2014 Bromley London Borough Council election

2014 Bromley London Borough Council election
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All 60 seats to Bromley London Borough Council
31 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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Party Conservative Labour UKIP
Last election 53 seats, 49.3% 3 seats, 15.5% 0 seats, 3.7%
Seats won 51 7 2
Seat change Decrease2 Increase4 Increase2
Popular vote 41,988 26,295 22,573
Percentage 39.6% 18.3% 19.8%
Swing Decrease9.7% Increase2.8% Increase16.1%
Map of the results of the 2014 Bromley council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and UKIP in purple.
Council control before election


Conservative

Council control after election


Conservative

The 2014 Bromley London Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014. All 60 members of Bromley London Borough Council were elected. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs, elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom, and elections to the European Parliament.

In the previous election in 2010, the Conservative Party maintained its control of the council, winning 53 out of the 60 seats with the Liberal Democrats forming the primary opposition with 4 seats, a loss of three. The Labour Party lost a seat, and won the remaining 3 seats.

At this election, The Liberal Democrats lost all four of their seats on to Labour in the Cray Valley East, Crystal Palace and Clock House wards. UKIP gained two seats from the Conservative Party in Cray Valley West.[1]

Results summary

Bromley Local Election Result 2014[2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 51 1 3 -2 85.0 39.6 41,988 -9.7
  UKIP 2 2 0 2 3.3 19.8 22,573 +16.1
  Labour 7 4 0 +4 11.7 18.3 20,886 +2.8
  Green 0 0 0 0 11.6 13,168 +7.6
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 4 -4 9.1 10,337 -15.5
  Independent 0 0 0 0 1.0 1,095 -0.1
  BNP 0 0 0 0 0.5 604 -0.5
  TUSC 0 0 0 0 0.1 131 N/A

Ward results

Bickley

Bickley (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Catherine Rideout 2,667 54.6
Conservative Kate Lymer 2,628 53.8
Conservative Colin Smith 2,625 53.7
UKIP David Woods 889 18.2
UKIP John Francis 842 17.2
UKIP David Quartermain 825 16.9
Labour Kelly Galvin 667 13.6
Labour Christopher Clough 646 13.2
Labour Robert Evans 631 12.9
Green Roisin Robertson 457 9.3
Liberal Democrats Charles Barr 370 7.6
Liberal Democrats Victoria Wye 339 6.9
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Webber 309 6.3
Turnout 4889 41.80
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Biggin Hill

Biggin Hill (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Julian Bennington 1,652 51.0
Conservative Melanie Stevens 1,282 39.6
UKIP Emmett Jenner 1,185 36.6
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Gostt 501 15.5
Liberal Democrats Walter Shekyls 428 13.2
Labour Colin Savage 314 9.7
Green Lara Yates 300 9.3
Labour Michael Roberts 103 3.2
Turnout 3241 41.42
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Bromley Common and Keston

Bromley Common and Keston (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Carr 2,368 49.0
Conservative Alexa Michael 2,350 48.6
Conservative Ruth Bennett 2,288 47.4
UKIP John Bailey 1279 26.5
UKIP Robert Todd 1150 23.8
Labour Ufuoma Simon 848 17.6
Labour Gareth Abbit 836 17.3
Green Pamela Remon 720 14.9
Labour Peter Williams 663 13.7
Liberal Democrats Sheila Blackburn 350 7.2
Liberal Democrats Dawn Berry 275 5.7
Turnout 4831 39.90
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Bromley Town

Bromley Town (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nicola Dykes 2,099 43.4
Conservative William Harmer 1,993 41.4
Conservative Michael Rutherford 1,867 38.8
Labour Marcus Oliver 1,126 23.4
Labour Richard Cormaish 1,083 22.5
Labour Rubina Sutton 934 19.4
UKIP Derek Bryan 823 17.1
UKIP Peter Thompson 803 16.7
Green Mary Ion 716 14.9
UKIP Anthony Van Der Elst 677 14.1
Liberal Democrats Colin England 558 11.6
Liberal Democrats Michael Berridge 541 11.2
Liberal Democrats Martin Cooper 515 10.7
Turnout 4818 37.48
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Chelsfield and Pratts Bottom

Chelsfield and Pratts Bottom (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lydia Buttinger 2,482 46.2
Conservative Samaris Huntington-Thresher 2,382 44.3
Conservative Keith Onslow 2,312 43.0
UKIP Julian Grainger 1,727 32.1
UKIP Patrick Greenidge 1,559 29.0
UKIP Daniel Slade 1,408 26.2
Labour Stephen Richardson 631 11.7
Green Daniel Sloan 582 10.8
Labour Jeremy Adams 552 10.3
Liberal Democrats Gerda Loosemore-Reppen 511 9.5
Labour David Barlow 507 9.4
Liberal Democrats James Whiteside 481 8.9
Liberal Democrats John Webber 379 7.0
Turnout 5376 47.47
Registered electors 11,326
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Chislehurst

Chislehurst (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kathleen Boughey 2,766 60.4
Conservative Eric Bousshard 2,702 59.0
Conservative Ian Payne 2,085 45.6
UKIP Janet Carlo 1,061 23.2
Labour Yvette Connor 760 16.6
Labour Stuart Reid 677 14.8
Labour Christian Mole 668 14.6
Green Heather Wallace-Brown 594 13.0
Liberal Democrats Raymond Farnham 347 7.6
Liberal Democrats Ian Magrath 303 6.6
Liberal Democrats Michelle Pike 256 5.6
Turnout 4576 38.67
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Clock House

Clock House (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Vanessa Allen 1,900 39.9 +12.8
Conservative Sarah Phillips 1,699 34.0
Labour Ian Dunn 1,663 33.3
Labour Joshua King 1,633 32.7
Conservative Nicholas Milner 1,594 31.9
Conservative Paul Wood 1,420 28.4
Green Margaret Toomey 922 18.5
Liberal Democrats Reginald Adams 818 16.4 −15.2
UKIP Owen Brolly 784 15.7
Liberal Democrats Paul Nash 598 12.0
Liberal Democrats Joseph Henson 491 9.8
Turnout 4992 42.36
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Copers Cope

Copers Cope (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Tickner 2,453 52.7
Conservative Stephen Wells 2,380 51.1
Conservative Russell Mellor 2,232 47.9
Labour Catherine Milton 1,136 24.4
Labour John Dempster 1,000 21.5
Labour John Courtneidge 971 20.8
Green Ruth Fabricant 952 20.4
UKIP Robert Bryant 890 19.1
Liberal Democrats Elva Sullivan 590 12.7
Turnout 4659 38.64
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Cray Valley East

Cray Valley East (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Angela Page 1,214 31.1
Conservative Christopher Pierce 1,210 31.0
Conservative Tuyet Phung Ball 1,188 30.4
UKIP James Greenhough 1,172 30.0
Liberal Democrats Martin Curry 869 22.2
Labour Nathaniel Arthur 841 21.5
Liberal Democrats Grace Goodlad 803 20.6
Labour Timothy Fisher 745 19.1
Liberal Democrats Sam Webber 736 18.8
Labour Marina Ahmad 688 17.6
BNP Deborah Kane 284 7.3
TUSC Steven Cope 131 3.4
Turnout 3909 35.58
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Cray Valley West

Cray Valley West (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP David Livett 1,245 29.6
UKIP Terence Nathan 1,202 28.6
Conservative Judith Ellis 1,133 26.9
Conservative John Ince 1,129 26.8
Independent Colin Willetts 1,095 26.0
UKIP Daniel Tubb 1,040 24.7
Labour Graham Du Plessis 939 22.3
Conservative Harry Stranger 914 21.7
Labour Christopher Taylor 892 21.2
Labour Rebecca Rowland 863 20.5
Green Sean Farrell 313 7.4
Liberal Democrats Patricia Bignell 244 5.8
Liberal Democrats Michael Bignell 223 5.3
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Comrie 211 5.0
BNP Roger Tonks 139 3.3
Turnout 4210 34.85
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Angela Wilkins 1,411 45.6
Labour Richard Williams 1,151 37.2
Liberal Democrats Thomas Papworth 838 27.1
Liberal Democrats Victoria Papworth 768 24.8
Green Tom Chance 575 18.6
UKIP David Hough 361 11.7
Conservative Karen Moran 352 11.4
Conservative Robert McIlveen 280 9.0
Turnout 3095 37.06
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Darwin

Darwin (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Scoates 987 50.8
UKIP Geoffrey Hayward 661 34.0
Labour Frank Evans 135 6.9
Green Tamara Galloway 89 4.6
Liberal Democrats William Ritchie 65 3.3
Turnout 1943 48.44
Conservative hold Swing

Farnborough and Crofton

Farnborough and Crofton (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Evans 3,053 58.2
Conservative Charles Joel 3,005 57.3
Conservative Timothy Stevens 2,838 54.1
UKIP Christine Diamond 1,280 24.4
UKIP Kenneth Tracey 1,151 22.0
Labour Ceri Hiles 717 13.7
Labour Lynn Sellwood 644 12.3
Green Brian Miller 638 12.2
Labour Christopher Price 594 11.3
Liberal Democrats Seran Yusuf 415 7.9
Turnout 5246 44.96
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Hayes and Coney Hall

Hayes and Coney Hall (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graham Arthur 2,965 56.3
Conservative Neil Reddin 2,509 47.6
Conservative Peter Fortune 2,475 47.0
UKIP Gwendoline Tanner 1,349 25.6
UKIP Brian Philp 1,259 23.9
Labour Katherine Head 878 16.7
Labour John Parke 725 13.8
Green John Street 725 13.8
Labour Bernard Wilson 543 10.3
Liberal Democrats Owen Griffiths 503 9.5
Liberal Democrats Steven Daniell 374 7.1
Turnout 5269 42.10
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Kelsey and Eden Park

Kelsey and Eden Park (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Collins 2,778 54.7
Conservative Peter Dean 2,693 53.0
Conservative Diane Smith 2,593 51.0
Labour Marie Bardsley 1,191 23.4
UKIP Tobias Mercer 1,081 21.3
Labour Stephen Scott 1,024 20.2
Labour Olasupoadekunle Obikoya 904 17.8
Liberal Democrats Geraldine Cowan 754 14.8
Liberal Democrats Kay Stocker 543 10.7
Turnout 5081 41.66
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Mottingham and Chislehurst North

Mottingham and Chislehurst North (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Cartwright 1,045 39.6
Conservative Charles Rideout 875 33.2
UKIP Karen Thomson 770 29.2
Labour Angela Stack 663 25.1
Labour Samuel Russell 599 22.7
Green Zoe Mercer 278 10.5
BNP Philip Dalton 181 6.9
Liberal Democrats Jane Coyte 130 4.9
Turnout 2638 36.26
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Orpington

Orpington (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kim Botting 2,519 49.7
Conservative Pauline Tunnicliffe 2,471 48.7
Conservative William Huntington-Thresher 2,452 48.3
UKIP Colin Wilson 1,290 25.4
UKIP Jill Wilson 1,229 24.2
Labour Alexander Stoten 739 14.6
Green Michael Marriott 681 13.4
Labour Jennifer Coleman 663 13.1
Liberal Democrats Michael Hall 558 11.0
Labour Mohammed Bhuiyan 556 11.0
Liberal Democrats Margaret Ayres 441 8.7
Liberal Democrats Douglas Rathbone 286 5.6
Turnout 5073 42.51
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ^ Grafton-Green, Patrick (24 May 2014). "UPDATE: Conservatives hold majority on Bromley Council while UKIP gain two seats". Bromley News Shopper online. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2014 - Bromley". www.andrewteale.me.uk.