:I can only agree with that there is a consensus here that it should be changed not restored to a hold for the 2014 Maayor of Tower Hamlet election results only and nothing else.  I have to wholly dismiss the claims of "precedent" across Wikipedia, there are clear examples of precedent, for not having this listed as a hop such as in the case of the speaker. This appears to be a consensus just for this article and not wider Wikipedia. This appears to be a consensus that if a person stands as in dependent and forms a party round themselves it is a hold in all other cases it appears to be listed as a gain e.g. the speaker or Ken Livingstone or as is the case with the Mayor of Doncaster.