UP FRONT
Elections:
Borough
decides
The Labour Party has retained
control of Ealing Council after
winning a majority of seats in the
local election on 3 May. It secured
57 of the 69 seats and will lead the
council for the next four years.
R
esidents voted for councillors
to represent the area of the
borough they live in, their
‘ward’. Each of the borough’s
23 wards is represented by three
councillors, making up the total of 69
seats on Ealing Council.
Labour won 57 of these seats; the
Conservatives will continue as the
official opposition party after winning
eight seats; and the Liberal Democrats
won four seats.
The elected Labour councillors have
since chosen a cabinet to lead the council.
You can see the full list of
councillors, and who is in the cabinet,
on pages 35-37 of this magazine.
Voter turnout at the election in our
borough was 41.32% from a total
electorate of 245,415. You can see the
full results on the council’s website at
www.ealing.gov.uk/elections2018
A NEW MAYOR TOO
Each May, a new
mayor is chosen for
the borough. This year
it will be Councillor
Tejinder Dhami (right)
and deputy mayor will be Councillor
Abdullah Gulaid.
OTHER LOCAL VOTES
The results of two referendums,
one residential referendum and
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around ealing June 2018
one business referendum, relating to
the adoption of the West Ealing Centre
Neighbourhood Plan, have also been
confirmed:
n For the residential referendum, there
were 1,345 in favour of yes and 175 in
favour of no.
n For the business referendum, there
were 19 in favour of yes and two in
favour of no.
Full details and results are available
on the council’s website.