Westminster City Council Election Results

Abbreviations used in the results

Abbreviation	Party
C	Conservative and Unionist Party
Com	Communist Party of Great Britain
EP	Ecology Party (from 21st September 1985, Green Party)
GP	Green Party
Ind	Independent (indicates an unofficial candidate when placed before a party abbreviation)
Ind R	Independent Resident
L	Liberal Party
L Dem	Liberal Democrats
Lab	Labour Party
Lab/Co-op	Labour Party and Co-operative Party joint candidate
NF	National Front
NLP	Natural Law Party
RU	RESPECT - The Unity Coalition
SDP	Social Democratic Party
SJWAP	Save St. John’s Wood Adventure Playground
SLA	Save London Alliance
SLAG	Save London Action Group
Soc	Socialist
SWAG	Save Westminster Action Group

1964: Electorate 191,592; Turnout 27.9%

Party	Votes	%	Ch.%	Candidates	Seats	Full Council
C Lab L Com Total	29,123 21,228 2,078 654 53,082	54.9 40.0 3.9 1.2 100.0		60 60 30 5 155	41 19 - - 60	48 22 - - 70

1968: Electorate 177,412; Turnout 27.2%; Swing +15.67

Party	Votes	%	Ch.%	Candidates	Seats	Full Council
C Lab L Com Ind Total	33,250 11,438 1,332 1,055 131 47,206	70.4 24.2 2.8 2.3 0.3 100.0	+15.5 -15.8 -1.1	60 60 14 7 1 142	55 5 - - - 60	65 5 - - - 70

1971: Electorate 166,222; Turnout 33.1%; Swing -19.81

Party	Votes	%	Ch.%	Candidates	Seats	Full Council
C Lab L Ind C Com Ind Total	26,170 22,744 1,428 902 686 144 52,073	50.3 43.7 2.7 1.7 1.3 0.3 100.0	-20.2 +19.4 -0.1	60 60 18 1 6 1 146	37 23 - - - - 60	44 26 - - - - 70

1974: Electorate 149,782; Turnout 33.3%; Swing -0.24

Party	Votes	%	Ch.%	Candidates	Seats	Full Council
C Lab L SLAG/SWAG Com Ind Total	23,026 20,145 2,560 853 452 222 47,259	48.7 42.6 5.4 1.8 1.0 0.5 100.0	-1.5 -1.9 +2.7 -0.4	60 60 33 24 5 3 185	37 23 - - - - 60	44 26 - - - - 70

1978: Electorate 140,552; Turnout 35.5%; Swing +6.56

Party	Votes	%	Ch.%	Candidates	Seats
C Lab Ind R SLA* L NF Com Ind Ind Soc Total	25,300 16,456 1,256 1,241 995 418 190 98 77 46,032	55.0 35.7 2.7 2.7 2.2 0.9 0.4 0.2 0.2 100.0	+6.2 -6.9 +0.9 -3.3 -0.5	60 60 7 39 9 5 2 2 1 185	39 19 2 - - - - - - 60

* - includes votes cast for 1 joint EP/SLA candidate.

1982: Electorate 135,483; Turnout 37.4%; Swing +0.16

Party	Votes	%	Ch.%	Candidates	Seats
C Lab SDP L Alliance Ind R EP Total	23,353 14,116 5,647 2,990 8,637 695 499 47,299	49.4 29.8 11.9 6.3 18.3 1.5 1.0 100.0	-5.6 -5.9 +16.1 -1.3	60 60 39 19 58 2 5 185	43 16 - - - 1 - 60

1986: Electorate 123,340; Turnout 39.6%; Swing -7.88

Party	Votes	%	Ch.%	Candidates	Seats
C Lab SDP L Alliance Ind R Com Total	19,122 17,425 5,086 2,689 7,775 638 55 45,015	42.5 38.7 11.3 6.0 17.3 1.4 0.1 100.0	-6.9 +8.9 -1.0 -0.1	60 60 34 24 58 2 1 181	32 27 - - - 1 - 60

1990: Electorate 107,989; Turnout 51.5%; Swing +7.21

Party	Votes	%	Ch.%	Candidates	Seats
C Lab L Dem GP Ind R Ind SDP Total	28,866 19,010 3,894 1,319 499 469 130 54,187	53.3 35.1 7.2 2.4 0.9 0.9 0.2 100.0	+10.8 -3.6 -10.1 -0.5	60 60 33 8 2 3 1 167	45 15 - - - - - 60

1994: Electorate 111,268; Turnout 46.0%; Swing -0.53

Party	Votes	%	Ch.%	Candidates	Seats
C Lab L Dem Ind Lab NLP SD Total	24,660 16,616 4,648 734 247 89 46,994	52.5 35.3 9.9 1.6 0.5 0.2 100.0	-0.8 +0.2 +2.7 -0.0	60 60 58 1 8 1 188	45 15 - - - - 60

1998: Electorate 126,280; Turnout 31.7%; Swing +2.29

Party	Votes	%	Ch.%	Candidates	Seats
C Lab L Dem Ind GP L Total	20,567 12,386 3,480 1,026 135 117 37,712	54.5 32.8 9.2 2.7 0.4 0.3 100.0	+2.1 -2.5 -0.7	60 60 58 5 1 1 186	47 13 - - - - 60

2002: Electorate 133,281; Turnout 27.4%; Swing +3.56

Party	Votes	%	Ch.%	Candidates	Seats
C Lab L Dem GP SJWAP SA Total	20,082 9,820 4,623 543 343 193 35,604	56.4 27.6 13.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 100.0	+1.9 -5.2 +3.8 +1.1	60 60 50 4 3 1 178	48 12 - - - - 60

2006: Electorate 140,663; Turnout 29.8%; Swing +2.66

Party	Votes	%	Ch.%	Candidates	Seats
C Lab L Dem GP RU Ind UKIP Total	23,543 9,559 6,380 623 565 209 67 40,946	57.5 23.3 15.6 1.5 1.4 0.5 0.2 100.0	+1.1 -4.2 +2.6 -0.0	60 60 60 2 1 1 1 185	48 12 - - - - - 60

2010: Electorate 148,226; Turnout 52.7%; Swing -8.16

Party	Votes	%	Ch.%	Candidates	Seats
C Lab L Dem GP UKIP Ind ED Total	35,172 20,653 14,405 10,098 635 394 107 81,464	43.2 25.4 17.7 12.4 0.8 0.5 0.1 100.0	-14.3 +2.1 +2.1 +10.9 +0.6	60 51 43 17 4 2 1 178	48 12 - - - - - 60

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