of petitions for permission to build, demolish or otherwise transform the built environment and upon requests for license for the public display of wild animals thru public entertainment to the transport of hazardous waste. The other committees that make up Regulatory are the Standards Committee, Regulatory Committee, Pensions Sub-Committee, and Audit Sub-Committee. The Mayor, Cabinet, and Regulatory are all held to account by the system of Overview and Scrutiny (O&S). This is formed into an Overview and Scrutiny Board, chaired normally by the leader of the opposition but currently by a Councillor nominated by the Conservative Party group, and the Scrutiny Commissions, the five sub-committees of the Board. Children and Young People Scrutiny Commission Community Safety and Social Inclusion Scrutiny Commission Governance and Resources Scrutiny Commission Health in Hackney Scrutiny Commission Living in Hackney Scrutiny Commission 2014 elections At the Hackney Council Election on 22 May 2014 the Labour Party were returned with 50 councillors; a notional increase of one seat. The Conservative Party forms the largest opposition party on the council with four councillors; and the Liberal Democrats have three. The 2014 election was the first fought on new ward boundaries replacing the previous nineteen ward structure with twenty-one wards. The Labour Party hold all seats in the South of the borough. The Conservative Party held all three seats in Springfield ward, but in the new two member Stamford Hill West ward (made up of parts of the old Lordship and New River wards) the result was split between Labour Party and the Conservative Party. The Liberal Democrats narrowly retained their three seats in Cazenove ward. In the Mayoral election, Jules Pipe CBE, the Labour Party candidate, won a third consecutive term. He was elected on the first round with 60.4% of the vote. The Green Party came second for the first time with 17.5% of the vote pushing the Conservative Party into third place. 2010 elections At the Hackney Council election on 6 May 2010 the Labour Party were returned with 50 councillors; winning six additional seats. The Conservative Party formed the largest opposition party on the council with four councillors elected in 2010; and the Liberal Democrats had three. At the council's annual general meeting on 18 May 2011, Councillor Linda Kelly crossed the floor of the chamber, relinquishing the Labour Party whip, to take the Conservative Party whip. As a result, the Labour Party were left