2014 London local elections
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London borough councils by political control following election. Councils that are Labour are in red, Conservative in blue, Liberal Democrat in yellow and two in no overall control party-politically are in black. |
There were local government elections in
The results saw
The London Conservatives dropped to their lowest-ever percentage of the vote in a London local election, at just 26.4%, and fell to their lowest councillor total since 1998. The London Liberal Democrats' vote halved, with the party dropping to 11% of the popular vote and 116 seats (down 130), the worst result for the Lib Dems or the Liberals since 1978.
The election saw a record vote for parties outside the 3 major parties, with UKIP, the London Green Party, independents and other minor parties winning a collective 25.4% of the vote, the highest since the creation of the London Boroughs in 1964. 63 minor party or independent councillors were elected in total.
UKIP and the Greens saw their best-ever results in terms of vote share (9.8% for the Greens and 9.5% for UKIP), but whilst UKIP gained 12 seats, the Greens gained just 2.
Following the elections, two of the thirty two London borough councils were in no overall control, a decrease of one. All four mayoral elections returned the incumbent mayors: 3 Labour and 1 Tower Hamlets First.
Results summary
Party[1] | Votes won | % votes | Change | Seats | % seats | Change | Councils | Change | |
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Labour | 944,967 | 37.6 | 5.1 | 1,060 | 57.3 | 185 | 20 | 3 | |
Conservative | 663,847 | 26.4 | 5.3 | 612 | 33.1 | 105 | 9 | 2 | |
Liberal Democrats | 267,769 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 116 | 6.3 | 130 | 1 | 1 | |
Green | 246,805 | 9.8 | 3.2 | 4 | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | ||
UKIP | 239,001 | 9.5 | 8.4 | 12 | 0.6 | 12 | 0 | ||
Others | 152,684 | 6.1 | 0.4 | 47 | 2.5 | 26 | 0 | ||
No overall control | — | 2 | 6 |
- Turnout: 2,284,882 voters cast ballots, a turnout of 38.9% (−23.1%).[2]
Councils results
Others and notes
- ^ Harrow: Independent, 2;
- ^ Havering: Havering Residents Association, 19; Independent Residents, 5;
- Merton Park Ward Independent Residents, 3;
- ^ Tower Hamlets: Tower Hamlets First, 18;
Overall councillors by party
Overall councillors by party | |||
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Party | Seats | Gain/loss | |
Labour | 1,060 | +185 | |
Conservative | 612 | −105 | |
Liberal Democrats | 116 | −130 | |
Havering Residents Association | 19 | +7 | |
Tower Hamlets First | 18 | +18 | |
UKIP
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12 | +12 | |
Independent Residents | 5 | +1 | |
Green | 4 | +2 | |
Merton Park Residents
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3 | 0 | |
Independent
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2 | +1 |
Three seats in Barnet (Colindale) and three in Tower Hamlets (Blackwall and Cubitt Town) were vacancies until elections held on 26 June 2014 in Colindale[4] and on 3 July 2014 in Blackwall and Cubitt Town.[5]
Opinion polling
Date(s) conducted |
Polling organisation/client | Sample size | Lab | Con | Lib Dem | Grn | UKIP | Others | Lead |
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22 May 2014 | 2014 elections | 2,515,073 | 37.6% | 26.4% | 10.6% | 9.8% | 9.5% | 6.1% | 11.2% |
6–8 May 2014 | YouGov | 1,422 | 40% | 33% | 11% | 2% | 10% | 4% | 7% |
28–29 April 2014 | Survation | 1,001 | 42% | 26% | 14% | 4% | 11% | 3% | 16% |
6 May 2010 | 2010 elections | 3,733,289 | 32.5% | 31.7% | 22.4% | 6.6% | 1.1% | 5.7% | 0.8% |
Mayoral results
In four London boroughs the executive function of the council is a directly elected mayor. The mayoral elections take place at the same time as councillor elections in those boroughs.
Mayoralty | 2010 | 2014 | ||
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Hackney | Jules Pipe (Labour) | Jules Pipe (Labour) | ||
Lewisham | Sir Steve Bullock (Labour )
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Sir Steve Bullock (Labour )
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Newham | Robin Wales (Labour) | Robin Wales (Labour) | ||
Tower Hamlets | Lutfur Rahman (Independent) | Lutfur Rahman (Tower Hamlets First) |
Ward result maps
London-wide
The map below shows the results for each ward across the whole of Greater London.
By borough
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Barking and Dagenham 2014 results map
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Barnet 2014 results map
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Bexley 2014 results map
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Brent 2014 results map
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Bromley 2014 results map
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Camden 2014 results map
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Croydon 2014 results map
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Ealing 2014 results map
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Enfield 2014 results map
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Greenwich 2014 results map
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Hackney 2014 results map
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Hammersmith and Fulham 2014 results map
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Haringey 2014 results map
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Harrow 2014 results map
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Havering 2014 results map
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Hillingdon 2014 results map
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Hounslow 2014 results map
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Islington 2014 results map
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Kensington and Chelsea 2014 results map
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Kingston upon Thames 2014 results map
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Lambeth 2014 results map
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Lewisham 2014 results map
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Merton 2014 results map
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Newham 2014 results map
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Redbridge 2014 results map
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Richmond upon Thames 2014 results map
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Southwark 2014 results map
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Sutton 2014 results map
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Tower Hamlets 2014 results map
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Waltham Forest 2014 results map
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Wandsworth 2014 results map
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Westminster 2014 results map
References
- ^ "Year Tables". 19 December 2015.
- ^ Piggott, Gareth. "London Borough Council Elections 22 May 2014" (PDF). files.datapress.com. Greater London Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2016.
- ^ "2014 borough elections results". London councils. Archived from the original on 22 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
- ^ "Date announced for new Colindale election". barnet.gov.uk. 21 May 2014. Archived from the original on 26 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ Barnett, Adam (4 July 2014). "Labour and Tories take council seats in Blackwall and Cubitt Town by-election". East London Advertiser.