# 2014 Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council election

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

## Results

The Conservative Party gained control from the Liberal Democrats. The Conservatives won 28 seats (+7), the Liberal Democrats won 18 seats (-9) and Labour won 2 seats (+2).

## Results by ward
### Alexandra

Alexandra (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Richard Hudson* | 1,263 | 39.1 | −2.4 |
| Conservative | Ian George | 1,247 | 38.6 | −2.5 |
| Conservative | Chris Hayes | 1,188 | 36.8 | −5.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Haran Kailasapillai | 991 | 30.7 | −13.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Neil Houston | 937 | 29.0 | −10.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Andy Townsend | 893 | 27.6 | −7.0 |
| UKIP | Anthony Perham | 521 | 16.1 | N/A |
| Labour | Marilyn Corry | 492 | 15.2 | +3.4 |
| Labour | Paul May | 485 | 15.0 | +4.3 |
| Labour | Niranjan Jayasundera | 441 | 13.6 | +4.6 |
| Green | Phil Smith | 331 | 10.2 | +3.3 |
| TUSC | Kevin Foote | 78 | 2.4 | N/A |
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Berrylands

Berrylands (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Sushila Abraham* | 1,279 | 38.4 | −8.1 |
| Conservative | Mike Head | 1,273 | 38.2 | −0.4 |
| Conservative | Andy Johnson | 1,237 | 37.1 | −0.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | Thomas Chesterman | 1,194 | 35.8 | −2.7 |
| Conservative | Emma Woods | 1,149 | 34.5 | −3.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Bob Steed* | 1,040 | 31.2 | −10.3 |
| Green | Martin Lake | 426 | 12.8 | +2.7 |
| Labour | Toby Flux | 425 | 12.8 | +2.7 |
| Labour | Lawrence Green | 424 | 12.7 | +3.2 |
| UKIP | Paul Scargill | 384 | 11.5 | N/A |
| Labour | Amina Rasool | 344 | 10.3 | +2.4 |
| TUSC | Italo Savastio | 60 | 1.8 | N/A |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Beverley

Beverley (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Terry Paton* | 1,333 | 39.2 | +3.4 |
| Conservative | Paul Bedforth | 1,311 | 38.5 | +5.7 |
| Conservative | Raju Pandya | 1,046 | 30.7 | −0.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Lesley Heap | 880 | 25.9 | −18.2 |
| Labour | Marian Freedman | 838 | 24.6 | +11.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Simon James* | 778 | 22.9 | −19.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Trevor Heap* | 777 | 22.8 | −20.1 |
| Labour | Liz Meerabeau | 714 | 21.0 | +9.3 |
| Labour | Chris Priest | 645 | 18.9 | +9.1 |
| Green | Chris Walker | 552 | 16.2 | +4.2 |
| UKIP | Linda Collis | 461 | 13.5 | N/A |
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Canbury

Canbury (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Andrea Craig* | 1,419 | 36.7 | −3.2 |
| Conservative | Geoff Austin* | 1,360 | 35.2 | −3.9 |
| Conservative | David Glasspool | 1,241 | 32.1 | −4.4 |
| Green | Ryan Coley | 891 | 23.1 | +7.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | Rebekah Moll** | 877 | 22.7 | −19.6 |
| Green | Charlie Redman | 839 | 21.7 | N/A |
| Liberal Democrats | Dan Falchikov | 833 | 21.6 | −11.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew King | 809 | 20.9 | −9.9 |
| Labour | Tony Cottrell | 606 | 15.7 | +3.5 |
| Green | Tariq Shabbeer | 580 | 15.0 | N/A |
| Labour | Colin Startup | 477 | 12.4 | +0.8 |
| Labour | Nisha Tailor | 431 | 11.2 | +0.4 |
| UKIP | John Anderson | 391 | 10.1 | N/A |
| Independent | Timothy Dennen* | 188 | 4.9 | −37.4 |
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Rebekah Moll was a sitting councillor, but for Grove ward.
Timothy Dennen was elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2010.

### Chessington North & Hook

Chessington North & Hook (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Margaret Thompson* | 1,080 | 36.3 | −7.2 |
| Conservative | Andrew Day* | 988 | 33.2 | −6.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Clive Chase | 975 | 32.7 | −12.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Emma-Louise Wykes | 893 | 30.0 | −7.6 |
| Conservative | Mike Gibson | 811 | 27.2 | −5.8 |
| Conservative | Lizzy Harrall | 767 | 25.7 | −7.2 |
| UKIP | Vic Bellamy | 718 | 24.1 | N/A |
| Labour | Steve Kearney | 416 | 14.0 | +2.9 |
| Labour | Max Freedman | 358 | 12.0 | +1.7 |
| Green | Simon Jakeman | 344 | 11.5 | +6.2 |
| Labour | Amanda Stuart | 321 | 10.8 | +1.3 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Chessington South

Chessington South (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Patricia Bamford* | 1,131 | 37.6 | −10.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Rachel Reid* | 1,024 | 34.0 | −8.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Shiraz Mirza* | 1,005 | 33.4 | −10.1 |
| Conservative | Ryan Boxall | 810 | 26.9 | −8.5 |
| UKIP | Gina Healy | 750 | 24.9 | N/A |
| UKIP | Coral Cottle | 742 | 24.7 | N/A |
| Conservative | Michelle Akintoye | 717 | 23.8 | −10.5 |
| Conservative | Tania Symes | 715 | 23.8 | −10.2 |
| Labour | David Griffin | 376 | 12.5 | +0.2 |
| Labour | John Dodwell | 358 | 11.9 | +3.2 |
| Labour | Anthony Murray | 326 | 10.8 | +3.1 |
| TUSC | Louis Desbruslais | 125 | 4.2 | N/A |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Coombe Hill

Coombe Hill (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Rowena Bass | 1,537 | 56.5 | +2.5 |
| Conservative | Erica Humphrey* | 1,458 | 53.6 | +2.9 |
| Conservative | Gaj Wallooppillai* | 1,349 | 49.6 | −2.2 |
| Labour | Sally Richardson | 457 | 16.8 | +5.9 |
| Labour | Edward Naylor | 453 | 16.7 | +5.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Iris Grender | 406 | 14.9 | −14.0 |
| Labour | Roger Price | 388 | 14.3 | +4.2 |
| Green | Jean Vidler | 344 | 12.7 | +4.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | John Waddleton | 332 | 12.2 | −14.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Oates | 314 | 11.6 | −10.8 |
| UKIP | Tina Collis | 313 | 11.5 | N/A |
| Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Coombe Vale

Coombe Vale (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Julie Pickering* | 1,689 | 50.4 | +4.1 |
| Conservative | Roy Arora | 1,629 | 48.6 | +6.7 |
| Conservative | Cathy Roberts | 1,625 | 48.5 | +6.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Julie Haines | 671 | 20.0 | −20.1 |
| Labour | Ian Parker | 605 | 18.1 | +7.4 |
| Labour | Sushil Pallen | 531 | 15.9 | +5.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Herlinger | 482 | 14.4 | −21.5 |
| Labour | Geoff Parnell | 480 | 14.3 | +4.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Phil Thompson | 442 | 13.2 | −21.8 |
| UKIP | Janet Owen | 350 | 10.4 | N/A |
| Green | Mariana Periklis | 334 | 10.0 | +2.1 |
| Green | Mona Ghobadi | 323 | 9.6 | N/A |
| Green | Mike Perry | 317 | 9.5 | N/A |
| Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Grove

Grove (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Chrissie Hitchcock* | 1,041 | 34.1 | −17.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Brister** | 990 | 32.4 | −16.4 |
| Conservative | Phil Doyle | 960 | 31.4 | +1.3 |
| Conservative | Adrian Amer | 958 | 31.4 | +0.7 |
| Conservative | Alex Ward | 906 | 29.7 | +1.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Shoaib Bajwa | 888 | 29.1 | −12.5 |
| Labour | Tessa Kind | 699 | 22.9 | +10.3 |
| Labour | Steve Mama | 577 | 18.9 | +7.0 |
| Labour | Peter Roland | 497 | 16.3 | +4.5 |
| Green | Alison Hood | 404 | 13.2 | −1.4 |
| Green | Tim Cobbett | 384 | 12.6 | N/A |
| Green | Tim Walker | 366 | 12.0 | N/A |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Stephen Brister was a sitting councillor, but for Norbiton ward.

### Norbiton

Norbiton (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Linsey Cottington | 1,013 | 37.2 | +9.2 |
| Labour | Sheila Griffin | 988 | 36.3 | +21.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Bill Brisbane | 847 | 31.1 | −10.7 |
| Labour | Laurie South | 844 | 31.0 | +8.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Penny Shelton* | 796 | 29.3 | −13.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | David Ryder-Mills* | 741 | 27.2 | −13.4 |
| Conservative | Holly Morris | 493 | 18.1 | −5.3 |
| Conservative | Jemima Davis | 444 | 16.3 | −2.2 |
| Conservative | Susan Hudson | 441 | 16.2 | −0.9 |
| Green | Martin Hall | 363 | 13.3 | +2.8 |
| UKIP | Pete Withers | 339 | 12.5 | N/A |
| TUSC | Ellie Evans | 83 | 3.1 | N/A |
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Sheila Griffin was a Labour councillor prior to 2010, when she stood as an Independent. Changes in her vote share are from her performance as an Independent in 2010, rather than the Labour candidate.

### Old Malden

Old Malden (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | David Fraser | 1,461 | 48.4 | +1.9 |
| Conservative | Mary Clark | 1,348 | 44.7 | +0.2 |
| Conservative | Kevin Davis | 1,233 | 40.9 | +1.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | David Bamford | 682 | 22.6 | −15.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Kim Mi-soon | 610 | 20.2 | −17.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Thompson | 575 | 19.1 | −14.1 |
| UKIP | Nicholas Collis | 573 | 19.0 | N/A |
| Labour | Bill Bennett | 480 | 15.9 | +6.0 |
| Labour | Ian Kellett | 433 | 14.3 | +5.0 |
| Labour | George Pearson | 425 | 14.1 | +5.4 |
| Green | Lucy Howard | 328 | 10.9 | +5.8 |
| Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St James

St James (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Howard Jones* | 1,250 | 41.1 | −3.6 |
| Conservative | Ken Smith* | 1,188 | 39.4 | −3.9 |
| Conservative | Priyen Patel* | 1,082 | 35.8 | −1.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Jason Ha | 729 | 24.1 | −10.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Montse Medina | 719 | 23.8 | −9.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Annette Wookey | 696 | 23.1 | −5.4 |
| Labour | Gerry Jones | 598 | 19.8 | +0.1 |
| Labour | Mary Masters | 494 | 16.4 | +5.0 |
| Labour | Eric Masters | 485 | 16.1 | +4.6 |
| UKIP | Linda Holligan | 386 | 12.8 | +7.0 |
| UKIP | Bona Watson | 361 | 12.0 | N/A |
| Green | Richard Senger | 212 | 7.0 | −0.6 |
| BNP | David Child | 100 | 3.3 | N/A |
| TUSC | Paul Couchman | 34 | 1.1 | N/A |
| Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### St Mark's

St Mark's (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Green* | 1,239 | 41.0 | −10.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Diane White | 1,170 | 38.7 | −9.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Yogan Yoganathan* | 1,111 | 36.8 | −5.6 |
| Conservative | Jack Cheetham | 1,071 | 35.5 | −0.6 |
| Conservative | Nathan Johnson-Paul | 1,038 | 34.4 | −1.1 |
| Conservative | Pratik Shah | 968 | 32.0 | −2.1 |
| Labour | Sandra Coombs | 423 | 14.0 | +3.5 |
| Green | Karen Hardy | 357 | 11.8 | +0.4 |
| Green | Clare Keogh | 334 | 11.1 | N/A |
| Labour | Martin Johnson | 331 | 11.0 | +1.3 |
| Labour | Michael Morton | 312 | 10.3 | +3.0 |
| Green | Alex Nelson | 282 | 9.3 | N/A |
| TUSC | Jack Beswick | 67 | 2.2 | N/A |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Surbiton Hill

Surbiton Hill (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | John Ayles* | 1,454 | 40.8 | −3.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Hilary Gander | 1,445 | 40.5 | +0.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Self* | 1,323 | 37.1 | −5.1 |
| Conservative | Peter Kelk | 1,301 | 36.5 | −1.7 |
| Conservative | Alex Wright | 1,229 | 34.4 | −3.0 |
| Conservative | Ronak Pandya | 1,147 | 32.1 | −3.7 |
| Labour | Richard Heys | 426 | 11.9 | +2.7 |
| Green | Brian Mulley | 410 | 11.5 | +3.2 |
| Labour | Anne Vase | 403 | 11.3 | +2.7 |
| Labour | David Cooper | 402 | 11.3 | −0.5 |
| UKIP | Carol Ward | 354 | 9.9 | N/A |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Tolworth and Hook Rise

Tolworth and Hook Rise (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Vicki Harris* | 1,030 | 51.5 | −2.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Lorraine Rolfe | 885 | 44.2 | −8.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Thay Thayalan | 836 | 41.8 | −1.9 |
| Conservative | Mike Briggs | 554 | 27.6 | −1.7 |
| Conservative | Mavis Cracknell | 515 | 25.7 | +0.2 |
| Labour | Tony Banks | 433 | 21.6 | +8.6 |
| UKIP | David Henson | 430 | 21.5 | N/A |
| Conservative | Lucy Kumpeson | 401 | 20.0 | −7.2 |
| Labour | Katie Hill | 381 | 19.0 | +8.0 |
| Labour | Ben Miller | 343 | 17.1 | +6.7 |
| TUSC | Ian Robertson | 86 | 4.3 | N/A |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Tudor

Tudor (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | David Cunningham* | 1,617 | 49.7 | −2.5 |
| Conservative | Hugh Scantlebury | 1,437 | 44.2 | −3.3 |
| Conservative | Frank Thompson* | 1,378 | 42.4 | −2.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Jac Lott | 701 | 21.6 | −16.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Anne-Marie Haddon | 698 | 21.5 | −10.3 |
| Green | Chris Murphy | 629 | 19.3 | +8.3 |
| Labour | Bob Smy | 561 | 17.3 | +7.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Maha Alfakier | 554 | 17.0 | −12.9 |
| Labour | Judith Cowley | 511 | 15.7 | +5.6 |
| Labour | Philip Gregg | 455 | 14.0 | +5.9 |
| UKIP | John Warne | 445 | 13.7 | N/A |
| Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

## By-elections: 2014–2018

A by-election was held in Tudor ward following the resignation of Frank Thompson.
Tudor by-election, 16 October 2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Maria Netley | 1,062 | 41.0 | +0.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marilyn Mason | 725 | 28.0 | +10.3 |
| | Labour | Christopher Priest | 314 | 12.1 | −2.1 |
| | UKIP | Benjamin Roberts | 269 | 10.4 | −0.9 |
| | Green | Ryan Coley | 219 | 8.5 | −7.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 337 | 13.0 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
A by-election was held in St James ward following the death of Howard Jones.
St James by-election, 18 December 2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jack Cheetham | 1,123 | 42.9 | +5.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Annette Wookey | 865 | 33.0 | +11.0 |
| | Labour | Stephen Dunkling | 355 | 13.5 | −4.6 |
| | UKIP | Benjamin Roberts | 206 | 7.9 | −3.8 |
| | Green | Alexander Nelson | 71 | 2.7 | −3.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 258 | 9.9 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
A by-election was held in Grove ward following the resignation of Stephen Brister.
Grove by-election, 7 May 2015 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rebekah Moll | 1,634 | 32.1 | −1.4 |
| | Conservative | Jason Hughes | 1,616 | 31.8 | +0.9 |
| | Labour | Laurie South | 853 | 16.8 | −5.7 |
| | Green | Tim Cobbett | 458 | 9.0 | −4.0 |
| | UKIP | John Anderson | 241 | 4.7 | N/A |
| | Independent | Jon Tolley | 238 | 4.7 | N/A |
| | TUSC | Gabrielle Thorpe | 44 | 0.9 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 18 | 0.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
A by-election was held in Tolworth and Hook Rise ward following the resignation of Vicki Harris.
Tolworth and Hook Rise, 7 May 2015 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tom Davies | 1,729 | 34.1 | −6.6 |
| | Conservative | Ronak Pandya | 1,579 | 31.1 | +9.2 |
| | Labour | Tony Banks | 898 | 17.7 | +0.6 |
| | UKIP | Vic Bellamy | 514 | 10.1 | −6.9 |
| | Green | Nik Way | 206 | 4.1 | N/A |
| | Independent | Mike Briggs | 120 | 2.4 | N/A |
| | TUSC | Dan Celardi | 29 | 0.6 | −2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 150 | 3.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
A by-election was held in Grove ward following the death of Chrissie Hitchcock.
Grove by-election, 16 July 2015 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jon Tolley | 1,577 | 59.9 | +26.4 |
| | Conservative | Jenny Lewington | 688 | 26.1 | −4.8 |
| | Labour | Laurie South | 223 | 8.5 | −14.0 |
| | Green | Clare Keogh | 88 | 3.3 | −9.7 |
| | UKIP | John Anderson | 58 | 2.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 889 | 33.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |