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Winner in each ward for the 2018 Swindon Borough Council election. Grey signifies uncontested. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2018 Swindon Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018, to elect members ofSwindon Borough Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as otherlocal elections.
TheConservatives held on to their majority on the council but it was lowered to one after losing a councillor to theLiberal Democrats in Wroughton & Wichelstowe. The Liberal Democrats lost a councillor toLabour in Eastcott, so the election's net gain of one was to Labour from the Conservatives.[1] Labour had had high hopes of winning control of the council, and the Party's leaderJeremy Corbyn had visited Swindon on five occasions during the local election campaign. The Party was reported to be 'deeply disappointed' with the result.
The Conservative Council leader David Renard described himself as "absolutely delighted" that his Party "fended off a significant challenge from the Labour Party".[2] TheBBC's West of England politics editor Paul Barltrop felt Labour's failure to take the council would be more than disappointing to party members, noting that Swindon tends to give an idea of what will happen at the next general election.[2]
Swindon was one of the boroughs subject to a trial ofvoter ID restrictions[3] requiring the production of polling cards.[4]
Change since previous election in 2016.
| 2018 Swindon Borough Council election | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
| Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
| Conservative | 9 | 47.37 | 20 | 29 | 50.88 | 25,766 | 41.34 | +3.41 | ||
| Labour | 9 | 47.37 | 17 | 26 | 45.61 | 26,346 | 42.27 | +2.10 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 5.26 | 1 | 2 | 3.51 | 4,761 | 7.64 | +0.08 | ||
| Green | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,875 | 4.61 | +0.07 | ||
| UKIP | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,418 | 3.88 | -5.11 | ||
All changes calculated on 2014 results.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Steve Weisinger* | 2,147 | 56.47 | + 8.50 | |
| Labour | Jamie Cope | 1,140 | 29.98 | + 6.38 | |
| Green | Andrew Donald Day | 231 | 6.08 | − 0.88 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey King | 155 | 4.08 | + 0.53 | |
| UKIP | Sheila Attwater | 123 | 3.24 | − 14.4 | |
| Turnout | 3,802 | 43.69 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,702 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Junab Ali* | 3,141 | 71.31 | + 33.71 | |
| Conservative | David Bell | 752 | 17.07 | + 3.73 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ray James | 227 | 5.15 | − 27.11 | |
| Green | Robert Heritage | 147 | 3.34 | + 3.34 | |
| UKIP | Jason Costello | 117 | 2.66 | − 9.66 | |
| Turnout | 4,405 | 45.91 | |||
| Registered electors | 9,594 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Brian Mattock* | 1,292 | 53.57 | + 9.50 | |
| Labour | Peter Bates | 656 | 27.20 | + 9.15 | |
| Green | Paul Sunners | 208 | 8.62 | − 1.39 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Hans Krohn | 167 | 6.92 | + 1.65 | |
| UKIP | Charlene Goddard | 81 | 3.36 | − 18.75 | |
| Turnout | 2,412 | 44.31 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,444 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Kevin Parry* | 2,608 | 67.41 | + 28.37 | |
| Labour | Bazil Solomon | 922 | 23.83 | − 8.12 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Salmon | 125 | 3.23 | + 3.23 | |
| UKIP | Barbara Skull | 112 | 2.89 | − 22.06 | |
| Green | Kate Henery | 102 | 2.64 | − 1.16 | |
| Turnout | 3,876 | 46.01 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,425 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Imtiyaz Shaikh* | 1,621 | 45.93 | + 14.76 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Toby Robson | 1,344 | 38.01 | − 5.82 | |
| Conservative | Drusilla Summers | 370 | 10.48 | + 1.67 | |
| Green | Steve Pagett | 118 | 3.34 | − 3.19 | |
| UKIP | Susan Day | 76 | 2.15 | − 7.17 | |
| Turnout | 3,543 | 44.29 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,797 | ||||
| Labourgain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Carol Shelley* | 1,614 | 52.76 | + 13.44 | |
| Conservative | Adam John | 927 | 30.3 | + 5.86 | |
| UKIP | Aubrey Attwater | 222 | 7.26 | − 19.74 | |
| Green | Steve Thompson | 186 | 6.08 | − 3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Edwards | 110 | 3.6 | + 3.6 | |
| Turnout | 3,068 | 34.85 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,803 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Garry Perkins* | 1,806 | 49.45 | + 11.76 | |
| Labour | Maura Clarke | 1,398 | 38.28 | + 6.52 | |
| Green | Poppy Leeder | 152 | 4.16 | + 4.16 | |
| UKIP | Ed Gerrard | 148 | 4.05 | − 21.39 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Deborah King | 148 | 4.05 | − 0.47 | |
| Turnout | 3,657 | 40.99 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,920 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Janine Howarth* | 1,325 | 44.21 | + 9.53 | |
| Conservative | Zachary Hawson | 1,231 | 41.07 | + 12.45 | |
| UKIP | Martin Costello | 211 | 7.04 | − 21.26 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Krista Salmon | 142 | 4.74 | + 1.41 | |
| Green | Simon Fairbourn | 88 | 2.94 | − 1.63 | |
| Turnout | 3,002 | 37.22 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,066 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Tim Swinyard* | 1,719 | 48.67 | + 11.9 | |
| Labour | Neil Hopkins | 1,443 | 40.86 | + 12.28 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ann Richards | 144 | 4.08 | − 1.42 | |
| Green | Andy Bentley | 121 | 3.43 | − 0.9 | |
| UKIP | Zygmunt Taylor | 105 | 2.97 | − 21.47 | |
| Turnout | 3,543 | 42.39 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,358 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jim Robbins* | 1,474 | 57.65 | + 15.32 | |
| Conservative | John Lenton | 687 | 26.87 | + 2.56 | |
| UKIP | John Newbold | 138 | 5.4 | − 20.51 | |
| Green | Peter Dilly | 134 | 5.24 | + 5.24 | |
| Liberal Democrats | James Taylor | 124 | 4.85 | − 1.74 | |
| Turnout | 2,568 | 34.80 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,379 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Nadine Watts* | 1,781 | 50.42 | + 4.74 | |
| Conservative | Nick Burns-Howell | 1,452 | 41.1 | + 5.05 | |
| Green | Bill Hughes | 126 | 3.57 | + 3.57 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Oliver | 116 | 3.28 | − 2.5 | |
| UKIP | Edward Costello | 57 | 1.61 | − 10.72 | |
| Turnout | 3,542 | 45.18 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,839 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Claire Crilly* | 1,396 | 48.74 | + 8.12 | |
| Conservative | Oladapo Ibitoye | 1,093 | 38.16 | + 13.96 | |
| UKIP | Melanie Bailey | 167 | 5.83 | − 23.81 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Michelle Horrobin | 126 | 4.4 | + 4.4 | |
| Green | Howard March | 82 | 2.86 | − 2.34 | |
| Turnout | 2,869 | 31.12 | |||
| Registered electors | 9,220 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Emma Faramarzi* | 1,605 | 58.71 | + 8.11 | |
| Labour | Thomas Smith | 798 | 29.19 | + 8.12 | |
| Green | Bradley Williams | 146 | 5.34 | + 5.34 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Margaret Hooper | 118 | 4.32 | − 2.29 | |
| UKIP | Terence Moroney | 67 | 2.45 | − 18.86 | |
| Turnout | 2,739 | 32.43 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,447 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Peter Watts* | 1,601 | 53.33 | + 10.2 | |
| Conservative | Steven Heyes | 991 | 33.01 | + 10.93 | |
| UKIP | Dwayne Godwin | 164 | 5.46 | − 22.93 | |
| Green | Rod Hebden-Leeder | 138 | 4.6 | − 1.15 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Kathy McCarthy | 108 | 3.6 | + 3.6 | |
| Turnout | 3,011 | 33.60 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,962 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Mary Martin* | 1,545 | 46.02 | + 9.64 | |
| Labour | Simon Firth | 1,365 | 40.66 | + 12.71 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Heal | 165 | 4.92 | + 1.26 | |
| Green | Ken Kimber | 144 | 4.29 | − 2.29 | |
| UKIP | Zygmunt Taylor | 138 | 2.11 | − 13.79 | |
| Turnout | 3,365 | 41.55 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,098 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Rahul Tarar* | 1,596 | 54.83 | + 1.82 | |
| Labour | Jason Mills | 856 | 29.41 | + 6.55 | |
| Green | Flora Wilkins | 186 | 6.39 | + 6.39 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Garry Porter | 176 | 6.05 | − 1.78 | |
| UKIP | Terence Hayward | 97 | 3.33 | − 15.84 | |
| Turnout | 2,920 | 29.47 | |||
| Registered electors | 9,910 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Roger Smith* | 2,011 | 49.93 | + 10.87 | |
| Labour | Barrie Jennings | 1,678 | 41.66 | + 11.62 | |
| UKIP | Richard Lewis | 125 | 3.10 | − 22.72 | |
| Green | Anita March | 120 | 2.98 | + 2.98 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Roberts | 94 | 2.33 | − 2.3 | |
| Turnout | 4,036 | 43.90 | |||
| Registered electors | 9,194 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Abdul Amin* | 1,762 | 55.48 | + 16.3 | |
| Conservative | Roy Stephen | 936 | 29.47 | + 10.09 | |
| UKIP | Steve Halden | 191 | 6.01 | − 22.65 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Anthony Barter | 167 | 5.26 | − 0.8 | |
| Green | Kate Freeman | 120 | 3.78 | − 2.08 | |
| Turnout | 3,180 | 36.16 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,794 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Andy Spry | 1,005 | 36.1 | +17.4 | |
| Conservative | Wayne Lawrence Crabbe * | 998 | 35.9 | +2.8 | |
| Labour | Sam James | 375 | 13.5 | –0.3 | |
| Green | Talis Kimberley-Fairbourn | 326 | 11.7 | +1.0 | |
| UKIP | Lincoln Vincent Williams | 79 | 2.8 | –15.6 | |
| Majority | 7 | 0.3 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 2,789 | 45.13 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,180 | ||||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | Swing | ||||