2014 Bexley London Borough Council election

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

2014 Bexley Borough Council election

1 May 2014
All 63 seats to Bexley London Borough Council 32 seats needed for a majority
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 7 4 3 Popular vote 30,528 20,561 18,044 Percentage 38.1% 25.7% 22.5% Swing 5.1% 1.2% 20.5%
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

Overall results

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	7.7	6,178	-2.9
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	2.7	2,162	-10.7
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	1,238	+0.7
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	884	+0.5
	CPA	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	275	±0.0
	TUSC	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	169	n/a

Ward results

Barnehurst

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

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

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

1. "England council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
2. http://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/results/2014/21/