Greenwich London Borough Council election, 2014
The 2014 Greenwich Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Greenwich Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
At the 2014 elections, Labour won 43 seats (+3) and the Conservatives won 8 (-3). An Eltham North by-election on 10 November 2016 saw the Conservatives gain a seat off Labour with an 11% swing in their favour. This meant the opposition on the council increased to 9.
Turnout across the borough was 37.25%.[2]
2014-2018 by-elections
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mehboob Khan | 3,430 | 39.3 | ||
Conservative | Thomas Turrell | 2,466 | 28.2 | ||
Green | Robin Scott | 1,452 | 16.6 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Sonia Dunlop | 756 | 8.6 | ||
UKIP | Paul Butler | 422 | 4.8 | ||
BNP | Christina Charles | 138 | 1.6 | ||
TUSC | Sara Kasab | 80 | 0.9 | ||
Turnout | 3,717 | 64.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Matthew Pennycook, who was elected as the Member of Parliament for the Greenwich and Woolwich constituency the same night.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tonia Ashikodi | 2,583 | 57.1 | 0.0 | |
Conservative | Matt Browne | 561 | 12.4 | ||
Green | Robin Scott | 402 | 8.9 | ||
UKIP | Rita Dinsmore-Hamilton | 380 | 8.4 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Stewart Christie | 376 | 8.3 | ||
Independent | Christina Charles | 157 | 3.5 | ||
All People's Party | Abiola Olaore | 64 | 1.4 | ||
Majority | 2,022 | 44.7 | |||
Turnout | 41.5 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
The by-election was called following the resignation of Councillor Radha Rabadia of the Labour Party.[5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charlie Davis | 1,335 | 42.2 | ||
Labour | Simon Peirce | 1,297 | 40.4 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Sam Macaulay | 279 | 8.8 | ||
UKIP | Barbara Ray | 160 | 5.1 | ||
Green | Matt Browne | 110 | 3.5 | ||
Majority | 38 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,186 | 31.33 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
The by-election was called following the resignation of Councillor Wynn Davies of the Labour Party.
References
- ↑ "England council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- ↑ London Borough of Greenwich, http://www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/elections2014
- ↑ "Election Results 7 May 2015".
- ↑ http://www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/news/article/676/glyndon_ward_by-election_result
- ↑ http://www.southlondonpress.co.uk/article.cfm?id=116841&headline=Resignation%20at%20Glyndon%20ward%20sparks%20by-election§ionIs=news&searchyear=2016
- ↑ http://www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/info/1000/elections_-_results/1858/by-election_results_for_eltham_north_ward_2016