Crystal Palace (ward)

For other uses, see Crystal Palace (disambiguation).

Crystal Palace Ward is an electoral ward in the London Borough of Bromley, covering part of the Crystal Palace area and the entirety of Crystal Palace Park. It has an estimated population of 12,432 and is represented on the council by two councillors - Angela Wilkins and Richard Williams - both of which are affiliated to the Labour Party.

Elections and representation

The ward is represented by two councillors to the London Borough of Bromley, which were both Liberal Democrats (Tom Papworth and John Canvin) as of August 2013. Bromley is currently held under majority Conservative control and the Crystal Palace ward returned half of the 4 Liberal Democrats elected to the Council in 2010.

2014 Results

See also: United Kingdom local elections, 2014; London local elections, 2014; and Bromley Council election, 2014

Council elections were held on 22 May 2014, at the same time as the European Parliament election. The list of candidates was published on 14 May 2014 - for the first time, UKIP put forward a council candidate in the ward. Tom Papworth's wife Vicki was standing as a Liberal Democrat candidate as the previous councillor - John Canvin - was not standing for re-election in 2014.

The Liberal Democrats lost both seats in the ward to the Labour Party. The results were:

Crystal Palace Ward (2014)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Tom Hugh Jeremy Chance	575	10.02	+3.09
	UKIP	David Hough	361	6.29	+6.29
	Conservative	Rob McIlveen	280	4.81	-4.56
	Conservative	Karen Anne Moran	352	6.14	-2.49
	Liberal Democrat	Tom Papworth	838	14.61	-5.19
	Liberal Democrat	Vicki Papworth	768	13.39	-9.36
	Labour	Angela Wilkins	1411	24.60	+7.09
	Labour	Richard Williams	1151	20.07	+5.11
Turnout			3095	37.06	-22.34

There were 12 spoiled ballots (6 for voting for more candidates than the voter was entitled to and 6 being unmarked or wholly void). Of an electorate of 8351, 3095 ballots were issued.

The results grouped by party were:

Total votes by party in Crystal Palace ward, 2014
Party				Votes
Labour			2,562
Liberal Democrats			1,606
Conservative			632
Green			575
UKIP			361

2010 Results

See also: Bromley Council election, 2010

One of the Conservative candidates, Karen Moran, previously stood as a candidate in the ward for the Green Party in 2007, 2006 and 2002.

The last ward election was held alongside the United Kingdom General Election of 2010, with the following results:

Crystal Palace Ward (2010)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John Richard Canvin	2,167	22.75
	Conservative	Paul Anthony Durling	899	9.44
	Labour	Joshua Matthew Phillip King	1,668	17.51
	Green	Maureen Leary	377	3.96
	Conservative	Karen Anne Moran	822	8.63
	Green	Lisa Mutti	283	2.97
	Liberal Democrat	Tom Papworth	1,886	19.80
	Labour	Alison Melanie Roche	1,425	14.96
Turnout			5148	59.4%	+34.4%

The results grouped by party were:

Total votes by party in Crystal Palace ward, 2010
Party				votes.
Liberal Democrats			4,053
Labour			3,093
Conservative			1,721
Green			660

2007 Results

A by-election for one seat was held on 6 September 2007 after the death of the previous office-holder, Chris Gaster:

Crystal Palace Ward (2007) By-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Brooks	537	25.39%
	Conservative	Jason Hadden	398	18.82%
	Green	Karen Moran	129	6.01%
	Liberal Democrat	Tom Papworth	1051	49.69%
Turnout			2115	25% (approx)

Population

Based on the results of the 2011 Census, the Office for National Statistics estimated that the population of the ward was 12,432, comprising 6,099 males and 6,333 females.

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