2014 Greenwich London Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2014 Greenwich council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red. Greenwich London UK local election 2014 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2014 Greenwich council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.

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]

2014–2018 by-elections

Greenwich West by-election, 7 May 2015 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mehboob Khan3,43039.3Decrease2.svg12.0
Conservative Thomas Turrell 2,46628.2Increase2.svg10.4
Green Robin Scott1,45216.6Decrease2.svg4.7
Liberal Democrats Sonia Dunlop7568.6Decrease2.svg1.3
UKIP Paul Butler4224.8Increase2.svg4.8
BNP Christina Charles1381.6Increase2.svg1.6
TUSC Sara Kasab800.9Increase2.svg0.9
Turnout 3,71764.1
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.

Glyndon by-election, 5 May 2016 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tonia Ashikodi2,58357.1Steady2.svg0.0
Conservative Matt Browne56112.4Increase2.svg0.4
Green Robin Scott4028.9Decrease2.svg5.8
UKIP Rita Dinsmore-Hamilton3808.4Increase2.svg8.4
Liberal Democrats Stewart Christie3768.3Increase2.svg2.2
Independent Ebru Ogun1573.5Increase2.svg3.5
All People's Party Abiola Olaore641.4Increase2.svg1.4
Majority2,02244.7
Turnout 41.5
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Councillor Radha Rabadia of the Labour Party. [5]

Eltham North by-election, 10 November 2016 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charlie Davis1,33542.2Increase2.svg10.6
Labour Simon Peirce1,29740.4Decrease2.svg9.3
Liberal Democrats Sam Macaulay2798.8Increase2.svg5.5
UKIP Barbara Ray1605.1Decrease2.svg14.5
Green Matt Browne1103.5Decrease2.svg6.0
Majority381.8
Turnout 3,18631.33
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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