2014 London local elections

There were local government elections in London on Thursday 22 May 2014. All councillor seats on the 32 London borough councils were up for election. The electorates of Hackney, Lewisham, Newham and Tower Hamlets also elected their executive mayors, who operate in place of council leaders in those boroughs. Ward changes took place in Hackney, Kensington and Chelsea, and Tower Hamlets, which reduced the total number of councillors by 10 to 1,851. Both the mayoral and councillor elections are four-yearly.

2014 London local elections
22 May 2014
All 1,851 councillors on all 32 London boroughs
Turnout38.9% (23.1%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Len Duvall Boris Johnson Caroline Pidgeon
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Popular vote 944,967 663,847 267,769
Percentage 37.6% 26.4% 10.6%
Swing 5.1% 5.3% 11.8%
Councils 20 9 1
Gain/loss 3 2 1
Councillors 1,060 612 116
Gain/loss 185 105 130
London borough councils by political control following election. Councils that are Labour are in red, Conservative in blue, Liberal Democrat in yellow and two in no overall control party-politically are in black.

The results saw London Labour achieve their best result in over 40 years, winning 1,060 councillors, control of 20 out of 32 councils and 38% of the popular vote (their highest since 1998). Only the elections of 1964, 1971 and 1974 have seen Labour win more than 1,060 council seats in London, and Labour has not controlled 20 councils or more since 1971. This result was subsequently surpassed by the party's performance in the 2018 elections.

The London Conservatives dropped to their lowest-ever percentage of the vote in a London local election, at just 26.4%, and fell to their lowest councillor total since 1998. The London Liberal Democrats' vote halved, with the party dropping to 11% of the popular vote and 116 seats (down 130), the worst result for the Lib Dems or the Liberals since 1978.

The election saw a record vote for parties outside the 3 major parties, with UKIP, the London Green Party, independents and other minor parties winning a collective 25.4% of the vote, the highest since the creation of the London Boroughs in 1964. 63 minor party or independent councillors were elected in total.

UKIP and the Greens saw their best-ever results in terms of vote share (9.8% for the Greens and 9.5% for UKIP), but whilst UKIP gained 12 seats, the Greens gained just 2.

Following the elections, two of the thirty two London borough councils were in no overall control, a decrease of one. All four mayoral elections returned the incumbent mayors: 3 Labour and 1 Tower Hamlets First.

Results summary
Party[1] Votes won % votes Change Seats % seats Change Councils Change
Labour 944,967 37.6 5.1 1,060 57.3 185 20 3
Conservative 663,847 26.4 5.3 612 33.1 105 9 2
Liberal Democrats 267,769 10.6 11.8 116 6.3 130 1 1
Green 246,805 9.8 3.2 4 0.2 2 0
UKIP 239,001 9.5 8.4 12 0.6 12 0
Others 152,684 6.1 0.4 47 2.5 26 0
No overall control N/A 2 6
  • Turnout: 2,284,882 voters cast ballots, a turnout of 38.9% (−23.1%).[2]

Councils results
Council Overall result Cons. Lab. Lib. Dem. UKIP Green Others Turnout Council election
2010 2014[3]
Barking and Dagenham Labour Labour5138.16% Details
Barnet Conservative Conservative3230141.10% Details
Bexley Conservative Conservative45153 Details
Brent Labour Labour656133.00% Details
Bromley Conservative Conservative5172 Details
Camden Labour Labour12401138.69% Details
Croydon Conservative Labour304038.00% Details
Ealing Labour Labour1253441.30% Details
Enfield Labour Labour224137.79% Details
Greenwich Labour Labour84337.25% Details
Hackney Labour Labour450342.89% Details
Hammersmith and Fulham Conservative Labour202638.00% Details
Haringey Labour Labour48938.10% Details
Harrow No overall control Labour263412[others 1]41.00% Details
Havering Conservative No overall control221724[others 2] Details
Hillingdon Conservative Conservative422335.76% Details
Hounslow Labour Labour114936.80% Details
Islington Labour Labour47138.40% Details
Kensington and Chelsea Conservative Conservative37121 Details
Kingston upon Thames Liberal Democrats Conservative28218 Details
Lambeth Labour Labour359132.00% Details
Lewisham Labour Labour531 Details
Merton No overall control Labour203613[others 3]41.00% Details
Newham Labour Labour6040.62% Details
Redbridge No overall control Labour2535339.70% Details
Richmond upon Thames Conservative Conservative391546.30% Details
Southwark Labour Labour24813 Details
Sutton Liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats94542.20% Details
Tower Hamlets Labour No overall control52218[others 4] Details
Waltham Forest Labour Labour164459.22% Details
Wandsworth Conservative Conservative4119 Details
Westminster Conservative Conservative441632.35% Details
Totals 6121,06011612447

Others and notes
  1. Harrow: Independent, 2;
  2. Havering: Havering Residents Association, 19; Independent Residents, 5;
  3. Merton: Merton Park Ward Independent Residents, 3;
  4. Tower Hamlets: Tower Hamlets First, 18;

    Overall councillors by party
    Overall councillors by party
    Party Seats Gain/loss
      Labour 1,060 +185
      Conservative 612 −105
      Liberal Democrats 116 −130
      Havering Residents Association 19 +7
      Tower Hamlets First 18 +18
      UKIP 12 +12
      Independent Residents 5 +1
      Green 4 +2
      Merton Park Residents 3 0
      Independent 2 +1

    Three seats in Barnet (Colindale) and three in Tower Hamlets (Blackwall and Cubitt Town) were vacancies until elections held on 26 June 2014 in Colindale[4] and on 3 July 2014 in Blackwall and Cubitt Town.[5]

    Opinion polling
    Date(s)
    conducted    		 Polling organisation/client Sample size Lab Con Lib Dem Grn UKIP Others Lead
    22 May 2014 2014 elections 2,515,073 37.6% 26.4% 10.6% 9.8% 9.5% 6.1% 11.2%
    6–8 May 2014 YouGov 1,422 40% 33% 11% 2% 10% 4% 7%
    28–29 April 2014 Survation 1,001 42% 26% 14% 4% 11% 3% 16%
    6 May 2010 2010 elections 3,733,289 32.5% 31.7% 22.4% 6.6% 1.1% 5.7% 0.8%

    Mayoral results

    In four London boroughs the executive function of the council is a directly elected mayor. The mayoral elections take place at the same time as councillor elections in those boroughs.

    Mayoralty 2010 2014
    Hackney Jules Pipe (Labour) Jules Pipe (Labour)
    Lewisham Sir Steve Bullock (Labour) Sir Steve Bullock (Labour)
    Newham Robin Wales (Labour) Robin Wales (Labour)
    Tower Hamlets Lutfur Rahman (Independent) Lutfur Rahman (Tower Hamlets First)

    Borough result maps
    • Barking and Dagenham 2014 results map
    • Barnet 2014 results map
    • Bexley 2014 results map
    • Brent 2014 results map
    • Bromley 2014 results map
    • Camden 2014 results map
    • Croydon 2014 results map
    • Ealing 2014 results map
    • Enfield 2014 results map
    • Greenwich 2014 results map
    • Hackney 2014 results map
    • Hammersmith and Fulham 2014 results map
    • Haringey 2014 results map
    • Harrow 2014 results map
    • Havering 2014 results map
    • Hillingdon 2014 results map
    • Hounslow 2014 results map
    • Islington 2014 results map
    • Kensington and Chelsea 2014 results map
    • Kingston upon Thames 2014 results map
    • Lambeth 2014 results map
    • Lewisham 2014 results map
    • Merton 2014 results map
    • Newham 2014 results map
    • Redbridge 2014 results map
    • Richmond upon Thames 2014 results map
    • Southwark 2014 results map
    • Sutton 2014 results map
    • Tower Hamlets 2014 results map
    • Waltham Forest 2014 results map
    • Wandsworth 2014 results map
    • Westminster 2014 results map
    • Greater London 2014 results map

    References
    1. http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/?page_id=3755
    2. https://files.datapress.com/london/dataset/borough-council-election-results-2014/London-Borough-Council-Elections-2014.pdf
    3. "2014 borough elections results". London councils. Archived from the original on 22 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
    4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
    5. http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/labour_and_tories_take_council_seats_in_blackwall_and_cubitt_town_by_election_1_3669435
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