2014 London local elections

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2014 London local elections
  2010 22 May 2014 2018  

All 1,851 councillors on all 32 London boroughs
Turnout38.9% (Decrease2.svg23.1%)
 First partySecond party
 
Len Duvall London assembly Lab.jpg
Boris Johnson (cropped).jpg
Leader Len Duvall Boris Johnson
Party Labour Conservative
Popular vote944,967663,847
Percentage37.6%26.4%
SwingIncrease2.svg5.1%Decrease2.svg5.3%
Councils209
Gain/lossIncrease2.svg3Decrease2.svg2
Councillors1,060612
Gain/lossIncrease2.svg185Decrease2.svg105

 Third partyFourth party
 
Caroline Pidgeon.jpg
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Leader Caroline Pidgeon Jenny Jones
Party Liberal Democrats Green
Popular vote267,769246,805
Percentage10.6%9.8%
SwingDecrease2.svg11.8%Increase2.svg3.2%
Councils10
Gain/lossDecrease2.svg1Steady2.svg
Councillors1164
Gain/lossDecrease2.svg130Increase2.svg2

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London borough councils by political control following election. 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.

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.

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The results saw London Labour achieve their best result in over 40 years, winning 1,060 councillors, control of 20 out of 32 councils and 38% of the popular vote (their highest since 1998). Only the elections of 1964, 1971 and 1974 have seen Labour win more than 1,060 council seats in London, and Labour has not controlled 20 councils or more since 1971. This result was subsequently surpassed by the party's performance in the 2018 elections.

The London Conservatives dropped to their lowest-ever percentage of the vote in a London local election, at just 26.4%, and fell to their lowest councillor total since 1998. The London Liberal Democrats' vote halved, with the party dropping to 11% of the popular vote and 116 seats (down 130), the worst result for the Lib Dems or the Liberals since 1978.

The election saw a record vote for parties outside the 3 major parties, with UKIP, the London Green Party, independents and other minor parties winning a collective 25.4% of the vote, the highest since the creation of the London Boroughs in 1964. 63 minor party or independent councillors were elected in total.

UKIP and the Greens saw their best-ever results in terms of vote share (9.8% for the Greens and 9.5% for UKIP), but whilst UKIP gained 12 seats, the Greens gained just 2.

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: 3 Labour and 1 Tower Hamlets First.

Results summary

Party [1] Votes won % votesChangeSeats % seatsChangeCouncilsChange
Labour 944,96737.6Increase2.svg5.11,06057.3Increase2.svg18520Increase2.svg3
Conservative 663,84726.4Decrease2.svg5.361233.1Decrease2.svg1059Decrease2.svg2
Liberal Democrats 267,76910.6Decrease2.svg11.81166.3Decrease2.svg1301Decrease2.svg1
Green 246,8059.8Increase2.svg3.240.2Increase2.svg20Steady2.svg
UKIP 239,0019.5Increase2.svg8.4120.6Increase2.svg120Steady2.svg
Others152,6846.1Increase2.svg0.4472.5Increase2.svg260Steady2.svg
No overall control 2Decrease2.svg6

Councils results

CouncilOverall resultCons.Lab.Lib. Dem.UKIPGreenOthersTurnoutCouncil election
20102014 [3]
Barking and Dagenham Labour Labour 5138.16% Details
Barnet Conservative Conservative 3230141.10% Details
Bexley Conservative Conservative 45153 Details
Brent Labour Labour 656133.00% Details
Bromley Conservative Conservative 5172 Details
Camden Labour Labour 12401138.69% Details
Croydon Conservative Labour 304038.00% Details
Ealing Labour Labour 1253441.30% Details
Enfield Labour Labour 224137.79% Details
Greenwich Labour Labour 84337.25% Details
Hackney Labour Labour 450342.89% Details
Hammersmith and Fulham Conservative Labour 202638.00% Details
Haringey Labour Labour 48938.10% Details
Harrow No overall control Labour 263412 [others 1] 41.00% Details
Havering Conservative No overall control 221724 [others 2] Details
Hillingdon Conservative Conservative 422335.76% Details
Hounslow Labour Labour 114936.80% Details
Islington Labour Labour 47138.40% Details
Kensington and Chelsea Conservative Conservative 37121 Details
Kingston upon Thames Liberal Democrats Conservative 28218 Details
Lambeth Labour Labour 359132.00% Details
Lewisham Labour Labour 531 Details
Merton No overall control Labour 203613 [others 3] 41.00% Details
Newham Labour Labour 6040.62% Details
Redbridge No overall control Labour 2535339.70% Details
Richmond upon Thames Conservative Conservative 391546.30% Details
Southwark Labour Labour 24813 Details
Sutton Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats 94542.20% Details
Tower Hamlets Labour No overall control 52218 [others 4] Details
Waltham Forest Labour Labour 164459.22% Details
Wandsworth Conservative Conservative 4119 Details
Westminster Conservative Conservative 441632.35% Details
Totals6121,06011612447

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;

    Overall councillors by party

    Overall councillors by party
    PartySeatsGain/loss
      Labour 1,060+185
      Conservative 612−105
      Liberal Democrats 116−130
      Havering Residents Association 19+7
      Tower Hamlets First 18+18
      UKIP 12+12
     Independent Residents5+1
      Green 4+2
      Merton Park Residents 30
      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 [4] and on 3 July 2014 in Blackwall and Cubitt Town. [5]

    Opinion polling

    Date(s)
    conducted
    Polling organisation/clientSample size Lab Con Lib Dem Grn UKIP OthersLead
    22 May 20142014 elections2,515,07337.6%26.4%10.6%9.8%9.5%6.1%11.2%
    6–8 May 2014 YouGov 1,42240%33%11%2%10%4%7%
    28–29 April 2014 Survation 1,00142%26%14%4%11%3%16%
    6 May 2010 2010 elections 3,733,28932.5%31.7%22.4%6.6%1.1%5.7%0.8%

    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.

    Mayoralty20102014
    Hackney Jules Pipe (Labour) Jules Pipe (Labour)
    Lewisham Sir Steve Bullock (Labour) Sir Steve Bullock (Labour)
    Newham Robin Wales (Labour) Robin Wales (Labour)
    Tower Hamlets Lutfur Rahman (Independent) Lutfur Rahman (Tower Hamlets First)

    Ward result maps

    London-wide

    The map below shows the results for each ward across the whole of Greater London.

    2014 London local elections results map Citywide ward results of the 2014 London local elections.svg
    2014 London local elections results map

    By borough

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