2014 Merton London Borough Council election

2014 local election in England 2014 Merton London Borough Council election parliamentary 2010 Merton London Borough Council election 2010 22 May 2014 2018 Merton London Borough Council election 2018 All 60 council seats on Merton London Borough Council 41.3% (25%)https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/borough-council-election-results-2010 London Datastore data.london.gov.uk en-US 24 May 2018 Labour Party (UK) 28 seats, 39.0% 36 8 83,091 49.6% 10.6% Conservative Party (UK) 27 seats, 36.3% 20 7 52,867 31.6% 4.8% Merton Park Ward Residents Association 3 seats, 2.9% 3 6,222 3.7% 0.8% Liberal Democrats (UK) 2 seats, 18.1% 1 1 14,973 8.9% 9.2% Council leader Council leader after election Stephen Alambritis Labour Party (UK) Stephen Alambritis Labour Party (UK) Merton London UK local election 2014 map.svg 300px Map of the results of the 2014 Merton council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Merton Park Ward Residents Association in white. May 2014 May 2014 Elections for the London Borough of Merton were held on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Merton London Borough Council in England.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/events/vote2014/england-council-election-results England council results 23 May 2014 BBC News This was on the same day as other local elections in England and an election to the European Parliament. The incumbent minority Labour administration gained eight seats from the Conservatives, returning the council to majority control. Background Merton local elections#2010-2014 In May 2013, four Conservative councillors had defected to the UK Independence Party, including Suzanne Evans, who later became a national spokesperson for the party.http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/10423642.Councillors_left__open_mouthed__by_shock_resignation_of_four_senior_Tories/ Councillors left 'open mouthed' by shock resignation of four senior Tories May Lauren 16 May 2013 Your Local Guardian en 22 May 2018 No by-elections were called as a result of the defections. In the election, all those who sought re-election as UKIP councillors were defeated, including Evans in the Hillside ward.https://democracy.merton.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=28&RPID=506838142 Councillors: Hillside Ward 2014 Results Services CS - Democracy 22 May 2014 democracy.merton.gov.uk en 22 May 2018 Results summary Labour gained seats from the Conservatives in the wards of Abbey, Cannon Hill and Lower Morden; this returned the council to majority Labour control from no overall control. Labour won 36 seats (+8) and the Conservatives 20 seats (-7). The Liberal Democrats lost one seat in West Barnes to the Conservatives to finish with just 1 seat, whilst the Merton Park Ward Residents Association maintained its three seats in Merton Park.https://democracy.merton.gov.uk/mgElectionResults.aspx?ID=2&V=1&RPID=506838104 Councillors Services CS - Democracy 22 May 2014 democracy.merton.gov.uk en 22 May 2018 Merton local election result 2014http://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2014/28/ Merton Council Election Results 2014 Local Elections Archive Project 14 June 2018 Labour Party (UK) yes 60 36 8 0 8 60.0 49.6 83,091 10.6 Conservative Party (UK) 60 20 1 8 7 33.3 31.6 52,867 4.8 Merton Park Ward Residents Association 3 3 0 0 5.0 3.7 6,222 0.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) 42 1 0 1 1 1.7 8.9 14,973 9.2 UK Independence Party 14 0 0 0 0.0 3.6 6,112 3.2 Green Party of England and Wales 6 0 0 0 0.0 1.5 2,564 0.1 Mitcham Independent Party 000000 3 0 0 0 0.0 0.6 1,056 N/A Keep Our St Helier Hospital 0071bb 2 0 0 0 0.0 0.3 422 N/A Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 2 0 0 0 0.0 0.1 251 N/A |} Ward results Abbey Abbey Labour Party (UK) Abigail Jones 1,563 47.9 +15.6 Labour Party (UK) Andrew Judge* 1,560 47.8 +11.5 Labour Party (UK) Katy Neep 1,519 46.5 +15.4 Conservative Party (UK) Henry Nelless* 1,136 34.8 -2.0 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Smith 1,104 33.8 -5.8 Conservative Party (UK) Cesar Sepulveda 975 29.9 -4.3 Green Party of England and Wales David Wood 425 13.0 N/A Liberal Democrats (UK) Pauline Barry 284 8.7 -17.0 UKIP Rathy Alagaratnam 259 7.9 N/A Liberal Democrats (UK) Richard Heinrich 202 6.2 -16.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Tippett-Cooper 162 5.0 -17.4 3,458 45 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Cannon Hill Cannon Hill Labour Party (UK) Tobin Byers 1,686 48.2 +21.0 Labour Party (UK) Pauline Cowper 1,661 47.5 +8.0 Labour Party (UK) Fidelis Gadzama 1,556 44.5 +7.2 Conservative Party (UK) Debbie Shears* 1,227 35.1 -8.9 Conservative Party (UK) Omar Bush 1,153 33.0 -6.5 Conservative Party (UK) Logie Lohendran* 1,081 30.9 -6.4 UK Independence Party Andrew Mills 597 14.2 N/A Liberal Democrats (UK) Andrew Cope 254 7.3 -16.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Vivian MacVeigh 227 6.5 -14.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Cosette Malik 131 3.7 -16.5 49.3 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Colliers Wood Colliers Wood Labour Party (UK) Nick Draper* 1,774 59.5 +3.7 Labour Party (UK) Caroline Cooper-Marbiah* 1,687 56.6 +8.3 Labour Party (UK) Laxmi Attawar* 1,631 54.7 +4.1 Conservative Party (UK) Peter Lord 674 22.6 +1.2 Conservative Party (UK) Adam Crymble 646 21.7 +1.2 Conservative Party (UK) Giuseppe Fraschini 612 20.5 +2.4 Green Party of England and Wales Ian Weir 545 18.3 +5.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Nathan Hollow 238 8.0 -11.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Woodbridge 235 7.9 -9.3 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition April Ashley 132 4.4 N/A 37.5 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Cricket Green Cricket Green Labour Party (UK) Ian Munn* 2,204 69.3 +7.6 Labour Party (UK) Russell Makin* 2,170 68.2 +10.3 Labour Party (UK) Judy Saunders* 2,107 66.3 +9.1 Conservative Party (UK) Barbara Mansfield 467 14.7 -10.7 Conservative Party (UK) Andrew Hollingsworth 449 14.1 -6.3 Mitcham Independent Party Alan Hutchings 386 12.1 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Carl Warner 375 11.8 -7.9 Mitcham Independent Party John Mansfield 360 11.3 N/A Mitcham Independent Party Stuart Morrison 310 9.7 N/A Liberal Democrats (UK) Nicholas Pizey 147 4.6 -11.4 40.1 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Dundonald Dundonald Conservative Party (UK) David Dean* 1,408 45.6 +1.9 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Bull 1,355 43.9 +2.3 Conservative Party (UK) Suzanne Grocott* 1,326 43.0 +4.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Giles Bailey 795 25.8 -10.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Anthony Fairclough 782 25.3 -7.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Diana Coman 781 25.3 -6.7 Labour Party (UK) Christine Bickerstaff 758 24.6 +5.0 Labour Party (UK) Adeniyi Adegboyega 665 21.5 +5.7 Labour Party (UK) Wayne Busbridge 647 21.0 +7.5 UKIP Eddie Edwards 232 7.5 N/A 44.7 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Figge’s Marsh Figge's Marsh Labour Party (UK) Agatha Akyigyina* 2,483 81.0 +11.7 Labour Party (UK) Geraldine Stanford* 2,384 77.8 +9.0 Labour Party (UK) Peter Walker* 2,200 71.8 +8.8 Conservative Party (UK) William Brierly 439 14.3 -3.5 Conservative Party (UK) Henry Moulton 390 12.7 -4.6 Conservative Party (UK) John Telford 366 11.9 -3.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Cargin 180 5.9 -9.6 37.8 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Graveney Graveney Labour Party (UK) John Dehaney* 2,194 78.4 +10.7 Labour Party (UK) Linda Kirby* 2,132 76.2 +6.8 Labour Party (UK) Greg Udeh* 1,888 67.5 +8.9 Conservative Party (UK) Margaret Brierly 421 15.0 -2.4 Conservative Party (UK) Alice Hammond 376 13.4 -3.7 Conservative Party (UK) Sally Hammond 333 11.9 -8.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Peter Hardy 206 7.4 N/A Liberal Democrats (UK) Benedict Fletcher 205 7.3 -11.8 Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Rodney Kay-Kreizman 119 4.3 N/A 38.8 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Hillside Hillside Conservative Party (UK) David Simpson* 1,309 51.8 +5.5 Conservative Party (UK) David Williams* 1,281 50.7 +3.6 Conservative Party (UK) Daniel Holden 1,269 50.2 -1.9 Labour Party (UK) Michelle Gordon 634 25.1 +7.3 Labour Party (UK) Tony Kane 603 23.9 +9.3 Labour Party (UK) Christopher McKeon 533 21.1 +7.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Carmel Fowler 453 17.9 -11.2 UKIP Suzanne Evans* 342 13.5 -38.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Hamish Norbrook 337 13.3 -12.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mohammed Hasan 336 13.3 -9.8 38.2 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Evans was elected in 2010 as a Conservative councillor Lavender Fields Lavender Fields Labour and Co-operative Mark Allison* 1,682 67.9 +12.6 Labour and Co-operative Ross Garrod 1,633 65.9 +12.3 Labour and Co-operative Edith Macauley* 1,570 63.4 +8.9 UKIP Don Anderson 424 17.1 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Richard Aitken-Davies 344 13.9 -7.4 Conservative Party (UK) Philip Beard 288 11.6 -7.8 Conservative Party (UK) Thomas Moulton 263 10.6 -8.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Liz Barker 232 9.4 -9.4 33.2 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Longthornton Longthornton Labour Party (UK) Brenda Fraser* 2,119 72.4 +8.5 Labour Party (UK) David Chung* 2,115 72.3 +10.1 Labour Party (UK) Marsie Skeete 1,891 64.6 +12.0 Conservative Party (UK) Richard Hayward 637 21.8 -5.9 Conservative Party (UK) Beth Mitchell 583 19.9 -3.2 Conservative Party (UK) Hamna Qureshi 531 18.2 4.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Eliane Patton 199 6.8 -11.5 38.0 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Lower Morden Lower Morden Labour Party (UK) Sally Kenny 1,762 50.9 +17.8 Labour Party (UK) Stan Anderson 1,730 49.9 +19.5 Labour Party (UK) Mary Curtin 1,630 47.0 +21.6 Conservative Party (UK) Maurice Groves* 1,165 33.6 -16.8 Conservative Party (UK) Ray Tindle* 1,026 29.6 -9.5 Conservative Party (UK) Gary Watkinson 928 26.8 -17.3 UKIP Richard Hilton* 753 21.7 -22.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Asif Ashraf 172 5.0 -11.7 49.9 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Merton Park Merton Park Merton Park Ward Residents Association John Sargeant* 2,123 63.7 +13.5 Merton Park Ward Residents Association Peter Southgate* 2,052 61.6 +11.5 Merton Park Ward Residents Association Edward Foley 2,047 61.4 +10.9 Conservative Party (UK) David Cotterill 566 17.0 -10.1 Labour Party (UK) Anthony Draper 552 16.6 -0.6 Conservative Party (UK) Robert Lawrence 520 15.6 -7.7 Conservative Party (UK) Nicholas Bustin 516 15.5 -6.5 Labour Party (UK) Ross Savill 496 14.9 +2.2 Labour Party (UK) Charles Ocansey 495 14.9 +1.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Duncan Burch 143 4.3 -9.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Dalton 143 4.3 N/A Liberal Democrats (UK) Nazir Malik 115 3.5 N/A 47.4 Merton Park Ward Residents Association Merton Park Ward Residents Association Merton Park Ward Residents Association Pollards Hill Pollards Hill Labour Party (UK) Joan Henry 2,195 72.5 +26.3 Labour Party (UK) Jeff Hanna* 2,148 70.9 +24.5 Labour Party (UK) Martin Whelton* 2,135 70.5 +23.1 UKIP Bob Grahame 498 16.4 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Robert Giles 399 13.2 -12.1 Conservative Party (UK) Jay Crush 382 12.6 -7.1 Conservative Party (UK) Imran Kali 290 9.6 -9.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Stephen Harbron 163 5.4 -5.3 38.0 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Ravensbury Ravensbury Labour Party (UK) Stephen Alambritis* 1,971 66.0 +13.8 Labour Party (UK) Philip Jones* 1,769 59.3 +6.6 Labour Party (UK) Peter McCabe* 1,633 54.7 +5.7 United Kingdom Independence Party John Brereton 649 21.7 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Nicholas McLean 420 14.1 -16.0 Conservative Party (UK) Anton Gjeta 335 11.2 -16.3 Green Party of England and Wales Natalie Gordon 328 11.0 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Frank Pocock 325 10.9 -11.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Anne Blanchard 206 6.9 -9.0 40.7 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Raynes Park Raynes Park Conservative Party (UK) Jill West 1,351 46.6 -2.8 Conservative Party (UK) Adam Bush 1,470 46.4 +1.9 Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Crowe 1,486 46.3 +3.8 Labour Party (UK) Alison Honor 809 26.6 +8.4 Labour Party (UK) Charles Lucas 716 23.5 +6.2 Labour Party (UK) Praful Nargund 672 22.1 +6.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) David Amer 547 18.0 -14.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Jennifer Bernard 471 15.5 -12.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Kevin Whincup 444 14.6 -9.8 UKIP Peter Burton 339 11.1 N/A Keep Our St Helier Hospital #0071bb David Ash 223 7.3 N/A 41.8 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) St Helier St Helier Labour Party (UK) Maxi Martin* 2,010 67.0 +13.6 Labour Party (UK) Dennis Pearce* 1,916 63.9 +15.0 Labour Party (UK) Imran Uddin 1,673 55.8 +6.4 United Kingdom Independence Party Andre Lampitt 663 22.1 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Chris Challouma 505 16.8 -14.0 Conservative Party (UK) Chris McLaughlin 435 14.5 -12.1 Conservative Party (UK) Hugh Lenon 421 14.0 -12.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Simon Parritt 203 6.8 -10.3 38.7 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Trinity Trinity Conservative Party (UK) James Holmes* 1,283 44.7 +1.5 Conservative Party (UK) Charlie Chirico 1,270 44.1 +2.1 Conservative Party (UK) Abdul Latif 1,119 38.9 -0.1 Labour Party (UK) Mike Blakeney 940 32.7 +6.9 Labour Party (UK) John Colbert 814 28.3 +5.4 Labour Party (UK) Haile Warner 763 26.5 +4.4 Green Party of England and Wales Liz Matthews 543 18.9 +5.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Helen Carter 364 12.7 -11.5 Liberal Democrats (UK) Federico Bertero 290 10.1 -12.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Matthew Payne 283 9.8 -17.5 United Kingdom Independence Party Dominic Moass 263 9.1 N/A 39.5 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Village Village Conservative Party (UK) Hamish Badenoch 2,067 72.8 +3.5 Conservative Party (UK) John Bowcott* 2,055 72.4 +3.4 Conservative Party (UK) Najeeb Latif 1,848 65.1 -2.1 Labour Party (UK) Bill Bottriell 385 13.6 +1.9 Labour Party (UK) Brian Paul 300 10.6 +1.9 UKIP Rod Scott 298 10.5 N/A Green Party of England and Wales Mason Redding 268 9.4 N/A Labour Party (UK) Habibullah Khan 253 8.9 -0.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Simon McGrath 217 7.8 -9.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Diana Oxford 213 7.5 -13.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Daniel Sheridan 164 5.8 -9.3 45.2 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) West Barnes West Barnes Conservative Party (UK) Gilli Lewis-Lavender* 1,424 40.9 +3.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Mary-Jane Jeanes* 1,311 37.7 -1.3 Conservative Party (UK) Brian Lewis-Lavender 1,252 36.0 -0.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Iain Dysart* 1,218 35.0 -3.0 Conservative Party (UK) Miles Windsor 966 27.8 -6.4 Liberal Democrats (UK) Philip Ling 902 25.9 -7.3 Labour Party (UK) Irina Chung 581 16.7 -1.1 Labour Party (UK) Jerome Neil 577 16.6 +0.5 Labour Party (UK) Sam Thomas 520 14.9 +1.2 Green Party of England and Wales Charles Barraball 455 13.1 +6.0 UKIP Nicolas O’Gorman 429 12.3 N/A 47.0 Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Wimbledon Park Wimbledon Park Conservative Party (UK) Janice Howard* 1,497 46.6 +3.8 Conservative Party (UK) Oonagh Moulton* 1,424 44.3 +3.3 Conservative Party (UK) Linda Taylor* 1,367 42.6 -0.5 Labour Party (UK) Hugh Constant 904 28.1 +7.5 Labour Party (UK) Ailsa Williams 747 23.3 +5.4 Labour Party (UK) Motiur Rahman 746 23.2 +7.0 Green Party of England and Wales Liam Collins 524 16.3 +8.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Edward Doran 368 11.5 -14.2 UKIP Mark McAleer 366 11.4 +7.6 Liberal Democrats (UK) Dave Busby 351 10.9 -18.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Denis Kouadio 299 9.3 -17.6 Keep Our St Helier Hospital #0071bb Sandra Ash 189 5.9 N/A 39.8 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) By-elections St Helier by-election, 19 May 2016https://news.merton.gov.uk/2016/05/19/st-helier-by-election-results/ St Helier by-election results 19 May 2016 Merton Council News Room Labour Party (UK) Jerome Neil 1,436 71.0 +4.0 Conservative Party (UK) Susan Edwards 282 13.9 -2.9 United Kingdom Independence Party Richard Hilton 191 9.4 -12.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Asif Ashraf 59 2.9 -3.9 Green Party of England and Wales John Barraball 55 2.7 N/A 1,154 57.1 2,030 24.9 -13.8 Labour Party (UK) The by-election was triggered by the death of Cllr Maxi Martin of the Labour Party. St Helier by-election, 20 July 2017https://democracy.merton.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=54 Councillors CS-Democracy Services 20 July 2017 democracy.merton.gov.uk Labour Party (UK) Kelly Braund 1,508 74.1 +18.3 Conservative Party (UK) Geraldine Kirby 318 15.6 -1.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) Geoff Cooper 98 4.8 -2.0 Green Party of England and Wales Phillipa Maslin 61 3.0 N/A United Kingdom Independence Party Bob Grahame 50 2.5 -19.6 1,190 58.4 2,035 24.9 -13.8 Labour Party (UK) The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Cllr Imran Uddin of the Labour Party. References Merton 2014