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Local government elections in Bedfordshire, England

Ward boundaries in Luton as used between 2003 and 2023.

Luton Borough Council is the local authority for theunitary authority ofLuton inBedfordshire,England. Until 1 April 1997 it was anon-metropolitan district.

Council elections

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Composition of the council^[1]
Year	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats^[a]	Independents & Others	Council control after election
Year					Council control after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (48 seats)
1973	12	30	6	0		Labour
New ward boundaries (48 seats)^[2]
1976	37	10	1	0		Conservative
1979	32	16	0	0		Conservative
1983	25	17	6	0		Conservative
1987	32	13	3	0		Conservative
1991^[3]	11	28	9	0		Labour
1995	2	37	9	0		Labour
Luton becomes aunitary authority
1996	3	36	9	0		Labour
1999	3	36	9	0		Labour
New ward boundaries (48 seats)^[4]
2003	4	23	20	1		No overall control
2007	5	26	17	0		Labour
2011	4	36	8	0		Labour
2015	5	35	8	0		Labour
2019	4	32	12	0		Labour
New ward boundaries (48 seats)^[5]
2023	3	30	15	0		Labour

Results maps

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2003 results map
2007 results map
2011 results map
2015 results map
2019 results map
2023 results map

By-election results

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2003-2007

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Lewsey Ward, 3 March 2005^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Bailey^[7]	778	51.9	−2.8
	Liberal Democrats		349	23.3	+3.0
	Conservative		244	16.3	−8.7
	UKIP		98	6.5	+6.5
	Green		29	1.9	+1.9
Majority			429	28.6
Turnout			1,498
	Labourhold		Swing

Vacancy arose from the death of Mick Hand (Labour).^[8]

Farley Ward, 30 June 2005^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mahmood Hussain^[10]	950	67.2	+8.3
	Conservative		207	14.6	−5.5
	Liberal Democrats		179	12.7	−3.9
	Green		43	3.0	+3.0
	UKIP		34	2.4	−2.1
Majority			743	52.6
Turnout			1,413
	Labourhold		Swing

Vacancy arose from the resignation of Bill McKenzie (Labour).^[11]

2007-2011

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South Ward, 6 May 2010^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keir Gale	1,493	42.9	+0.3
	Conservative	Peter Banks-Smith	1,015	29.2	−2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Hayward	616	17.7	+5.1
	UKIP	Lance Richardson	201	5.8	+5.8
	Green	Marc Scheimann	155	4.5	−9.0
Majority			478	13.7
Turnout			3,480
	Labourhold		Swing

Vacancy arose from the disqualification of Michelle Kiansumba (Labour).^[12]

2011-2015

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Wigmore Ward, 10 April 2013^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Skepelhorn	982	46.3	+4.0
	Labour	James Taylor	517	24.4	+0.7
	Conservative	John Young	281	13.3	−11.0
	UKIP	Lance Richardson	230	10.9	+1.1
	Green	Marc Scheimann	82	3.9	+3.9
	Independent	John Magill	27	1.3	+1.3
Majority			465	21.9
Turnout			2,119
	Liberal Democratshold		Swing

Vacancy arose from the death of Roy Davies (Liberal Democrats).^[14]

Farley Ward, 13 March 2014^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Castleman	1,232	72.5	+17.6
	UKIP	Charles Lawman	226	13.3	+5.6
	Conservative	David Coulter	154	9.1	−8.9
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Mead	46	2.7	−7.7
	Green	Marc Scheimann	41	2.4	+2.4
Majority			1,006	59.2
Turnout			1,699
	Labourhold		Swing

Vacancy arose from the resignation of Robin Harris (Labour).^[16]

2015-2019

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High Town Ward, 30 June 2016^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maahwish Mirza	505	39.6	−11.8
	Green	Lyn Bliss	274	21.4	+4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Mead	181	14.2	+14.2
	Conservative	Sue Garrett	141	11.0	−20.9
	Independent	John French	102	8.0	+8.0
	UKIP	Grace Froggatt	69	5.4	+5.4
Majority			232	18.3
Turnout			1,271
	Labourhold		Swing

Vacancy arose from the resignation of Aysegul Gurbuz (Labour).^[18]

Sundon Park Ward, 8 June 2017^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Rogers	1,919	49.8	+10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Mead	957	24.8	−9.7
	Conservative	Morel Benard	908	23.5	−2.5
	Green	Simon Hall	72	1.9	+1.9
Majority			962	24.9
Turnout			3,856
	Labourhold		Swing

Vacancy arose from the resignation of Fiona Green (Labour).^[20]

Limbury Ward, 20 September 2018^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Amy Nicholls	692	48.3	−12.0
	Conservative	Heather Baker	396	27.7	−12.0
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Moore	344	24.0	+24.0
Majority			296	20.7
Turnout			1,432
	Labourhold		Swing

Vacancy arose from the resignation of Jennifer Rowlands (Labour).^[22]

2019-2023

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Icknield Ward, 26 September 2019^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Asif Masood	585	36.7	−5.6
	Conservative	John Baker	563	35.4	−8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Moore	407	25.6	+12.1
	Green	Marc Scheimann	37	2.3	+2.3
Majority			22	1.4
Turnout			1,592
	Labourgain fromConservative		Swing

Vacancy arose from the death of Mike Garrett (Conservative).^[24]

High Town Ward, 6 May 2021^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Umme Ali	717	48.3	−12.7
	Conservative	Shakaina Khan	327	22.0	+5.2
	Green	Lyn Bliss	202	13.6	+13.6
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Marshall	202	13.6	+13.6
	Communist	Markus Kearney	36	2.4	+2.4
Majority			390	26.3
Turnout			1,484
	Labourhold		Swing

Vacancy arose from the resignation ofRachel Hopkins (Labour).^[26]

Round Green Ward, 6 May 2021^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Moore	1,041	38.5	−6.2
	Labour	Fatima Begum	910	33.7	−1.1
	Conservative	Phil Turner	520	19.2	+2.9
	Green	James Cullinane	173	6.4	+6.4
	Independent	Marc Scheimann	60	2.2	+2.2
Majority			131	4.8
Turnout			2,704
	Liberal Democratsgain fromLabour		Swing

Vacancy arose from the resignation of Mark Rivers (Labour).^[28]

South Ward, 28 October 2021^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fatima Begum	547	44.1	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Marshall	332	26.8	+26.8
	Conservative	Abid Aziz	198	16.0	+0.2
	Independent	Marc Scheimann	134	10.8	+10.8
	Communist	Markus Keaney	28	2.3	+2.3
Majority			215	17.4
Turnout			1,239
	Labourhold		Swing

Vacancy arose from the death of Paul Castleman (Labour).^[30] Marc Scheimann contested the ward for theGreen Party in 2019, receiving 18.9%.

Dallow Ward, 4 August 2022^[31]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alia Khan	1,486	53.6	−12.8
	Liberal Democrats	Basharat Hussain	1,076	38.8	+38.8
	Conservative	Malik Azad Nikyalvi	154	5.6	−7.5
	Independent	Marc Scheimann	58	2.1	+2.1
Majority			410	14.8
Turnout			2,774
	Labourhold		Swing

Vacancy arose from the disqualification of Hannah Adrees (Labour).^[32]

2023-2027

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Barnfield Ward, 26 September 2024^[33]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Anwar Malik	1,169	63.5
	Labour	Karen Roy	321	17.4
	Conservative	Ash Ali	209	11.4
	Green	Edward Carpenter	110	6.0
	Independent	Marc Scheimann	32	1.7
Majority			848	46.1
Turnout			1,841
	Liberal Democratshold		Swing

Vacancy arose from the resignation of Jeff Petts (Liberal Democrats).^[34]

Wigmore Ward, 26 September 2024^[35]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Adrees Latif	749	54.6
	Independent	Carolyn Cottier	209	15.2
	Conservative	Philip Turner	151	11.0
	Labour	Farid Ahmed	137	10.0
	Green	Elissa Gordon	125	9.1
Majority			540	39.4
Turnout			1,371
	Liberal Democratshold		Swing

Vacancy arose from the resignation of Claire Gallagher (Liberal Democrats).^[34]

Stopsley Ward, 4 September 2025^[36]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Matt Fry	935	41.3
	Reform	Jim Cohen	820	36.2
	Labour	Moazzem Hussain	251	11.1
	Conservative	Roger Nichols	152	6.7
	Green	Edward Carpenter	87	3.8
	Independent	Marc Scheimann	19	0.8
Majority			115	5.1
Turnout			2,264
	Liberal Democratshold		Swing

Vacancy arose from the death of David Wynn (Liberal Democrats).^[37]

Notes

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^Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, theLiberal Party andSDP (both of which participated in theAlliance).

References

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^"Composition calculator".Colin Rallings &Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre,Plymouth University. Retrieved14 May 2025.
^legislation.gov.uk -The Borough of Luton (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
^legislation.gov.uk -The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
^legislation.gov.uk -The Borough of Luton (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
^"The Luton (Electoral Changes) Order 2022",legislation.gov.uk,The National Archives, SI 2022/824, retrieved11 May 2023
^"Local Elections Archive Project — Lewsey Ward".www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved25 October 2024.
^"Cllr Joan Bailey (Retired)".Luton Borough Council. Retrieved25 October 2024.
^"MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL AT THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF LUTON HELD AT THE TOWN HALL, LUTON ON TUESDAY, 18TH JANUARY 2005 AT 6.00 P.M."Luton Borough Council. Retrieved25 October 2024.
^"Local Elections Archive Project — Farley Ward".www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved25 October 2024.
^"SLAE response to Roles and Responsibilities of Luton Borough Council"(PDF).Planning Inspectorate. p. 16. Retrieved25 October 2024.
^"Cllr Bill McKenzie (Retired)".Luton Borough Council. Retrieved25 October 2024.
^^a ^b"Local Elections Archive Project — South Ward".www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved25 October 2024.
^"Local Elections Archive Project — Wigmore Ward".www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved25 October 2024.
^Strange, Andy."A tribute to Roy Davies".andystrange.org.uk. Retrieved25 October 2024.
^"Local Elections Archive Project — Farley Ward".www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved25 October 2024.
^"Cllr Robin Harris (Retired)".Luton Borough Council. Retrieved25 October 2024.
^"Local Elections Archive Project — High Town Ward".www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved25 October 2024.
^"Luton councillor Aysegul Gurbuz resigns over Hitler tweet".BBC News. 11 April 2016. Retrieved25 October 2024.
^"Local Elections Archive Project — Sundon Park Ward".www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved25 October 2024.
^"Cllr Fiona Green (Retired)".Luton Borough Council. Retrieved26 October 2024.
^"Local Elections Archive Project — Limbury Ward".www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved25 October 2024.
^"Cllr Jennifer Rowlands (Retired)".Luton Borough Council. Retrieved26 October 2024.
^"Local Elections Archive Project — Icknield Ward".www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved25 October 2024.
^"Tributes paid to 'larger than life figure' Luton councillor Mike Garrett".Luton Today. 1 July 2019. Retrieved26 October 2024.
^"Local Elections Archive Project — High Town Ward".www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved25 October 2024.
^"Cllr Rachel Hopkins (Retired)".Luton Borough Council. Retrieved26 October 2024.
^"Local Elections Archive Project — Round Green Ward".www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved25 October 2024.
^"Cllr Mark Rivers (Retired)".Luton Borough Council. Retrieved26 October 2024.
^"Local Elections Archive Project — South Ward".www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved25 October 2024.
^Duncan, Euan (18 August 2021)."Tributes paid to Luton councillor Paul Castleman".Luton Today. Retrieved26 October 2024.
^"Local Elections Archive Project — Dallow Ward".www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved25 October 2024.
^"Luton councillor Hannah Adrees sentenced for benefit fraud".BBC News. 10 June 2022. Retrieved26 October 2024.
^"Local Elections Archive Project — Barnfield Ward".www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved25 October 2024.
^^a ^bDuncan, Euan (19 August 2024)."By-elections to be held as two Luton councillors resign".Luton Today. Retrieved26 October 2024.
^"Local Elections Archive Project — Wigmore Ward".www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved25 October 2024.
^"Local Elections Archive Project — Stopsley Ward".www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved12 October 2025.
^"03/07/2025 - Tributes paid following unexpected death of Councillor David Wynn".Luton Borough Council. Retrieved12 October 2025.

Luton

Places

Wards	Barnfield Biscot Bramingham Challney Crawley Farley Dallow High Town Icknield Leagrave Lewsey Limbury Northwell Round Green Saints South Stopsley Sundon Park Wigmore
Areas	Bushmead Bury Park Butterfield Green Chapel Langley Hart Hill Hockwell Ring Lewsey Farm Lewsey Park Maidenhall Marsh Farm Napier Park New Town Park Town Putteridge Ramridge End Runfold Skimpot Tin Town Tophill Vauxhall Park Warden Hill

Amenities

Culture
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Education

Secondary	Cardinal Newman Chalk Hills Academy Challney Boys Challney Girls Denbigh Icknield Lea Manor Lealands Putteridge Queen Elizabeth Rabia School Stockwood Park Academy Stopsley Woodlands
Tertiary	Barnfield College Central Bedfordshire College Luton Sixth Form College University of Bedfordshire

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