were up for election. The electorates of Hackney, Lewisham, Newham and Tower Hamlets also elected their executive mayors, who operate in place of council leaders in those boroughs. Ward changes took place in Hackney, Kensington and Chelsea, and Tower Hamlets, which reduced the total number of councillors by 10 to 1,851. Both the mayoral and councillor elections are four-yearly.

The results saw the Labour Party increase their number of councillors from 875 in 2010 to 1,060 in 2014. The Conservative Party went from 717 councillors in 2010 to 612 in 2014. The Liberal Democrats went from 246 councillors in 2010 to 116 in 2014. Havering Residents Association and Tower Hamlets First were the fourth and fifth largest parties. Labour Party councillors gained control of four councils, losing Tower Hamlets to no overall control, Conservatives lost control of three councils but gained one from Liberal Democrats, who retained control of one council. The Labour majority of London councils was increased to 20 of 32. Following the elections, two of the thirty two London borough councils were in no overall control, a decrease of one. All four mayoral elections returned the incumbent mayors. Turnout fell as the elections of four years before were in a general election year whereas this round coincided with the 2014 European elections which have a lower turnout.

Councils results

Councils that are Labour are in red, Conservative in blue, Liberal Democrat in yellow and two in no overall control party-politically are in black in the table and in grey on map to the right.[1]

Council 2010 result 2014 result Cons Lab Lib Dem UKIP Green Others Turnout Council election
Barking and Dagenham Labour Labour 51 38.16% Details
Barnet Conservative Conservative 32 30 1 41.10% Details
Bexley Conservative Conservative 45 15 3 Details
Brent Labour Labour 6 56 1 33.00% Details
Bromley Conservative Conservative 51 7 2 Details
Camden Labour Labour 12 40 1 1 38.69% Details
Croydon Conservative Labour 30 40 38.00% Details
Ealing Labour Labour 12 53 4 41.30% Details
Enfield Labour Labour 22 41 37.79% Details
Greenwich Labour Labour 8 43 37.25% Details
Hackney Labour Labour 4 50 3 42.89% Details
Hammersmith and Fulham Conservative Labour 20 26 38.00% Details
Haringey Labour Labour 48 9 38.10% Details
Harrow No overall control Labour 26 34 1 2[others 1] 41.00% Details
Havering Conservative No overall control 22 1 7 24[others 2] Details
Hillingdon Conservative Conservative 42 23 35.76% Details
Hounslow Labour Labour 11 49 36.80% Details
Islington Labour Labour 47 1 38.40% Details
Kensington and Chelsea Conservative Conservative 37 12 1 Details
Kingston upon Thames Liberal Democrat Conservative 28 2 18 Details
Lambeth Labour Labour 3 59 1 32.00% Details
Lewisham Labour Labour 53 1 Details
Merton No overall control Labour 20 36 1 3[others 3] 41.00% Details
Newham Labour Labour 60 40.62% Details
Redbridge No overall control Labour 25 35 3 39.70% Details
Richmond upon Thames Conservative Conservative 39 15 46.30% Details
Southwark Labour Labour 2 48 13 Details
Sutton Liberal Democrat Liberal Democrat 9 45 42.20% Details
Tower Hamlets Labour No overall control 5 22 18[others 4] Details
Waltham Forest Labour Labour 16 44 59.22% Details
Wandsworth Conservative Conservative 41 19 Details
Westminster Conservative Conservative 44 16 32.35% Details
Totals 612 1,060 116 12 4 47

Others and notes

  1. ↑ Harrow: Independent - 2
  2. ↑ Havering: Havering Residents Association - 19; Independent Residents - 5
  3. ↑ Merton: Merton Park Ward Independent Residents - 3
  4. ↑ Tower Hamlets: Tower Hamlets First - 18

Results

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Political Party
 Candidates
 Number of Votes
 Elected
 Net Change
in seats
 % of Seats
 % of Votes
 Change in %
of vote
Labour 1,851 2,626,540 1,060 +185 57.7 37.4
Conservative 1,812 1,826,714 612 -105 33.06 26.1
Liberal Democrat 1,322 635,719 116 -130 6.2 10.2
Residents 45 74,788 27 +8 2.43 -
Tower Hamlets First 44 62,368 18 +18 0.9 -
UKIP 469 303,772 12 +12 0.6 -
Green 849 424,586 4 +2 0.2 -
Independent 110 44,117 2 +1 0.1 -
TUSC 198 30,285 0 0 0 -
Ind. Labour Group 47 16,715 0 0 0 -
BNP 51 14,495 0 0 0 -
Total 6,951 6,103,629 1,851 - - - Turnout 39% -

Overall councillor numbers

London local elections 2014

Councillor statistics
Party Seats Net Gain/Loss
  Labour 1,060 +185
  Conservative 612 -105
  Liberal Democrat 116 -130
  Havering Residents Association 19 +7
  Tower Hamlets First 18 +18
  UKIP 12 +12
  Independent Residents 5 +1
  Green 4 +2
  Merton Park Ward Independent Residents 3 0
  Independent 2 +1

Three seats in Barnet (Colindale) and three in Tower Hamlets (Blackwall and Cubitt Town) were vacancies until elections held on 26 June 2014 in Colindale[3] and on 3 July 2014 in Blackwall and Cubitt Town.[4]

Opinion polling

Date(s)
conducted		 Polling organisation/client Sample size Lab Con Lib Dem UKIP Others Average estimated lead of 'winning party'|
6-8 May YouGov/London Evening Standard 1,422 40% 33% 11% 10% 6% 7% over Con
28-29 April Survation 1,001 42% 26% 14% 11% 7% 16% over Con

Mayoral results

In four London boroughs the executive function of the council is a directly elected mayor. The mayoral elections take place at the same time as councillor elections in those boroughs.

Mayoralty 2010 2014
Hackney

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 Jules Pipe (Labour)

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 Jules Pipe (Labour)
Lewisham

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 Sir Steve Bullock (Labour)

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 Sir Steve Bullock (Labour)
Newham

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 Robin Wales (Labour)

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 Robin Wales (Labour)
Tower Hamlets

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 Lutfur Rahman (Independent)

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 Lutfur Rahman (Tower Hamlets First)

Borough result maps

  • Barking and Dagenham 2014 results map

  • Barnet 2014 results map

  • Bexley 2014 results map

  • Brent 2014 results map

  • Bromley 2014 results map

  • Camden 2014 results map

  • Croydon 2014 results map

  • Ealing 2014 results map

  • Enfield 2014 results map

  • Greenwich 2014 results map

  • Hackney 2014 results map

  • Hammersmith and Fulham 2014 results map

  • Haringey 2014 results map

  • Harrow 2014 results map

  • Havering 2014 results map

  • Hillingdon 2014 results map

  • Hounslow 2014 results map

  • Islington 2014 results map

  • Kensington and Chelsea 2014 results map

  • Kingston upon Thames 2014 results map

  • Lambeth 2014 results map

  • Lewisham 2014 results map

  • Merton 2014 results map

  • Newham 2014 results map

  • Redbridge 2014 results map

  • Richmond upon Thames 2014 results map

  • Southwark 2014 results map

  • Sutton 2014 results map

  • Tower Hamlets 2014 results map

  • Waltham Forest 2014 results map

  • Wandsworth 2014 results map

  • Westminster 2014 results map

References

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  2. ↑ https://londondatastore-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/London-Borough-Council-Elections-2014.pdf
  3. ↑ http://www.barnet.gov.uk/news/article/515/date_announced_for_new_colindale_election
  4. ↑ http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/labour_and_tories_take_council_seats_in_blackwall_and_cubitt_town_by_election_1_3669435
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