2014 Merton London Borough Council election

2014 Merton London Borough Council election
All 60 council seats on Merton London Borough Council
Turnout	41.3% (25%)
	Map of the results of the 2014 Merton council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Merton Park Ward Residents Association in white.
Council leader before election; Stephen Alambritis; Labour	Council leader after election ; Stephen Alambritis; Labour

Elections for the London Borough of Merton were held on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Merton London Borough Council in England.^[3] This was on the same day as other local elections in England and an election to the European Parliament.

The incumbent minority Labour administration gained eight seats from the Conservatives, returning the council to majority control.^[3]

Background

In May 2013, four Conservative councillors had defected to the UK Independence Party, including Suzanne Evans, who later became a national spokesperson for the party.^[4] No by-elections were called as a result of the defections. In the election, all those who sought re-election as UKIP councillors were defeated, including Evans in the Hillside ward.^[1]^[5]

Results summary

Labour gained seats from the Conservatives in the wards of Abbey, Cannon Hill and Lower Morden; this returned the council to majority Labour control from no overall control. Labour won 36 seats (+8) and the Conservatives 20 seats (-7). The Liberal Democrats lost one seat in West Barnes to the Conservatives to finish with just 1 seat, whilst the Merton Park Ward Residents Association maintained its three seats in Merton Park.^[1]^[2]

Merton Local Election Result 2014^[6]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	36	8	0	8	60.0	49.6	83,091	10.6
Conservative	20	1	8	7	33.3	31.6	52,867	4.8
Merton Park Residents	3	0	0		5.0	3.7	6,222	0.8
Liberal Democrats	1	0	1	1	1.7	8.9	14,973	9.2
UKIP	0	0	0		0.0	3.6	6,112	3.2
Green	0	0	0		0.0	1.5	2,564	0.1
Mitcham Independent Party	0	0	0		0.0	0.6	1,056	N/A
Keep Our St Helier Hospital	0	0	0		0.0	0.3	422	N/A
TUSC	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	251	N/A

Ward Results

Abbey

Abbey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Abigail Jones	1,563	47.9	+15.6
	Labour	Andrew Judge*	1,560	47.8	+11.5
	Labour	Katy Neep	1,519	46.5	+15.4
	Conservative	Henry Nelless*	1,136	34.8	−2.0
	Conservative	Peter Smith	1,104	33.8	−5.8
	Conservative	Cesar Sepulveda	975	29.9	−4.3
	Green	David Wood	425	13.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Barry	284	8.7	−17.0
	UKIP	Rathy Alagaratnam	259	7.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Heinrich	202	6.2	−16.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Tippett-Cooper	162	5.0	−17.4
Turnout			3,458	45
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Cannon Hill

Cannon Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tobin Byers	1,686	48.2	+21.0
	Labour	Pauline Cowper	1,661	47.5	+8.0
	Labour	Fidelis Gadzama	1,556	44.5	+7.2
	Conservative	Debbie Shears*	1,227	35.1	−8.9
	Conservative	Omar Bush	1,153	33.0	−6.5
	Conservative	Logie Lohendran*	1,081	30.9	−6.4
	UKIP	Andrew Mills	597	14.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Cope	254	7.3	−16.7
	Liberal Democrats	Vivian MacVeigh	227	6.5	−14.6
	Liberal Democrats	Cosette Malik	131	3.7	−16.5
Turnout				49.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Colliers Wood

Colliers Wood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nick Draper*	1,774	59.5	+3.7
	Labour	Caroline M Cooper-Marbiah*	1,687	56.6	+8.3
	Labour	Laxmi Attawar*	1,631	54.7	+4.1
	Conservative	Peter Lord	674	22.6	+1.2
	Conservative	Adam Crymble	646	21.7	+1.2
	Conservative	Giuseppe Fraschini	612	20.5	+2.4
	Green	Ian Weir	545	18.3	+5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Nathan Hollow	238	8.0	−11.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Woodbridge	235	7.9	−9.3
	TUSC	April Ashley	132	4.4	N/A
Turnout				37.5
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Cricket Green

Cricket Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Munn*	2,204	69.3	+7.6
	Labour	Russell Makin*	2,170	68.2	+10.3
	Labour	Judy Saunders*	2,107	66.3	+9.1
	Conservative	Barbara Mansfield	467	14.7	−10.7
	Conservative	Andrew Hollingsworth	449	14.1	−6.3
	Mitcham Independent Party	Alan Hutchings	386	12.1	N/A
	Conservative	Carl Warner	375	11.8	−7.9
	Mitcham Independent Party	John Mansfield	360	11.3	N/A
	Mitcham Independent Party	Stuart Morrison	310	9.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Pizey	147	4.6	−11.4
Turnout				40.1
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Dundonald

Dundonald
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Dean*	1,408	45.6	+1.9
	Conservative	Michael Bull	1,355	43.9	+2.3
	Conservative	Suzanne Grocott*	1,326	43.0	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Giles Bailey	795	25.8	−10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Fairclough	782	25.3	−7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Coman	781	25.3	−6.7
	Labour	Christine Bickerstaff	758	24.6	+5.0
	Labour	Adeniyi Adegboyega	665	21.5	+5.7
	Labour	Wayne Busbridge	647	21.0	+7.5
	UKIP	Eddie Edwards	232	7.5	N/A
Turnout				44.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Figge’s Marsh

Figge's Marsh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Agatha Akyigyina*	2,483	81.0	+11.7
	Labour	Geraldine Stanford*	2,384	77.8	+9.0
	Labour	Peter Walker*	2,200	71.8	+8.8
	Conservative	William Brierly	439	14.3	−3.5
	Conservative	Henry Moulton	390	12.7	−4.6
	Conservative	John Telford	366	11.9	−3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Cargin	180	5.9	−9.6
Turnout				37.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Graveney

Graveney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Dehaney*	2,194	78.4	+10.7
	Labour	Linda Kirby*	2,132	76.2	+6.8
	Labour	Greg Udeh*	1,888	67.5	+8.9
	Conservative	Margaret Brierly	421	15.0	−2.4
	Conservative	Alice Hammond	376	13.4	−3.7
	Conservative	Sally Hammond	333	11.9	−8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Hardy	206	7.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Benedict Fletcher	205	7.3	−11.8
	TUSC	Rodney Kay-Kreizman	119	4.3	N/A
Turnout				38.8
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Hillside

Hillside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Simpson*	1,309	51.8	+5.5
	Conservative	David Williams*	1,281	50.7	+3.6
	Conservative	Daniel Holden	1,269	50.2	−1.9
	Labour	Michelle Gordon	634	25.1	+7.3
	Labour	Tony Kane	603	23.9	+9.3
	Labour	Christopher McKeon	533	21.1	+7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Carmel Fowler	453	17.9	−11.2
	UKIP	Suzanne Evans*	342	13.5	−38.6
	Liberal Democrats	Hamish Norbrook	337	13.3	−12.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Hasan	336	13.3	−9.8
Turnout				38.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Suzanne Evans was elected in 2010 as a Conservative councillor

Lavender Fields

Lavender Fields
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Mark Allison*	1,682	67.9	+12.6
	Labour Co-op	Ross Garrod	1,633	65.9	+12.3
	Labour Co-op	Edith Joan Macauley*	1,570	63.4	+8.9
	UKIP	Don Anderson	424	17.1	N/A
	Conservative	Richard Aitken-Davies	344	13.9	−7.4
	Conservative	Philip Beard	288	11.6	−7.8
	Conservative	Thomas Moulton	263	10.6	−8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Jean Barker	232	9.4	−9.4
Turnout				33.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Longthornton

Longthornton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brenda Fraser*	2,119	72.4	+8.5
	Labour	David Chung*	2,115	72.3	+10.1
	Labour	Marsie Skeete	1,891	64.6	+12.0
	Conservative	Richard Hayward	637	21.8	−5.9
	Conservative	Beth Mitchell	583	19.9	−3.2
	Conservative	Hamna Qureshi	531	18.2	4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Eliane Patton	199	6.8	−11.5
Turnout				38.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Lower Morden

Lower Morden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sally Kenny	1,762	50.9	+17.8
	Labour	Stan Anderson	1,730	49.9	+19.5
	Labour	Mary Curtin	1,630	47.0	+21.6
	Conservative	Maurice Groves*	1,165	33.6	−16.8
	Conservative	Ray Tindle*	1,026	29.6	−9.5
	Conservative	Gary Watkinson	928	26.8	−17.3
	UKIP	Richard Hilton*	753	21.7	−22.4
	Liberal Democrats	Asif Ashraf	172	5.0	−11.7
Turnout				49.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Merton Park

Merton Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Merton Park Residents	John Sargeant*	2,123	63.7	+13.5
	Merton Park Residents	Peter Southgate*	2,052	61.6	+11.5
	Merton Park Residents	Edward Foley	2,047	61.4	+10.9
	Conservative	David Cotterill	566	17.0	−10.1
	Labour	Anthony Draper	552	16.6	−0.6
	Conservative	Robert Lawrence	520	15.6	−7.7
	Conservative	Nicholas Bustin	516	15.5	−6.5
	Labour	Ross Savill	496	14.9	+2.2
	Labour	Charles Ocansey	495	14.9	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Duncan Burch	143	4.3	−9.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Dalton	143	4.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Nazir Malik	115	3.5	N/A
Turnout				47.4
	Merton Park Residents hold		Swing
	Merton Park Residents hold		Swing
	Merton Park Residents hold		Swing

Pollards Hill

Pollards Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Henry	2,195	72.5	+26.3
	Labour	Jeff Hanna*	2,148	70.9	+24.5
	Labour	Martin Whelton*	2,135	70.5	+23.1
	UKIP	Bob Grahame	498	16.4	N/A
	Conservative	Robert Giles	399	13.2	−12.1
	Conservative	Jay Crush	382	12.6	−7.1
	Conservative	Imran Kali	290	9.6	−9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Harbron	163	5.4	−5.3
Turnout				38.0
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Ravensbury

Ravensbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Alambritis*	1,971	66.0	+13.8
	Labour	Philip Jones*	1,769	59.3	+6.6
	Labour	Peter McCabe*	1,633	54.7	+5.7
	UKIP	John Brereton	649	21.7	N/A
	Conservative	Nicholas McLean	420	14.1	−16.0
	Conservative	Anton Gjeta	335	11.2	−16.3
	Green	Natalie Gordon	328	11.0	N/A
	Conservative	Frank Pocock	325	10.9	−11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Blanchard	206	6.9	−9.0
Turnout				40.7
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Raynes Park

Raynes Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jill West	1,351	46.6	−2.8
	Conservative	Adam Bush	1,470	46.4	+1.9
	Conservative	Stephen Crowe	1,486	46.3	+3.8
	Labour	Alison Honor	809	26.6	+8.4
	Labour	Charles Lucas	716	23.5	+6.2
	Labour	Praful Nargund	672	22.1	+6.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Amer	547	18.0	−14.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Bernard	471	15.5	−12.8
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Whincup	444	14.6	−9.8
	UKIP	Peter Burton	339	11.1	N/A
	Keep Our St Helier Hospital	David Ash	223	7.3	N/A
Turnout				41.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Helier

St Helier
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maxi Martin*	2,010	67.0	+13.6
	Labour	Dennis Pearce*	1,916	63.9	+15.0
	Labour	Imran Uddin	1,673	55.8	+6.4
	UKIP	Andre Lampitt	663	22.1	N/A
	Conservative	Chris Challouma	505	16.8	−14.0
	Conservative	Chris McLaughlin	435	14.5	−12.1
	Conservative	Hugh Lenon	421	14.0	−12.0
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Parritt	203	6.8	−10.3
Turnout				38.7
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Trinity

Trinity
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Holmes*	1,283	44.7	+1.5
	Conservative	Charlie Chirico	1,270	44.1	+2.1
	Conservative	Abdul Latif	1,119	38.9	−0.1
	Labour	Mike Blakeney	940	32.7	+6.9
	Labour	John Colbert	814	28.3	+5.4
	Labour	Haile Warner	763	26.5	+4.4
	Green	Liz Matthews	543	18.9	+5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Carter	364	12.7	−11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Federico Bertero	290	10.1	−12.6
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Payne	283	9.8	−17.5
	UKIP	Dominic Moass	263	9.1	N/A
Turnout				39.5
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Village

Village
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hamish Badenoch	2,067	72.8	+3.5
	Conservative	John Bowcott*	2,055	72.4	+3.4
	Conservative	Najeeb Latif	1,848	65.1	−2.1
	Labour	Bill Bottriell	385	13.6	+1.9
	Labour	Brian Paul	300	10.6	+1.9
	UKIP	Rod Scott	298	10.5	N/A
	Green	Mason Redding	268	9.4	N/A
	Labour	Habibullah Khan	253	8.9	−0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Simon McGrath	217	7.8	−9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Diana Oxford	213	7.5	−13.2
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Sheridan	164	5.8	−9.3
Turnout				45.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Barnes

West Barnes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gilli Lewis-Lavender*	1,424	40.9	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mary-Jane Jeanes*	1,311	37.7	−1.3
	Conservative	Brian Lewis-Lavender	1,252	36.0	−0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Dysart*	1,218	35.0	−3.0
	Conservative	Miles Windsor	966	27.8	−6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Ling	902	25.9	−7.3
	Labour	Irina Chung	581	16.7	−1.1
	Labour	Jerome Neil	577	16.6	+0.5
	Labour	Sam Thomas	520	14.9	+1.2
	Green	Charles Barraball	455	13.1	+6.0
	UKIP	Nicolas O’Gorman	429	12.3	N/A
Turnout				47.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Wimbledon Park

Wimbledon Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janice Howard*	1,497	46.6	+3.8
	Conservative	Oonagh Moulton*	1,424	44.3	+3.3
	Conservative	Linda Taylor*	1,367	42.6	−0.5
	Labour	Hugh Constant	904	28.1	+7.5
	Labour	Ailsa Williams	747	23.3	+5.4
	Labour	Motiur Rahman	746	23.2	+7.0
	Green	Liam Collins	524	16.3	+8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Doran	368	11.5	−14.2
	UKIP	Mark McAleer	366	11.4	+7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Busby	351	10.9	−18.0
	Liberal Democrats	Denis Kouadio	299	9.3	−17.6
	Keep Our St Helier Hospital	Sandra Ash	189	5.9	N/A
Turnout				39.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-elections

St Helier by-election, 19 May 2016^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jerome Neil	1,436	71.0	+4.0
	Conservative	Susan Edwards	282	13.9	−2.9
	UKIP	Richard Alexander Hilton	191	9.4	−12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Asif Ashraf	59	2.9	−3.9
	Green	John Charles Barraball	55	2.7	N/A
Majority			1,154	57.1
Turnout			2,030	24.9	−13.8
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was triggered by the death of Cllr. Maxi Martin of the Labour Party.

St Helier by-election, 20 July 2017^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kelly Braund	1,508	74.1	+18.3
	Conservative	Geraldine Kirby	318	15.6	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Geoff Cooper	98	4.8	−2.0
	Green	Phillipa Zielfa Maslin	61	3.0	N/A
	UKIP	Bob Grahame	50	2.5	−19.6
Majority			1,190	58.4
Turnout			2,035	24.9	−13.8
	Labour hold		Swing

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Cllr. Imran Uddin of the Labour Party.

References

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[London_Datastore-2] "London Datastore". data.london.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 May 2018.

[BBC-3] "England council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2014.

[4] May, Lauren (16 May 2013). "Councillors left 'open mouthed' by shock resignation of four senior Tories". Your Local Guardian. Retrieved 22 May 2018.

[5] Services, CS - Democracy (22 May 2014). "Councillors: Hillside Ward 2014 Results". democracy.merton.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2018.

[6] "Merton Council Election Results 2014". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 14 June 2018.

[7] "St Helier by-election results". Merton Council News Room. 19 May 2016.

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