2014 Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2014 Kingston upon Thames council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Kingston upon Thames London UK local election 2014 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2014 Kingston upon Thames council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

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

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Results

The Conservative Party gained control from the Liberal Democrats. The Conservatives won 28 seats (+7), the Liberal Democrats won 18 seats (-9) and Labour won 2 seats (+2). [1]

Results by ward

Alexandra

Alexandra (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Hudson* 1,263 39.1 −2.4
Conservative Ian George 1,247 38.6 −2.5
Conservative Chris Hayes 1,188 36.8 −5.2
Liberal Democrats Haran Kailasapillai99130.7−13.9
Liberal Democrats Neil Houston93729.0−10.2
Liberal Democrats Andy Townsend89327.6−7.0
UKIP Anthony Perham52116.1N/A
Labour Marilyn Corry49215.2+3.4
Labour Paul May48515.0+4.3
Labour Niranjan Jayasundera44113.6+4.6
Green Phil Smith33110.2+3.3
TUSC Kevin Foote782.4N/A
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Berrylands

Berrylands (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sushila Abraham* 1,279 38.4 −8.1
Conservative Mike Head 1,273 38.2 −0.4
Conservative Andy Johnson 1,237 37.1 −0.7
Liberal Democrats Thomas Chesterman1,19435.8−2.7
Conservative Emma Woods1,14934.5−3.1
Liberal Democrats Bob Steed*1,04031.2−10.3
Green Martin Lake42612.8+2.7
Labour Toby Flux42512.8+2.7
Labour Lawrence Green42412.7+3.2
UKIP Paul Scargill38411.5N/A
Labour Amina Rasool34410.3+2.4
TUSC Italo Savastio601.8N/A
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Beverley

Beverley (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terry Paton* 1,333 39.2 +3.4
Conservative Paul Bedforth 1,311 38.5 +5.7
Conservative Raju Pandya 1,046 30.7 −0.8
Liberal Democrats Lesley Heap88025.9−18.2
Labour Marian Freedman83824.6+11.1
Liberal Democrats Simon James*77822.9−19.2
Liberal Democrats Trevor Heap*77722.8−20.1
Labour Liz Meerabeau71421.0+9.3
Labour Chris Priest64518.9+9.1
Green Chris Walker55216.2+4.2
UKIP Linda Collis46113.5N/A
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Canbury

Canbury (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrea Craig* 1,419 36.7 −3.2
Conservative Geoff Austin* 1,360 35.2 −3.9
Conservative David Glasspool 1,241 32.1 −4.4
Green Ryan Coley89123.1+7.7
Liberal Democrats Rebekah Moll**87722.7−19.6
Green Charlie Redman83921.7N/A
Liberal Democrats Dan Falchikov83321.6−11.4
Liberal Democrats Andrew King80920.9−9.9
Labour Tony Cottrell60615.7+3.5
Green Tariq Shabbeer58015.0N/A
Labour Colin Startup47712.4+0.8
Labour Nisha Tailor43111.2+0.4
UKIP John Anderson39110.1N/A
Independent Timothy Dennen*1884.9−37.4
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Rebekah Moll was a sitting councillor, but for Grove ward.

Timothy Dennen was elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2010.

Chessington North & Hook

Chessington North & Hook (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Margaret Thompson* 1,080 36.3 −7.2
Conservative Andrew Day* 988 33.2 −6.5
Liberal Democrats Clive Chase 975 32.7 −12.4
Liberal Democrats Emma-Louise Wykes89330.0−7.6
Conservative Mike Gibson81127.2−5.8
Conservative Lizzy Harrall76725.7−7.2
UKIP Vic Bellamy71824.1N/A
Labour Steve Kearney41614.0+2.9
Labour Max Freedman35812.0+1.7
Green Simon Jakeman34411.5+6.2
Labour Amanda Stuart32110.8+1.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Chessington South

Chessington South (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Patricia Bamford* 1,131 37.6 −10.9
Liberal Democrats Rachel Reid* 1,024 34.0 −8.4
Liberal Democrats Shiraz Mirza* 1,005 33.4 −10.1
Conservative Ryan Boxall81026.9−8.5
UKIP Gina Healy75024.9N/A
UKIP Coral Cottle74224.7N/A
Conservative Michelle Akintoye71723.8−10.5
Conservative Tania Symes71523.8−10.2
Labour David Griffin37612.5+0.2
Labour John Dodwell35811.9+3.2
Labour Anthony Murray32610.8+3.1
TUSC Louis Desbruslais1254.2N/A
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Coombe Hill

Coombe Hill (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rowena Bass 1,537 56.5 +2.5
Conservative Erica Humphrey* 1,458 53.6 +2.9
Conservative Gaj Wallooppillai* 1,349 49.6 −2.2
Labour Sally Richardson45716.8+5.9
Labour Edward Naylor45316.7+5.5
Liberal Democrats Iris Grender40614.9−14.0
Labour Roger Price38814.3+4.2
Green Jean Vidler34412.7+4.1
Liberal Democrats John Waddleton33212.2−14.1
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Oates31411.6−10.8
UKIP Tina Collis31311.5N/A
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Coombe Vale

Coombe Vale (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julie Pickering* 1,689 50.4 +4.1
Conservative Roy Arora 1,629 48.6 +6.7
Conservative Cathy Roberts 1,625 48.5 +6.8
Liberal Democrats Julie Haines67120.0−20.1
Labour Ian Parker60518.1+7.4
Labour Sushil Pallen53115.9+5.7
Liberal Democrats Peter Herlinger48214.4−21.5
Labour Geoff Parnell48014.3+4.9
Liberal Democrats Phil Thompson44213.2−21.8
UKIP Janet Owen35010.4N/A
Green Mariana Periklis33410.0+2.1
Green Mona Ghobadi3239.6N/A
Green Mike Perry3179.5N/A
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Grove

Grove (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Chrissie Hitchcock* 1,041 34.1 −17.5
Liberal Democrats Stephen Brister** 990 32.4 −16.4
Conservative Phil Doyle 960 31.4 +1.3
Conservative Adrian Amer95831.4+0.7
Conservative Alex Ward90629.7+1.3
Liberal Democrats Shoaib Bajwa88829.1−12.5
Labour Tessa Kind69922.9+10.3
Labour Steve Mama57718.9+7.0
Labour Peter Roland49716.3+4.5
Green Alison Hood40413.2−1.4
Green Tim Cobbett38412.6N/A
Green Tim Walker36612.0N/A
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Stephen Brister was a sitting councillor, but for Norbiton ward.

Norbiton

Norbiton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Linsey Cottington 1,013 37.2 +9.2
Labour Sheila Griffin 988 36.3 +21.3
Liberal Democrats Bill Brisbane 847 31.1 −10.7
Labour Laurie South84431.0+8.3
Liberal Democrats Penny Shelton*79629.3−13.7
Liberal Democrats David Ryder-Mills*74127.2−13.4
Conservative Holly Morris49318.1−5.3
Conservative Jemima Davis44416.3−2.2
Conservative Susan Hudson44116.2−0.9
Green Martin Hall36313.3+2.8
UKIP Pete Withers33912.5N/A
TUSC Ellie Evans833.1N/A
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Sheila Griffin was a Labour councillor prior to 2010, when she stood as an Independent. Changes in her vote share are from her performance as an Independent in 2010, rather than the Labour candidate.

Old Malden

Old Malden (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Fraser 1,461 48.4 +1.9
Conservative Mary Clark 1,348 44.7 +0.2
Conservative Kevin Davis 1,233 40.9 +1.3
Liberal Democrats David Bamford68222.6−15.0
Liberal Democrats Kim Mi-soon61020.2−17.1
Liberal Democrats Richard Thompson57519.1−14.1
UKIP Nicholas Collis57319.0N/A
Labour Bill Bennett48015.9+6.0
Labour Ian Kellett43314.3+5.0
Labour George Pearson42514.1+5.4
Green Lucy Howard32810.9+5.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

St James

St James (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Howard Jones* 1,250 41.1 −3.6
Conservative Ken Smith* 1,188 39.4 −3.9
Conservative Priyen Patel* 1,082 35.8 −1.6
Liberal Democrats Jason Ha72924.1−10.4
Liberal Democrats Montse Medina71923.8−9.6
Liberal Democrats Annette Wookey69623.1−5.4
Labour Gerry Jones59819.8+0.1
Labour Mary Masters49416.4+5.0
Labour Eric Masters48516.1+4.6
UKIP Linda Holligan38612.8+7.0
UKIP Bona Watson36112.0N/A
Green Richard Senger2127.0−0.6
BNP David Child1003.3N/A
TUSC Paul Couchman341.1N/A
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

St Mark's

St Mark's (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Green* 1,239 41.0 −10.1
Liberal Democrats Diane White 1,170 38.7 −9.0
Liberal Democrats Yogan Yoganathan* 1,111 36.8 −5.6
Conservative Jack Cheetham1,07135.5−0.6
Conservative Nathan Johnson-Paul1,03834.4−1.1
Conservative Pratik Shah96832.0−2.1
Labour Sandra Coombs42314.0+3.5
Green Karen Hardy35711.8+0.4
Green Clare Keogh33411.1N/A
Labour Martin Johnson33111.0+1.3
Labour Michael Morton31210.3+3.0
Green Alex Nelson2829.3N/A
TUSC Jack Beswick672.2N/A
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Surbiton Hill

Surbiton Hill (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Ayles* 1,454 40.8 −3.5
Liberal Democrats Hilary Gander 1,445 40.5 +0.4
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Self* 1,323 37.1 −5.1
Conservative Peter Kelk1,30136.5−1.7
Conservative Alex Wright1,22934.4−3.0
Conservative Ronak Pandya1,14732.1−3.7
Labour Richard Heys42611.9+2.7
Green Brian Mulley41011.5+3.2
Labour Anne Vase40311.3+2.7
Labour David Cooper40211.3−0.5
UKIP Carol Ward3549.9N/A
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Tolworth and Hook Rise

Tolworth and Hook Rise (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Vicki Harris* 1,030 51.5 −2.0
Liberal Democrats Lorraine Rolfe 885 44.2 −8.3
Liberal Democrats Thay Thayalan 836 41.8 −1.9
Conservative Mike Briggs55427.6−1.7
Conservative Mavis Cracknell51525.7+0.2
Labour Tony Banks43321.6+8.6
UKIP David Henson43021.5N/A
Conservative Lucy Kumpeson40120.0−7.2
Labour Katie Hill38119.0+8.0
Labour Ben Miller34317.1+6.7
TUSC Ian Robertson864.3N/A
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Tudor

Tudor (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Cunningham* 1,617 49.7 −2.5
Conservative Hugh Scantlebury 1,437 44.2 −3.3
Conservative Frank Thompson* 1,378 42.4 −2.1
Liberal Democrats Jac Lott70121.6−16.2
Liberal Democrats Anne-Marie Haddon69821.5−10.3
Green Chris Murphy62919.3+8.3
Labour Bob Smy56117.3+7.0
Liberal Democrats Maha Alfakier55417.0−12.9
Labour Judith Cowley51115.7+5.6
Labour Philip Gregg45514.0+5.9
UKIP John Warne44513.7N/A
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

By-elections: 2014–2018

A by-election was held in Tudor ward following the resignation of Frank Thompson.

Tudor by-election, 16 October 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Maria Netley 1,062 41.0 +0.1
Liberal Democrats Marilyn Mason72528.0+10.3
Labour Christopher Priest31412.1−2.1
UKIP Benjamin Roberts26910.4−0.9
Green Ryan Coley2198.5−7.4
Majority33713.0
Conservative hold Swing

A by-election was held in St James ward following the death of Howard Jones.

St James by-election, 18 December 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jack Cheetham 1,123 42.9 +5.1
Liberal Democrats Annette Wookey86533.0+11.0
Labour Stephen Dunkling35513.5−4.6
UKIP Benjamin Roberts2067.9−3.8
Green Alexander Nelson712.7−3.7
Majority2589.9
Conservative hold Swing

A by-election was held in Grove ward following the resignation of Stephen Brister.

Grove by-election, 7 May 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Rebekah Moll 1,634 32.1 −1.4
Conservative Jason Hughes1,61631.8+0.9
Labour Laurie South85316.8−5.7
Green Tim Cobbett4589.0−4.0
UKIP John Anderson2414.7N/A
Independent Jon Tolley2384.7N/A
TUSC Gabrielle Thorpe440.9N/A
Majority180.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

A by-election was held in Tolworth and Hook Rise ward following the resignation of Vicki Harris.

Tolworth and Hook Rise, 7 May 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Tom Davies 1,729 34.1 −6.6
Conservative Ronak Pandya1,57931.1+9.2
Labour Tony Banks89817.7+0.6
UKIP Vic Bellamy51410.1−6.9
Green Nik Way2064.1N/A
Independent Mike Briggs1202.4N/A
TUSC Dan Celardi290.6−2.8
Majority1503.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

A by-election was held in Grove ward following the death of Chrissie Hitchcock.

Grove by-election, 16 July 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jon Tolley 1,577 59.9 +26.4
Conservative Jenny Lewington68826.1−4.8
Labour Laurie South2238.5−14.0
Green Clare Keogh883.3−9.7
UKIP John Anderson582.2N/A
Majority88933.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

References

  1. 1 2 "England council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2014.