2014 Bexley London Borough Council election

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2014 Bexley Borough Council election
  2010 1 May 2014 2018  

All 63 seats to Bexley London Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Party Conservative Labour UKIP
Last election52 seats, 43.2%11 seats, 24.5%0 seats, 2.0%
Seats won45153
Seat changeDecrease2.svg7Increase2.svg4Increase2.svg3
Popular vote30,52820,56118,044
Percentage38.1%25.7%22.5%
SwingDecrease2.svg5.1%Increase2.svg1.2%Increase2.svg20.5%

Bexley London UK local election 2014 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2014 Bexley council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and UKIP in purple.

Council control before election


Conservative

Council control after election


Conservative

The 2014 Bexley Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Bexley Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

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Overall results

The Conservatives retained control of the council, winning 45 seats (-7). However, both Labour (+4) and UKIP (+3) gained seats from the Conservatives. [1]

Bexley London Borough Council Election Result 2014 [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 4507-771.438.130,528-5.1
  Labour 1540+423.825.720,561+1.2
  UKIP 330+34.822.518,044+20.5
  BNP 000007.76,178-2.9
  Liberal Democrats 000002.72,162-10.7
  Green 000001.51,238+0.7
  Independent 000001.1884+0.5
  CPA 000000.3275±0.0
  TUSC 000000.2169n/a

Ward results

Barnehurst

Barnehurst (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Howard Christopher Marriner1,46315
Conservative Eileen Patricia Pallen1,42715
Conservative David Robert Hurt1,42415
UKIP Mike Ferro1,15312
UKIP Barrie Thomas1,12512
UKIP Harry Buttar1,06511
Labour Matthew James Murphy5717
Labour Ron Brown5557
Labour Pauline Turner5346
BNP Paul Hulme991
Turnout 9,706
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Belvedere

Belvedere (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Daniel Francis1,54618%
Labour Gillian Lesley MacDonald1,50617%
Labour Seán Bernard Newman1,35815%
UKIP Catherine Reilly1,13013%
Conservative Shirley Jean Vick90310%
Conservative Amandeep Singh Bhogal86210%
Conservative Pardeep Kaur Bhogal83810%
BNP Brian Haslam3284%
CPA Sid Cordle1432%
CPA Toyin Ogunyemi781%
CPA Joel Ayodele Ogunyemi721%
Turnout 8,764
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Blackfen & Lamorbey

Blackfen & Lamorbey (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian George Beckwith1,30415%
Conservative Peter Harold Craske1,27014%
UKIP Lynn Smith1,22514%
Conservative Chris Taylor1,12313%
Independent Richard Barnbrook 88410%
Independent Elwyn James Bryant6457%
Independent Nicholas James Dowling5756%
Labour Judith Elaine Jackson5156%
Labour David Richard Dalton4735%
Labour Mick McCartney4655%
BNP Chris Wait2873%
Liberal Democrats Paul William Hurren1512%
Turnout 8,917
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing

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References

  1. 1 2 "England council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  2. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2014 - Bexley". www.andrewteale.me.uk.