2014 Bexley London Borough Council election

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2014 Bexley Borough Council election
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All 63 seats to Bexley London Borough Council
32 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Party Conservative Labour UKIP
Last election 52 seats, 43.2% 11 seats, 24.5% 0 seats, 2.0%
Seats won 45 15 3
Seat change Decrease7 Increase4 Increase3
Popular vote 30,528 20,561 18,044
Percentage 38.1% 25.7% 22.5%
Swing Decrease5.1% Increase1.2% Increase20.5%

Map of the results of the 2014 Bexley council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and UKIP in purple.

Council control before election


Conservative

Council control after election


Conservative

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

Overall results[edit]

The Conservatives retained control of the council, winning 45 seats (-7). However, both Labour (+4) and UKIP (+3) gained seats from the Conservatives.[1]

Bexley London Borough Council Election Result 2014[2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 45 0 7 -7 71.4 38.1 30,528 -5.1
  Labour 15 4 0 +4 23.8 25.7 20,561 +1.2
  UKIP 3 3 0 +3 4.8 22.5 18,044 +20.5
  BNP 0 0 0 0 0.0 7.7 6,178 -2.9
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.7 2,162 -10.7
  Green 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.5 1,238 +0.7
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.1 884 +0.5
  CPA 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.3 275 ±0.0
  TUSC 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.2 169 New

Ward results[edit]

Barnehurst[edit]

Barnehurst (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Howard Christopher Marriner 1,463 15
Conservative Eileen Patricia Pallen 1,427 15
Conservative David Robert Hurt 1,424 15
UKIP Mike Ferro 1,153 12
UKIP Barrie Thomas 1,125 12
UKIP Harry Buttar 1,065 11
Labour Matthew James Murphy 571 7
Labour Ron Brown 555 7
Labour Pauline Turner 534 6
BNP Paul Hulme 99 1
Turnout 9,706
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Belvedere[edit]

Belvedere (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Daniel Francis 1,546 18%
Labour Gillian Lesley MacDonald 1,506 17%
Labour Seán Bernard Newman 1,358 15%
UKIP Catherine Reilly 1,130 13%
Conservative Shirley Jean Vick 903 10%
Conservative Amandeep Singh Bhogal 862 10%
Conservative Pardeep Kaur Bhogal 838 10%
BNP Brian Haslam 328 4%
CPA Sid Cordle 143 2%
CPA Toyin Ogunyemi 78 1%
CPA Joel Ayodele Ogunyemi 72 1%
Turnout 8,764
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Blackfen & Lamorbey[edit]

Blackfen & Lamorbey (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian George Beckwith 1,304 15%
Conservative Peter Harold Craske 1,270 14%
UKIP Lynn Smith 1,225 14%
Conservative Chris Taylor 1,123 13%
Independent Richard Barnbrook 884 10%
Independent Elwyn James Bryant 645 7%
Independent Nicholas James Dowling 575 6%
Labour Judith Elaine Jackson 515 6%
Labour David Richard Dalton 473 5%
Labour Mick McCartney 465 5%
BNP Chris Wait 287 3%
Liberal Democrats Paul William Hurren 151 2%
Turnout 8,917
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "England council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2014 - Bexley". www.andrewteale.me.uk.