2014 Westminster City Council election

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.

2014 Westminster City Council election
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All 60 seats to Westminster City Council
31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout32.3%[1]
  First party Second party
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Party Conservative Labour
Last election 48 seats 12 seats
Seats won 44 16
Seat change Decrease4 Increase4
Popular vote 20,719 16,969
Percentage 41.0% 33.5%

2014 Westminster Borough Council Election Results Map Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

Overall results

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 (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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 (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

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Piggott, Gareth. "London Borough Council Elections 22 May 2014" (PDF). Elections - London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  2. ^ a b "England council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  3. ^ Teale, Andrew. "2014 - Westminster". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "2014 Westminster City Council Election Results". Westminster City Council. Westminster City Council. 15 May 2014. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Former Labour councillor Murad Gassanly joins Tories". West End Extra. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Warwick Ward By-Elections - 7 May 2015". Westminster City Council. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  7. ^ a b c d Colombeau, Joseph. "London Borough Council Elections 3 May 2018" (PDF). London Datastore. Greater London Authority. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  8. ^ "Harrow Road Ward By Election - Thursday 23 July 2015". Westminster City Council. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  9. ^ "Bryanston and Dorset Square by-election - Thursday 22 October 2015". Westminster City Council. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  10. ^ "5 May 2016 - Church Street Ward by-election results". Westminster City Council. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2018.

Notes

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  1. ^ This was the same day as the 2015 general election.
  2. ^ This was the same day as the 2016 London mayoral election.