The 2018
Westminster City Council
Westminster City Council is the local authority for the City of Westminster in Greater London, England. The city is divided into 20 wards, each electing three councillors. The council is currently composed of 31 Labour Party members and 23 Cons ...
elections were held on 3 May 2018, the
same day as other London Boroughs. All 60 seats were up for election along with the 12 seats of Queen's Park
Community Council
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In England they may be statutory parish councils by another name, under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007, or they may be non-statutory bodies. In ...
, the parish council in the north west of the city. Despite initial expectations of Labour gains across the borough, the Conservative party were able to hold the council and only lost 3 seats. The Conservatives won the popular vote across the borough by a small margin of 923 votes (1.7%), but nonetheless won a decisive victory in terms of seats, winning 41 councillors to Labour's 19.
The
Conservatives
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,
Labour
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* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the labour ...
and the
Liberal Democrats all ran full slates of 60 candidates. There were also candidates from the Greens as well as three from the Campaign Against Pedestrianisation of
Oxford Street
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.
The count took place in
Lindley Hall and ran overnight.
Result
Ward results
The percentage of vote share and majority are based on the average for each party's votes in each ward. The raw majority number is the margin of votes between the lowest-placed winning party candidate and the opposition party's highest-placed losing candidate. Starred candidates are the incumbents.
Abbey Road
Bayswater
Bryanston and Dorset Square
Results are compared with the 2014 council election, not the 2015 by-election.
Church Street
Results are compared with the 2014 council election, not the 2016 by-election.
Churchill
Murad Gassanly was elected in 2014 as a Labour Party candidate, before becoming an Independent and then joining the Conservative Party. The change in his share of the vote is shown from his result as a Labour candidate in 2014.
Harrow Road
Results are compared with the 2014 council election, not the 2015 by-election.
Hyde Park
Knightsbridge and Belgravia
Lancaster Gate
Little Venice
Maida Vale
Marylebone High Street
Queen's Park
Regent's Park
St James's
Tachbrook
Vincent Square
Warwick
Results are compared with the 2014 council election, not the 2015 by-election.
West End
Westbourne
Queen's Park (Community Council)
Elections to Queen's Park Community Council were held alongside the City Council elections. Eight candidates were returned unopposed in three wards, with the ninth seat filled by a co-option, while the fourth ward was contested returning the votes shown below. The Community Council was counted at the same time as the City Council seats.
2018 and 2021 by-elections
The by-election was called following the resignation of
Cllr. Robert J. Davis.
The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Andrea Mann.
References
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Westminster
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The area, which extends from the River Thames to Oxford Street, has many visitor attractions and historic landmarks, including the Palace of Westminster, Bu ...
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2010s in the City of Westminster