2018_Barnet_London_Borough_Council_election

2018 Barnet London Borough Council election

2018 Barnet London Borough Council election

2018 local election in England


The 2018 Barnet Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Barnet Borough Council in England. It took place on the same day as other local elections in 2018. In the last election, the Conservatives won control of the council with 32 seats, compared to 30 for Labour and 1 for the Liberal Democrats. On 15 March 2018, following the resignation of a Conservative councillor, the council was in a state of no overall control. The election on 3 May 2018 saw the Conservatives take back overall control with a majority of 13.

Quick Facts All 63 seats to Barnet London Borough Council 32 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

On 20 September 2019 Gabriel Rozenberg (elected Conservative) joined the Liberal Democrats, citing his opposition to Brexit.[1] On 2 October, he was then followed by Jess Brayne (elected Labour) who also defected to the Liberal Democrats.[2]

Background

At the last election in 2014, the Conservatives were re-elected with a reduced majority. Labour gained 9 seats from the Conservatives, but the Conservatives remained in office as a result of winning 2 seats from the Liberal Democrats in Childs Hill ward.

The Conservatives remained in control of the council with 32 seats until March 2018, when councillor Sury Khatri resigned his membership and role as party whip after being deselected as a Conservative candidate.[3] As a result, the Conservatives lost their majority on the council, leaving them as a minority administration.

Election results

Incumbent councillors are marked with an asterisk *.

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Council composition

Prior to the election, the composition of the council was:

31 30 1 1
Conservative Labour

After the election, the composition of the council was:

38 25
Conservative Labour

Results

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Brunswick Park

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Burnt Oak

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Childs Hill

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Colindale

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Coppetts

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East Barnet

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Pearce was a councillor for Cockfosters ward in the London Borough of Enfield prior to the election.

East Finchley

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Farrier was a councillor for Burnt Oak ward prior to the election.

Edgware

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Finchley Church End

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Garden Suburb

On September 20, 2019, Cllr Gabriel Rozenberg left the Conservatives to join the Liberal Democrats due to their stance on Brexit and the election of Boris Johnson as party leader.[6]

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Golders Green

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Hale

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Hendon

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Map showing the wards of Barnet London Borough Council

Ioannidis was a councillor for Brunswick Park ward prior to the election.

High Barnet

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Trevethan was a councillor for Underhill prior to the election.

Mill Hill

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Oakleigh

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Totteridge

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Underhill

On February 25, 2019, Cllr Jessica Brayne left the Labour Party over their failure to tackle anti-Semitism and their stance on Brexit. She then joined the Liberal Democrats in September 2019.[7]

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West Finchley

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West Hendon

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Woodhouse

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By-elections between 2018 and 2022

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East Barnet

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Edgware

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References

  1. Volpe, Sam (20 September 2019). "Gabriel Rozenberg: Barnet Tory councillor defects to Liberal Democrats blaming Brexit, Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees-Mogg". Ham&High.
  2. Elects, Britain (May 2018). "LE2018 ward-by-ward results: London only [Britain Elects]". Britain Elects. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  3. Allin, Simon (25 February 2019). "Barnet Labour councillor quits over anti-Semitism and Brexit". Hendon and Finchley Times.

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