2018 Barnet London Borough Council election

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2018 Barnet London Borough Council election
  2014 3 May 2018 2022  

All 63 seats to Barnet London Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
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LeaderRichard CorneliusBarry Rawlings
Party Conservative Labour
Leader's seatTotteridgeCoppetts
Last election32 seats, 38.6%30 seats, 36.4%
Seats won3825
Seat changeIncrease2.svg6Decrease2.svg5
Popular vote50,34044,159
Percentage44.5%39.0%
SwingIncrease2.svg5.9%Increase2.svg2.7%

Barnet UK local election 2018 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2018 Barnet London Borough council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.

Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2018 Barnet Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Barnet Borough Council in London, England. It took place on the same day as other local elections in 2018. In the last election, the Conservatives won control of the council with 32 seats, compared to 30 for Labour and 1 for the Liberal Democrats. On 15 March 2018, following the resignation of a Conservative councillor, the council was in a state of no overall control. The election on 3 May 2018 saw the Conservatives take back overall control with a majority of 13.

Contents

On 20 September 2019 Gabriel Rozenberg (elected Conservative) joined the Liberal Democrats, citing his opposition to Brexit. [1] On 2 October, he was then followed by Jess Brayne (elected Labour) who also defected to the Liberal Democrats. [2]

Background

At the last election in 2014, the Conservatives were re-elected with a reduced majority. Labour gained 9 seats from the Conservatives, but the Conservatives remained in office as a result of winning 2 seats from the Liberal Democrats in Childs Hill ward.

The Conservatives remained in control of the council with 32 seats until March 2018, when councillor Sury Khatri resigned his membership and role as party whip after being deselected as a Conservative candidate. [3] As a result, the Conservatives lost their majority on the council, leaving them as a minority administration.

Election results

Incumbent councillors are marked with an asterisk *.

Barnet Local Election Result 2018 [4]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 3860+660.344.550,340+5.9
  Labour 2516-539.739.044,159+2.7
  Liberal Democrats 001-10.09.210,415+1.1
  Green 00000.06.37,078-4.6
  Independent 00000.00.4471-0.9
  UKIP 00000.00.1122-2.2
 Others00000.00.6627+0.4

Council composition

Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:

313011
ConservativeLabour

After the election, the composition of the council was:

3825
ConservativeLabour

Results by ward

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Brunswick Park

Brunswick Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roberto Weeden-Sanz 2,586 46.9 +7.6
Conservative Lisa Rutter* 2,517 45.7 +5.9
Labour Kathy Levine* 2,369 43.0 +2.1
Conservative Mukesh Depala2,36242.9+6.4
Labour Andy Palmer2,29341.6+0.9
Labour Clement Magoba2,18439.6+1.5
Green David Farbey4438.0−2.4
Liberal Democrats Clareine Enderby3215.8+0.1
Liberal Democrats Michael Hughes2634.8+0.2
Liberal Democrats Roy Seger2214.0+0.5
Turnout 5,51145.5
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Burnt Oak

Burnt Oak
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sara Conway 2,440 63.3 −0.5
Labour Charlie O'Macauley* 2,321 60.2 +6.1
Labour Ammar Naqvi* 2,320 60.2 +7.2
Conservative Jack Oliver Aaron98525.6+4.0
Conservative Nicole Richer89223.1+2.3
Conservative Ekaterina Dragomirova75519.6+3.8
Green Ben Samuel3649.4−1.5
Liberal Democrats Robin Marks2536.6−0.4
Liberal Democrats Millicent Watkins1874.9−1.0
Liberal Democrats Mosa Zahed1293.3−0.4
Turnout 3,85432.6
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Childs Hill

Childs Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Shimon Ryde* 2,262 39.4 +6.6
Conservative Peter Zinkin* 2,243 39.0 +6.4
Labour Anne Clarke 2,224 38.7 +7.7
Conservative Vanessa Gearson 2,22238.7+5.9
Labour Lisa Pate2,08036.2+6.3
Labour Nigel Young1,87732.7+3.4
Liberal Democrats Jack Cohen*1,27922.3−9.7
Liberal Democrats Susette Palmer1,12619.6−6.3
Liberal Democrats Sachin Patel87615.3−10.1
Green Jemma Ferguson4067.1−3.5
Turnout 5,74444.7
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Colindale

Colindale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nagus Narenthira* 3,121 68.8 +0.4
Labour Gill Sargeant* 2,912 64.2 −1.0
Labour Zakia Zubairi* 2,831 62.4 −0.5
Conservative Jethro Ezimako1,00522.2+6.6
Conservative Anshul Gupta87919.4+4.9
Conservative Sabah Mnili81818.0+4.9
Liberal Democrats Nicola Hargreaves4159.2+5.0
Liberal Democrats Christian Matenaers3758.3+5.5
Liberal Democrats Mubin Mukadam2224.9+2.2
Turnout 4,53431.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Coppetts

Coppetts
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Reema Patel* 2,793 58.6 +10.7
Labour Barry Rawlings* 2,778 58.3 +12.1
Labour Pauline Coakley Webb* 2,767 58.1 +11.4
Conservative Daniel Cohen1,35828.5−3.7
Conservative Luke Stewart1,30027.3−1.4
Conservative Anila Skeja1,24726.2−0.9
Liberal Democrats Julia Hughes49310.3+5.7
Liberal Democrats Alexander Ollier4018.4+4.2
Liberal Democrats Melvyn Rees3818.0+4.8
Turnout 4,76540.0
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

East Barnet

East Barnet
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jo Cooper 2,509 45.2 +2.1
Labour Laurie Williams* 2,509 45.2 +3.4
Conservative Felix Byers 2,429 43.8 +5.1
Labour Philip Cohen*2,39943.2+2.5
Conservative Anne-Marie Pearce**2,36542.6+4.3
Conservative Pavan Pavanakumar2,31041.6+4.4
Green Margaret Curati4989.0−4.0
Liberal Democrats Jon Finlayson3396.1+2.1
Liberal Democrats David Bullen3235.8+2.2
Liberal Democrats Sean Hooker3025.4+1.9
Turnout 5,55247.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Pearce was a councillor for Cockfosters ward in the London Borough of Enfield prior to the election.

East Finchley

East Finchley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arjun Mittra* 3,158 60.5 +6.1
Labour Claire Farrier** 3,151 60.3 +13.6
Labour Alison Moore* 3,094 59.2 +1.7
Conservative Lucy Marks1,17622.5+1.0
Conservative James McKinley1,12321.5+0.6
Conservative Adam Gheasuddin1,07320.5−0.4
Liberal Democrats Joyce Arram54510.4+1.7
Green Noel Lynch4168.0−5.6
Liberal Democrats Diana Iwi3777.2+0.6
Liberal Democrats Jonty Stern 3516.7+1.4
Green Stephen Norman3136.0−6.8
Green David Mellows2875.5−7.3
Turnout 5,22445.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Farrier was a councillor for Burnt Oak ward prior to the election.

Edgware

Edgware
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Gordon* 3,567 68.3 +7.3
Conservative Linda Freedman 3,370 64.6 +11.7
Conservative Sarah Wardle 3,289 63.0 +14.3
Labour Andrea Bilbow1,31125.1−1.3
Labour Amir Khnifess1,07720.6−5.2
Labour Jordan Scammell1,01919.5−6.0
Green Kunal Dhanani-Sumaria4077.8−2.8
Liberal Democrats Stephen Barber2735.2−4.8
Liberal Democrats Maria Manalo2685.1−4.1
Liberal Democrats Jose-Angel Ferrero Tijera2524.8+1.0
Turnout 5,21944.1
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Finchley Church End

Finchley Church End
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Eva Greenspan* 3,429 64.9 +8.5
Conservative Jennifer Grocock 3,192 60.5 +10.4
Conservative Daniel Thomas* 3,050 57.8 +9.6
Labour Karen Walkden1,20022.7−4.9
Labour Debs Heneghan1,16122.0−4.4
Labour Joel Salmon1,14121.6−4.6
Liberal Democrats Rita Landeryou63612.0+5.3
Liberal Democrats Frank Jackman58011.0+5.1
Liberal Democrats Charles Wakefield5179.8+4.9
Turnout 5,28046.9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Garden Suburb

On September 20, 2019, Cllr Gabriel Rozenberg left the Conservatives to join the Liberal Democrats due to their stance on Brexit and the election of Boris Johnson as party leader. [6]

Garden Suburb
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Marshall* 3,481 66.9 +7.8
Conservative Gabriel Rozenberg* 3,442 66.2 +9.9
Conservative Rohit Grover* 3,376 64.9 +9.1
Labour Ruth Levin88016.9−7.5
Labour Mary McGuirk85416.4−7.8
Labour Ben MacKay81515.7−5.0
Liberal Democrats James Dearden63612.2+3.8
Liberal Democrats Penelope Gostyn58311.2+3.3
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Davies57811.1+3.5
Green Rachel Scott Halls4608.8−5.4
Turnout 5,20148.1
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Golders Green

Golders Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dean Cohen* 3,308 66.9 +5.5
Conservative Melvin Cohen* 3,218 65.0 +6.7
Conservative Reuben Thompstone* 3,046 61.6 +15.2
Labour Charles Harvey1,24025.1−0.8
Labour Sue O'Halloran1,12922.8+0.4
Labour Parmodh Sharma1,02820.8−2.0
Green Gillian Ward3577.2−2.1
Liberal Democrats Diana Darrer3116.3+0.1
Liberal Democrats Altan Akbiyik2585.2+1.2
Liberal Democrats Peter Lusher2525.1+1.9
Turnout 4,94843.7
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Hale

Hale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elliot Simberg 3,130 51.9 +11.4
Conservative Lachhya Bahadur Gurung 3,007 49.9 +6.1
Conservative Laithe Jajeh 2,999 49.8 +6.4
Labour Rachel Barker2,34738.9−1.7
Labour Ernest Ambe2,16635.9−4.2
Labour Liron Velleman1,97632.8−4.8
Green Emile Batt4207.0−3.8
Liberal Democrats Michael Goodman3976.6−0.1
Liberal Democrats James Creighton3555.9−0.1
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Jacobs3065.1+0.2
Turnout 6,02649.7
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Hendon

Hendon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Finn* 3,002 62.6 +11.6
Conservative Mark Shooter* 2,950 61.6 +11.5
Conservative Nizza Fluss 2,892 60.4 +12.1
Labour Jenny Brown1,21725.4−3.2
Labour Andreas Ioannidis**1,19224.9−3.0
Labour David Beere1,18524.7−2.0
Green Carmen Legarda3166.6−2.8
Liberal Democrats Jason Moleman2715.7−1.0
Liberal Democrats Henryk Feszczur2525.3−0.5
Liberal Democrats Klevis Krasniqi1633.4−0.9
Duma Polska Malgorzata Zajaczkowska1302.7N/A
Turnout 4,79240.9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
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Map showing the wards of Barnet London Borough Council

Ioannidis was a councillor for Brunswick Park ward prior to the election.

High Barnet

High Barnet
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Wendy Prentice* 2,792 43.9 +2.6
Conservative David Longstaff* 2,764 43.4 +2.3
Conservative Julian Teare 2,605 41.0 ±0.0
Labour Amy Trevethan**2,60441.0+18.0
Labour Ange Balendra2,38637.6+15.0
Labour Paul Lemon2,34436.9+16.9
Liberal Democrats Duncan MacDonald5819.2−7.1
Liberal Democrats Simon Cohen5779.1−4.3
Liberal Democrats Sharmistha Michaels4817.6−4.4
Independent Ken Rowland4717.4N/A
Green Charles Wicksteed4256.7−11.8
Green Nathan Wade3285.2−12.3
Turnout 6,36755.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Trevethan was a councillor for Underhill prior to the election.

Mill Hill

Mill Hill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Val Duschinsky* 3,009 50.7 +11.3
Conservative John Hart* 2,977 50.1 +8.2
Conservative Golnar Bokaei 2,867 48.3 +10.3
Labour Katherine Barker1,55526.2+0.4
Labour Mike Barker1,43124.1−1.0
Labour Kamal Gurung1,30722.0−3.0
Liberal Democrats Richard Logue1,23620.8+6.1
Liberal Democrats Roger Tichborne1,20020.2+9.8
Liberal Democrats Donna Pickup1,04517.6+8.0
Green Michelle Lynch3015.1−5.0
Green Kwatelai Quartey-Papafio1662.8−2.9
Turnout 5,94043.5
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Oakleigh

Oakleigh
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Thomas Smith 2,814 52.0 +10.4
Conservative Stephen Sowerby* 2,774 51.3 +12.1
Conservative Sachin Rajput* 2,768 51.2 +10.4
Labour Angie Hudson1,94335.9+12.0
Labour Nick Mahony1,73432.1+9.0
Labour Paul Probyn1,62930.1+10.1
Green Gabrielle Bailey5359.9−0.5
Liberal Democrats Elisabeth Edgar4217.8+2.7
Liberal Democrats Lisa Smith4207.8+3.8
Liberal Democrats Horora Morrissey3496.5+2.5
Turnout 5,40745.7
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Totteridge

Totteridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alison Cornelius* 2,862 59.5 +7.3
Conservative Caroline Stock* 2,810 58.4 +9.1
Conservative Richard Cornelius* 2,800 58.2 +7.5
Labour Cameron Camina1,29426.9+2.2
Labour Nancy Graterol-Montilla1,19724.9+3.4
Labour Rob Persad1,15023.9+5.1
Liberal Democrats Janice Turner4519.4+1.8
Liberal Democrats Fiona Brickwood4339.0+3.0
Green Jacob Trup3627.5−3.5
Liberal Democrats David Jeremy Keech3226.7+1.7
Green Raymundo Obedencio2364.9−3.7
Turnout 4,80846.5
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Underhill

On February 25, 2019, Cllr Jessica Brayne left the Labour Party over their failure to tackle anti-Semitism and their stance on Brexit. She then joined the Liberal Democrats in September 2019. [7]

Underhill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Edwards* 2,635 51.9 +9.6
Labour Jess Brayne* 2,556 50.4 +10.7
Labour Tim Roberts* 2,447 48.2 +9.8
Conservative Gaynor Bond1,83936.2+2.9
Conservative Lara Akindiji1,76934.9+5.8
Conservative Maximilian Romain1,54730.5+4.8
Liberal Democrats Victor Corney50710.0+5.3
Green Dawn Laughton4679.2−2.0
Liberal Democrats Gerard Fitzgerald2825.6+2.1
Liberal Democrats Eunice Phillips2805.5+2.2
Green Brigitte Guile2785.5−5.2
Turnout 5,07443.0
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

West Finchley

West Finchley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ross Houston* 2,326 49.3 −0.7
Labour Kath McGuirk* 2,279 48.3 +0.6
Labour Danny Rich 2,069 43.8 −4.5
Conservative Afshan Smith1,56333.1+2.2
Conservative Doron Jacobs1,51832.2+3.0
Conservative Ajantha Tennakoon1,42430.2+6.1
Women's Equality Amanda Shribman49710.5N/A
Liberal Democrats Carolina Revilla Garcia4289.1+3.2
Green John Colmans4188.9−3.5
Green David Burns3948.3−1.6
Liberal Democrats Thomas Darrer3577.6+2.2
Liberal Democrats Ronald Finlay3186.7+2.0
Turnout 4,71943.6
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

West Hendon

West Hendon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Saira Don 2,196 45.4 +10.3
Conservative Alex Prager 2,155 44.5 +10.1
Conservative Helene Richman 2,130 44.0 +12.0
Labour Agnes Slocombe*2,07842.9+1.7
Labour Humayune Khalick2,07442.9+1.2
Labour Adam Langleben*2,01441.6−0.7
Green Miriam Green2996.2−0.7
Liberal Democrats Daniel Churchus2645.5+1.4
Liberal Democrats Michael Lees2384.9+1.1
Liberal Democrats David Watson1843.8±0.0
Turnout 4,84041.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Woodhouse

Woodhouse
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anne Hutton* 2,915 54.8 +7.4
Labour Geof Cooke* 2,796 52.6 +6.5
Labour Alan Schneiderman* 2,677 50.3 +8.6
Conservative Mark Higgins1,54729.1±0.0
Conservative James Marlow1,51428.5+1.3
Conservative Simon Shaer1,49928.2+1.6
Green Diane Burstein54110.2−2.0
Liberal Democrats Tanya Spensley4117.7+3.3
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Landau3666.9+2.6
Green Nicole Onyeche3546.7−4.3
Green Gardi Vaswani3165.9−3.6
Liberal Democrats Dara Vakili2544.8+0.9
UKIP Karl Khan1222.3−8.8
Turnout 5,32042.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

By-elections between 2018 and 2022

[8]

East Barnet

East Barnet by-election, 6 May 2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nicole Richer 2,549 43.8 +1.2
Labour Linda Lusingu2,25738.8−6.4
Green Gabrielle Bailey5479.4+0.4
Liberal Democrats Sean Hooker4157.1+1.7
For Britain Alex Merola490.8New
Majority 2925.0N/A
Total votes5,817 50.1 Increase2.svg3.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Edgware

Edgware by-election, 6 May 2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nick Mearing-Smith 3,427 62.5 −5.8
Labour Andrea Bilbow1,45626.6+1.5
Green Sam Murray3436.3−0.7
Liberal Democrats Roger Tichborne2544.6−2.0
Majority 1,97135.9−7.3
Total votes5,535 44.2 +0.1
Conservative hold Swing

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