2014 Croydon London Borough Council election

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

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

Overall Results

Croydon Local Election Result 2014

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

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40	30
Labour	Conservative

Results by Ward

Addiscombe

Addiscombe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sean Fitzsimons	2,165	15.80
	Labour	Patricia Hay-Justice	2,027	14.80
	Labour	Mark Watson	1,962	14.32
	Conservative	David Harmes	1,723	12.58
	Conservative	Lisa Terry	1,653	12.07
	Conservative	Partha Chatterjee	1,630	11.90
	UKIP	Peter Staveley	659	4.81
	Green	Paul Anderson	458	3.34
	Green	Esther Sutton	439	3.20
	Green	Joseph Hague	362	2.64
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Adams	266	1.94
	Liberal Democrats	William Tucker	186	1.36
	Liberal Democrats	Tomas Howard-Jones	169	1.23
Majority			239
Turnout			4,995	42.5%
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Ashburton

Ashburton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Madelaine R. Henson	2,110
	Labour	Stephen J. Mann	2,085
	Labour	Andrew J. Rendle	1,916
	Conservative	Sylvia Macdonald	1,908
	Conservative	Adam Kellett	1,848
	Conservative	Gareth B. Streeter	1,815
	UKIP	David J.L. Aston	788
	UKIP	Robert Ball	779
	UKIP	Robert King	705
	Green	Bernice C. Goldberg	328
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Adams	266
	Green	Christopher A. Sciberras	261
	Green	Isobel J. Williams	259
Majority			8
Turnout				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 M. Audsley	2,134
	Labour	Alison J. Butler	2,121
	Labour	Humayun Kabir	1,940
	Conservative	Robert C. Smith	588
	Conservative	Roger C. Taylor	579
	Conservative	Abdul Matin Talukdar	480
	Green	Simon C. Jones	379
	UKIP	Dirk Muller	378
	Green	Brendan M. Walsh	302
	Green	Victoria L. Samuel	278
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen J. Viney	117
	Communist	Ben Stevenson	55
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Broad Green

Broad Green (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stuart Collins	2,754
	Labour	Mike Selva	2,609
	Labour	Manju Shahul-Hameed	2,289
	Conservative	Fabion Emmanuel	761
	Conservative	Andrew Stevensen	579
	Conservative	Sophia Khan	535
	UKIP	Peter Kirby	500
	UKIP	Herman Lyken	404
	Green	Nicholas Barnett	395
	Green	Bimal Mohanan	301
	Green	Pravina Ellis	265
	Liberal Democrats	Syed Mohiuddin	170
	TUSC	Paul McMillan	69
	Communist	Peter Latham	69
	TUSC	Ragesh Khakhira	65
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Coulsdon East

Coulsdon East (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Wright	2,294
	Conservative	Margaret Bird	2,230
	Conservative	James Thompson	1,864
	UKIP	Alan Smith	964
	Liberal Democrats	Ghislaine Hickson	696
	Liberal Democrats	Arfan Bhatti	649
	Liberal Democrats	Ashley Burridge	574
	Labour	Lee Findell	527
	Labour	Helen Lovesey	475
	Labour	Joanne Milligan	430
	Green	Ernest Bullimore	356
	Green	Helena Farndon	355
	Green	Jennifer Ginn	314
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Coulsdon West

Coulsdon West (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Luke Clancy	2,039
	Conservative	Jeet Bains	2,032
	Conservative	Mario Creatura	1,811
	UKIP	Danny Fullilove	896
	Labour	Stephen Black	802
	Labour	Charles King	776
	Labour	Catriona Ogilvy	609
	Green	Susan Parsons	477
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Conn	311
	Liberal Democrats	Judith Earl	272
	Green	Ruud Skipper	240
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth George	224
	Green	Timothy Watson	220
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Croham

Croham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maria Gatland	2,042
	Conservative	Michael Neal	1,910
	Conservative	Jason Perry	1,803
	Labour	Christopher Clark	1,100
	Labour	Paul Waddell	1,099
	Labour	Claudine Reid	1,011
	UKIP	Kathleen Garner	629
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Bishopp	587
	Green	Tracey Hague	515
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Devlin	505
	Liberal Democrats	John Jefkins	500
	Green	Gordon Halliday	479
	Green	Sasha Khan	474
	Putting Croydon First	Mark Samuel	191
	Independent	Tony Martin	97
Turnout			4,315	41.10%
Registered electors			11,318
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fairfield

Fairfield (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vidhi Mohan	2,109
	Conservative	Sue Winborn	2,016
	Conservative	Helen Pollard	1,997
	Labour	Patricia Cummings	1,471
	Labour	Clive Fraser	1,408
	Labour	David Wood	1,363
	UKIP	Daniel Heaton	535
	Green	Timothy Eveleigh	504
	Green	Saima Raza	461
	Green	Jonathan Wharton	397
	Liberal Democrats	Stephanie Offer	282
	Liberal Democrats	Sasha Konechni	273
	Liberal Democrats	Ejnar Sorensen	197
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fieldway

Fieldway (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carole Bonner	1,132
	Labour	Simon Hall	1,104
	UKIP	William Eastoe	686
	Conservative	Michael Castle	471
	Conservative	Jayne Laville	314
	BNP	John Clarke	212
	BNP	David Clarke	210
	Green	Jack Groves	130
	Green	Eileen Gale	102
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Heathfield

Heathfield (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Mead	2,048
	Conservative	Jason Cummings	2,026
	Conservative	Andy Stranack	1,778
	UKIP	Crispin Hardy	1,185
	Labour	Peter Spaulding	1,154
	Labour	Angela Collins	936
	Labour	Robert Elliott	795
	Green	Yasmin Halai-Carter	344
	Green	Christopher Warner	334
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Bennett	296
	BNP	Michael Collard	258
	Green	Christopher Whitrow	224
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kenley

Kenley (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janice Buttinger	2,271	19.3
	Conservative	Steven Hollands	2,123	18.0
	Conservative	Steve O'Connell	2,111	17.9
	UKIP	David J. Hooper	803	7.7
	UKIP	Lynnda N. Robson	728	7.6
	UKIP	Paul I. C. Manton	714	7.6
	Labour	Sarah L. Ward	451	3.8
	Labour	Christopher R. Williams	388	3.3
	Labour	Mary-Romoline Croos	356	3.0
	Green	Shorai A. Dixon-King	336	2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Angela M. Catto	271	2.3
	Green	Tom Voute	265	2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Olive K. Abdey	238	2.0
	Liberal Democrats	James P. Knight	217	1.8
Majority
Total votes			11,733
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

New Addington

New Addington (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Oliver Lewis	1,224	22.3
	Labour	Louisa Woodley	1,094	19.9
	UKIP	Clive Christenson	740	13.5
	Conservative	Anthony Pearson	650	11.8
	UKIP	Christopher Johnson	639	11.6
	Conservative	Lara Fish	617	11.2
	BNP	Cliff Le May	178	3.2
	Green	Andrew Cousins	123	2.2
	BNP	Donna Treanor	107	1.9
	Green	Paul Cloughton	106	1.9
Majority
Turnout			5,478
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Norbury

Norbury (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maggie Mansell	2,227
	Labour	Sherwan Chowdhury	2,221
	Labour	Shafi Khan	2,134
	Conservative	Tirena Gunter	1,045
	Conservative	Gurmit Singh	982
	Conservative	Ben Flook	945
	UKIP	Rachel Hunte	422
	UKIP	Przemek De Skuba Skwirczynski	356
	Green	Douglas Arrowsmith	321
	Green	Raj Mehta	312
	Green	Marie Norfield	305
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Viney	220
	Independent	Winston Kennedy	47
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Purley

Purley (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Brew	2,248
	Conservative	Donald Speakman	1,989
	Conservative	Badsha Quadir	1,878
	Labour	Paola Bagnall	879
	Labour	Peter Horah	842
	Labour	Simbiat Longe	684
	UKIP	Laura Stringer	556
	UKIP	Georgina Guillem	552
	Green	Elizabeth Marsden	443
	Green	Simon Desorgher	409
	Green	Marion Warner	339
	Liberal Democrats	Jill George	312
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Tucker	295
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Makwana	241
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sanderstead

Sanderstead (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynne Hale	2,691
	Conservative	Yvette Hopley	2,545
	Conservative	Tim Pollard	2,463
	UKIP	Claire Smith	891
	Labour	Mathew Hill	570
	Labour	Thomas Lovesey	540
	Labour	Stella Nabukeera	491
	Green	Diane Bindman	422
	Green	Stephen Harris	316
	Green	Marc Richards	295
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Hesmondhalgh	266
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Moran	242
	Liberal Democrats	Toby Keynes	208
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Selhurst

Selhurst (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Timothy Godfrey	2,086
	Labour	Toni Letts	2,079
	Labour	Gerry Ryan	1,996
	Conservative	Madeleine Brundle	546
	Conservative	Richard Brundle	515
	UKIP	Marianne Bowness	504
	Conservative	Dominic Schofield	471
	UKIP	Jenefer Parke-Blair	396
	Green	Meike Benzler	341
	Green	Joanne Wittams	269
	Green	Megan Braid-Pittordou	267
	Liberal Democrats	Joanne Corbin	240
	Independent	Edward Wentworth-Shaw	128
	TUSC	Elenor Haven	88
	Communist	John Eden	77
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Selsdon & Ballards

Selsdon & Ballards (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sara Bashford	2,671
	Conservative	Dudley Mead	2,473
	Conservative	Phil Thomas	2,380
	UKIP	William Bailey	1,051
	Labour	Maggie Conway	541
	Labour	Vidyadharan Chandrababu	491
	Labour	Michael Smith	490
	Green	Amanda Larby	379
	Green	Peter Underwood	365
	Green	Casparus Nell	327
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Glynn	249
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Howard	204
	Liberal Democrats	Frederique Laporte	163
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shirley

Shirley (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Bennett	2,028
	Conservative	Richard Chatterjee	2,009
	Conservative	Mike Fisher	1,972
	Labour	Marzia Nicodemi-Ehikioya	1,301
	Labour	James Gill	1,243
	Labour	Mohamed Otmani	1,163
	UKIP	Andrew Bearchell	948
	UKIP	Eamon Connolly	870
	Green	Margaret Bebington	523
	Green	Andrew Bebington	470
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Harris	294
	Green	Elaine Garrod	252
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Norwood

South Norwood (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kathy Bee	2,303
	Labour	Jane Avis	2,211
	Labour	Wayne Lawlor	1,971
	Conservative	Jonathan Cope	1,009
	Conservative	Matthew O'Flynn	739
	Conservative	Rosina Mat St. James	731
	Green	Graham Jones	494
	Green	Andrew Ellis	486
	UKIP	Winston McKenzie	480
	UKIP	Anette Reid	437
	UKIP	Barry Slayford	437
	Green	James Seyforth	359
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Brown	314
	Liberal Democrats	Kimberley Reid	220
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Regan	177
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Thornton Heath

Thornton Heath (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Pat Clouder	2,340
	Labour Co-op	Matthew Kyeremeh	2,040
	Labour Co-op	Karen Jewitt	2,023
	Conservative	Nicholas Bailey	545
	Conservative	Luke Springthorpe	445
	Conservative	David Osland	444
	UKIP	Emmanuel Ehrim	392
	UKIP	Anne-Michelle Gardner	388
	Green	Christine Wade	336
	Green	Rachel Kenny-Green	308
	Green	Stefan Szczelkun	295
	Independent	Dwain Coward	171
	Liberal Democrats	Maria Menezes	162
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Morley	134
	TUSC	Glen Hart	92
Majority
Turnout
	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
	Labour	Alisa Flemming	2,007
	Labour	John Wentworth	1,809
	Conservative	Katalin Jonas	785
	Conservative	Audrey Terrey	755
	Conservative	Desmond Wright	629
	Green	Leslie Kenny-Green	477
	UKIP	Martyn Jeffrey	450
	Green	Simon Holland	449
	UKIP	Anthony Ward	415
	UKIP	Sandra Ward	391
	Green	Michael Eardley	384
	Liberal Democrats	David Boyle	256
	Liberal Democrats	Suzanne Roquette	154
	Liberal Democrats	Luke Morris	145
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Waddon

Waddon (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert W. Canning	1,965
	Labour	Andrew J. Pelling	1,937
	Labour	Joy I.D. Prince	1,924
	Conservative	Tony Harris	1,803
	Conservative	Simon Hoar	1,696
	Conservative	Mark P.A. Johnson	1,565
	UKIP	Jonathan W. Bailey	585
	UKIP	Kevin Adamson	575
	UKIP	Graham Rix	537
	Green	Mary J. Davey	324
	Green	Paula G. Onions	293
	Liberal Democrats	Kirsty S. Armstrong	197
	Green	Martyn Post	190
	Liberal Democrats	Michael J. Tavares	151
	TUSC	Anindya Bhattacharya	71
Turnout
	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
	Labour	Bernadette Khan	2,371
	Labour	Stuart King	2,243
	Conservative	Florence Evans	684
	Conservative	Samir Dwesar	650
	Conservative	Patrick Ratnaraja	595
	Green	David Beall	331
	UKIP	William Thomas	312
	UKIP	Marjorie Bissick	298
	Green	Barry Buttigieg	213
	Green	Rebecca Parnell	207
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Knight	134
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Woodside

Woodside (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Newman	2,130
	Labour	Paul Scott	2,000
	Labour	Hamida Ali	1,874
	Conservative	Michael Sidwell	874
	Conservative	Amy Pollard	831
	Conservative	Mustafa Tary	714
	UKIP	Ace Nnorom	522
	Green	Andrew Enebe	493
	Green	Clare Trivedi	426
	Green	Harris Bokhari	395
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Jefkins	206
Majority
Turnout
	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)