2014 Tandridge District Council election

Map of the results of the 2014 Tandridge District Council election. Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in grey were not contested in 2014.

The 2014 Tandridge District Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Tandridge District Council in Surrey, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. ^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 34
• Liberal Democrats 6
• Independent 2 ^[2]

Election result

There was no change in the party composition of the council, with the Conservatives holding all 13 seats they had been defending, while the Liberal Democrats held the other seat contested in Warlingham East, Chelsham and Farleigh. ^[3] This left the Conservatives with 34 councillors, compared to 6 for the Liberal Democrats and 2 independents. ^[4] Overall turnout at the election was 42.57%. ^[5]

The UK Independence Party failed to win any seats, but came second in 10 of the 14 seats contested. ^[6] They reduced the Conservative majority in many of the wards, coming closest to taking a seat in Godstone, which was held by the Conservatives with a majority of 68 votes. ^[4] There was only one new councillor elected, with Maureen Young holding the Conservative seat in Dormansland and Felcourt that had been held by fellow Conservative Michael Sydney before he stood down at the election. ^[7]

Tandridge local election result 2014 ^{[2] [5]}

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	13	0	0	0	92.9	46.3	9,537	-3.5%
	Liberal Democrats	1	0	0	0	7.1	18.2	3,750	-6.3%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	25.6	5,264	+9.1%
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	9.9	2,032	+2.8%
	English Democrat	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	15	+0.1%

Ward results

Bletchingley and Nutfield ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Elias	926	51.7	-4.3
	UKIP	Ian Crabb	500	27.9	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Fowler	189	10.5	-8.8
	Labour	Linda Baharier	162	9.0	+9.0
	English Democrat	Daniel Beddoes	15	0.8	+0.8
Majority			426	23.8	-7.5
Turnout			1,792	42.3	+10.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Burstow, Horne and Outwood ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Bond	910	50.7	-11.3
	UKIP	Mark Fowler	573	31.9	+10.8
	Labour	Stephen Case-Green	184	10.2	-6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ingrid De Boer	129	7.2	+7.2
Majority			337	18.8	-22.1
Turnout			1,796	41.6	+11.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dormansland and Felcourt ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maureen Young	676	56.9	-13.9
	UKIP	Ron Palmer	318	26.7	+15.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ron Hardisty	195	16.4	-1.8
Majority			358	30.1	-22.5
Turnout			1,189	41.0	-8.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Godstone ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rose Thorn	708	40.9	-16.3
	UKIP	Richard Grant	640	37.0	-5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Colin White	247	14.3	+14.3
	Labour	Sarah MacDonnell	136	7.9	+7.9
Majority			68	3.9	-10.4
Turnout			1,731	42.3	+12.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harestone ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Beverley Connolly	621	50.6	-12.7
	UKIP	Martin Ferguson	268	21.8	+6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Alun Jones	193	15.7	-5.2
	Labour	John Burgess	146	11.9	+11.9
Majority			353	28.7	-13.7
Turnout			1,228	41.3	+7.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Limpsfield ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Pannett	774	58.4	-7.8
	UKIP	Roger Watts	276	20.8	+12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sheelagh Crampton	195	14.7	-10.9
	Labour	Michael Vogt	80	6.0	+6.0
Majority			498	37.6	-3.0
Turnout			1,325	48.8	-9.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lingfield and Crowhurst ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Perkins	687	55.2	+55.2
	UKIP	David Milne	319	25.6	+4.3
	Labour	Rebecca Pritchard	123	9.9	+9.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Martin	116	9.3	+9.3
Majority			368	29.6
Turnout			1,245	39.5	-9.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Oxted North and Tandridge ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Weightman	1,033	51.1	-2.2
	UKIP	Christopher Dean	421	20.8	+7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Paterson	356	17.6	+1.2
	Labour	Sarah-Jane Wilkinson	211	10.4	+1.6
Majority			612	30.3	-6.6
Turnout			2,021	46.7	+9.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Oxted South ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry Compton	732	39.5	-5.3
	Labour	Barbara Harling	527	28.5	-1.8
	UKIP	Colin Poland	409	22.1	+8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Wingate	183	9.9	+3.3
Majority			205	11.1	-3.4
Turnout			1,851	43.2	+4.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Queens Park ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rod Stead	543	42.5	-0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Pugh	401	31.4	-8.8
	UKIP	Kim Minter	241	18.9	+8.0
	Labour	Peter McNeil	92	7.2	+1.2
Majority			142	11.1	+8.5
Turnout			1,277	45.2	+3.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warlingham East and Chelsham and Farleigh ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Morrow	743	39.7	-5.3
	UKIP	Martin Haley	521	27.9	+11.7
	Conservative	Tony Roberts	506	27.1	-11.6
	Labour	John Watts	100	5.3	+5.3
Majority			222	11.9	+5.6
Turnout			1,870	45.9	+9.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Warlingham West ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Glynis Whittle	593	51.6	-11.0
	UKIP	John Hill	319	27.7	+13.4
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Morrow	238	20.7	-2.4
Majority			274	23.8	-15.7
Turnout			1,150	43.6	+8.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Westway ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eithne Webster	358	35.1	+12.4
	Liberal Democrats	Costel Petre	265	26.0	-29.2
	UKIP	Tony Baker	243	23.8	+15.0
	Labour	Robin Clements	155	15.2	+1.9
Majority			93	9.1
Turnout			1,021	34.5	+4.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whyteleafe ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sakina Bradbury	470	42.6	-5.6
	Liberal Democrats	David Lee	300	27.2	-12.5
	UKIP	Peter Gerlach	216	19.6	+7.5
	Labour	Mark Bristow	116	10.5	+10.5
Majority			170	15.4	+6.9
Turnout			1,102	38.0	+3.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-elections between 2014 and 2015

A by-election was held in Whyteleafe on 1 April 2015 following the disqualification of Conservative Cllr Tom Dempsey for not attending any meetings of the council in six months. ^[8]

David Lee gained the seat for the Liberal Democrats. ^[9]

Whyteleafe by-election 1 April 2015 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Lee	393	50.0	+22.8
	Conservative	Peter Sweeney	274	34.9	-7.7
	UKIP	Martin Ferguson	119	15.1	-4.5
Majority			119	15.1
Turnout			786	26.4	-11.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

References

1. "Tandridge". BBC News Online . Retrieved 9 March 2015.
2. "Results Elections 2014". The Times . NewsBank. 24 May 2014. pp. 88–89.
3. Martin, Guy (23 May 2014). "Local elections 2014: Tandridge District Council". getSurrey. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
4. Haran, Brian (29 May 2014). "Tandridge remains true blue in district elections". Surrey Mirror. NewsBank. p. 8.
5. "Tandridge District Council". Tandridge District Council. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
6. "UKIP remain positive after winning no Tandridge district seats". Surrey Mirror. NewsBank. 29 May 2014. p. 8.
7. Gilbert, Jo (28 May 2014). "Tories hold onto 13 seats seats at Tandridge District Council elections". East Grinstead Courier. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
8. "Lib Dem David Lee wins Whyteleafe By election". The Caterham & District Independent online. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
9. "Whyteleafe District By Election". Tandridge District Council. Retrieved 2 April 2015.