The 2014 Greenwich Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Greenwich London Borough Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
At the 2014 elections, Labour won 43 seats (+3) and the Conservatives won 8 (-3). An Eltham North by-election on 10 November 2016 saw the Conservatives gain a seat from Labour with an 11% swing in their favour. This meant the opposition on the council increased to 9 seats.
Turnout across the borough was 37.25%. [2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mehboob Khan | 3,430 | 39.3 | 12.0 | |
Conservative | Thomas Turrell | 2,466 | 28.2 | 10.4 | |
Green | Robin Scott | 1,452 | 16.6 | 4.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sonia Dunlop | 756 | 8.6 | 1.3 | |
UKIP | Paul Butler | 422 | 4.8 | 4.8 | |
BNP | Christina Charles | 138 | 1.6 | 1.6 | |
TUSC | Sara Kasab | 80 | 0.9 | 0.9 | |
Turnout | 3,717 | 64.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Matthew Pennycook, who was elected as the Member of Parliament for the Greenwich and Woolwich constituency the same night.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tonia Ashikodi | 2,583 | 57.1 | 0.0 | |
Conservative | Matt Browne | 561 | 12.4 | 0.4 | |
Green | Robin Scott | 402 | 8.9 | 5.8 | |
UKIP | Rita Dinsmore-Hamilton | 380 | 8.4 | 8.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stewart Christie | 376 | 8.3 | 2.2 | |
Independent | Ebru Ogun | 157 | 3.5 | 3.5 | |
All People's Party | Abiola Olaore | 64 | 1.4 | 1.4 | |
Majority | 2,022 | 44.7 | |||
Turnout | 41.5 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Councillor Radha Rabadia of the Labour Party. [5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Charlie Davis | 1,335 | 42.2 | 10.6 | |
Labour | Simon Peirce | 1,297 | 40.4 | 9.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sam Macaulay | 279 | 8.8 | 5.5 | |
UKIP | Barbara Ray | 160 | 5.1 | 14.5 | |
Green | Matt Browne | 110 | 3.5 | 6.0 | |
Majority | 38 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,186 | 31.33 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Councillor Wynn Davies of the Labour Party.
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