Barnet London Borough Council election, 2014

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Barnet London Borough Council election, 2014
  2010 22 May 2014 2018  

All 63 seats to Barnet London Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority

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Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrat
Seats won32301
Seat changeDecrease2.svg7Increase2.svg9Decrease2.svg2
Popular vote38,28636,0768,037
Percentage38.6%36.4%8.1%
SwingDecrease2.svg2.2%Increase2.svg6.2%Decrease2.svg11.5%

Barnet UK local election 2014 map.svg

Map of the results of the 2014 Barnet council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

Council control before election

Conservative Party (UK)

Council control after election

Conservative Party (UK)

The 2014 Barnet Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Barnet Council in England. [1] It took place on the same day as other local elections and it resulted in the Conservative party holding on to overall control of the council.

Barnet London Borough Council local authority for the London Borough of Barnet in Greater London, England

Barnet London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Barnet in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 within London. Barnet is divided into 21 wards, each electing three councillors.

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Background

Before the election the Conservatives ran the council with 38 seats, compared to 22 for Labour and 3 for the Liberal Democrats. A total of 247 candidates stood in the election including a full slate of 63 each from the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat parties. [2] The Green party stood 43 candidates, while there were 9 candidates from UKIP, 5 independents and 1 from Left Unity. Following the death of Green party candidate Jessica Yorke, [3] , the poll for Colindale ward was cancelled on 19 May and rescheduled to take place on 26 June. [4]

The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom which has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The party's platform emphasises greater state intervention, social justice and strengthening workers' rights.

Liberal Democrats (UK) Political party in the United Kingdom

The Liberal Democrats are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom. They presently have 11 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 96 members of the House of Lords, and one member of the European Parliament. They also have five Members of the Scottish Parliament and a member each in the Welsh Assembly and London Assembly. The party reached the height of its influence in the early 2010s, forming a junior partner in a coalition government from 2010 to 2015. It is presently led by Vince Cable.

Green Party of England and Wales Political party in England and Wales

The Green Party of England and Wales is a green, left-wing political party in England and Wales. Headquartered in London, since September 2018, its co-leaders are Siân Berry and Jonathan Bartley. The Green Party has one representative in the House of Commons, one in the House of Lords, and three in the European Parliament. In addition, it has various councillors in UK local government and two members of the London Assembly.

Election result

Barnet Local Election Result 2014 [5]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 32-753.338.638,286-2.2
  Labour 30+945.036.436,076+6.2
  Green 0010.910,800+4.7
  Liberal Democrat 1-21.78.18,037-11.5
  UKIP 004.84,780n/a
  Independent 001.11,127+0.5
  Left Unity 000.1107n/a

Results for Colindale included in table.

Ward results

Brunswick Park

Brunswick Park (3 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Kathy Levine 1,951
Labour Andreas Ioannidis 1,944
Conservative Lisa Rutter 1,899
Conservative Andreas Tambourides1,876
Labour James Rowe1,820
Conservative Antonis Savvides1,742
Green Howard Javes499
Liberal Democrat Sandra Beeton270
Liberal Democrat Jennifer Ritson218
Liberal Democrat Sakura Otten168
Total votes12,387
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Burnt Oak

Burnt Oak (3 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Claire Farrier 2,622
Labour Charlie O’Macauley 2,223
Labour Ammar Naqvi 2,177
Conservative Lachhya Gurung889
Conservative John Connolly854
Conservative Richa Karnani651
Green Maggie Curati447
Independent Bidemi Alabi328
Liberal Democrat Michael Charles Roberts286
Liberal Democrat Diana Iwi242
Liberal Democrat Yahaya Kiyingi152
Total votes10,871
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Childs Hill

Childs Hill (3 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Shimon Ryde 1,544
Conservative Peter Zinkin 1,536
Liberal Democrat Jack Cohen 1,509
Conservative Rohit Grover1,500
Labour Andrew Smith1,463
Labour Ade Ajakaiye1,408
Labour Nila Patel1,381
Liberal Democrat Charlotte Henry1,222
Liberal Democrat Jonathan Davies1,198
Green Francesco Marasco501
Total votes13,262
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

Coppetts

Coppetts (3 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Barry Rawlings 2,256
Labour Pauline Coakley-Webb 2,201
Labour Reema Patel 2,179
Conservative Kate Salinger1,517
Conservative Lorna Green1,355
Conservative Andreas Nicolaides1,277
Green Rebecca Bunting640
Green Edward Bunting544
Green Andrew Newby469
Liberal Democrat David Bullen218
Liberal Democrat Enrique Boo197
Independent Mehdi Akhavan163
Liberal Democrat Melvyn Rees153
Total votes13,169
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

East Barnet

East Barnet (3 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Rebecca Challice 2,108
Labour Laurie Williams 2,044
Labour Philip Cohen 1,993
Conservative Barry Evangeli1,894
Conservative Joanna Tambourides1,873
Conservative Robert Rams1,820
Green Roger Aitken638
Green Pennie Varvarides576
Green Kevin Pressland505
Liberal Democrat Deborah Roberts194
Liberal Democrat Eileen Umbo175
Liberal Democrat Joe Giltinane173
Total votes13,993
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

East Finchley

East Finchley (3 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Alison Moore 2,711
Labour Arjun Mittra 2,565
Labour Alon Or-Bach 2,201
Conservative Stepan Stepanenko1,013
Conservative Anshul Gupta988
Conservative Alan Maund988
Green Noel Lynch640
Green Stephen Norman606
Green David Mellows602
Liberal Democrat Joyce Arram410
Liberal Democrat Malcolm Davis310
Liberal Democrat Millicent Watkins248
Total votes13,282
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Edgware

Edgware (3 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Brian Gordon 2,732
Conservative Helena Hart 2,369
Conservative Joan Scannell 2,182
Labour Julie Johnson1,180
Labour Geoffrey Johnson1,155
Labour Raymond Hale1,140
Green Catherine Margolis474
Liberal Democrat Aliza Abeles446
Liberal Democrat Elias Abeles410
Liberal Democrat Alexander Ollier169
Total votes12,257
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Finchley Church End

Finchley Church End (3 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Eva Greenspan 2,571
Conservative Graham Old 2,284
Conservative Daniel Thomas 2,197
Labour Janet Bagley1,257
Labour Mike Walsh1,201
Labour Mary McGuirk1,192
Green Vedantha Kumar512
UKIP Amir Latif365
Liberal Democrat Diana Darrer305
Liberal Democrat Sarah Hoyle267
Liberal Democrat Sheila Yarwood222
Total votes12,373
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Garden Suburb

Garden Suburb (3 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Marshall 2,689
Conservative Gabriel Rozenberg 2,560
Conservative Daniel Seal 2,539
Labour Nick Goldberg1,110
Labour Ruth Brown1,101
Labour Romin Sutherland943
Green Romola De-Souza645
Liberal Democrat Peter Lusher382
Liberal Democrat Altan Akbiyik358
Liberal Democrat Stephen Barber347
Total votes12,674
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Golders Green

Golders Green (3 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Dean Cohen 2,423
Conservative Melvin Cohen 2,302
Conservative Reuben Thompstone 1,831
Labour Charles Harvey1,024
Labour Margot Robinson900
Labour Sue O`Halloran885
Green Charlene Concepcion369
Green Adele Ward330
Green Louisa Radice314
Liberal Democrat Ruth Cohen246
Liberal Democrat Honora Morrissey156
Liberal Democrat Eddie Eatwell126
Total votes10,906
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Hale

Hale (3 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Tom Davey 2,178
Conservative Hugh Rayner 2,155
Labour Kitty Lyons 2,019
Conservative Elliot Simberg2,010
Labour Pierre Jeanmaire1,994
Labour Roger Lyons1,870
Green Nicolas Ceasar536
Liberal Democrat Michael Goodman335
Liberal Democrat James Creighton297
Liberal Democrat Geoffrey Jacobs243
Total votes13,637
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Hendon

Hendon (3 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Anthony Finn 2,128
Conservative Mark Shooter 2,087
Conservative Maureen Braun 2,015
Labour David Beere1,191
Labour Gerrard Roots1,165
Labour Ruth Montague1,113
UKIP Barry Ryan420
Green Andy Monaghan390
Liberal Democrat Jason Moleman280
Liberal Democrat Henryk Feszczur243
Liberal Democrat Charles Wakefield180
Total votes11,212
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

High Barnet

High Barnet (3 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Wendy Prentice 2,171
Conservative David Longstaff 2,161
Conservative Bridget Perry 2,152
Labour Phil Harding1,209
Labour Marianne Haylett1,188
Labour Paul Levine1,052
Green Phil Fletcher973
Green A. M. Poppy922
Liberal Democrat Duncan MacDonald859
Green Valerie Lawson828
Liberal Democrat Sean Hooker705
Liberal Democrat Jane Gibson631
Total votes14,851
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Mill Hill

Mill Hill (3 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative John Hart 2,058
Conservative Val Duschinsky 1,936
Conservative Sury Khatri 1,864
Labour Deborah Handley1,264
Labour Sian John1,231
Labour Colin Francome1,229
UKIP George Jones731
Liberal Democrat Jeremy Davies721
Liberal Democrat Alasdair Hill512
Green Barbara Rustin495
Liberal Democrat Michael Lees470
Independent Rolf Clayton371
Green Luke Ilott282
Green David Williams228
Total votes13,392
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Oakleigh

Oakleigh (3 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Brian Salinger 1,935
Conservative Sachin Rajput 1,899
Conservative Stephen Sowerby 1,826
Labour Pamela Bradbury1,110
Labour Rachel Barker1,075
Labour Parmodh Sharma936
UKIP Victor Kaye498
Green Richard Cutting436
Green Daniel Newby370
Green Gideon Shapiro317
Liberal Democrat Jon Finlayson239
Liberal Democrat Gerard Fitzgerald188
Liberal Democrat Leonie Hodge187
Left Unity Philip Clayton107
Total votes11,123
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Totteridge

Totteridge (3 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Alison Cornelius 2,210
Conservative Richard Cornelius 2,147
Conservative Caroline Stock 2,090
Labour Deborah Heneghan1,048
Labour Donald Lyven912
Labour Robert Persad798
UKIP Keith Fraser494
Green Ash Auld464
Green Richard Parkinson363
Liberal Democrat Janice Turner320
Independent Brian Coleman 265
Liberal Democrat Michael Cole256
Liberal Democrat Sheila Gottsche212
Independent George Linskey137
Total votes11,716
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Underhill

Underhill (3 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Paul Edwards 2,078
Labour Amy Trevethan 1,950
Labour Tim Roberts 1,889
Conservative James Barton1,637
Conservative Rowan Turner1,429
Conservative Michael Subramaniyam1,264
UKIP John Baskin1,016
Green Dawn Laughton550
Green Gina Theodorou525
Green Solomon Natelson344
Liberal Democrat Alexander Gilbert232
Liberal Democrat Maria Christine Manalo170
Liberal Democrat Jonty Stern 162
Total votes13,246
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

West Finchley

West Finchley (3 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Ross Houston 2,214
Labour Jim Tierney 2,141
Labour Kath McGuirk 2,113
Conservative Shaun Dias1,367
Conservative Myles Longfield1,292
Conservative Ajantha Tennakoon1,067
Green Nina Owen550
Green Tim Riley440
UKIP Ted Anderson407
Liberal Democrat Rita Landeryou262
Liberal Democrat John Chalmers238
Liberal Democrat Ronald Finlay206
Total votes12,297
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

West Hendon

West Hendon (3 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Adam Langleben 1,794
Labour Devra Kay 1,769
Labour Agnes Slocombe 1,747
Conservative Saira Hettiarachchi1,488
Conservative Brian Mann1,459
Conservative Ansuya Sodha1,357
UKIP Adrian Murray-Leonard445
Green Ben Samuel307
Green Sara Bunting300
Green Miriam Green292
Liberal Democrat Pearl Emery172
Liberal Democrat James Emery163
Liberal Democrat David Ive163
Total votes11,456
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Woodhouse

Woodhouse (3 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Anne Hutton 2,348
Labour Geof Cooke 2,287
Labour Alan Schneiderman 2,067
Conservative Mark Higgins1,442
Conservative Mukesh Depala1,350
Conservative Nurul Alam1,318
Green Diane Burstein604
UKIP Karl Khan551
Green David Burns543
Green Gardi Vaswani471
Liberal Democrat Ian Murphy218
Liberal Democrat Pauline McKinnell211
Liberal Democrat Lisa Smith193
Total votes13,603
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Colindale delayed election

Colindale (3 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Nagus Narenthira 2,190
Labour Gill Sargeant 2,088
Labour Zakia Zubairi 2,015
Conservative Nneka Akwaeze501
Conservative John William Nicholson466
Conservative Golnar Bokaei420
UKIP John Jeffrey Baskin347
UKIP Barry Ryan309
UKIP Khalid Khan268
Liberal Democrat Daniel Estermann133
Green Maggie Curati130
Green Andrew John Newby114
Green Francesco Marasco108
Liberal Democrat Victor Peter Edward Corney90
Liberal Democrat Sabriye Halane Warsame87
Total votes9,266
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

By-elections between 2014 and 2018

Underhill

Underhill by-election, 5 May 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Jess Brayne 2,314
Conservative Lesley Evans1,979
UKIP Barry Ryan459
Liberal Democrat Duncan MacDonald452
Green Phil Fletcher387
Majority
Total votes
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Amy Trevethan.

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