2014 Brent London Borough Council election

The 2014 Brent London Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Brent London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.[1]

2014 Brent London Borough Council election

22 May 2014
All 63 seats to Brent London Borough Council 32 seats needed for a majority
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Last election 40 seats, 41.1% 6 seats, 22.0% 17 seats, 29.4% Seats won 56 6 1 Seat change 16 16 Popular vote 39,870 17,547 14,997 Percentage 46.8% 20.6% 17.6% Swing 5.7% 1.4% 11.8%
Map of the results of the 2014 Brent London Borough Council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

Background

At the last election in 2010 Labour gained control of the council with 40 councillors, compared to 17 for the Liberal Democrats and 6 for the Conservatives.[2] In July 2012 the Labour majority was increased when a Liberal Democrat councillor for Alperton, James Allie, defected to the Labour party.[3] The Liberal Democrats lost another councillor in June 2013 when Brondesbury Park councillor Carol Shaw switched back to the Conservatives, ten years after she had defected from the Conservatives to the Liberal Democrats.[4] However the Liberal Democrats did gain from a defection, when in December 2013 a Welsh Harp councillor Dhiraj Kataria left Labour to join the Liberal Democrats.[5]

A seat was vacant before the 2010 election in Dudden Hill, after Liberal Democrat councillor David Clues resigned from the council less than 6 months before the election, after having moved to Brighton.[5] A total of 222 candidates stood for election in 2010, contesting the 63 seats on the council across 21 wards.[6] The candidates included full slates from the Labour, Liberal Democrat and Conservative parties, as well as Green Party candidates across the council and a number of UK Independence Party, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition and independent candidates.[7]

Election result

Labour increased their majority on the council making 16 gains and reducing the Liberal Democrats to just 1 seat on the council.[8][9] Labour gained seats in Alperton, Dollis Hill, Dudden Hill, Mapesbury, Queens Park, Sudbury, Welsh Harp and Willesden Green from the Liberal Democrats, as well as seats in Northwick Park and Preston from the Conservatives.[9] The 15 seats lost by the Liberal Democrats included the group leader Paul Lorber in Sudbury and meant Helen Carr in Mapesbury was the only Liberal Democrat remaining on the council.[9][10]

The Conservatives stayed steady on 6 councillors after losing seats to Labour, but gaining 2 seats from the Liberal Democrats in Brondesbury Park.[9] They finished second in vote share with 21%, but well behind Labour who got 47% of the vote.[11] Overall turnout at the election was 36%.[12]

Following the election Labour councillor Muhammed Butt remained leader of the council, defeating a challenge within his party from Neil Nerva.[13] Meanwhile, the Conservative group split in half, with the 3 councillors from Brondesbury Park ward forming their own Brondesbury Park Conservatives group, after failing to replace Kenton councillor Suresh Kansahra as leader of the Conservative group, while the 3 Kenton Conservative councillors remained in the Conservative group.[14]

Brent local election result 2014[15]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	56			+16	88.9	46.8	39,870	+5.7
	Conservative	6			±0	9.5	20.6	17,547	-1.4
	Liberal Democrats	1			-16	1.6	17.6	14,997	-11.8
	Green	0			0	0	10.8	9,214	+3.9
	UKIP	0			0	0	1.8	1,505	n/a
	TUSC	0			0	0	1.0	875	n/a
	Make Willesden Green	0			0	0	1.0	846	n/a
	Independent	0			0	0	0.3	298	-0.2

Ward results

Alperton (3 seats)[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Allie	2,370
	Labour	Mili Patel	2,309
	Labour	Bhagwanji Chohan	2,305
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Brown	1,691
	Liberal Democrats	Trusha Patel	1,669
	Liberal Democrats	Samira Ahmed	1,553
	Conservative	Shamim Chowdhury	612
	Conservative	Ramila Mistry	506
	Conservative	Gerald Soames	452
	Green	Yusuf Akram	325
Total votes			13,792	46	-8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Barnhill (3 seats)[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah-Louise Marquis	2,055
	Labour	Shafique Choudhary	2,010
	Labour	Michael Pavey	1,988
	Conservative	Janu Kotecha	1,023
	Conservative	Kanta Pindoria	983
	Conservative	Jahan Mahmoodi	911
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Brown	352
	Green	Giovanna Dunmall	335
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Barratt	233
	Liberal Democrats	Bruce Thomson	174
	Independent	Elcena Jeffers	139
Total votes			10,203	32	-18
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Brondesbury Park (3 seats)[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carol Shaw	1,634
	Conservative	Joel Davidson	1,162
	Conservative	John Warren	1,118
	Labour	Michael Adeyeye	993
	Labour	David Lister	939
	Labour	Terry Hoad	919
	Liberal Democrats	Barry Cheese	630
	Green	Rai Shamon	520
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Cummins	451
	Liberal Democrats	Maurice O'Neill	388
Total votes			8,754	37	-15
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Dollis Hill (3 seats)[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Parvez Ahmed	1,715
	Labour	Arshad Mahmood	1,669
	Labour	Liz Dixon	1,566
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Hopkins	1,515
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Melia	1,175
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammad Anwar	1,172
	Conservative	Rbee Mehmood	536
	Conservative	Suresh Prajapati	442
	Conservative	Gopal Sachdev	393
	Green	Pete Murry	288
Total votes			10,471	44	-8
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Dudden Hill (3 seats)[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Aslam Choudry	2,051
	Labour	Janice Long	1,895
	Labour	Krupesh Hirani	1,851
	Liberal Democrats	Anton Georgiou	1,107
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Sisson	961
	Liberal Democrats	Costel Cam	957
	Green	Simone Aspis	538
	Conservative	Theresa Baker	471
	Conservative	Sanjay Patel	389
	Conservative	Jane Sayers	385
	UKIP	Heino Vockrodt	292
	TUSC	Sandra De Andrade	144
Total votes			11,041	41	-10
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Fryent (3 seats)[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Crane	2,043
	Labour	Ruth Moher	1,993
	Labour	Shama Tatler	1,708
	Conservative	Amit Lakhani	916
	Conservative	Mick Iqbal	845
	Conservative	Bhavisha Panchal	746
	Green	Claire McCarthy	422
	Liberal Democrats	Beatrice Cam	301
	Liberal Democrats	Arvind Patel	208
	Liberal Democrats	Murari Sharma	96
Total votes			9,278	35	-19
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Harlesden (3 seats)[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Aisha Eniola	2,160
	Labour	Lloyd McLeish	2,031
	Labour	Bobby Thomas	2,017
	Green	Simon Erskine	459
	Liberal Democrats	William Motley	387
	TUSC	John Boyle	359
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Fowler	313
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Whittle	283
	Conservative	Brindanand Camadoo	276
	Conservative	Arthi Prajapati	270
	Conservative	Vijaya Rabadia	249
Total votes			8,804	30	-19
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Kensal Green (3 seats)[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Claudia Hector	1,819
	Labour	Dan Filson	1,808
	Labour	Matt Kelcher	1,730
	Green	Sally Ibbotson	621
	Liberal Democrats	Heather James	510
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Sutherland	502
	Liberal Democrats	Callum Biggins	481
	Conservative	Michael Doku	394
	Conservative	Pamela Rice	382
	Conservative	Josephine Poku	330
Total votes			8,577	33	-19
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Kenton (3 seats)[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Suresh Kansagra	1,798
	Conservative	Reg Colwill	1,796
	Conservative	Bhiku Patel	1,669
	Labour	Syed Alam	1,139
	Labour	Lewis Hodgetts	1,040
	Labour	Nadhim Ahmed	946
	Green	Graham Allen	348
	Liberal Democrats	Violet Steele	221
	Liberal Democrats	Vivienne Williamson	153
	Liberal Democrats	Ieva Tomsone	125
Total votes			9,235	36	-22
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kilburn (3 seats)[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Duffy	2,162
	Labour	Rita Conneely	2,147
	Labour	Tayo Oladapo	1,965
	Green	Nas Belazka	733
	Conservative	Matt Jones	582
	Conservative	Louie Brockbank	517
	Conservative	Chris Gallagher	512
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Ayres	470
	Liberal Democrats	George Avionitis	361
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Round	321
	TUSC	Izzie Counihan-Sanchez	224
Total votes			9,994	32	-20
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Mapesbury (3 seats)[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lia Colacicco	1,402
	Labour	Ahmad Shahzad	1,278
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Carr	1,257
	Labour	Columbus Moloney	1,241
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Edgeworth	1,179
	Liberal Democrats	Lauren Keith	1,067
	Green	Scott Bartle	776
	Conservative	Bertha Joseph	445
	Conservative	William McGowan	416
	Conservative	Samer Ahmedali	408
Total votes			9,469	35	-15
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Northwick Park (3 seats)[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Perrin	1,694
	Labour	Margaret McLennan	1,616
	Labour	Joshua Murray	1,599
	Conservative	Kishan Devani	1,579
	Conservative	John Detre	1,550
	Conservative	Harihar Patel	1,493
	Green	Mimi Kaltman	263
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Conduit	219
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Robb	171
	Liberal Democrats	Freda Raingold	136
Total votes			10,320	38	-15
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Preston (3 seats)[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew Bradley	1,712
	Labour	Patricia Harrison	1,671
	Labour	Jean Hossain	1,549
	Conservative	Harshadbhai Patel	1,428
	Conservative	Michael Maurice	1,339
	Conservative	Monica Patel	1,334
	UKIP	Jeffrey Deen	345
	Green	May Erskine	317
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen Barker	260
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Bunce-Linsell	245
	Liberal Democrats	David Johnson	211
	TUSC	Paul Summers	148
Total votes			10,559	36	-15
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Queens Park (3 seats)[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Denselow	1,727
	Labour	Neil Nerva	1,650
	Labour	Eleanor Southwood	1,587
	Conservative	Jennifer Powers	784
	Green	Alex Freed	750
	Liberal Democrats	Virginia Bonham Carter	723
	Conservative	Shaun Rosse	708
	Conservative	Abdul Alawiye	624
	Liberal Democrats	Isabella Thomas	549
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Bertulis-Fernandes	520
Total votes			9,622	34	-22
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Queensbury (3 seats)[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Kabir	2,114
	Labour	Ramesh Patel	2,022
	Labour	Kana Naheerathan	1,981
	Conservative	Kanta Mistry	1,877
	Conservative	Snehal Mehta	1,669
	Conservative	Jayanti Patel	1,644
	UKIP	Barry Cameron	421
	Green	Adlen Biloum	332
	Liberal Democrats	Valerie Brown	252
	Liberal Democrats	John Lewis	209
	Liberal Democrats	Peggy Cruickshank	170
Total votes			12,691	41	-14
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Stonebridge (3 seats)[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sabina Khan	2,638
	Labour	Ernest Ezeajughi	2,522
	Labour	Zaffar Kalwala	2,386
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Lake	406
	Liberal Democrats	Donald MacArthur	356
	Conservative	Summer Jafferali	331
	Conservative	Rohit Patel	317
	Green	Brian Orr	289
	Liberal Democrats	Dineshkumar Shah	260
	Conservative	Pritul Rabadia	252
Total votes			9,757	33	-18
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Sudbury (3 seats)[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Daly	2,038
	Labour	Aisha Hoda-Benn	1,862
	Labour	Abdi Aden	1,810
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Lorber	1,651
	Liberal Democrats	Deven Shah	1,431
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Wharton	1,379
	Conservative	Jessica Bhardwaj	549
	Conservative	Lewis Owen	460
	Conservative	Badrul Haque	407
	Green	Manish Patel	309
	Independent	Toby Chambers	159
Total votes			12,055	42	-8
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Tokyngton (3 seats)[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Muhammed Butt	2,247
	Labour	Ketan Sheth	2,143
	Labour	Orleen Hylton	1,990
	Conservative	Jimmy Desai	816
	Conservative	Jennifer Brown	701
	Conservative	Mesbah Uddin	573
	Liberal Democrats	Vijya Bhudia	502
	Green	Khalid Akram	425
	Liberal Democrats	Chunilal Hirani	406
	Liberal Democrats	Naim Hasani	369
Total votes			10,172	32	-21
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Welsh Harp (3 seats)[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roxanne Mashari	1,833
	Labour	Amer Agha	1,831
	Labour	Harbi Farah	1,653
	Conservative	Sylvia Drab	690
	Conservative	Richard Lacey	601
	Conservative	Mohammed Alghoul	547
	UKIP	Syed Hussain	447
	Green	Jafar Hassan	351
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Ratnayake	334
	Liberal Democrats	Mario Tchiqurina	220
	Liberal Democrats	Ulla Thiessen	219
Total votes			8,726	35	-16
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Wembley Central (3 seats)[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Krupa Sheth	2,228
	Labour	Wilhelmina Murray	1,990
	Labour	Sam Stopp	1,726
	Liberal Democrats	Jyotshna Patel	1,571
	Liberal Democrats	Dhiraj Kataria	1,400
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Bessong	1,300
	Conservative	Abirami Senthilnathan	525
	Conservative	Mohammed Ahmed	470
	Conservative	Mohammed Shaikh	402
	Green	Kolos Csontos	282
Total votes			11,894	39	-11
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Willesden Green (3 seats)[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lesley Jones	1,730
	Labour	Bernard Collier	1,628
	Labour	Tom Miller	1,446
	Make Willesden Green	Alex Colas	846
	Liberal Democrats	Omar Deedat	638
	Green	Martin Francis	531
	Green	Shahrar Ali	520
	Liberal Democrats	Ibrahim Jahangir	480
	Liberal Democrats	Mayanthie Wijesuriya	425
	Conservative	Joan Padro	281
	Conservative	Shahin Chowdhury	267
	Conservative	Ali Jawad	251
Total votes			9,043	34	-13
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

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