2014 Waltham Forest London Borough Council election

The 2014 Waltham Forest Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Waltham Forest Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

2014 Waltham Forest London Borough Council election

← 2010 22 May 2014 2018 →
All 60 seats to Waltham Forest London Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Chris Robbins Matt Davis Party Labour Conservative Leader's seat Grove Green Chingford Green Last election 36 seats, 38.9% 18 seats, 24.9% Seats won 44 16 Seat change 8 2 Popular vote 99,350 38,838 Percentage 52.9% 20.7% Swing 14.0% 4.2%
Map of the results of the 2014 Waltham Forest council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

Eligibility

All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 22 May 2014 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections,^[2] although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.^[3]

Composition before election

Elected in 2010			Before election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Labour	36		Labour	35
	Conservative	18		Conservative	18
	Liberal Democrats	6		Liberal Democrats	6
	Vacant	0		Vacant	1

Election result

Waltham Forest Council election result 2014^[4]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	44	8	0	+8	73.3	52.9	99,350	+14.0
	Conservative	16	0	2	-2	26.7	20.7	38,838	-4.2
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	6	-6	0.0	13.5	25,357	-16.6
	Green	0	0	0	0	0.0	5.6	10,482	+1.3
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	3.8	7,122	+3.6
	TUSC	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.9	5,482	+2.7
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.3	522	-1.1
	Liberal	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.3	502	New

Results by ward

The ward results listed below are based on the changes from the 2010 elections, not taking into account any mid-term by-elections or party defections.

Cann Hall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Keith Rayner	1,779	20%
	Labour	Patrick Edwards	1,682	19%
	Labour	Sally Littlejohn	1,640	18%
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Phillips*	985	11%
	Liberal Democrats	Rupert Alexander	837	9%
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Trett	756	8%
	Green	Pat Howie	401	5%
	Conservative	Guilherme de Gouveia	264	3%
	Conservative	Christopher Nott	226	3%
	Conservative	Joseph Leport	196	2%
	TUSC	Claire Laker-Mansfield	134	2%
Turnout			8,900
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Cathall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Naheed Asghar	1,851	26%
	Labour	Terry Wheeler	1,782	25%
	Labour	S.K.A. Highfield	1,715	24%
	Green	Glyn Roberts	333	5%
	UKIP	Sue Moorhead	262	4%
	Liberal Democrats	John Howard	198	3%
	Conservative	Carol Chatfield	197	3%
	Liberal Democrats	Clyde Kitson	183	3%
	Conservative	Erol Cakirgoz	178	2%
	Conservative	Jerry Leport	168	2%
	Liberal Democrats	Pam Bertram	163	2%
	TUSC	Marijerla Ratnaseelan	92	1%
Turnout			7,122
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Chapel End

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Louise Mitchell	1,953	20%
	Labour	Paul Douglas	1,927	20%
	Labour	Steve Terry	1,715	18%
	Liberal Democrats	James Goodman	690	7%
	Green	Sue Wheat	631	6%
	Liberal Democrats	Tulat Raja	580	6%
	Liberal Democrats	Sean Meiszner	575	6%
	Conservative	Elliott Burton	510	5%
	UKIP	Judith Chisholm-Benli	494	5%
	Conservative	Kieran Sargent	445	5%
	TUSC	Glenroy Watson	207	2%
Turnout			9,727
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Chingford Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Matt Davis	1,659	20%
	Conservative	Andy Hemsted	1,624	19%
	Conservative	Nick Halebi	1,476	18%
	UKIP	Martin Levin	915	11%
	Labour	Jeffrey Blay	700	8%
	Labour	Martin Dore	628	8%
	Labour	Neil Weeks	588	7%
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Carder	262	3%
	Independent	None of the Above	204	2%
	Liberal	Kathleen Mudie	169	2%
	TUSC	Manny Thain	105	1%
Turnout			8,330
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Endlebury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Roy Berg	1,766	20%
	Conservative	Peter Herrington	1,588	18%
	Conservative	Caroline Erics	1,538	18%
	UKIP	John O'Shea	942	11%
	Labour	Sheila Dore	780	9%
	Labour	Kenneth Kennedy	765	9%
	Labour	Peter Woodrow	628	7%
	Green	Kevin O'Brien	399	5%
	Liberal Democrats	Ted Cooke	232	3%
	TUSC	Sarah Sachs-Eldridge	122	1%
Turnout			8,760
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Forest

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Shabana Dhedhi	1,694	17%
	Labour	Kastriot Berberi	1,636	17%
	Labour	Gerry Lyons	1,545	16%
	Liberal Democrats	Farooq Qureshi	1,136	12%
	Liberal Democrats	Arfan Abrahim	997	10%
	Liberal Democrats	Murle Mitchell	844	9%
	Green	Daniel Ritman	504	5%
	UKIP	Ron Bromley	303	3%
	Conservative	Julien Foster	296	3%
	Conservative	Laurie Braham	272	3%
	Conservative	Derek Pryor	264	3%
	TUSC	Pat Brown	161	2%
	TUSC	Russell Pennington	88	1%
	TUSC	CEA Guiste	75	1%
Turnout			9,815
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Grove Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Chris Robbins	1,858	18%
	Labour	Anna Mbachu	1,751	17%
	Labour	Khevyn Limbajee	1,686	16%
	Liberal Democrats	Imran Mahmood	1,009	10%
	Liberal Democrats	Naser Masood	865	8%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrei Ilies	856	8%
	Green	Bill Measure	507	5%
	Green	Maureen Measure	485	5%
	Conservative	Jacqueline Howe	345	3%
	Conservative	Pervalz Khan	335	3%
	Conservative	Lauren Smith	335	3%
	TUSC	Nic Fripp	160	2%
	TUSC	Tim Roedel	86	1%
Turnout			10,278
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Hale End and Highams Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sheree Rackham	1,412	14%
	Labour	Tony Bell	1,388	14%
	Conservative	Paul Braham	1,377	14%
	Conservative	Darshan Singh Sunger	1,286	13%
	Labour	Simon Bottomley	1,250	12%
	Labour	Jonathan Lloyd	1,108	11%
	UKIP	Peter Woodrow	580	6%
	Green	Rebecca Redwood	497	5%
	Liberal Democrats	Gerry McGarry	343	3%
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Smith-Pryor	339	3%
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Morgan	315	3%
	TUSC	Danny Byrne	128	1%
Turnout			10,023
	Conservative hold
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Hatch Lane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Marion Fitzgerald	1,485	18%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Walker	1,249	15%
	Conservative	Tim James	1,134	14%
	Labour	Stephen Garrett	935	11%
	UKIP	Paul Hillman	868	11%
	Labour	Graham Smith	743	9%
	Labour	Nicholas Russell	741	9%
	Green	Robert Tatam	575	7%
	Liberal Democrats	Marc Jones	252	3%
	TUSC	Sue Wills	152	2%
Turnout			8,134
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

High Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Clare Coghill	2,510	22%
	Labour	Raja Anwar	2,191	19%
	Labour	Liaquat Ali	2,095	18%
	Liberal Democrats	Mahmood Hussain	741	7%
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Wheatley	708	6%
	Green	Harry Greenfield	708	6%
	Liberal Democrats	Nelia Cetin	618	5%
	Conservative	Michael Bamber	314	3%
	Conservative	Rachel Wedderburn	267	2%
	Conservative	Shane Clapham	251	2%
	TUSC	Nancy Taaffe	240	2%
	TUSC	Marvin Hay	195	2%
	Independent	James O'Rourke	163	1%
	Independent	John Macklin	155	1%
	TUSC	Senan Uthayasenan	152	1%
Turnout			11,328
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Higham Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Karen Bellamy	2,275	24%
	Labour	Tim Bennett-Goodman	2,098	22%
	Labour	Alistair Strathern	1,921	21%
	Liberal Democrats	Tahir Raja	516	6%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Woollcott	497	5%
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Smith	475	5%
	UKIP	David Bracegirdle	450	5%
	Conservative	Kathy Berg	288	3%
	Conservative	Colin Mace	242	3%
	Conservative	Robert Cantwell	238	2%
	TUSC	Mike Cleverley	207	2%
	TUSC	Louise Cuffaro	128	1%
Turnout			9,335
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Hoe Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Saima Mahmud	2,279	23%
	Labour	Mark Rusling	2,226	22%
	Labour	Ahsan Khan	2,209	22%
	Green	Stephen Lambert	580	6%
	Green	David Hamilton	527	5%
	Green	Anne Warrington	513	4%
	Conservative	Jonathan Canty	375	4%
	Conservative	Roger Hemsted	333	3%
	Conservative	Pamela Jovcic	331	3%
	TUSC	Paul Bell	198	2%
	Liberal Democrats	Jahanara Azim	194	2%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Hatton	192	1%
	Liberal Democrats	Zeliha Yilmaz	165	2%
Turnout			10,122
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Larkswood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Moss	1,428	17%
	Conservative	Bernadette Mill	1,421	17%
	Conservative	Millie Balkan	1,401	17%
	Labour	Anne Garrett	956	12%
	Labour	Noel Hayes	916	11%
	Labour	Henrietta Jackson	859	10%
	UKIP	Richard King	780	9%
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Sullivan	169	2%
	Liberal	Bob Carey	154	2%
	TUSC	Ian Pattison	142	2%
Turnout			8,226
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Lea Bridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Masood Ahmad	2,259	25%
	Labour	Mohammad Asghar	2,020	22%
	Labour	Yemi Osho	1,871	21%
	Green	Rachel Barrat	619	7%
	Liberal Democrats	Katy Andrews	429	5%
	Conservative	Jenny Cantwell	379	4%
	Liberal Democrats	Azhar Kayani	375	4%
	Conservative	Christopher Berg	370	4%
	Conservative	Carsten Lobo	289	3%
	TUSC	Martin Reynolds	276	3%
	Liberal Democrats	Marcin Nocek	233	3%
Turnout			9,120
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Leyton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jacob Edwards	1,973	19%
	Labour	Whitney Ihenachor	1,923	19%
	Labour	Simon Miller	1,786	17%
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Sullivan	1,211	12%
	Liberal Democrats	Audrey Lee	1,044	10%
	Liberal Democrats	Jerome Harvey-Agyei	1,022	10%
	Green	Diana Wellings	381	4%
	Conservative	James Edwards	233	2%
	Conservative	Anne Pryor	209	2%
	Conservative	Nicholas Hyett	205	2%
	TUSC	Suzanne Beishon	157	2%
	TUSC	Kevin Parslow	130	1%
Turnout			10,274
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Leytonstone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Clyde Loakes	1,979	20%
	Labour	Marie Pye	1,947	19%
	Labour	Jenny Gray	1,905	19%
	Green	Mark Dawes	700	7%
	Liberal Democrats	Suleman Ahmed	652	6%
	Liberal Democrats	Faiz Faiz	598	6%
	Liberal Democrats	Sadia Mirza	566	6%
	Conservative	Helen Johnson	473	5%
	Conservative	David Alt	427	4%
	Conservative	Molly Leport	379	4%
	TUSC	Suzanne Muna	190	2%
	TUSC	Len Hockey	180	2%
	TUSC	Aidan Taylor	129	1%
Turnout			10,125
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Markhouse

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sharon Waldron	2,011	23%
	Labour	Asim Mahmood	1,952	23%
	Labour	Johar Khan	1,930	22%
	Green	Claire Norman	772	9%
	Conservative	Stephen Murphy	439	5%
	Liberal Democrats	Matt Lake	398	5%
	TUSC	Dan Gillman	362	4%
	Liberal Democrats	Quintin Rubin	209	3%
	TUSC	Joel Hirsch	268	3%
	Liberal Democrats	Nund Lofur	187	2%
Turnout			8,609
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jemma Hemsted	1,388	16%
	Conservative	Alan Sigger	1,318	15%
	Labour	Aktar Beg	1,160	13%
	Conservative	Laurance Wedderburn	1,100	13%
	Labour	Jonathan O'Dea	1,063	12%
	Labour	Shumon Rahman	1,033	12%
	UKIP	John Murray	793	9%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Paterson	211	2%
	Liberal Democrats	Shahnaz Malik	205	2%
	Liberal	Henry Boyle	179	2%
	TUSC	Sarah Wrack	164	2%
Turnout			8,614
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

William Morris

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Grace Williams	2,441	24%
	Labour	Nadeem Ali	2,421	24%
	Labour	Stuart Emmerson	2,287	22%
	Green	Huw Davies	724	7%
	UKIP	Ummer Farooq	333	3%
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Cook	317	3%
	Conservative	Gilliam Hemsted	290	3%
	Conservative	Sheila Vero	256	3%
	Conservative	Mladen Jovcic	233	2%
	Liberal Democrats	Qaisar Iqbal	222	2%
	TUSC	Paula Mitchell	185	2%
	Liberal Democrats	Muhammad Irfan Kayani	176	2%
	TUSC	Kenneth Douglas	149	1%
	TUSC	Michael McClinton	142	1%
Turnout			10,176
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Wood Street

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Angie Bean	2,267	21%
	Labour	Peter Barnett	2,120	20%
	Labour	Richard Sweden	1,999	19%
	Conservative	Ismet Balkan	825	8%
	Conservative	Abdul Alavi	818	8%
	Conservative	Riitta Soininen	693	7%
	Green	Roger Payne	626	6%
	UKIP	Bob Cox	402	4%
	Liberal Democrats	Naila Mahmood	201	2%
	TUSC	Lee Hawksbee	190	2%
	TUSC	Stephen Poole	188	2%
	Liberal Democrats	Maqsood Hussain	173	2%
	Liberal Democrats	Sahar Masih	135	1%
Turnout			10,637
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold