2014 Croydon London Borough Council election

Croydon Council Election, 2014

22 May 2014

All 70 seats to Croydon London Borough Council
36 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Tony Newman Mike Fisher
Party Labour Conservative
Leader since 2005 2005
Leader's seat Woodside Shirley
Last election 33 seats, 31.3% 37 seats, 37.0%
Seats won 40 30
Seat change 7 7
Popular vote 38,277 35,734
Percentage 35.8% 33.4%
Swing 4.5% 3.6%

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

Leader of the Council before election

Mike Fisher
Conservative

Elected Leader

Tony Newman
Labour

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

Overall Results

Croydon local election result 2014[2]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 40 7 +7 57.1 35.8 38,277 +4.5
  Conservative 30 7 -7 42.9 33.4 35,734 -3.6
  UKIP 0 0 14.8 15,880 +12.4
  Green 0 0 8.6 9,229 +1.1
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 5.7 6,062 -12.7
  BNP 0 0 0.6 638 -1.3
  Independent 0 0 0.4 443 -0.3
  TUSC 0 0 0.3 320 N/A
  Communist 0 0 0.2 201 ±0.0
  Putting Croydon First 0 0 0.2 191 +0.1
40 30
Labour Conservative

Results by Ward

Addiscombe

Addiscombe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sean Fitzsimons 2,165 43.7
Labour Patricia Hay-Justice 2,027 40.9
Labour Mark Watson 1,962 39.6
Conservative David Harmes 1,723 34.8
Conservative Lisa Terry 1,653 33.4
Conservative Partha Chatterjee 1,630 32.9
UKIP Peter Staveley 659 13.3
Green Paul Anderson 458 9.3
Green Esther Sutton 439 8.9
Green Joseph Hague 362 7.3
Liberal Democrats Christopher Adams 266 5.4
Liberal Democrats William Tucker 186 3.8
Liberal Democrats Tomas Howard-Jones 169 3.4
Majority
Turnout 4,950 42.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Ashburton

Ashburton (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Madelaine Henson 2,110 40.6
Labour Stephen Mann 2,085 40.1
Labour Andrew Rendle 1,916 36.9
Conservative Sylvia Macdonald 1,908 36.7
Conservative Adam Kellett 1,848 35.5
Conservative Gareth Streeter 1,815 34.9
UKIP David Aston 788 15.2
UKIP Robert Ball 779 15.0
UKIP Robert King 705 13.6
Green Bernice Goldberg 328 6.3
Liberal Democrats Susan Adams 266 5.1
Green Christopher Sciberras 261 5.0
Green Isobel Williams 259 5.0
Majority
Turnout 5,199 48.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Bensham Manor

Bensham Manor (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Audsley 2,134 60.9
Labour Alison Butler 2,121 60.6
Labour Humayun Kabir 1,940 55.4
Conservative Robert Smith 588 16.8
Conservative Roger Taylor 579 16.5
Conservative Abdul Talukdar 480 13.7
Green Simon Jones 379 10.8
UKIP Dirk Muller 378 10.8
Green Brendan Walsh 302 8.6
Green Victoria Samuel 278 7.9
Liberal Democrats Stephen Viney 117 3.3
Communist Ben Stevenson 55 1.6
Majority
Turnout 3,502 31.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Broad Green

Broad Green (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stuart Collins 2,754 63.8
Labour Mike Selva 2,609 60.4
Labour Manju Shahul-Hameed 2,289 53.0
Conservative Fabion Emmanuel 761 17.6
Conservative Andrew Stevensen 579 13.4
Conservative Sophia Khan 535 12.4
UKIP Peter Kirby 500 11.6
UKIP Herman Lyken 404 9.4
Green Nicholas Barnett 395 9.2
Green Bimal Mohanan 301 7.0
Green Pravina Ellis 265 6.1
Liberal Democrats Syed Mohiuddin 170 3.9
TUSC Paul McMillan 69 1.6
Communist Peter Latham 69 1.6
TUSC Ragesh Khakhira 65 1.5
Majority
Turnout 4,316 35.0
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Coulsdon East

Coulsdon East (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Wright 2,294 52.5
Conservative Margaret Bird 2,230 51.0
Conservative James Thompson 1,864 42.6
UKIP Alan Smith 964 22.0
Liberal Democrats Ghislaine Hickson 696 15.9
Liberal Democrats Arfan Bhatti 649 14.8
Liberal Democrats Ashley Burridge 574 13.1
Labour Lee Findell 527 12.1
Labour Helen Lovesey 475 10.9
Labour Joanne Milligan 430 9.8
Green Ernest Bullimore 356 8.1
Green Helena Farndon 355 8.1
Green Jennifer Ginn 314 7.2
Majority
Turnout 4,373 45.6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Coulsdon West

Coulsdon West (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Luke Clancy 2,039 51.2
Conservative Jeet Bains 2,032 51.0
Conservative Mario Creatura 1,811 45.4
UKIP Danny Fullilove 896 22.5
Labour Stephen Black 802 20.1
Labour Charles King 776 19.5
Labour Catriona Ogilvy 609 15.3
Green Susan Parsons 477 12.0
Liberal Democrats Frances Conn 311 7.8
Liberal Democrats Judith Earl 272 6.8
Green Ruud Skipper 240 6.0
Liberal Democrats Kenneth George 224 5.6
Green Timothy Watson 220 5.5
Majority
Turnout 3,985 38.6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Croham

Croham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Maria Gatland 2,042 44.0
Conservative Michael Neal 1,910 41.2
Conservative Jason Perry 1,803 38.9
Labour Christopher Clark 1,100 23.7
Labour Paul Waddell 1,099 23.7
Labour Claudine Reid 1,011 21.8
UKIP Kathleen Garner 629 13.6
Liberal Democrats Michael Bishopp 587 12.7
Green Tracey Hague 515 11.1
Liberal Democrats Ben Devlin 505 10.9
Liberal Democrats John Jefkins 500 10.8
Green Gordon Halliday 479 10.3
Green Sasha Khan 474 10.2
Putting Croydon First Mark Samuel 191 4.1
Independent Tony Martin 97 2.1
Turnout 4,639 41.1
Registered electors 11,318
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Fairfield

Fairfield (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Vidhi Mohan 2,109 44.9
Conservative Sue Winborn 2,016 43.0
Conservative Helen Pollard 1,997 42.6
Labour Patricia Cummings 1,471 31.3
Labour Clive Fraser 1,408 30.0
Labour David Wood 1,363 29.0
UKIP Daniel Heaton 535 11.4
Green Timothy Eveleigh 504 10.7
Green Saima Raza 461 9.8
Green Jonathan Wharton 397 8.5
Liberal Democrats Stephanie Offer 282 6.0
Liberal Democrats Sasha Konechni 273 5.8
Liberal Democrats Ejnar Sorensen 197 4.2
Majority
Turnout 4,693 38.5
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Fieldway

Fieldway (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Carole Bonner 1,132 48.3
Labour Simon Hall 1,104 47.1
UKIP William Eastoe 686 29.3
Conservative Michael Castle 471 20.1
Conservative Jayne Laville 314 13.4
BNP John Clarke 212 9.0
BNP David Clarke 210 9.0
Green Jack Groves 130 5.5
Green Eileen Gale 102 4.4
Majority
Turnout 2,344 33.0
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Heathfield

Heathfield (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margaret Mead 2,048 48.1
Conservative Jason Cummings 2,026 47.5
Conservative Andy Stranack 1,778 41.7
UKIP Crispin Hardy 1,185 27.8
Labour Peter Spaulding 1,154 27.1
Labour Angela Collins 936 22.0
Labour Robert Elliott 795 18.7
Green Yasmin Halai-Carter 344 8.1
Green Christopher Warner 334 7.8
Liberal Democrats Andrew Bennett 296 6.9
BNP Michael Collard 258 6.1
Green Christopher Whitrow 224 5.3
Majority
Turnout 4,262 42.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Kenley

Kenley (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Janice Buttinger 2,271 52.8
Conservative Steven Hollands 2,123 49.3
Conservative Steve O'Connell 2,111 49.0
UKIP David Hooper 803 18.7
UKIP Lynnda Robson 728 16.9
UKIP Paul Manton 714 16.6
Labour Sarah Ward 451 10.5
Labour Christopher Williams 388 9.0
Labour Mary-Romoline Croos 356 8.3
Green Shorai Dixon-King 336 7.8
Liberal Democrats Angela Catto 271 6.3
Green Tom Voute 265 6.2
Liberal Democrats Olive Abdey 238 5.5
Liberal Democrats James Knight 217 5.0
Majority
Turnout 4,305 39.5
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

New Addington

New Addington (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Oliver Lewis 1,224 42.2
Labour Louisa Woodley 1,094 37.7
UKIP Clive Christenson 740 25.5
Conservative Anthony Pearson 650 22.4
UKIP Christopher Johnson 639 22.0
Conservative Lara Fish 617 21.3
BNP Cliff Le May 178 6.1
Green Andrew Cousins 123 4.2
BNP Donna Treanor 107 3.7
Green Paul Cloughton 106 3.7
Majority
Turnout 2,901 39.0
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Norbury

Norbury (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Maggie Mansell 2,227 53.8
Labour Sherwan Chowdhury 2,221 53.6
Labour Shafi Khan 2,134 51.5
Conservative Tirena Gunter 1,045 25.2
Conservative Gurmit Singh 982 23.7
Conservative Ben Flook 945 22.8
UKIP Rachel Hunte 422 10.2
UKIP Przemek Skwirczynski 356 8.6
Green Douglas Arrowsmith 321 7.8
Green Raj Mehta 312 7.5
Green Marie Norfield 305 7.4
Liberal Democrats Anne Viney 220 5.3
Independent Winston Kennedy 47 1.1
Majority
Turnout 4,140 35.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Purley

Purley (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon Brew 2,248 53.1
Conservative Donald Speakman 1,989 47.0
Conservative Badsha Quadir 1,878 44.4
Labour Paola Bagnall 879 20.8
Labour Peter Horah 842 19.9
Labour Simbiat Longe 684 16.2
UKIP Laura Stringer 556 13.1
UKIP Georgina Guillem 552 13.0
Green Elizabeth Marsden 443 10.5
Green Simon Desorgher 409 9.7
Green Marion Warner 339 8.0
Liberal Democrats Jill George 312 7.4
Liberal Democrats Anthony Tucker 295 7.0
Liberal Democrats Neil Makwana 241 5.7
Majority
Turnout 4,234 38.9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Sanderstead

Sanderstead (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lynne Hale 2,691 61.2
Conservative Yvette Hopley 2,545 57.9
Conservative Tim Pollard 2,463 56.0
UKIP Claire Smith 891 20.3
Labour Mathew Hill 570 13.0
Labour Thomas Lovesey 540 12.3
Labour Stella Nabukeera 491 11.2
Green Diane Bindman 422 9.6
Green Stephen Harris 316 7.2
Green Marc Richards 295 6.7
Liberal Democrats Thomas Hesmondhalgh 266 6.1
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Moran 242 5.5
Liberal Democrats Toby Keynes 208 4.7
Majority
Turnout 4,396 44.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Selhurst

Selhurst (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Timothy Godfrey 2,086 57.0
Labour Toni Letts 2,079 56.8
Labour Gerry Ryan 1,996 54.5
Conservative Madeleine Brundle 546 14.9
Conservative Richard Brundle 515 14.1
UKIP Marianne Bowness 504 13.8
Conservative Dominic Schofield 471 12.9
UKIP Jenefer Parke-Blair 396 10.8
Green Meike Benzler 341 9.3
Green Joanne Wittams 269 7.3
Green Megan Braid-Pittordou 267 7.3
Liberal Democrats Joanne Corbin 240 6.6
Independent Edward Wentworth-Shaw 128 3.5
TUSC Elenor Haven 88 2.4
Communist John Eden 77 2.1
Majority
Turnout 3,660 30.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Selsdon & Ballards

Selsdon & Ballards (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sara Bashford 2,671 60.4
Conservative Dudley Mead 2,473 56.0
Conservative Phil Thomas 2,380 53.9
UKIP William Bailey 1,051 23.8
Labour Maggie Conway 541 12.2
Labour Vidyadharan Chandrababu 491 11.1
Labour Michael Smith 490 11.1
Green Amanda Larby 379 8.6
Green Peter Underwood 365 8.3
Green Casparus Nell 327 7.4
Liberal Democrats Edward Glynn 249 5.6
Liberal Democrats Anne Howard 204 4.6
Liberal Democrats Frederique Laporte 163 3.7
Majority
Turnout 4,419 46.7
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Shirley

Shirley (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Susan Bennett 2,028 42.6
Conservative Richard Chatterjee 2,009 42.3
Conservative Mike Fisher 1,972 41.5
Labour Marzia Nicodemi-Ehikioya 1,301 27.4
Labour James Gill 1,243 26.1
Labour Mohamed Otmani 1,163 24.5
UKIP Andrew Bearchell 948 19.9
UKIP Eamon Connolly 870 18.3
Green Margaret Bebington 523 11.0
Green Andrew Bebington 470 9.9
Liberal Democrats Ronald Harris 294 6.2
Green Elaine Garrod 252 5.3
Majority
Turnout 4,755 44.1
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

South Norwood

South Norwood (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kathy Bee 2,303 53.8
Labour Jane Avis 2,211 51.6
Labour Wayne Lawlor 1,971 46.0
Conservative Jonathan Cope 1,009 23.6
Conservative Matthew O'Flynn 739 17.3
Conservative Rosina Mat St. James 731 17.1
Green Graham Jones 494 11.5
Green Andrew Ellis 486 11.3
UKIP Winston McKenzie 480 11.2
UKIP Anette Reid 437 10.2
UKIP Barry Slayford 437 10.2
Green James Seyforth 359 8.4
Liberal Democrats Robert Brown 314 7.3
Liberal Democrats Kimberley Reid 220 5.1
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Regan 177 4.1
Majority
Turnout 4,284 36.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Thornton Heath

Thornton Heath (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Pat Clouder 2,340 64.1
Labour Co-op Matthew Kyeremeh 2,040 55.9
Labour Co-op Karen Jewitt 2,023 55.5
Conservative Nicholas Bailey 545 14.9
Conservative Luke Springthorpe 445 12.2
Conservative David Osland 444 12.2
UKIP Emmanuel Ehrim 392 10.7
UKIP Anne-Michelle Gardner 388 10.6
Green Christine Wade 336 9.2
Green Rachel Kenny-Green 308 8.4
Green Stefan Szczelkun 295 8.1
Independent Dwain Coward 171 4.7
Liberal Democrats Maria Menezes 162 4.4
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Morley 134 3.7
TUSC Glen Hart 92 2.5
Majority
Turnout 3,648 32.9
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Upper Norwood

Upper Norwood (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Pat Ryan 2,187 53.5
Labour Alisa Flemming 2,007 49.1
Labour John Wentworth 1,809 44.3
Conservative Katalin Jonas 785 19.2
Conservative Audrey Terrey 755 18.5
Conservative Desmond Wright 629 15.4
Green Leslie Kenny-Green 477 11.7
UKIP Martyn Jeffrey 450 11.0
Green Simon Holland 449 11.0
UKIP Anthony Ward 415 10.2
UKIP Sandra Ward 391 9.6
Green Michael Eardley 384 9.4
Liberal Democrats David Boyle 256 6.3
Liberal Democrats Suzanne Roquette 154 3.8
Liberal Democrats Luke Morris 145 3.5
Majority
Turnout 4,085 35.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Waddon

Waddon (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Canning 1,965 40.3
Labour Andrew Pelling 1,937 39.8
Labour Joy Prince 1,924 39.5
Conservative Tony Harris 1,803 37.0
Conservative Simon Hoar 1,696 34.8
Conservative Mark Johnson 1,565 32.1
UKIP Jonathan Bailey 585 12.0
UKIP Kevin Adamson 575 11.8
UKIP Graham Rix 537 13.1
Green Mary Davey 324 6.7
Green Paula Onions 293 6.0
Liberal Democrats Kirsty Armstrong 197 4.0
Green Martyn Post 190 3.9
Liberal Democrats Michael Tavares 151 3.1
TUSC Anindya Bhattacharya 71 1.5
Turnout 4,870 41.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

West Thornton

West Thornton (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Emily Benn 2,461 63.3
Labour Bernadette Khan 2,371 61.0
Labour Stuart King 2,243 57.7
Conservative Florence Evans 684 17.6
Conservative Samir Dwesar 650 16.7
Conservative Patrick Ratnaraja 595 15.3
Green David Beall 331 8.5
UKIP William Thomas 312 8.0
UKIP Marjorie Bissick 298 7.7
Green Barry Buttigieg 213 5.5
Green Rebecca Parnell 207 5.3
Liberal Democrats Patricia Knight 134 3.4
Majority
Turnout 3,889 33.7
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Woodside

Woodside (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tony Newman 2,130 55.3
Labour Paul Scott 2,000 51.9
Labour Hamida Ali 1,874 48.6
Conservative Michael Sidwell 874 22.7
Conservative Amy Pollard 831 21.6
Conservative Mustafa Tary 714 18.5
UKIP Ace Nnorom 522 13.5
Green Andrew Enebe 493 12.8
Green Clare Trivedi 426 11.1
Green Harris Bokhari 395 10.2
Liberal Democrats Heather Jefkins 206 5.3
Majority
Turnout 3,855 34.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Elected members

Ward Members elected in 2014
Addiscombe Sean Fitzsimons (Lab)
Patricia Hay-Justice (Lab)
Mark Watson (Lab)
Ashburton Maddie Henson (Lab)
Stephen Mann (Lab)
Andrew Rendle (Lab)
Bensham Manor Jamie Audsley (Lab)
Alison Butler (Lab)
Humayun Kabir (Lab)
Broad Green Stuart Collins (Lab)
Mike Selva (Lab)
Manju Shahul-Hameed (Lab)
Coulsdon East Christopher Wright (Con)
Margaret Bird (Con)
James Thompson (Con)
Coulsdon West Luke Clancy (Con)
Jeet Bains (Con)
Mario Creatura (Con)
Croham Maria Gatland (Con)
Michael Neal (Con)
Jason Perry (Con)
Fairfield Vidhi Mohan (Con)
Susan Winborn (Con)
Helen Pollard (Con)
Fieldway Simon Hall (Lab)
Carole Bonner (Lab)
Heathfield Margaret Mead (Con)
Jason Cummings (Con)
Andrew Stranack (Con)
Kenley Jan Buttinger (Con)
Steve O'Connell (Con)
Steve Hollands (Con)
New Addington Oliver Lewis (Lab)
Louisa Woodley (Lab)
Norbury Maggie Mansell (Lab)
Shafi Khan (Lab)
Sherwan Chowdhury (Lab)
Purley Christopher Brew (Con)
Badsha Quadir (Con)
Donald Speakman (con)
Sanderstead Lynne Hale (Con)
Timothy Pollard (Con)
Yvette Hopley (Con)
Selhurst Timothy Godfrey (Lab)
David Wood (Lab)
Toni Letts (Lab)
Selsdon and Ballards Dudley Mead (Con)
Sara Bashford (Con)
Phil Thomas (Con)
Shirley Sue Bennett (Con)
Richard Chatterjee (Con)
Mike Fisher (Con)
South Norwood Kathy Bee (Lab)
Jane Avis (Lab)
Wayne Lawlor (Lab)
Thornton Heath Pat Clouder (Lab)
Karen Jewitt (Lab)
Matthew Kyeremeh (Lab)
Upper Norwood Alisa Flemming (Lab)
Pat Ryan (Lab)
John Wentworth (Lab)
Waddon Robert Canning (Lab)
Andrew Pelling (Lab)
Joy Prince (Lab)
West Thornton Emily Benn (Lab)
Bernadette Khan (Lab)
Stuart King (Lab)
Woodside Tony Newman (Lab)
Paul Scott (Lab)
Hamida Ali (Lab)

References

  1. ^ "England council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2014 - Croydon". www.andrewteale.me.uk.