2014 Westminster City Council election

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2014 Westminster City Council election
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All 60 seats to Westminster City Council
31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout32.3% [1]
 First partySecond party
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Party Conservative Labour
Last election48 seats12 seats
Seats won4416
Seat changeDecrease2.svg4Increase2.svg4
Popular vote20,71916,969
Percentage41.0%33.5%
2014 Westminster Borough Council Election Results Map.svg
2014 Westminster Borough Council Election Results Map Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.
Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2014 Westminster City Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Westminster City Council in England. [2] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Contents

Overall results

The Conservatives retained control of the council, winning 44 seats (-4). Labour won 16 seats (+4), gaining all 3 seats in Churchill ward and 1 in Maida Vale from the Conservatives. [2]

Westminster City Council Election Result 2014 [3]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 4404-473.341.020,719
  Labour 1640+426.733.516,969
  Green 00000.013.56,845
  Liberal Democrats 00000.06.33,200
  UKIP 00000.03.91,981
  Independent 00000.01.7877

Ward results

The percentage of vote share and majority are based on the average for each party's votes in each ward. The raw majority number is the margin of votes between the lowest-placed winning party candidate and the opposition party's highest-placed losing candidate. Starred candidates are the incumbents.

Abbey Road

Abbey Road (3) [1] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lindsey Hall * 1,277 63.5
Conservative Judith Warner * 1,248 62.1
Conservative Peter Freeman 1,247 62.0
Labour Katharine Hoskyns48724.2
Labour Peter Denton42921.3
Labour Angelo Sommariva35917.9
Green Emmanuelle Tandy26513.2
Liberal Democrats Tilly Boulter22111.0
Majority 76037.8
Turnout 553330.9−25.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Bayswater

Bayswater (3) [1] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Connell * 901 44.6
Conservative Richard Holloway 815 40.4
Conservative Suhail Rahuja * 795 39.4
Liberal Democrats Anthony Williams50825.2
Liberal Democrats Yuval Zommer48424.0
Labour Lauren Kay-Lambert47223.4
Labour Nathan Bennett45022.3
Labour Hussain Ahmed40620.1
Liberal Democrats Mark Blackburn39919.8
Green Louisa Acciari37618.6
Majority 28714.2
Turnout 560630.9−25.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Bryanston and Dorset Square

Bryanston and Dorset Square (3) [1] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Audrey Lewis * 1,207 59.1
Conservative Richard Beddoe * 1,180 57.8
Conservative Adnan Mohammed 1,049 51.4
Labour Brenda Buxton46822.9
Labour Derek Buckland41520.3
Labour Mair Garside 39119.1
Green Jennifer Nadel 38118.7
Liberal Democrats Nicola Browne28614.0
Liberal Democrats Roger Lockyer24011.8
Majority 58128.5
Turnout 561729.4−19.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Church Street

Church Street (3) [1] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Barbara Grahame * 1,854 68.4
Labour Aziz Toki * 1,602 59.1
Labour Vincenzo Rampulla 1,597 58.9
Conservative Isobel Bradley49518.3
Conservative Rachid Boufas44916.6
Conservative Lauren Hankinson44816.5
Green Marta Enflo36213.4
Majority 110240.6
Turnout 680734.8−15.0
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Churchill

Churchill (3) [1] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Murad Gassanly 1,187 47.2
Labour Shamim Talukder 1,172 46.6
Labour Jason Williams 1,095 43.6
Conservative Andrew Havery *105141.8
Conservative Jacqui Wilkinson101840.5
Conservative Alex Pierre-Traves98139.0
Green George Mackie30812.3
Independent Muhammad Uddin25110.0
Liberal Democrats David Ewen1757.0
Liberal Democrats Rhoda Torres1757.0
Majority 441.8
Turnout 741341.8−15.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

In July 2017, Murad Gassanly defected from Labour to the Conservative Party. This meant he sat as a Conservative councillor. [5]

Harrow Road

Harrow Road (3) [1] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ruth Bush * 1,788 70.3
Labour Guthrie McKie * 1,493 58.7
Labour Nilavra Mukerji * 1,415 55.6
Conservative Grazyna Green54621.5
Green Roc Sandford46418.2
Conservative Aline Nassif40616.0
Conservative Hartej Singh34913.7
UKIP Russ Kitching30812.1
Majority 86934.1
Turnout 676932.9−25.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Hyde Park

Hyde Park (3) [1] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Heather Acton * 1,115 58.8
Conservative Antonia Cox * 1,114 58.8
Conservative JP Floru * 950 50.1
Labour Charles Mannan56529.8
Labour Firase Morgan49326.0
Labour Thomas Stephens42122.2
Green Mark Cridge26113.8
UKIP Tara Collins20210.7
Majority 38520.3
Turnout 512126.6−6.4
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Results are compared with the 2010 election, not the 2012 by-election.

Knightsbridge and Belgravia

Knightsbridge and Belgravia (3) [1] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philippa Roe * 1,158 77.9
Conservative Rachael Robathan * 1,138 76.5
Conservative Tony Devenish * 1,114 74.9
Green Thomas Bewley22815.3
Labour Rosalyn Buckland18612.5
Labour Joseph Blenkinsop15410.4
Labour Thomas Williams1278.5
Majority 88659.6
Turnout 410526.3−16.4
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Lancaster Gate

Lancaster Gate (3) [1] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Susie Burbridge * 1,262 58.6
Conservative Robert Davis * 1,152 53.5
Conservative Andrew Smith * 1,104 51.2
Labour Dafydd Elis50923.6
Labour Liz Whitmore50023.2
Labour Angela Piddock49623.0
Green Nicholas Figgis34015.8
Liberal Democrats Sue Baring31414.6
Liberal Democrats Thoby Kennet22910.6
Majority 59527.6
Turnout 590629.9−20.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Little Venice

Little Venice (3) [1] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Melvyn Caplan * 1,102 51.4
Conservative Ian Adams * 1,076 50.2
Conservative Barbara Arzymanow 1,075 50.2
Labour Sue Wolff69532.4
Labour Betty Moini68031.7
Labour Aicha Less66431.0
Green Lynnet Pready34616.2
Liberal Democrats Bahram Alimoradian1697.9
Liberal Democrats Roberto Ekholm1577.3
Majority 38017.8
Turnout 596432.5−25.1
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Maida Vale

Maida Vale (3) [1] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jan Prendergast * 1,222 49.9
Labour Rita Begum 1,063 43.4
Conservative Thomas Crockett 1,063 43.4
Conservative Frixos Tombolis90236.8
Labour Eram Ayub88936.3
Labour Romena Toki86135.2
Green Peter Duke39916.3
Liberal Democrats Peter Welch28811.8
Majority 1616.6
Turnout 668735.8−22.0
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Marylebone High Street

Marylebone High Street (3) [1] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Iain Bott * 1,199 64.8
Conservative Ian Rowley * 1,145 61.9
Conservative Karen Scarborough 1,075 58.1
Labour Madge Cavalla34318.5
Labour Owain Garside31517.0
Green Hugh Small30616.5
Labour Peter Cavalla27514.9
Liberal Democrats Alistair Barr22011.9
Liberal Democrats Sally Sampson1829.8
Liberal Democrats Haude Lannon1276.9
Majority 73239.6
Turnout 518728.8−19.5
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Results are compared with the 2010 election, not the 2013 by-election.

Queen's Park

Queen's Park (3) [1] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patricia McAllister * 1,921 69.9
Labour Paul Dimoldenberg * 1,844 67.1
Labour Barrie Taylor * 1,805 65.7
Conservative Matthew Green54519.8
Green Jurgen Huber45416.5
Conservative Abdul Ahad40314.7
Conservative Eliza Richardson38514.0
Majority 126045.9
Turnout 686635.4−23.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Regent's Park

Regent's Park (3) [1] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Daniel Astaire * 1,215 54.2
Conservative Robert Rigby * 1,187 52.9
Conservative Gotz Mohindra 1,042 46.5
Labour Dorothy Edwin80035.7
Labour Ahmed Hamid67730.2
Labour Nicholas Luder66729.8
Green Jacqueline Dent32414.5
Liberal Democrats Herbert Hartwell2199.8
Majority 24210.8
Turnout 613131.2−19.6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

St James's

St James's (3) [1] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Louise Hyams * 1,038 48.5
Conservative Timothy Mitchell * 1,011 47.2
Conservative Cameron Thomson * 955 44.6
Labour David Lumby59127.6
Labour Tim Roca 53925.2
Labour Fraser Welsh47522.2
Green Juliet Lyle33515.6
UKIP Silvia Le Marchant29914.0
Liberal Democrats Steven Cheung 22810.6
Liberal Democrats Paul Pettinger2069.6
Liberal Democrats Paul Thompson1918.9
Majority 36417.0
Turnout 586829.6−19.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Tachbrook

Tachbrook (3) [1] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nick Evans * 1,103 50.0
Conservative Angela Harvey * 1,095 49.6
Conservative Peter Cuthbertson 1,093 49.5
Labour Gillian Guy56825.7
Labour Joe Darrall53724.3
Labour William Thomson49322.3
UKIP Krystal Painter27412.4
Green Conrad Rubin26812.1
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Armstrong23110.5
Liberal Democrats Pippa Johnson2009.1
Liberal Democrats Tim Mougenot1326.0
Majority 52523.8
Turnout 599437.4−21.4
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Vincent Square

Vincent Square (3) [1] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Harvey * 1,364 52.1
Conservative Danny Chalkley * 1,305 49.8
Conservative Steve Summers * 1,256 48.0
Labour Sarah Macri78930.1
Labour Peter Heap75828.9
Labour Alen Mathewson68626.2
Green Katherine Harrison44817.1
UKIP Peter Benmax32712.5
Independent Wilfried Rimensberger27910.7
Majority 46717.9
Turnout 721236.5−19.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Warwick

Warwick (3) [1] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nickie Aiken * 1,419 60.6
Conservative Edward Argar * 1,323 56.5
Conservative Christabel Flight * 1,257 53.7
Labour Georgina Newson51722.1
Labour Nurul Islam45219.3
Labour Andrew Taylor44919.2
Green Benjamin Parker29012.4
UKIP Jonathan Munday26511.3
Liberal Democrats Keith Dugmore1898.1
Liberal Democrats Jane Smithard1817.7
Liberal Democrats Mark Platt1667.1
Majority 74032.6
Turnout 650835.4−20.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

West End

West End (3) [1] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Church 1,027 54.9
Conservative Glenys Roberts * 914 48.9
Conservative Jonathan Glanz * 865 46.3
Labour Katherine Cook45324.2
Labour Michael Dumigan43523.3
Labour Damian Dewhirst39321.0
Independent Andrew Murray34718.6
Green Anton Humphrey30916.5
Liberal Democrats Alan Ravenscroft1528.1
Liberal Democrats Sophie Sperry1457.8
Majority 41222.1
Turnout 504029.9−19.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Westbourne

Westbourne (3) [1] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Boothroyd * 1,713 67.2
Labour Adam Hug * 1,695 66.4
Labour Papya Qureshi * 1,563 61.3
Conservative Richard Clode47318.5
Conservative Henry Shelford40215.8
Conservative Iheoma Oteh39815.6
Green Ludovic Hunter-Tilney38114.9
UKIP Maggie Casey30612.0
Majority 109042.8
Turnout 693132.1−20.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

2014-2018 by-elections

Warwick by-election, 7 May 2015 [6] [7] [note 1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jacqui Wilkinson 2,397 62.7 +10.2
Labour Sophia Eglin1,21631.8+13.2
UKIP Mohammad Ali2075.4−5.0
Majority 1,18130.9−3.0
Turnout 3,86257.92+22.5
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Edward Argar.

Harrow Road by-election, 23 July 2015 [8] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tim Roca 1,139 75.4 +18.9
Conservative Wilford Augustus33422.1+6.4
UKIP Jill De Quincey382.5−8.6
Majority 80553.3+13.5
Turnout 1,51119.4−13.5
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Nilavra Mukerji.

Bryanston and Dorset Square by-election, 22 October 2015 [9] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julia Alexander 582 49.7 −2.0
Baker Street: No Two WaysSteve Dollond21818.6+18.6
Labour Ananthi Paskaralingam16714.3−4.9
Green Hugh Small1169.9−7.3
Liberal Democrats Martin Thompson463.9−8.0
UKIP Jill De Quincey423.6+3.6
Majority 36431.1−1.4
Turnout 1,17117.9−11.5
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the death of Cllr Audrey Lewis.

Church Street by-election, 5 May 2016 [10] [7] [note 2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Aicha Less 2,174 70.3 +3.2
Conservative Rachid Boufas51216.6−1.9
Liberal Democrats Alistair Barr2056.6+6.6
UKIP Jill De Quincey1755.7+5.7
Pirate Andreas Habeland260.8+0.8
Majority 1,66253.7+5.1
Turnout 3,15145+10.2
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Vincenzo Rampulla.

See also

References

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  2. 1 2 "England council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  3. ↑ Teale, Andrew. "2014 - Westminster". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "2014 Westminster City Council Election Results". Westminster City Council. Westminster City Council. 15 May 2014. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  5. ↑ "Former Labour councillor Murad Gassanly joins Tories". West End Extra. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  6. ↑ "Warwick Ward By-Elections - 7 May 2015". Westminster City Council. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Colombeau, Joseph. "London Borough Council Elections 3 May 2018" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  8. ↑ "Harrow Road Ward By Election - Thursday 23 July 2015". Westminster City Council. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  9. ↑ "Bryanston and Dorset Square by-election - Thursday 22 October 2015". Westminster City Council. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  10. ↑ "5 May 2016 - Church Street Ward by-election results". Westminster City Council. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2018.

Notes

  1. ↑ This was the same day as the 2015 general election.
  2. ↑ This was the same day as the 2016 London mayoral election.
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