2014 United Kingdom local elections

none October 2020 2014 United Kingdom local elections United Kingdom parliamentary no 2013 United Kingdom local elections 2013 2015 United Kingdom local elections 2015 All 32 London boroughs, all 36 metropolitan boroughs,19 out of 55 unitary authorities, 74 out of 201 district councils,all 11 Northern Irish councils, and 5 directly elected mayors 22 May 2014 Projected vote-shareAll vote shares in the infobox are projected national vote shares calculated by the BBC. SwingSwing figures are between the BBC national projected vote share extrapolation from 2013 local elections, and the BBC equivalent vote share projection from these local elections held in different areas Councils Councils +/– Councillors Councillors +/– Ed Miliband election infobox.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Ed Miliband 25 September 2010 Labour Party (UK) 31% 2% 82 6 2,121 324 David Cameron official.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 David Cameron 6 December 2005 Conservative Party (UK) 29% 4% 41 11 1,364 236 Nick Clegg official portrait.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Nick Clegg 18 December 2007 Liberal Democrats (UK) 13% 1% 6 2 427 310 Nigel Farage (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 Nigel Farage 5 November 2010 UK Independence Party 17% 5% 0 166England: 163 councillors (+161 net). Northern Ireland: 3 councillors (+2 net) 163 UK council results 2014.svg Map showing results of English and Northern Irish local elections, 2014. Council control in England and in Northern Ireland the largest parties are shown (where all councils had no overall control). Black represents No Overall Control, white represents areas that did not hold an election, blue represents the Conservative Party, red represents the Labour Party and gold represents the Liberal Democrats. Areas in light red represent the Democratic Unionist Party. Dark green represents Sinn Féin and light green represents the SDLP. Areas shown in grey are outside England and Northern Ireland The 2014 United Kingdom local elections were held on 22 May 2014. Usually these elections are held on the first Thursday in May but were postponed to coincide with the 2014 European Parliament Elections. Direct elections were held for all 32 London boroughs, all 36 metropolitan boroughs, 74 district/borough councils, 19 unitary authorities and various mayoral posts in England and elections to the new councils in Northern Ireland. All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on the day of the election were entitled to vote in the local elections. The BBC's projected national vote share (PNV) put Labour on 31%, the Conservatives on 29%, UKIP on 17%, and the Liberal Democrats on 13%.https://electionsetc.com/2014/05/23/bbc-projected-national-share-of-vote-2014/ Steve Fisher and Jonathan Jones Elections Etc 24 May 2014 BBC Projected National Share of Vote 2014 30 April 2018 Rallings and Thrasher of Plymouth University's national equivalent vote share (NEV) estimated 31% for Labour, 30% for the Conservatives, 18% for UKIP, and 11% for the Liberal Democrats.http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7596/CBP-7596.pdf Local elections 2016 UK Parliament 19 May 2016 House of Commons Library 8 April 2020 Elise Uberoi Chris Watson Richard Keen For the fourth year running, the Labour Party enjoyed the largest share of the vote in local elections, but its share of the vote was its smallest since 2010. UKIP, which topped the same day's European Parliament elections, finished third in vote share, claiming council seats from Labour, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. Overview of results UK-wide results PartyCouncillorsCouncils Number ChangeNumber Change Labour Party (UK)2,121 32482 5 Conservative Party (UK)1,364 23641 11 Liberal Democrats (UK)427 3106 2 UK Independence Party166 1630 Democratic Unionist Party130 150 Sinn Féin105 100 Ulster Unionist Party88 110 Independent politician71 180 Social Democratic and Labour Party66 10 Residents Association53 140 Green Party of England and Wales38 180 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland32 20 Tower Hamlets First18 180 Traditional Unionist Voice13100 Green Party in Northern Ireland410 Progressive Unionist Party410 NI21110 Liberal Party (UK, 1989)2 20 British National Party1 10 Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern1 20 No overall controln/an/a43 8 England results PartyCouncillorsCouncils Number ChangeNumber Change Labour Party (UK)2,121 32482 5 Conservative Party (UK)1,364 23641 11 Liberal Democrats (UK)427 3106 2 UK Independence Party163 1610 Independent politician71 180 Residents Association53 140 Green Party of England and Wales38 180 Tower Hamlets First18 180 Liberal Party (UK, 1989)2 20 British National Party1 10 Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern1 20 No overall controln/an/a32 8 The Respect Party lost both their remaining councillors.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/events/vote2014/england-council-election-results England Council Results 28 May 2014 28 May 2014 BBC News Vote 2014 English Councils - shift of control This table depicts how the control of local councils shifted in this election. The data along the diagonal represents no shift in control in that number of councils: for example, Chorley was among the solid colour no change 73 Labour controlled councils. The other cells represent the shifts of control: for example, Harrow was one of five councils of which Labour gained control from No Overall Control. The intensity of the colour in a table cell other than the diagonal reflects the relative number of losses in council control suffered by each party. after election → N.O.C. Labour Cons. Lib. Dem. Oldtotal losses ↓ before election No Overall Control 19 5 - - 24 − 5 Labour 4 73 - - 77 − 4 Conservative 8 4 40 - 52 −12 Liberal Democrats 1 - 1 6 8 − 2 New total 32 82 41 6 161 - gains +13 + 9 + 1 - - - Net change + 8 + 5 −11 − 2 - - Last updated at 11:30:10 on 27 May 2014http://interactive.guim.co.uk/embed/2014/may/local-elections-dashboard/index.html The Guardian Council Elections 2014 8 April 2020 Northern Ireland results Party Councillors % of councillors First preference votes % of FP votes 2011(Notional) 2014 +/- 2011 2014 +/- 2011https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special/election2011/council/html/northern_ireland.stm Vote 2011 Northern Ireland Council Elections BBC News 11 May 2011 8 April 2020 2014https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/events/vote2014/ni-council-election-results Vote 2014 Northern Ireland council results BBC News 25 May 2014 8 April 2020 +/- 2011 2014 +/- Democratic Unionist Party145130 1531.4%28.1%3.3%179,436144,928 27.2%23.1%4.1% Sinn Féin1151051024.9%22.7%2.2%163,712151,137 24.8%24.1%0.7% Ulster Unionist Party77881116.7%19.0%2.3%100,643101,38515.2%16.1%0.9% Social Democratic and Labour Party6766114.5%14.2%0.3%99,32585,237 15.0%13.6%1.4% Alliance Party of Northern Ireland3432 27.4%6.9%0.5%48,85941,7697.4%6.7%0.7% Traditional Unionist Voice313100.6%2.8%2.2%13,07928,3102.0%4.5%2.5% Progressive Unionist Party14 3 0.2%0.8%0.6%3,85812,753 0.6%2.0%1.4% Green Party in Northern Ireland14 30.2%0.8%0.6%6,3175,515 1.0%0.8%0.2% UK Independence Party1320.2%0.6%0.4%2,5509,3110.4%1.4%1.0% NI210110.0%0.2%0.2%011,4950.0%1.8%1.8% People Before Profit Alliance0110.0%0.2%0.2%1,7211,9230.3%0.3%0.0% Northern Ireland Conservatives000.0%0.0%1,3212,5270.2%0.4%0.2% éirígí000.0%0.0%2,0621,7560.3%0.3%0.0% Workers' Party (Ireland)000.0%0.0%7609850.10.2%0.1% Fermanagh Against Fracking000.0%0.0%05550.0%0.1%0.1% Republican Network for Unity000.0%0.0%05020.0%0.1%0.1% Community Partnership000.0%0.0%8003880.10.1%0.0% Socialist Party (Ireland)000.0%0.0%6822720.1%0.0%0.1% British National Party000.0%0.0%4911740.1%0.0%0.1% Democracy First000.0%0.0%01730.0%0.0%0.0% Others000.0%0.0%2,14200.3%0.0%0.3% Independent (politician)1815 33.9%3.2%0.7%32,15126,6824.9%4.2%0.7% Total462462100%100% 660,631627,777100%100% London boroughs 2014 London local elections All seats in the 32 London Borough Councils were up for election. Results Partyhttp://www.electionscentre.co.uk/?page_id=3755 Year Tables 19 December 2015 The Elections Centre Votes won % votes Change Seats % seats Change Councils Change Labour 944,967 37.6 +5.1 1,060 57.3 +185 20 +3 Conservative Party (UK) 663,847 26.4 −5.3 612 33.1 −105 9 −2 Liberal Democrats (UK) 267,769 10.6 −11.8 116 6.3 −130 1 −1 Green Party of England and Wales 246,805 9.8 +3.2 4 0.2 +2 0 ±0 UK Independence Party 239,001 9.5 +8.4 12 0.6 +12 0 ±0 Others 152,684 6.1 +0.4 47 2.5 +26 0 ±0 No overall control colspan="6" 2 −6 Individual council results Council Previous control Result Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) United Kingdom Independence Party Green Party of England and Wales IndependentConLabLDUKIPGreenIndOthers Barking and Dagenham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)51Barnet Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)32 27 1Bexley Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)45153Brent Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)6 56 1Bromley Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)5172Camden Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)12 40 11Croydon Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)3040Ealing Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)12 53 4Enfield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)2241Greenwich Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)843Hackney Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)4 50 3Hammersmith and Fulham Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)2026Haringey Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 48 9Harrow No overall control Labour Party (UK)26 34 12 Havering Conservative Party (UK) No overall control221724Hillingdon Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)4223Hounslow Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)1149Islington Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)471Kensington and Chelsea Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)37 12 1Kingston upon Thames Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK)282 18Lambeth Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)3591Lewisham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)531Merton No overall control Labour Party (UK)20 36 13Newham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)60Redbridge No overall control Labour Party (UK)25 35 3Richmond upon Thames Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)39 15Southwark Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)2 48 13Sutton Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK)945Tower Hamlets Labour Party (UK) No overall control42018Waltham Forest Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK)1644Wandsworth Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK)4119Westminster Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) 44 16 Totals 612 1,052 118 12 4245Councils whose control changed hands highlighted thus Harrow's Council was elected in 2010 with a Labour majority but divisions within this majority in 2013 led to a coalition struck between the Conservatives and the Independent Labour Group (formed of eight ex-Labour councillors). Conservatives withdrew their support for Independent Labour on 16 September 2013 leading to a brief Conservative minority administration. Metropolitan boroughs One third of the seats in all 36 Metropolitan Boroughs were up for election (showing those elected and each party's total in the new council). Council Previous control Result Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) United Kingdom Independence Party IndependentConLabLDUKIPOthers Barnsley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 1, 4 18, 52 2, 7 Birmingham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 13, 31 22, 77 5, 12 Bolton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 5, 15 13, 40 1, 3 2, 2 Bradford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 7, 21 17, 46 3, 8 1, 1 1,3Grn2,11Ind Bury Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 2, 11 15, 38 0, 1 0, 1 Calderdale No overall control No overall control (Lab minority, thenCon-Ind minority) 6, 19 9, 25 1, 6 1, 1 Coventry Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 6, 11 13, 43 Doncaster Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 3, 8 15, 48 1, 1 2, 6 Dudley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 7, 20 10, 40 7, 9 0,1Grn0,2Ind Gateshead Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 18, 55 4, 11 Kirklees No overall control No overall control (Lab minority) 6, 18 10, 32 5, 11 1,5Grn1,3Ind Knowsley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 21, 63 Leeds Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 6, 19 20, 62 4, 9 1,3Grn2,6Ind Liverpool Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 27, 79 0, 3 2,4Grn1,4Ind Manchester Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 33, 95 1, 1 Newcastle upon Tyne Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 18, 52 8, 24 0, 2 North Tyneside Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 3, 12 15, 44 1, 4 Oldham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 0, 2 14, 45 3, 10 2, 2 1, 1 Rochdale Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 3, 11 16, 48 1, 1 Rotherham Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 0, 2 11, 50 10, 10 0, 1 St Helens Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 1, 3 14, 43 1, 2 Salford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 3, 8 17, 52 Sandwell Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 0, 1 23, 70 1, 1 Sefton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 2, 7 13, 40 6, 17 1, 2 Sheffield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 18, 60 6, 17 3, 3 2,4Grn Solihull Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) 9, 29 0, 2 3, 8 1, 1 4,10Grn South Tyneside Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 0, 1 17, 49 0, 1 1, 3 Stockport No overall control No overall control (Lib Dem minority) 4, 10 7, 22 9, 28 1, 3 Sunderland Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 3, 8 21, 63 1, 4 Tameside Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 2, 6 17, 51 Trafford Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) 12, 33 9, 27 1, 3 Wakefield Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 1, 6 17, 54 2, 2 1, 1 Walsall No overall control No overall control (Lab minority) 6, 21 9, 30 0, 3 3, 3 1, 3 Wigan Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 1, 2 23, 62 1, 11 Wirral Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 8, 22 11, 37 2, 6 1,1Grn Wolverhampton Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 4, 12 15, 45 0, 2 1, 1 Totals 117, 373 563, 1,741 62, 189 33, 37 28, 104 Unitary authorities Two unitary authorities had all of their seats up for election following boundary changes. Council Previous control Result Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) United Kingdom Independence PartyConLabLDUKIPMilton Keynes No overall control No overall control (Lab minority) 18 25 13 1 Slough Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 8 33 1 One third of the council seats were up for election in 17 unitary authorities (elected and totals shown). Council  Previous controlResultConLabLDUKIPIndOthers Blackburn with Darwen   Labour won the most seats 4 16 1 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 12 48 4 Bristol   6 10 6 1 - 3 Green No overall control No overall control 15 31 16 1 1 6 Green Derby   6 8 3 1 - Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 14 27 7 2 1 Halton   Labour won the most seats 16 1 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 2 51 3 Hartlepool   Labour won the most seats 1 6 2 2 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 3 19 2 9 Kingston upon Hull   Labour won the most seats 1 12 7 - - Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 2 37 15 1 4 North East Lincolnshire     3 3 2 7 Labour Party (UK) No overall control (Labour minority) 10 21 3 8 Peterborough     10 2 3 3 2 Conservative Party (UK) No overall control (Conservative minority) 28 12 4 3 10 Plymouth     9 7 3 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 24 30 3 Portsmouth     5 - 3 6 - Liberal Democrats (UK) No overall control (Con with UKIP & Lab support) 12 4 19 6 1 Reading   Labour won the most seats 2 11 1 2 Green Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 10 31 2 3 GreenSouthampton     8 8 1 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 18 28 2 Southend-on-Sea     4 4 1 5 4 - Conservative Party (UK) No overall control(Ind/Lab/LD coalition) 19 9 5 5 10 Swindon Conservatives won most seats 11 8 1 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) 30 23 4 Thurrock     5 6 5 - Labour Party (UK) No overall control(Labour minority) 18 23 6 2 Warrington   Labour won the most seats 1 15 5 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 3 43 11 Wokingham Conservatives won most seats15 1 2 - Wokingham Borough election results for 22 May 2014 Wokingham Borough Council 22 May 2014 http://www.wokingham.gov.uk/council/elections/results/?assetdet6360345=283970&categoryesctl6850147=7716 16 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141129022454/http://www.wokingham.gov.uk/council/elections/results/?assetdet6360345=283970&categoryesctl6850147=7716 dead 2014-11-29 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) 44 1 7 2 Totals   seats won in May 2014 91 133 36 33 9 5 Green Total membership of new councils 264 438 100 37 42 9 Greensource: BBC News, retrieved June 2014ConsLabLDUKIPIndothers Non-metropolitan districts Whole council Two district councils had all of their seats up for election following boundary changes Council Previous control Result Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) IndependentConLabLDOthers Hart No overall control No overall control 14 9 10 Three Rivers Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) 10 3 23 Half of council Seven district councils had half of their seats up for election (showing those elected and the new council) Council Previous control Result Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) UK Independence Party IndependentConLabLDUKIPOthers Adur Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) 9, 20 0, 1 4, 6 1, 2 Cheltenham Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) 4, 11 13, 24 2, 5 Fareham Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) 11, 23 3, 5 1, 1 1, 2 Gosport Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) 12, 21 2, 6 2, 6 0, 1 Hastings Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 5, 8 11, 24 Nuneaton and Bedworth Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 2, 3 14, 28 1,2Grn0,1Ind Oxford Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 17, 33 5, 8 3,6Grn0,1Ind Totals 43, 86 44, 92 23, 43 5, 8 7, 19 Third of council 65 district councils had one third of their seats up for election Council Previous control Result Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) United Kingdom Independence Party IndependentConLabLDUKIPOthers Amber Valley Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 4, 21 11, 23 0, 1 Basildon Conservative Party (UK) No overall control Con minority 4, 17 0, 10 0, 1 11, 12 0, 2 Basingstoke and Deane No overall control No overall control Con minority 8, 28 8, 17 3, 9 1, 2 2, 4 Bassetlaw Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 3, 11 12, 34 1, 3 Brentwood Conservative Party (UK) No overall control LibDem/Ind/Lab coalition 6, 18 1, 3 5, 11 0, 5 Broxbourne Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) 9, 26 1, 3 1, 1 Burnley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 1, 5 10, 28 4, 12 Cambridge No overall control Labour Party (UK) 0, 1 10, 25 4, 14 1, 2 Cannock Chase Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 1, 6 6, 25 1, 2 4, 6 1, 2 Carlisle Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 7, 19 9, 29 0, 2 1, 2 Castle Point Conservative Party (UK) No overall control Con minority 20, 20 5, 5 0, 16 Cherwell Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) 12, 40 4, 7 1, 2 0, 1 Chorley Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 3, 13 13, 32 1, 2 Colchester No overall control No overall control LibDem/Lab/Ind coalition 8, 23 2, 8 9, 25 1, 4 Craven Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) 7, 18 0, 2 2, 10 Crawley Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 5, 16 8, 20 0, 1 Daventry Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) 10, 28 0, 4 0, 1 2, 3 Eastleigh Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) 2, 4 13, 40 Elmbridge Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) 12, 33 2, 6 4, 21 Epping Forest Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) 0, 37 0, 1 2, 3 0, 2 0,1Grn5,14Ind Exeter Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 2, 10 10, 27 1, 3 Gloucester No overall control No overall control Con minority 8, 18 3, 9 4, 9 Great Yarmouth Labour Party (UK) No overall control Lab minority 2, 14 1, 15 10, 10 Harlow Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 3, 11 4, 17 5, 5 Harrogate Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) 9, 34 8, 15 2, 5 Havant Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) 10, 31 1, 4 1, 1 2, 2 Hertsmere Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) 11, 34 2, 5 Huntingdonshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) 11, 34 0, 1 1, 6 3, 7 0,4Grn2,3Ind Hyndburn Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 2, 8 7, 23 0, 2 2, 2 Ipswich Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 4, 10 12, 35 1, 3 Lincoln Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 2, 6 9, 27 Maidstone Conservative Party (UK) No overall control Con minority 5, 25 1, 2 9, 19 4, 4 1, 5 Mole Valley No overall control No overall control 6, 19 4, 15 1, 1 3, 6 Newcastle-under-Lyme Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 5, 16 11, 32 5, 6 0,5 0,1Grn North Hertfordshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) 12, 33 5, 12 0, 3 0, 1 Norwich Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 8, 21 1, 3 5,15Grn Pendle No overall control No overall control 5, 19 7, 18 3, 11 1, 1 Preston Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 6, 19 7, 32 2, 5 0, 1 Purbeck † No overall control No overall control Con minority 6, 12 2, 11 0, 1 Redditch Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 3, 9 6, 17 2, 2 0, 1 Reigate and Banstead Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) 12, 37 1, 2 1, 1 1,3Grn2,8Ind Rochford Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) 6, 26 1, 1 1, 3 3, 3 1,2Grn1,4Ind Rossendale Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 5, 10 6, 24 1, 2 Rugby Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) 7, 23 3, 10 3, 7 2, 2 Runnymede Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) 12, 35 0, 1 2, 6 Rushmoor Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) 8, 24 4, 12 1, 3 St Albans No overall control No overall control Con minority 12, 29 3, 10 7, 17 0,1Grn0,1Ind South Cambridgeshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) 10, 35 0, 1 7, 13 2, 8 South Lakeland Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) 2, 15 0, 3 15, 33 Stevenage Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) 2, 2 34, 34 3, 3 Stratford-on-Avon Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) 15, 35 0, 1 3, 12 0, 5 Stroud No overall control No overall control Lab/Green/LibDem coalition 10, 22 6, 20 0, 2 2,6Grn0,1Ind Tamworth Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) 6, 16 3, 12 1, 1 0, 1 Tandridge Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) 13, 34 1, 6 0, 2 Tunbridge Wells Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) 14, 38 1, 3 1, 3 0, 2 0, 2 Watford Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) 1, 1 4, 11 7, 23 1,1Grn Welwyn Hatfield Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) 13, 31 4, 14 1, 2 0, 1 West Lancashire Conservative Party (UK) No overall control Con minority 11, 27 8, 27 West Oxfordshire Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) 15, 40 1, 5 1, 3 0, 1 Weymouth and Portland No overall control No overall control Lab/LibDem coalition 4, 11 5, 15 1, 6 1, 1 1, 1 Winchester No overall control No overall control Con minority 11, 28 1, 3 7, 25 0, 1 Woking Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) 7, 23 1, 1 3, 11 1, 1 Worcester No overall control No overall control Con minority 6, 17 6, 16 0, 1 0,1Grn Worthing Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) 9, 27 1, 7 1, 1 1,1Grn0,1Ind Wyre Forest No overall control No overall control 5, 15 2, 9 5, 5 1, 13 Totals 446, 1,348 283, 796 163, 421 66, 88 47, 211 † Elected councillors will hold office for one year only as Purbeck District will adopt whole council elections from 2015.http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/purbeck.txt 3 March 2014 3 March 2014 26 May 2024 District Council Elections in Purbeck Kirsty Riglar Purbeck District Council Central Services dead https://archive.today/20240526233252/https://www.webcitation.org/6NnX03Afo?url=http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/purbeck.txthttps://www.dorsetforyou.com/media.jsp?mediaid=170910&filetype=pdf 21 February 2012 3 March 2014 Minutes of the special meeting of the Purbeck District Council Dorset Council Dorset for You Mayoral elections There were five mayoral elections. Local Authority Previous Mayor New Mayor Hackney Labour Party (UK)Jules Pipe (Labour) Labour Party (UK)Jules Pipe (Labour) Lewisham Labour Party (UK)Sir Steve Bullock (Labour) Labour Party (UK)Sir Steve Bullock (Labour) Newham Labour Party (UK)Robin Wales (Labour) Labour Party (UK)Robin Wales (Labour) Tower Hamlets Independent (politician)Lutfur Rahman (Independent) Tower Hamlets FirstLutfur Rahman (Tower Hamlets First) Watford Liberal Democrats (UK)Dorothy Thornhill (Liberal Democrat) Liberal Democrats (UK)Dorothy Thornhill (Liberal Democrat) In Copeland, there was a referendum to establish a post of directly elected mayor, which passed. Northern Ireland 2014 Northern Ireland local elections These were the first elections to the 11 new 'super-councils' in Northern Ireland, following a reorganisation. These will operate in shadow form for one year, with the current 26 councils existing in parallel. Sinn Féin (dark green) won more seats than any other party in (1) Belfast, (9) Mid-Ulster, (10) Derry & Strabane and (11) Fermanagh & Omagh. Sinn Féin and the SDLP elected more councillors (14 each) than did any other party in (5) Newry, Mourne & Down . The Democratic Unionist Party (dark orange) won more seats than any other party in each of the other six councils, and won as many as all the other parties combined in (4) Lisburn & Castlereagh. thumbnail|left|250px|The eleven new districts thumbnail|center|250px|Leading party in each new council Party composition of new councils The party abbreviations in this table are explained in the total-vote table that follows it. + Seats won Sinn Féin Social Democratic and Labour Party Alliance Party of Northern Ireland Ulster Unionist Party Democratic Unionist Party Traditional Unionist Voice Independent (politician)CouncilTotalseatsSFSDLPAllianceUUPDUPTUVIndOthers 3 Antrim and Newtownabbey40 3 4 4 12 15 2 6 Armagh, Banbridge & Craigavon 41 8 6 12 13 1 1 UKIP 1 Belfast City 60 19 7 8 7 13 1 5 * 8 Causeway Coast and Glens 40 7 6 1 10 11 3 1 1 PUP 10 Derry and Strabane40 16 10 2 8 4 11 Fermanagh and Omagh 40 17 8 9 5 1 4 Lisburn and Castlereagh 40 3 7 8 20 1 1 NI21 7 Mid and East Antrim40 3 1 3 9 16 5 2 1 UKIP 9 Mid-Ulster 40 18 6 7 8 1 5 Newry, Mourne and Down 41 14 14 2 3 4 3 1 UKIP2 North Down and Ards 40 1 7 9 17 1 2 3 Green(NI) Total 462 105 66 32 88 130 13 15 13 1 * Belfast other: 3 Progressive Unionist, 1 Green Party Northern Ireland & 1 People Before Profitsource: Votes cast These elections used the Single Transferable Vote method of proportional representation. Votes and percentages for each party reflect the first preference on each ballot. Party Councillors % of councillors First preference votes % of FP votes 2011 (notional)http://sluggerotoole.com/2014/04/06/the-11-new-district-councils/ The 11 new district councils – projecting the 2011 votes Whyte Nicholas 6 April 2014 Slugger O'Toole 23 April 2014 2014 +/- 2011 (notional) 2014 +/- 2011 2014 +/- 2011 2014 +/- Democratic Unionist Party145130 1531.4%28.1%3.3%179,436144,928 27.2%23.1%4.1% Sinn Féin1151051024.9%22.7%2.2%163,712151,137 24.8%24.1%0.7% Ulster Unionist Party77881116.7%19.0%2.3%100,643101,38515.2%16.1%0.9% Social Democratic and Labour Party6766114.5%14.2%0.3%99,32585,237 15.0%13.6%1.4% Alliance Party of Northern Ireland3432 27.4%6.9%0.5%48,85941,7697.4%6.7%0.7% Traditional Unionist Voice313100.6%2.8%2.2%13,07928,3102.0%4.5%2.5% Progressive Unionist Party14 3 0.2%0.8%0.6%3,85812,753 0.6%2.0%1.4% Green Party in Northern Ireland14 30.2%0.8%0.6%6,3175,515 1.0%0.8%0.2% UK Independence Party1320.2%0.6%0.4%2,5509,3110.4%1.4%1.0% NI210110.0%0.2%0.2%011,4950.0%1.8%1.8% People Before Profit Alliance0110.0%0.2%0.2%1,7211,9230.3%0.3%0.0% Northern Ireland Conservatives000.0%0.0%1,3212,5270.2%0.4%0.2% éirígí000.0%0.0%2,0621,7560.3%0.3%0.0% Workers' Party (Ireland)000.0%0.0%7609850.10.2%0.1% Fermanagh Against Fracking000.0%0.0%05550.0%0.1%0.1% Republican Network for Unity000.0%0.0%05020.0%0.1%0.1% Community Partnership000.0%0.0%8003880.10.1%0.0% Socialist Party (Ireland)000.0%0.0%6822720.1%0.0%0.1% British National Party000.0%0.0%4911740.1%0.0%0.1% Democracy First000.0%0.0%01730.0%0.0%0.0% Others000.0%0.0%2,14200.3%0.0%0.3% Independent (politician)1815 33.9%3.2%0.7%32,15126,6824.9%4.2%0.7% Total462462100%100% 660,631627,777100%100% Electoral administration Eligibility to vote All registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on the day of the election were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections,http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1694/schedule/made The Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (England and Wales) Regulations 2006, Schedule Part 1 Legislation.gov.uk 13 October 2011 7 December 2012 although those who have moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. Those who were registered to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who has a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) were entitled to vote in the local elections at each address, as long as they were not in the same local government area.http://www.aboutmyvote.co.uk/register_to_vote/students.aspx Students Electoral Commission About my Vote 22 August 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130822035308/http://www.aboutmyvote.co.uk/register_to_vote/students.aspx 22 August 2013 deadhttp://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/faq/voting-and-registration/i-have-two-homes.-can-i-register-to-vote-at-both-addresses https://web.archive.org/web/20080928083850/http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/faq/voting-and-registration/i-have-two-homes.-can-i-register-to-vote-at-both-addresses dead 28 September 2008 I have two homes. Can I register at both addresses? Electoral Commission 5 January 2011 Enacting legislation These elections were held on 22 May 2014 as provided by 'The Local Elections (Ordinary Day of Elections in 2014) Order 2013' (S.I. Statutory Instrument (UK) 2013/2277).http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/debateni/news/european-parliament-and-council-polls-on-same-day-29408229.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130820110849/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/debateni/news/european-parliament-and-council-polls-on-same-day-29408229.html dead 20 August 2013 22 August 2013 Independent News & Media Belfast Telegraph European Parliament and council polls on same dayhttp://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2277/article/2/made The Local Elections (Ordinary Day of Elections in 2014) Order 2013 Open Government Legislation.gov.uk 19 May 2014https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/ukip/10144167/Ukip-chances-of-2014-euro-election-win-strengthened-by-polling-date-change.html Ukip chances of 2014 euro election win 'strengthened by polling date change' The Daily Telegraph 26 June 2013 27 June 2013 http://www.lgiu.org.uk/2013/03/12/england-local-elections-2014/ https://web.archive.org/web/20131110173124/http://www.lgiu.org.uk/2013/03/12/england-local-elections-2014/ dead 10 November 2013 Local Government Information Unit 12 March 2013 England local elections 2014 See also Political make-up of local councils in the United Kingdom Notes lower-alpha References Category:2014 elections in the United Kingdom Category:Premiership of David Cameron Category:Ed Miliband