2014 Greenwich London Borough Council election

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

Map of the results of the 2014 Greenwich council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.

At the 2014 elections, Labour won 43 seats (+3) and the Conservatives won 8 (-3). An Eltham North by-election on 10 November 2016 saw the Conservatives gain a seat from Labour with an 11% swing in their favour. This meant the opposition on the council increased to 9 seats.

Turnout across the borough was 37.25%.^[2]

2014-2018 by-elections

Greenwich West by-election, 7 May 2015^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mehboob Khan	3,430	39.3	12.0
	Conservative	Thomas Turrell	2,466	28.2	10.4
	Green	Robin Scott	1,452	16.6	4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sonia Dunlop	756	8.6	1.3
	UKIP	Paul Butler	422	4.8	4.8
	BNP	Christina Charles	138	1.6	1.6
	TUSC	Sara Kasab	80	0.9	0.9
Turnout			3,717	64.1
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Matthew Pennycook, who was elected as the Member of Parliament for the Greenwich and Woolwich constituency the same night.

Glyndon by-election, 5 May 2016^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tonia Ashikodi	2,583	57.1	0.0
	Conservative	Matt Browne	561	12.4	0.4
	Green	Robin Scott	402	8.9	5.8
	UKIP	Rita Dinsmore-Hamilton	380	8.4	8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Stewart Christie	376	8.3	2.2
	Independent	Ebru Ogun	157	3.5	3.5
	All People's Party	Abiola Olaore	64	1.4	1.4
Majority			2,022	44.7
Turnout				41.5
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Councillor Radha Rabadia of the Labour Party.^[5]

Eltham North by-election, 10 November 2016^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charlie Davis	1,335	42.2	10.6
	Labour	Simon Peirce	1,297	40.4	9.3
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Macaulay	279	8.8	5.5
	UKIP	Barbara Ray	160	5.1	14.5
	Green	Matt Browne	110	3.5	6.0
Majority			38	1.8
Turnout			3,186	31.33
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

The by-election was called following the resignation of Councillor Wynn Davies of the Labour Party.

References

1. "England council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
2. . royalgreenwich.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 24 May 2014.
3. Greenwich, Royal Borough of. "2015 elections results". www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk.
4. . royalgreenwich.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016.
5. . southlondonpress.co.uk. 21 March 2016. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
6. Greenwich, Royal Borough of. "2016 by-election results for Eltham North Ward". www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk.