2018 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election

2018 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election
	Map showing the results of the 2018 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election
Council control before election; Labour Party ;	Council control after election; No overall control ;

Last updated May 17, 2024

The 2018 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election was held on 3 May 2018, as part of 2018 United Kingdom local elections. Half of the council was up for election and the Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.

Election results

2018 Election

Nuneaton and Bedworth Council election, 2018 - Summary
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	11	9	0	+9	64.7	51.1	16173	+21.2
Labour	6	0	8	-8	35.3	35.9	11356	-5.6
Green	0	0	1	-1	0	9	2064	+2.5
The Nuneaton and Bedworth People's Party	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	713	New
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	253	-17.9
TUSC	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	168	-1.1
Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	155	+0.4

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Total votes cast	30,882

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Council make up

Total number of seats on the Council after the elections:

Party		New council
	Labour	17
	Conservative	16
	Green	1

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Ward results

Changes shown compared to the 2014 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election, when these seats were last contested. Swing figures are calculated between the winning candidate and the candidate in second place. Turnout figures include invalid ballots, therefore they may differ from total votes cast for all candidates.

Abbey

2018 Nuneaton and Bedworth Council election: Abbey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Phillips	1,018	55.2	0.7
	Conservative	Sajid Sayed	394	21.4	7.1
	Nuneaton and Bedworth People's Party	Edwin Gamble	228	12.4	12.4
	Green	Sophie Bonner	145	7.9	1.6
	TUSC	Paul Reilly	59	3.2	0.4
Majority			624	33.8
Turnout			1,848	29.3
	Labour hold		Swing	0.4

Arbury

2018 Nuneaton and Bedworth Council election: Arbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jayne Sargeant	904	55.3	22.6
	Labour	Jack Bonner	586	35.8	0.7
	Green	Margaret Morrissey	101	6.2	1.1
	Independent	Katrina Slomczynski	45	2.8	2.8
Majority			318	19.4
Turnout			1,641	30.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	10.9

Attleborough

2018 Nuneaton and Bedworth Council election: Attleborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Sargeant	978	56.0	25.8
	Labour	Stephen Hey	620	35.5	2.6
	Green	Laurel Brindley	148	8.5	2.4
Majority			358	20.5
Turnout			1,749	30.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	14.2

Barpool

2018 Nuneaton and Bedworth Council election: Barpool
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Elliott	744	50.1	6.4
	Conservative	Jeffrey Clarke	607	40.8	16.8
	Green	Theresa Brookes	135	9.1	9.1
Majority			137	9.2
Turnout			1,488	27.3
	Labour hold		Swing	5.2

Bede

2018 Nuneaton and Bedworth Council election: Bede
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Makayla Rudkin	681	46.1	10.6
	Conservative	Owen Reed	653	44.2	25.2
	UKIP	Craig Carpenter	144	9.7	9.7
Majority			28	1.9
Turnout			1,481	28.6
	Labour hold		Swing	17.9

Bulkington

2018 Nuneaton and Bedworth Council election: Bulkington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Smith	1,387	71.1	35.4
	Labour	Andrew Crichton	564	28.9	7.1
Majority			823	42.2
Turnout			1,962	38.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	21.2

Camp Hill

2018 Nuneaton and Bedworth Council election: Camp Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lydia Hocking	624	47.2	3.2
	Conservative	Oluwatosin Tokode	310	23.4	7.9
	Nuneaton and Bedworth People's Party	Barry Goss	279	21.1	21.1
	UKIP	Anthony Grant	109	8.2	22.8
Majority			314	23.8
Turnout			1,323	21.4
	Labour hold		Swing	5.6

Exhall Ward

Nuneaton and Bedworth Council election:Exhall ward 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Damon Brown	1,060	50.4	+30.6
	Labour	Helen Sinclair	825	39.2	-6.9
	Independent	Steven Young	110	5.2	N/A
	Green	Merle Gering	67	3.2	-1.7
	TUSC	Natara Hunter	42	2	+0.5
Majority			235
Turnout			2104
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Galley Common Ward

Nuneaton and Bedworth Council election:Galley Common Ward 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sam Croft	993	60.2	+30.6
	Labour	Paul Hickling	657	39.8	+4.3
Majority			336
Turnout			1650
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Heath Ward

Nuneaton and Bedworth Council election:Heath ward 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Llewellyn-Nash	1,046	55.2	+24.2
	Labour	Danny Aldington	850	44.8	-13.9
Majority			196
Turnout			1896
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Kingswood Ward

Nuneaton and Bedworth Council election:Kingswood Ward 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Watkins	685	48.6	+0.6
	Conservative	Jamie Cummings	592	42	+21.8
	Green	Andrew Saffrey	91	6.5	N/A
	TUSC	Catherine Mosey	41	2.9	+0.1
Majority			93
Turnout			1409
	Labour hold		Swing

Poplar Ward

Nuneaton and Bedworth Council election:Poplar ward 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bhagwant Pandher	906	52	+23
	Labour	Bob Copland	836	48	-23
Majority			70
Turnout			1742
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Slough Ward

Nuneaton and Bedworth Council election:Slough ward 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kyle Evans	1,232	66.8	+25.4
	Labour	Isaac Al Hindawi	612	33.2	-25.4
Majority			620
Turnout			1844
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

St. Nicolas Ward

Nuneaton and Bedworth Council election:St. Nicolas ward 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Tromans	1,392	52.4	+8.7
	Green	Michele Kondakor	974	36.7	+10.3
	Labour	Joseph Bevan	288	10.9	-3.8
Majority			418
Turnout			2654
	Conservative hold		Swing

Weddington Ward

Nuneaton and Bedworth Council election:Weddington ward 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hayden Walmsley	1,209	44.2	+12.8
	Green	Mike Wright	1126	41.2	+2.6
	Labour	Natalie Dimbleby	400	14.6	+2.1
Majority			83
Turnout			2735
	Conservative gain from Green		Swing

Wem Brook Ward

Nuneaton and Bedworth Council election:Wem Brook ward 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tracy Sheppard	872	54.3	+0.2
	Conservative	Scott Harbison	435	27.1	+10.7
	The Nuneaton and Bedworth People's Party	Terance Freeman	206	12.8	N/A
	Green	Spring Vernon	67	4.2	-0.2
	TUSC	Bernadette O'Toole	26	1.6	-0.2
Majority			437
Turnout			1606
	Labour hold		Swing

Whitestone Ward

Nuneaton and Bedworth Council election:Whitestone ward 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kristofer Wilson	2,055	80.6	+27.3
	Labour	Mark Glass	494	19.4	+1.5
Majority			1561
Turnout			2549
	Conservative hold		Swing

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References

↑ https://www.nuneatonandbedworth.gov.uk/downloads/download/453/local_election_3_may_2018 8/election_results/2
↑ Bedworth, Nuneaton &. "Councillors - Nuneaton & Bedworth". www.nuneatonandbedworth.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2018.

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[2] Bedworth, Nuneaton &. "Councillors - Nuneaton & Bedworth". www.nuneatonandbedworth.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 June 2018.

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