Harrow London Borough Council election, 2014

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

The 2014 Harrow Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Harrow Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Results

Labour won control from a minority Conservative administration. Labour won 34 seats, the Conservatives won 26 seats, the Liberal Democrats won 1 seat and Independents won 2 seats.[1]

Council composition

The council composition, as of December 2017, is 32 Labour councillors, 27 Conservatives, 3 independents and 1 Liberal Democrat.

An April 2017 by-election in the Kenton East ward saw the Conservatives gain a seat from Labour, with a 15% increase in the Conservative vote.

On 31 July 2017, Labour councillor Chika Amadi was suspended from the Labour Party to allow an investigation to take place into comments she made on Twitter that compared Homosexuals at Pride marches to 'paedophiles', before threatening people who complained about her remarks. Cllr Amadi later explained that her comments about the parade were about the safeguarding of children and had been misconstrued. Cllr Amadi subsequently resigned from the Labour Party and currently sits as an Independent Councillor. The Labour National Headquarter later agreed to hold an appeal hearing brought about by Cllr Amadi for unfair suspension. A day before the hearing the Labour Party called off the hearing perhaps out of fear of media backlash. Another hearing has been fixed to hold on the 15th May 2018 at the Labour Party Headquarters.

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References

  1. 1 2 "England council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  2. http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/07/31/labour-suspends-councillor-who-branded-pride-marchers-paedophiles/amp/


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