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2014 Brent London Borough Council election

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All 63 seats to Brent London Borough Council 32 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Last election 40 seats, 41.1% 6 seats, 22.0% 17 seats, 29.4% Seats won 56 6 1 Seat change 16 16 Popular vote 39,870 17,547 14,997 Percentage 46.8% 20.6% 17.6% Swing 5.7% 1.4% 11.8%
Map of the results of the 2014 Brent London Borough Council election. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

The 2014 Brent London Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Brent London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party stayed in overall control of the council.

Background

At the last election in 2010 Labour gained control of the council with 40 councillors, compared to 17 for the Liberal Democrats and 6 for the Conservatives. In July 2012 the Labour majority was increased when a Liberal Democrat councillor for Alperton, James Allie, defected to the Labour party. The Liberal Democrats lost another councillor in June 2013 when Brondesbury Park councillor Carol Shaw switched back to the Conservatives, ten years after she had defected from the Conservatives to the Liberal Democrats. However the Liberal Democrats did gain from a defection, when in December 2013 a Welsh Harp councillor Dhiraj Kataria left Labour to join the Liberal Democrats.

A seat was vacant before the 2010 election in Dudden Hill, after Liberal Democrat councillor David Clues resigned from the council less than 6 months before the election, after having moved to Brighton. A total of 222 candidates stood for election in 2010, contesting the 63 seats on the council across 21 wards. The candidates included full slates from the Labour, Liberal Democrat and Conservative parties, as well as Green Party candidates across the council and a number of UK Independence Party, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition and independent candidates.

Election result

Labour increased their majority on the council making 16 gains and reducing the Liberal Democrats to just 1 seat on the council. Labour gained seats in Alperton, Dollis Hill, Dudden Hill, Mapesbury, Queens Park, Sudbury, Welsh Harp and Willesden Green from the Liberal Democrats, as well as seats in Northwick Park and Preston from the Conservatives. The 15 seats lost by the Liberal Democrats included the group leader Paul Lorber in Sudbury and meant Helen Carr in Mapesbury was the only Liberal Democrat remaining on the council.

The Conservatives stayed steady on 6 councillors after losing seats to Labour, but gaining 2 seats from the Liberal Democrats in Brondesbury Park. They finished second in vote share with 21%, but well behind Labour who got 47% of the vote. Overall turnout at the election was 36%.

Following the election Labour councillor Muhammed Butt remained leader of the council, defeating a challenge within his party from Neil Nerva. Meanwhile, the Conservative group split in half, with the 3 councillors from Brondesbury Park ward forming their own Brondesbury Park Conservatives group, after failing to replace Kenton councillor Suresh Kansahra as leader of the Conservative group, while the 3 Kenton Conservative councillors remained in the Conservative group.

Ward results

References

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3. Hardiman, David (31 July 2012). "Brent Liberal Democrat leader Paul Lorber 'shocked and saddened' at defection". Harrow Times. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
4. King, Lorraine (10 June 2013). "Brent Liberal Democrat councillor defects to the Conservative Party". Brent & Kilburn Times. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
5. ^ Bewley, Hannah (3 December 2013). "Lib Dem councillor resigns as another joins from Labour". getwestlondon. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
6. "Brent election results declared". Brent Council. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
7. Proctor, Ian (25 April 2014). "Candidates for Brent Council elections announced". Retrieved 19 February 2015.
8. Jobson, Myron (28 May 2014). "Brent Conservative leader vows to hold the council to account". Brent & Kilburn Times. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
9. ^ Bewley, Hannah (23 May 2014). "Lib Dems' numbers decimated in Brent Council elections". getwestlondon. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
10. "London Local Elections 2014: Labour makes capital gains". BBC News. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
11. Jobson, Myron (23 May 2014). "Brent Council leader vows to do more for the borough following Labour's landslide victory". Brent & Kilburn Times. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
12. "Borough Council elections – Thursday 22 May 2014". Brent Council. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
13. Shammas, John (2 June 2014). "Labour newcomer in 'ludicrous' bid to dislodge Brent Council leader only days after 'great' election victory". getwestlondon. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
14. Shammas, John (5 June 2014). "'They are never coming back to the party' warns top Tory after failed political coup leaves Conservatives split in two at Brent Council". getwestlondon. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
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16. ^ "Election results by wards". Brent Council. Retrieved 16 February 2015.

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