2018 Westminster City Council election

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2018 Westminster City Council election
  2014 3 May 2018 2022  

All 60 seats to Westminster City Council
31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout37.98% [1]
 First partySecond party
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Party Conservative Labour
Last election44 seats, 41.0%16 seats, 33.5%
Seats won4119
Seat changeDecrease2.svg3Increase2.svg3
Popular vote22,65621,733
Percentage42.8%41.1%
SwingIncrease2.svg1.8%Increase2.svg7.6%

2018 Westminster Borough Council Election Results Map.svg
2018 Westminster Borough Council election results map. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2018 Westminster City Council election was held on 3 May 2018, the same day as other London Boroughs. All 60 seats were up for election [2] along with the 12 seats of Queen's Park Community Council, the parish council in the north west of the city. Despite initial expectations of Labour gains across the borough, the Conservative party were able to hold the council and only lost three seats. [3] [4] The Conservatives won the popular vote across the borough by a small margin of 923 votes (1.7%), but nonetheless won a decisive victory in terms of seats, winning 41 councillors to Labour's 19.

Contents

The Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats all ran full slates of 60 candidates. There were also candidates from the Greens, as well as three from the Campaign Against Pedestrianisation of Oxford Street.

The count took place in Lindley Hall and ran overnight.

Result

Westminster local election result 2018 [5]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 4114-368.342.822,656+1.8
  Labour 1941+331.741.121,733+7.6
  Liberal Democrats 00000.09.44,955+3.0
  Green 00000.04.22,237-9.3
  Independent 00000.00.3164-1.4
 Others00000.02.21,137+2.2

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) [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lindsey Hall * 1,542 65.2 +1.7
Conservative Peter Freeman * 1,503 63.6 +1.6
Conservative Judith Warner * 1,480 62.6 +0.5
Labour Phillida Inman48020.3−3.9
Labour Sam Gardner47920.3−1.0
Labour Connor Jones40217.0−0.9
Liberal Democrats Helen Davies29412.4+1.4
Green Emmanuelle Tandy2129.0−4.2
Liberal Democrats Seth Weisz2038.6N/A
Liberal Democrats Peter Toeman1938.2N/A
Majority 100042.3
Turnout 678837.0+6.1
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Bayswater

Bayswater (3) [6] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maggie Carman 1,018 39.6 +16.2
Conservative Francis Elcho 1,013 39.4 −5.2
Conservative Emily Payne 1,011 39.4 ±0.0
Conservative Richard Holloway *93736.5−3.9
Labour Dafydd Elis91635.7+13.2
Labour Max Sullivan85133.1+13.0
Liberal Democrats Phillip Kerle53220.7−4.5
Liberal Democrats Sarah Ryan50919.8−4.2
Liberal Democrats Patrick Ryan44917.5−2.3
Green Lionel Fry2339.1−9.5
Majority 742.9
Turnout 746939.7+9.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Bryanston and Dorset Square

Bryanston and Dorset Square (3) [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Beddoe * 1,137 51.8 −6.0
Conservative Barbara Arzymanow 1,069 48.7 −10.4
Conservative Eoghain Murphy 986 44.9 −6.5
Labour Rima Horton 58526.6+3.7
Labour Mohamed Hammeda47321.5+1.2
Labour Neil Taylor45520.7+1.6
Campaign Against Pedestrianisation of Oxford StreetKevin Coyne45220.6N/A
Liberal Democrats Nicola Browne35116.0+2.0
Liberal Democrats Thierry Serero28012.8+1.0
Green Michael Fry27912.7−6.0
Liberal Democrats Martin Thompson2109.6N/A
Majority 40118.3
Turnout 627739.7+3.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Results are compared with the 2014 council election, not the 2015 by-election.

Church Street

Church Street (3) [8] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Aicha Less * 1,796 73.5 +5.1
Labour Abdul Toki * 1,739 71.1 +12.0
Labour Matt Noble 1,727 70.6 +11.7
Conservative Margot Bright41817.1−1.2
Conservative Adam Dean38115.6−0.9
Conservative Rachid Boufas35814.6−2.0
Green David Blyth1767.2−6.2
Liberal Democrats Mathieu Primot1214.9N/A
Liberal Democrats Rachel Jagger1204.9N/A
Liberal Democrats Andrew Shaylor843.4N/A
Majority 130953.5
Turnout 692033.5−1.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Results are compared with the 2014 council election, not the 2016 by-election.

Churchill

Churchill (3) [1] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shamim Talukder * 1,303 44.6 −2.0
Labour Andrea Mann 1,281 43.9 −3.3
Conservative Murad Gassanly * 1,243 42.6 −4.6
Labour Jason Williams *1,23442.2−1.4
Conservative Shaista Miah1,20841.4+0.9
Conservative Bota Hopkinson1,18240.5+1.5
Liberal Democrats Richard Bath2237.6+0.6
Liberal Democrats Keith Dugmore1986.8−0.2
Liberal Democrats Omar Hegazi1685.8N/A
IndependentMuhammad Uddin1645.6−4.4
Majority 90.4
Turnout 820445.6+3.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Murad Gassanly was elected in 2014 as a Labour Party candidate, before becoming an Independent and then joining the Conservative Party. The change in his share of the vote is shown from his result as a Labour candidate in 2014.

Harrow Road

Harrow Road (3) [1] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ruth Bush * 2,023 74.9 +4.6
Labour Guthrie McKie * 1,804 66.8 +8.1
Labour Tim Roca * 1,660 61.5 +5.9
Conservative Grazyna Green46117.1−4.4
Conservative Aled Rhys Jones41415.3−0.7
Conservative Thomas Weekenborg38614.3+0.6
Green Roc Sandford34712.9−5.3
Liberal Democrats Michael Griffin1826.7N/A
Liberal Democrats Kevin Greenan1796.6N/A
Liberal Democrats Dorothy Newman1756.5N/A
Majority 119944.4
Turnout 763134.4+1.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Results are compared with the 2014 council election, not the 2015 by-election.

Hyde Park

Hyde Park (3) [12] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Antonia Cox * 1,104 52.0 −6.8
Conservative Ian Adams 1,100 51.8 +1.7
Conservative Heather Acton * 1,093 51.5 −7.3
Labour Barbara Hainsworth67431.7+1.9
Labour Judith Southern65430.8+4.0
Labour David Lumby59828.2+6.0
Liberal Democrats Sian Morgan26312.4N/A
Green Alex Horn23911.3−2.5
Liberal Democrats Valentine Moscovici21210.0N/A
Liberal Democrats Roy Yaghi2019.5N/A
Majority 41919.8
Turnout 613831.3+4.7
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Knightsbridge and Belgravia

Knightsbridge and Belgravia (3) [12] > [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tony Devenish * 1,176 79.4 +4.5
Conservative Elizabeth Hitchcock 1,164 78.6 +0.7
Conservative Rachael Robathan * 1,144 77.2 +0.7
Liberal Democrats Rosamund Durnford-Slater15810.7N/A
Labour Marini Thorne15310.3−2.2
Labour Peter Heap15210.3−0.1
Labour James Thomson1359.1+0.6
Liberal Democrats Chas Foulds1268.5N/A
Liberal Democrats Jonah Weisz936.3N/A
Majority 98666.5
Turnout 430134.5+8.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Lancaster Gate

Lancaster Gate (3) [14] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Susie Burbridge * 1,318 49.6 −9.0
Conservative Robert Davis * 1,226 46.2 −7.3
Conservative Andrew Smith * 1,223 46.1 −5.1
Labour Angela Piddock99237.2+14.2
Labour Liz Whitmore96736.3+13.1
Labour Simon Wyatt85232.0+8.4
Liberal Democrats Sue Baring45617.1+2.5
Liberal Democrats Sally Gray37614.1N/A
Liberal Democrats Nathalie Ubilava32112.0N/A
Majority 2318.9
Turnout 773138.1+9.1
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Little Venice

Little Venice (3) [14] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Melvyn Caplan * 1,479 50.4 −1.0
Conservative Lorraine Dean 1,422 48.5 −1.7
Conservative Matthew Green 1,354 46.1 −4.1
Labour Sue Wolff1,17740.1+7.7
Labour Iman Less1,14839.1+7.4
Labour Murad Qureshi 1,12738.4+7.4
Liberal Democrats Marianne Magnin30710.5+2.6
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Hurdis2759.4N/A
Liberal Democrats Roberto Ekholm2649.0+1.7
Majority 1776.0
Turnout 855344.3+11.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Maida Vale

Maida Vale (3) [14] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Geoff Barraclough 1,306 47.9 +11.6
Labour Rita Begum * 1,301 47.8 +4.4
Labour Nafsika Butler-Thalassis 1,254 46.0 +10.8
Conservative Jan Prendergast *1,19543.9−6.0
Conservative Amanda Langford1,08439.8−3.6
Conservative Nathan Parsad1,07939.6+2.8
Green Lynnet Pready2469.0−7.3
Liberal Democrats Haude Polner2027.4−4.4
Liberal Democrats Michael Cox1605.9N/A
Liberal Democrats Charles Goodman1575.8N/A
Majority 592.1
Turnout 798440.8+5.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Marylebone High Street

Marylebone High Street (3) [14] < [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Iain Bott * 1,181 59.2 −5.6
Conservative Ian Rowley * 1,147 57.5 −4.4
Conservative Karen Scarborough * 1,101 55.2 −2.9
Labour Florence Kettle39519.8+1.3
Labour Barbara Johnston38319.2+2.2
Labour Cheyenne Angel38119.1+4.2
Campaign Against Pedestrianisation of Oxford StreetMichael Dunn35517.8N/A
Liberal Democrats Alistair Barr25012.5+0.6
Liberal Democrats Andrew Byrne22911.5+1.7
Liberal Democrats Stefan Nardi-Hiebl1959.8+2.9
Green Zack Polanski 1658.3−8.2
Majority 70635.4
Turnout 578234.7+5.9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Queen's Park

Queen's Park (3) [17] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patricia McAllister * 2,248 76.4 +6.5
Labour Paul Dimoldenberg * 2,210 75.1 +8.0
Labour Hamza Taouzzale 2,038 69.3 +3.6
Conservative Sarah Rick-Harris47216.0−3.8
Conservative Timothy Cohen41814.2−0.5
Conservative Laila Dupuy 39113.3−0.7
Liberal Democrats Andrew New2207.5N/A
Liberal Democrats Jane Smithard1936.6N/A
Liberal Democrats Robert Cottrell1916.5N/A
Majority 156653.3
Turnout 838136.2+0.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Regent's Park

Regent's Park (3) [17] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Rigby * 1,445 52.7 −0.2
Conservative Gotz Mohindra * 1,403 51.1 +4.6
Conservative Paul Swaddle 1,394 50.8 −3.4
Labour Janet Seale1,00436.6+0.9
Labour Hussain Ahmed94634.5+4.3
Labour Liam Taggart94534.4+4.6
Liberal Democrats Kathryn Kerle2368.6−1.2
Green Vivien Lichtenstein2047.4−7.1
Liberal Democrats Julian Sims1967.1N/A
Liberal Democrats Sam Peterson1917.0N/A
Majority 39014.2
Turnout 796440.3+9.1
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

St James's

St James's (3) [19] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Shearer 1,398 52.5 +7.9
Conservative Louise Hyams * 1,376 51.7 +3.2
Conservative Tim Mitchell * 1,373 51.5 +4.3
Labour Georgina Newson85432.1+4.5
Labour Dorothy Edwin83031.2+6.0
Labour Zayna Ali81530.6+8.4
Liberal Democrats Gabrielle Ward-Smith32112.0+1.4
Liberal Democrats Paul Diggory31111.7+2.1
Green Sean Ironside2358.8−6.8
Liberal Democrats Freddie Poser2328.7−0.2
Majority 51919.4
Turnout 774537.1+7.5
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Tachbrook

Tachbrook (3) [19] [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Angela Harvey * 1,409 52.1 +2.5
Conservative Jim Glen 1,400 51.8 +1.8
Conservative James Spencer 1,326 49.1 −0.4
Labour Gillian Arrindell1,05138.9+13.2
Labour Terry Harper1,00837.3+13.0
Labour William Thomson95135.2+12.9
Liberal Democrats Sarah Tebbit2368.7−1.8
Liberal Democrats Sophie Service2107.8−1.3
Liberal Democrats Paul Pettinger2097.7+1.7
Majority 27510.2
Turnout 780047.3+9.9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Vincent Square

Vincent Square (3) [21] [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Harvey * 1,679 50.9 −1.2
Conservative Danny Chalkley * 1,594 48.3 −1.5
Conservative Selina Short 1,579 47.9 −0.1
Labour Justin Jones1,26338.3+8.2
Labour Henry Tufnell 1,15535.0+6.1
Labour Ananthi Paskaralingam1,14834.8+8.6
Green Stephanie Landymore3269.9−7.2
Liberal Democrats Andrew Rogers2718.2N/A
Liberal Democrats James Morgan2658.0N/A
Liberal Democrats Russell Kirk2477.5N/A
Majority 3169.6
Turnout 952745.4+8.9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Warwick

Warwick (3) [21] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nickie Aiken * 1,575 61.8 +1.2
Conservative Jacqui Wilkinson * 1,473 57.8 +1.3
Conservative Christabel Flight * 1,439 56.5 +2.8
Labour Shelly Asquith71628.1+6.0
Labour Bren Albiston69227.1+7.8
Labour Andrew Taylor64825.4+6.2
Liberal Democrats Stephanie Tyrer28211.1+3.0
Liberal Democrats Mark Platt2489.7+2.6
Liberal Democrats David Derrick2449.6+1.9
CPA Gabriela Palacios391.5N/A
Majority 72328.4
Turnout 735640.6+5.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Results are compared with the 2014 council election, not the 2015 by-election.

West End

West End (3) [21] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Timothy Barnes 990 43.2 −11.7
Labour Pancho Lewis 984 42.9 +18.7
Conservative Jonathan Glanz * 973 42.5 −3.8
Labour Patrick Lilley94741.3+18.0
Labour Caroline Saville92740.4+19.4
Conservative Hillary Su86837.9−11.0
Campaign Against Pedestrianisation of Oxford StreetRonald Whelan29112.7N/A
Green Minne Fry1888.2−8.3
Liberal Democrats Sophie Taylor1787.8±0.0
Liberal Democrats Florian Chevoppe-Verdier1426.2N/A
Liberal Democrats Alan Ravenscroft1275.5−2.6
Majority 261.2
Turnout 661531.1+1.2
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Westbourne

Westbourne (3) [21] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Boothroyd * 1,740 68.8 +1.6
Labour Adam Hug * 1,710 67.6 +1.2
Labour Papya Qureshi * 1,704 67.4 +6.1
Conservative Angus Wyatt42116.7−1.8
Conservative Thomas Davies41216.3+0.5
Conservative Theodore Roos38515.2−0.4
Green Holly Robinson2198.7−6.2
Liberal Democrats Mary Armstrong1897.5N/A
Liberal Democrats Anthony Williams1646.5N/A
Liberal Democrats Angelos-Stylianos Chryssogelos1636.4N/A
Majority 128352.2+7.6
Turnout 710737.8+5.7
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

By-elections

Lancaster Gate by-election, 22 November 2018 [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Margot Bright 913 47.2 −1.5
Labour Angela Piddock68435.4−1.0
Liberal Democrats Sally Gray27514.2−0.7
Green Zack Polanski 623.2+3.2
Majority 22911.8−0.5
Turnout 1,93427.75−10.3
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Robert Davis. [24]

Churchill by-election, 6 May 2021 [25] [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Liza Begum 1,340 45.6
Conservative Shaista Miah1,01634.6
Liberal Democrats Vikas Aggarwal29510.0
Green Zack Polanski 1866.3
For Britain Andrew Cavell993.4
Majority 32411.0
Turnout 2,936
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Andrea Mann. [27]

See also

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