Election Name: | 2014 Barnet London Borough Council election |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2010 Barnet London Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 2010 |
Next Election: | 2018 Barnet London Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 2018 |
Seats For Election: | All 63 seats to Barnet London Borough Council |
Majority Seats: | 32 |
Election Date: | 22 May 2014 |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats1: | 32 |
Seat Change1: | 7 |
Popular Vote1: | 38,286 |
Percentage1: | 38.6% |
Swing1: | 2.2% |
Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats2: | 30 |
Seat Change2: | 9 |
Popular Vote2: | 36,076 |
Percentage2: | 36.4% |
Swing2: | 6.2% |
Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Seats3: | 1 |
Seat Change3: | 2 |
Popular Vote3: | 8,037 |
Percentage3: | 8.1% |
Swing3: | 11.5% |
Map Size: | 340px |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
Before Election: | Conservative Party (UK) |
After Election: | Conservative Party (UK) |
The 2014 Barnet Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Barnet Council in England.[1] It took place on the same day as other local elections and it resulted in the Conservative Party holding on to overall control of the council.
Before the election the Conservatives ran the council with 38 seats, compared to 22 for Labour and 3 for the Liberal Democrats. A total of 247 candidates stood in the election including a full slate of 63 each from the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat parties.[2] The Green Party stood 43 candidates, while there were 9 candidates from UKIP, 5 Independents and 1 from Left Unity. Following the death of Green Party candidate Jessica Yorke,[3] the poll for Colindale ward was cancelled on 19 May and rescheduled to take place on 26 June.[4]
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Results for Colindale included in table.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Amy Trevethan.