Election Name: | 2014 Newham Council election |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | Labour Party (UK) |
Previous Election: | 2010 Newham London Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 2010 |
Next Election: | 2018 Newham London Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 2018 |
Majority Seats: | 30 |
Election Date: | 22 May 2014 |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Last Election1: | 60 seats, 60.8% |
Seats1: | 60 |
Popular Vote1: | 46,882 |
Percentage1: | 59.7 |
Swing1: | 1.1% |
Map Size: | 300px |
Largest Party | |
Posttitle: | Largest Party |
Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
The 2014 Newham London Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Newham London Borough Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
Labour won all 60 seats, as it did in 2010.[2] [3] [4]
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A total of 208 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 20 wards. Candidates included a full slate from the Labour party (as had been the case at every election since the borough council had been formed in 1964), whilst the Conservative party also ran a full slate and the Liberal Democrats ran 11 candidates. Other candidates running were 55 Christian Peoples Alliance, 8 TUSC, 7 UKIP, 1 Communities United Party, 2 Green, 1 Communist Party and 3 Independents.
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr Alec Kellaway.
The by-election was called following the disqualification due to non-attendance of Cllr Charlene McLean. The election was held on the same day as the 2015 general election.
The by-election was called following the death of Cllr Charity Fibresima
The by-election was called following the resignation of Councillor Ellie Robinson to accept a job with the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan.[5]