2014 Hastings Borough Council election

The 2014 Hastings Borough Council election was held on Thursday 22 May 2014 to elect members of Hastings Borough Council in East Sussex, England. Half of the council was up for election, and Labour remained in overall control of the council. The election took place on the same day as elections to the European Parliament.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Labour 24 (+1)
Conservative 8 (-1)

Election result

Hastings Local Election Result 2014
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	11	1	0	+1	68.8%	47.8	10,910	+7.6
Conservative	5	0	1	-1	31.2%	31.1	7,100	-6.1
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	10.5	2,389	+10.5
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0.0	7.5	1,705	-13.1
Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.7	608	+2.7
Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.4	96	-0.3

Ward results

Comparisons for the purpose of determining a gain, hold or loss of a seat, and for all percentage changes, is to the last time these specific seats were up for election in 2010.

Ashdown^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Edwards	694	42.0	−9.2
	UKIP	John Wilson	453	27.4	+27.4
	Labour	Dave Baker	429	26.0	−2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Seymour	76	4.6	15.8
Majority			241	14.6	−8.3
Turnout			1,652	37.7	−28.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	18.3% Con to UKIP

Baird^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Turner	656	48.9	+6.1
	Conservative	Terry Keen	333	24.8	−15.1
	UKIP	Deborah Thomas	310	23.1	+23.1
	Liberal Democrats	Oliver Maloney	43	3.2	−14.1
Majority			323	24.1	+21.3
Turnout			1,342	37.6	−20.7
	Labour hold		Swing	10.6% Con to Lab

Braybrooke^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sue Beaney	818	56.0	+1.5
	Conservative	Martin Clarke	364	24.9	−3.2
	Green	Sally Phillips	207	14.2	+14.2
	Liberal Democrats	Stewart Rayment	72	4.9	−12.4
Majority			454	41.1	+14.7
Turnout			1,461	41.7	−24.4
	Labour hold		Swing	2.4% Con to Lab

Castle^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lee Clark	769	53.1	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Perry	463	32.0	+7.6
	Conservative	Graeme Williams	215	14.9	−10.7
Majority			306	21.1	−3.3
Turnout			1,447	37.5	−18.3
	Labour hold		Swing	2.3% Lab to LD

Central St. Leonards^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeremy Birch	691	53.1	−0.4
	UKIP	Kevin O'Doherty	206	15.8	+15.8
	Conservative	Adam Gibbons	167	12.8	−12.4
	Green	Maya Evans	101	7.8	+7.8
	Independent	Clive Gross	96	7.4	+7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Smith	40	3.1	−18.2
Majority			485	37.3	+9.0
Turnout			1,301	38.7	−11.6
	Labour hold		Swing	14.1% Con to UKIP

Conquest^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Liam Atkins	742	47.5	−5.5
	Labour	Eileen Masters	448	28.7	+1.7
	UKIP	Ralph Atkinson	324	20.7	+20.7
	Liberal Democrats	Lindsey Fellows	48	3.1	−16.9
Majority			294	18.8	−7.2
Turnout			1,562	40.6	−31.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.6% Con to Lab

Gensing^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Cartwright	803	54.9	+8.3
	UKIP	Michael McIver	262	17.9	+17.9
	Conservative	John Waterfall	191	13.1	−15.9
	Green	Will Davis	141	9.6	+9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Hopgood	66	4.5	−19.9
Majority			541	37.0	+19.4
Turnout			1,463	36.1	−21.5
	Labour hold		Swing	4.8% Lab to UKIP

Hollington^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bruce Dowling	576	45.7
	UKIP	Kenneth Pankhurst	404	32.0
	Conservative	Michael Lambrechs	230	18.2
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Gallop	51	4.0
Majority			172	13.7
Turnout			1,261	29.6	−23.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Maze Hill^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rob Lee	759	51.1	+2.3
	Labour	Christopher Connelley	587	39.5	+8.9
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Tait	139	9.4	−11.3
Majority			172	11.6	−6.6
Turnout			1,485	39.2	−21.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.3% Con to Lab

Old Hastings^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Hodges	1,096	60.6	+21.1
	Conservative	Arthur Burgess	577	31.9	−0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Dodwell	135	7.5	−20.3
Majority			519	28.7	+21.8
Turnout			1,808	44.0	−23.1
	Labour hold		Swing	10.9% Con to Lab

Ore^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Wincott	686	57.4	+9.7
	Conservative	Terry Fawthrop	413	34.6	−2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Tudgay	96	8.0	−4.4
Majority			273	22.8	+18.4
Turnout			1,195	34.7	+0.5
	Labour hold		Swing	6.2% Con to Lab

Silverhill^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Fitzgerald	639	49.9	+14.1
	Conservative	Matthew Lock	435	34.0	−2.5
	Green	Dave Carey-Stuart	159	12.4	+12.4
	Liberal Democrats	Wilfrid Pickard	48	3.7	+13.3
Majority			204	15.9	+15.9
Turnout			1,281	41.2	−26.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	8.8% Con to Lab

St Helens^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Lock	787	39.9	−3.5
	Labour	Graham Crane	678	34.4	−3.1
	UKIP	Stuart Murphy	430	21.8	+21.8
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Wakeford	76	3.9	−15.3
Majority			109	5.5	−0.5
Turnout			1,971	49.5	−33.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.2% Con to Lab

Tressell^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tania Charman	660	64.1	+18.3
	Conservative	Lyn Burgess	241	23.4	−1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Broad	128	12.4	−8.6
Majority			419	40.7	+20.4
Turnout			1,029	31.7	−23.1
	Labour hold		Swing	10.1% Con to Lab

West St Leonards^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Beaver	596	47.8	+3.2
	Labour	John Knowles	565	45.3	+12.4
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Lewcock	87	7.0	−14.9
Majority			31	2.5	−8.6
Turnout			1,248	33.0	−30.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.6% Con to Lab

Wishing Tree^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Roberts	809	62.1	+18.7
	Conservative	Wendy Cooke	356	27.3	−4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Kennelly	137	10.5	−8.7
Majority			453	34.8	+23.3
Turnout			1,302	35.1	−27.6
	Labour hold		Swing	11.7% Con to Lab

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p "Statement of Persons Nominated". Hastings Borough Council. Archived from the original on 20 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.

[persons-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p "Statement of Persons Nominated". Hastings Borough Council. Archived from the original on 20 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.

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