2014 local election in England
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.
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] Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 44 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 73.3 | 41.0 | 20,719 | |
| Labour | 16 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 26.7 | 33.5 | 16,969 | |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13.5 | 6,845 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 3,200 | |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 1,981 | |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 877 | |
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] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Lindsey Hall * | 1,277 | 63.5 | |
| Conservative | Judith Warner * | 1,248 | 62.1 | |
| Conservative | Peter Freeman | 1,247 | 62.0 | |
| Labour | Katharine Hoskyns | 487 | 24.2 | |
| Labour | Peter Denton | 429 | 21.3 | |
| Labour | Angelo Andre Sommariva | 359 | 17.9 | |
| Green | Emmanuelle Catherine Tandy | 265 | 13.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Tilly Boulter | 221 | 11.0 | |
Majority | 760 | 37.8 | |
Turnout | 5533 | 30.9 | -25.3 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Bayswater
Bayswater (3)[1][4] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Brian Connell * | 901 | 44.6 | |
| Conservative | Richard Holloway | 815 | 40.4 | |
| Conservative | Suhail Rahuja * | 795 | 39.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Anthony Peter Williams | 508 | 25.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Yuval Zommer | 484 | 24.0 | |
| Labour | Lauren Kay-Lambert | 472 | 23.4 | |
| Labour | Nathan Bennett | 450 | 22.3 | |
| Labour | Hussain Ahmed | 406 | 20.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mark David Harry Blackburn | 399 | 19.8 | |
| Green | Louisa Acciari | 376 | 18.6 | |
Majority | 287 | 14.2 | |
Turnout | 5606 | 30.9 | -25.3 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Bryanston and Dorset Square
Bryanston and Dorset Square (3)[1][4] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Audrey Ruth Lewis * | 1,207 | 59.1 | |
| Conservative | Richard Martin Beddoe * | 1,180 | 57.8 | |
| Conservative | Adnan Mohammed | 1,049 | 51.4 | |
| Labour | Brenda Joan Buxton | 468 | 22.9 | |
| Labour | Derek James Buckland | 415 | 20.3 | |
| Labour | Mair Eluned Garside | 391 | 19.1 | |
| Green | Jennifer Nadel | 381 | 18.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Nicola Browne | 286 | 14.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Roger Walter Lockyer | 240 | 11.8 | |
Majority | 581 | 28.5 | |
Turnout | 5617 | 29.4 | -19.3 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Church Street
Church Street (3)[1][4] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Barbara Grahame * | 1,854 | 68.4 | |
| Labour | Aziz Toki * | 1,602 | 59.1 | |
| Labour | Vincenzo Rampulla | 1,597 | 58.9 | |
| Conservative | Isobel Bradley | 495 | 18.3 | |
| Conservative | Rachid Boufas | 449 | 16.6 | |
| Conservative | Lauren Hankinson | 448 | 16.5 | |
| Green | Marta Helena Enflo | 362 | 13.4 | |
Majority | 1102 | 40.6 | |
Turnout | 6807 | 34.8 | -15.0 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Churchill
Churchill (3)[1][4] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Murad Gassanly | 1,187 | 47.2 | |
| Labour | Shamim Talukder | 1,172 | 46.6 | |
| Labour | Jason Thomas Williams | 1,095 | 43.6 | |
| Conservative | Andrew James Havery * | 1051 | 41.8 | |
| Conservative | Jacqui Wilkinson | 1018 | 40.5 | |
| Conservative | Alex Pierre-Traves | 981 | 39.0 | |
| Green | George Pearson Mackie | 308 | 12.3 | |
| Independent | Muhammad Eawor Uddin | 251 | 10.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Charles Cedric Ewen | 175 | 7.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Rhoda Margaret Torres | 175 | 7.0 | |
Majority | 44 | 1.8 | |
Turnout | 7413 | 41.8 | -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] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Ruth Bush * | 1,788 | 70.3 | |
| Labour | Guthrie McKie * | 1,493 | 58.7 | |
| Labour | Nilavra Mukerji * | 1,415 | 55.6 | |
| Conservative | Grazyna Green | 546 | 21.5 | |
| Green | Roc Sandford | 464 | 18.2 | |
| Conservative | Aline Nassif | 406 | 16.0 | |
| Conservative | Hartej Singh | 349 | 13.7 | |
| UKIP | Russ Kitching | 308 | 12.1 | |
Majority | 869 | 34.1 | |
Turnout | 6769 | 32.9 | -25.1 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Hyde Park
Hyde Park (3)[1][4] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Heather Acton * | 1,115 | 58.8 | |
| Conservative | Antonia Cox * | 1,114 | 58.8 | |
| Conservative | JP Floru * | 950 | 50.1 | |
| Labour | Charles Mannan | 565 | 29.8 | |
| Labour | Firase Morgan | 493 | 26.0 | |
| Labour | Thomas Christopher Stephens | 421 | 22.2 | |
| Green | Mark John Cridge | 261 | 13.8 | |
| UKIP | Tara Louise Collins | 202 | 10.7 | |
Majority | 385 | 20.3 | |
Turnout | 5121 | 26.6 | -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] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Philippa Roe * | 1,158 | 77.9 | |
| Conservative | Rachael Robathan * | 1,138 | 76.5 | |
| Conservative | Tony Devenish * | 1,114 | 74.9 | |
| Green | Thomas Bewley | 228 | 15.3 | |
| Labour | Rosalyn Lucy Dorothy Buckland | 186 | 12.5 | |
| Labour | Joseph Anselm Blenkinsop | 154 | 10.4 | |
| Labour | Thomas Andrew Williams | 127 | 8.5 | |
Majority | 886 | 59.6 | |
Turnout | 4105 | 26.3 | -16.4 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Lancaster Gate
Lancaster Gate (3)[1][4] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Susie Burbridge * | 1,262 | 58.6 | |
| Conservative | Robert Davis * | 1,152 | 53.5 | |
| Conservative | Andrew Paul Smith * | 1,104 | 51.2 | |
| Labour | Dafydd Elis | 509 | 23.6 | |
| Labour | Liz Whitmore | 500 | 23.2 | |
| Labour | Angela Piddock | 496 | 23.0 | |
| Green | Nicholas Owen Figgis | 340 | 15.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sue Baring | 314 | 14.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Thoby Kennet | 229 | 10.6 | |
Majority | 595 | 27.6 | |
Turnout | 5906 | 29.9 | -20.8 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Little Venice
Little Venice (3)[1][4] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Melvyn Caplan * | 1,102 | 51.4 | |
| Conservative | Ian Adams * | 1,076 | 50.2 | |
| Conservative | Barbara Jolanda Arzymanow | 1,075 | 50.2 | |
| Labour | Sue Wolff | 695 | 32.4 | |
| Labour | Betty Moini | 680 | 31.7 | |
| Labour | Aicha Less | 664 | 31.0 | |
| Green | Lynnet Jane Pready | 346 | 16.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Bahram Alimoradian | 169 | 7.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Roberto Ekholm | 157 | 7.3 | |
Majority | 380 | 17.8 | |
Turnout | 5964 | 32.5 | -25.1 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Maida Vale
Maida Vale (3)[1][4] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Jan Prendergast * | 1,222 | 49.9 | |
| Labour | Rita Begum | 1,063 | 43.4 | |
| Conservative | Thomas Crockett | 1,063 | 43.4 | |
| Conservative | Frixos Tombolis | 902 | 36.8 | |
| Labour | Eram Ayub | 889 | 36.3 | |
| Labour | Romena Toki | 861 | 35.2 | |
| Green | Peter William Ronald Duke | 399 | 16.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter James Welch | 288 | 11.8 | |
Majority | 161 | 6.6 | |
Turnout | 6687 | 35.8 | -22.0 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Marylebone High Street
Marylebone High Street (3)[1][4] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Iain James Bott * | 1,199 | 64.8 | |
| Conservative | Ian David Rowley * | 1,145 | 61.9 | |
| Conservative | Karen Toni Scarborough | 1,075 | 58.1 | |
| Labour | Madge Cavalla | 343 | 18.5 | |
| Labour | Owain Robert Garside | 315 | 17.0 | |
| Green | Hugh Small | 306 | 16.5 | |
| Labour | Peter Cavalla | 275 | 14.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alistair Graeme Barr | 220 | 11.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sally Sampson | 182 | 9.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Haude Lannon | 127 | 6.9 | |
Majority | 732 | 39.6 | |
Turnout | 5187 | 28.8 | -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] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Patricia McAllister * | 1,921 | 69.9 | |
| Labour | Paul Dimoldenberg * | 1,844 | 67.1 | |
| Labour | Barrie Keith Taylor * | 1,805 | 65.7 | |
| Conservative | Matthew Green | 545 | 19.8 | |
| Green | Jurgen Huber | 454 | 16.5 | |
| Conservative | Abdul Ahad | 403 | 14.7 | |
| Conservative | Eliza Richardson | 385 | 14.0 | |
Majority | 1260 | 45.9 | |
Turnout | 6866 | 35.4 | -23.4 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Regent's Park
Regent's Park (3)[1][4] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Daniel Philip Astaire * | 1,215 | 54.2 | |
| Conservative | Robert Rigby * | 1,187 | 52.9 | |
| Conservative | Gotz Mohindra | 1,042 | 46.5 | |
| Labour | Dorothy Edwin | 800 | 35.7 | |
| Labour | Ahmed Hamid | 677 | 30.2 | |
| Labour | Nicholas Luder | 667 | 29.8 | |
| Green | Jacqueline Dent | 324 | 14.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Herbert Richard Ronald Hartwell | 219 | 9.8 | |
Majority | 242 | 10.8 | |
Turnout | 6131 | 31.2 | -19.6 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
St James's
St James's (3)[1][4] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Louise Ruth Hyams * | 1,038 | 48.5 | |
| Conservative | Timothy Julian Mitchell * | 1,011 | 47.2 | |
| Conservative | Cameron Alexander James Thomson * | 955 | 44.6 | |
| Labour | David Kenneth Lumby | 591 | 27.6 | |
| Labour | Tim Roca | 539 | 25.2 | |
| Labour | Fraser Welsh | 475 | 22.2 | |
| Green | Juliet Dinah Lyle | 335 | 15.6 | |
| UKIP | Silvia Le Marchant | 299 | 14.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Steven Dominique Cheung | 228 | 10.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Geoffrey David Pettinger | 206 | 9.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul James Thompson | 191 | 8.9 | |
Majority | 364 | 17.0 | |
Turnout | 5868 | 29.6 | -19.8 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Tachbrook
Tachbrook (3)[1][4] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Nick Evans * | 1,103 | 50.0 | |
| Conservative | Angela Ann Harvey * | 1,095 | 49.6 | |
| Conservative | Peter Malcolm Cuthbertson | 1,093 | 49.5 | |
| Labour | Gillian Guy | 568 | 25.7 | |
| Labour | Joe Darrall | 537 | 24.3 | |
| Labour | William Thomson | 493 | 22.3 | |
| UKIP | Krystal Bonnie Painter | 274 | 12.4 | |
| Green | Conrad Guy Rubin | 268 | 12.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Armstrong | 231 | 10.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Pippa Johnson | 200 | 9.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Tim Mougenot | 132 | 6.0 | |
Majority | 525 | 23.8 | |
Turnout | 5994 | 37.4 | -21.4 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Vincent Square
Vincent Square (3)[1][4] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | David John Harvey * | 1,364 | 52.1 | |
| Conservative | Danny John Chalkley * | 1,305 | 49.8 | |
| Conservative | Steve Summers * | 1,256 | 48.0 | |
| Labour | Sarah Jane Macri | 789 | 30.1 | |
| Labour | Peter William Heap | 758 | 28.9 | |
| Labour | Alen James Mathewson | 686 | 26.2 | |
| Green | Katherine Louise Harrison | 448 | 17.1 | |
| UKIP | Peter Benmax | 327 | 12.5 | |
| Independent | Wilfried Franz Rimensberger | 279 | 10.7 | |
Majority | 467 | 17.9 | |
Turnout | 7212 | 36.5 | -19.2 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Warwick
Warwick (3)[1][4] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Nickie Aiken * | 1,419 | 60.6 | |
| Conservative | Edward Argar * | 1,323 | 56.5 | |
| Conservative | Christabel Flight * | 1,257 | 53.7 | |
| Labour | Georgina Newson | 517 | 22.1 | |
| Labour | Nurul Islam | 452 | 19.3 | |
| Labour | Andrew John David Taylor | 449 | 19.2 | |
| Green | Benjamin Charles Parker | 290 | 12.4 | |
| UKIP | Jonathan Munday | 265 | 11.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Keith Reginald Dugmore | 189 | 8.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jane Smithard | 181 | 7.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Abraham Platt | 166 | 7.1 | |
Majority | 740 | 32.6 | |
Turnout | 6508 | 35.4 | -20.8 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
West End
West End (3)[1][4] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Paul Joseph Church | 1,027 | 54.9 | |
| Conservative | Glenys Marjorie Roberts * | 914 | 48.9 | |
| Conservative | Jonathan Glanz * | 865 | 46.3 | |
| Labour | Katherine Emma Cook | 453 | 24.2 | |
| Labour | Michael Christopher Dumigan | 435 | 23.3 | |
| Labour | Damian Dewhirst | 393 | 21.0 | |
| Independent | Andrew John Murray | 347 | 18.6 | |
| Green | Humphrey Anton David De Beristain | 309 | 16.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Watson Ravenscroft | 152 | 8.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sophie Alma Sperry | 145 | 7.8 | |
Majority | 412 | 22.1 | |
Turnout | 5040 | 29.9 | -19.8 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Westbourne
Westbourne (3)[1][4] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | David Boothroyd * | 1,713 | 67.2 | |
| Labour | Adam Hug * | 1,695 | 66.4 | |
| Labour | Papya Qureshi * | 1,563 | 61.3 | |
| Conservative | Richard Clode | 473 | 18.5 | |
| Conservative | Henry Shelford | 402 | 15.8 | |
| Conservative | Iheoma Oteh | 398 | 15.6 | |
| Green | Ludovic John Grant Hunter-Tilney | 381 | 14.9 | |
| UKIP | Maggie Casey | 306 | 12.0 | |
Majority | 1090 | 42.8 | |
Turnout | 6931 | 32.1 | -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] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Jacqui Wilkinson | 2,397 | 62.7 | +10.2 |
| Labour | Sophia Eglin | 1,216 | 31.8 | +13.2 |
| UKIP | Mohammad Ali | 207 | 5.4 | -5.0 |
Majority | 1,181 | 30.9 | -3.0 |
Turnout | 3,862 | 57.92 | +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] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Tim Roca | 1,139 | 75.4 | +18.9 |
| Conservative | Wilford Augustus | 334 | 22.1 | +6.4 |
| UKIP | Jill Sarah De Quincey | 38 | 2.5 | -8.6 |
Majority | 805 | 53.3 | +13.5 |
Turnout | 1,511 | 19.4 | -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] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Julia Alexander | 582 | 49.7 | -2.0 |
| Baker Street: No Two Ways | Steve Dollond | 218 | 18.6 | +18.6 |
| Labour | Ananthi Paskaralingam | 167 | 14.3 | -4.9 |
| Green | Hugh Small | 116 | 9.9 | -7.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Adam Thompson | 46 | 3.9 | -8.0 |
| UKIP | Jill Sarah De Quincey | 42 | 3.6 | +3.6 |
Majority | 364 | 31.1 | -1.4 |
Turnout | 1,171 | 17.9 | -11.5 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Audrey R. Lewis.
Church Street by-election, 5 May 2016[10][7] [note 2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Aicha Less | 2,174 | 70.3 | +3.2 |
| Conservative | Rachid Boufas | 512 | 16.6 | -1.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Alistair Graeme Barr | 205 | 6.6 | +6.6 |
| UKIP | Jill Sarah De Quincey | 175 | 5.7 | +5.7 |
| Pirate | Andreas Habeland | 26 | 0.8 | +0.8 |
Majority | 1,662 | 53.7 | +5.1 |
Turnout | 3,151 | 45 | +10.2 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Vincenzo Rampulla.
See also
References
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- ^ a b "England council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
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