2014 Westminster City Council election

2014 Westminster City Council election

22 May 2014
All 60 seats to Westminster City Council 31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	32.3%[1]
First party Second party   Party Conservative Labour Last election 48 seats 12 seats Seats won 44 16 Seat change 4 4 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

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

• 2014 Queen's Park Community Council election held the same day

References

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2. "England council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
3. Teale, Andrew. "2014 - Westminster". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
4. "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. 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

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