2019 Luton Borough Council election

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2019 Luton Borough Council election
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All 48 seats to Luton Borough Council
25 seats needed for a majority
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LeaderHazel SimmonsDavid Franks
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Last election35 seats, 53.5%8 seats, 14.5%5 seats, 27.5%
Seats won32124
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 3Increase2.svg 4Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote55,64916,94418,897
Percentage56.7%17.2%19.2%
SwingIncrease2.svg 3.2%Increase2.svg 2.7%Decrease2.svg 8.3%
2019 Luton Borough Council election results.svg
Map showing the results by ward

The 2019 Luton Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Luton Borough Council in England. [1] It was held on the same day as other local elections.

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Results summary

2019 Luton Borough Council election
PartyCandidatesSeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 483203Decrease2.svg 366.756.755,649+3.2
  Liberal Democrats 191240Increase2.svg 425.017.216,944+2.7
  Conservative 43401Decrease2.svg 18.319.218,897–8.3
  Independent 7000Steady2.svg0.03.93,796+3.8
  UKIP 4000Steady2.svg0.01.51,440–2.1
 Best4Luton3000Steady2.svg0.01.11,057N/A
  Green 1000Steady2.svg0.00.5445–0.3

Ward results

Ward boundaries Luton Borough Council ward boundaries.svg
Ward boundaries

Barnfield

Barnfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Franks 1,194 54.8
Liberal Democrats Amjid Ali 970 44.5
Labour Haleema Ali66230.4
Labour Fahim Qureshi60727.9
Conservative Dean Garrett34816.0
Conservative Asif Choudhery33015.1
Majority
Turnout 2,17937.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Biscot

Biscot
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kashif Choudry 2,006 55.7
Labour Abid Hussain 1,981 55.0
Labour Saima Hussain 1,909 53.0
Independent Fazilat Ali-Khan1,08930.2New
Independent Shana Begum1,02628.5New
Liberal Democrats Usman Hussain55215.3
Conservative Grace Froggatt2817.8
Conservative Mohammed Nisar1945.4
Majority
Turnout 3,60135.8
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Bramingham

Bramingham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gilbert Campbell 904 54.8
Conservative John Young 884 53.6
Labour Desmond Billington60636.7
Labour Tunde Ajisola57034.5
Majority
Turnout 1,65029.4
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Challney

Challney
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tom Shaw 1,940 69.2
Labour Tahir Malik 1,790 63.8
Labour Khtija Malik 1,785 63.6
Conservative Fathima Kauser50317.9
Conservative Gulraiz Khan45316.1
UKIP Alan Usher34712.4
Conservative Mohammad Zia34712.4
Majority
Turnout 2,80529.6
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Crawley

Crawley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Terry Keens 885 52.6
Liberal Democrats Lee Bridgen 881 52.4
Labour James Taylor42825.5
Labour Fatima Begum42225.1
Conservative Anwar Hussain27416.3
Conservative Alan Hamilton20612.3
Majority
Turnout 1,68130.8
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Dallow

Dallow
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hannah Adrees 2,606 73.7
Labour Abbas Hussain 2,338 66.2
Labour Raja Ahmed 2,311 65.4
Independent Mohammad Ashraf80122.7New
Conservative Ehtisham Qureshi51514.6
Conservative Mohammad Azad46213.1
Majority
Turnout 3,53434.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Farley

Farley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Taylor 1,348 67.9
Labour Sian Timoney 1,307 65.9
Labour Mahmood Hussain 1,304 65.7
Conservative Kevin Drew45923.1
Conservative Shyamal Roy32816.5
Majority
Turnout 1,98423.2
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

High Town

High Town
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rachel Hopkins 950 65.7
Labour Andy Malcolm 898 62.1
Conservative Kevin McLean-Mair26218.1
Independent Joseph Daniels19613.5New
Conservative Solomon Muchai19113.2
Best4LutonJay Silva15010.4New
Majority
Turnout 1,44723.0
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Icknield

Icknield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jeffrey Petts 822 42.1
Conservative Michael Garrett 803 41.2
Labour Asif Masood78740.3
Labour Asma Rathore66334.0
Liberal Democrats Yvonne Edmunds25112.9
Liberal Democrats Julia Mead22111.3
Majority
Turnout 1,95132.6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Leagrave

Leagrave
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Maria Lovell 1,297 59.8
Labour Waheed Akbar 1,234 56.9
Labour Sameera Saleem 1,120 51.6
Conservative Susan Garrett66930.8
Conservative Richard Joyce57526.5
Conservative Mahrban Khan51023.5
Majority
Turnout 2,17024.6
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Lewsey

Lewsey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hazel Simmons 1,316 60.9
Labour Jacqui Burnett 1,235 57.1
Labour Aslam Khan 1,121 51.9
Conservative Adrian Noller48022.2
UKIP Paul Noble45421.0
Conservative Vahid Zubari44420.5
Majority
Turnout 2,16223.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Limbury

Limbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Amy Nicholls 980 51.6
Labour Robert Roche 898 47.2
Conservative Aziz Ambia66535.0
Conservative Heather Baker58330.7
Liberal Democrats Brian Richardson1819.5New
Liberal Democrats Sidney Rutstein1377.2
Majority
Turnout 1,90131.5
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Northwell

Northwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anne Donelon 897 67.6
Labour Yasmin Waheed 764 57.6
Conservative Deloris Campbell32324.4
Conservative Susan Patel24518.5
Independent Mahmoona Rasool997.5New
Majority
Turnout 1,32623.4
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Round Green

Round Green
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mark Rivers 989 37.8
Liberal Democrats David Chapman 917 35.0
Labour Tahmina Saleem 913 34.9
Labour Irak Chowdhury90034.4
Liberal Democrats Daniel Willis84132.1
Liberal Democrats Steve Moore75228.7
Best4LutonJohn French47118.0New
Conservative John Baker46417.7
Conservative Phil Turner41515.9
Conservative Mohammad Arif30011.5
Majority
Turnout 2,61730.3
Labour hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Labour hold Swing

Saints

Saints
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Javed Hussain 2,460 72.3
Labour Summara Khurshid 2,370 69.6
Labour Ghulam Javed 2,364 69.4
Conservative Raja Saleem73121.5
Conservative Salma Nasir71521.0
Conservative Syed Abid66819.6
Majority
Turnout 3,40434.0
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

South

South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Castleman 938 53.9
Labour David Agbley 813 46.8
Labour Co-op Javeria Hussain 710 40.8
Green Marc Scheimann44525.6
Conservative Morel Bernard37321.4
UKIP Tim James33919.5New
Conservative Mohammed Islam31618.2
Independent Conor Clarke25914.9New
Majority
Turnout 1,73917.1
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Stopsley

Stopsley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Underwood 1,320 68.0
Liberal Democrats David Wynn 1,267 65.3
Conservative Gordon Shrosbree33317.2
Conservative Margaret Simons29515.2
Labour Abbi Adeyemi24712.7
Labour Urmila Afroz24712.7
Majority
Turnout 1,94135.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Sundon Park

Sundon Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Anna Pedersen 927 50.0
Liberal Democrats Clive Mead 867 46.8
Labour Martin Rodgers69437.4
Labour Sasha Smith60532.6
Conservative Michael Glover23412.6
Conservative Claire Shrosbree1779.5
Majority
Turnout 1,85431.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Wigmore

Wigmore
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Chapman 1,658 56.0
Liberal Democrats Diane Moles 1,569 53.0
Liberal Democrats Alan Skepelhorn 1,554 52.5
Labour Markus Keaney49716.8
Labour Sara Miah45415.3
Best4LutonCarolyn Cottier43614.7New
Independent Marco Suadoni42514.4New
Labour Mominur Murad41213.9
Conservative Grahame Mackay32410.9
UKIP Lance Richardson30010.1
Conservative Sam Deekue2598.7
Conservative Yasin Rehman2337.9
Majority
Turnout 2,96134.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Changes 2019–2023

Jeff Petts, elected as a Conservative councillor, joined the Liberal Democrats in December 2021. [2]

Abbas Hussain, elected as a Labour councillor, had the Labour whip withdrawn in 2022. He subsequently sat as an independent councillor until January 2023, when he joined the Liberal Democrats. [3]

In March 2023, three Labour councillors who were not re-selected to be Labour candidates at the 2023 election left the party; two (Ghulam Javed and Summara Khurshid) joined the Liberal Democrats and one (Anne Donelon) sat as an independent. [4]

By-elections between the 2019 and 2023 elections were as follows: [5]

Icknield

Icknield: 26 September 2019
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Asif Masood 585 36.7
Conservative John Baker56335.4
Liberal Democrats Steve Moore40725.6
Green Marc Scheimann372.3N/A
Majority 221.3
Turnout 1,59227.2−5.4
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

High Town

High Town: 6 May 2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Umme Ali 717 48.3 −12.7
Conservative Shakaina Khan32722.0+5.2
Green Lyn Bliss20213.6N/A
Liberal Democrats Nigel Marshall20213.6N/A
Communist Markus Kearney362.4N/A
Majority 39026.3
Turnout 1,48423.0–
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg9.0

Round Green

Round Green: 6 May 2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Steve Moore 1,041 38.5 +6.2
Labour Fatima Begum91033.7−1.1
Conservative Phil Turner52019.2+2.9
Green James Cullinane1736.4N/A
Independent Marc Scheimann602.2N/A
Majority 1314.8
Turnout 2,70431.4+1.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing Increase2.svg3.7

South

South: 28 October 2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fatima Begum 547 44.1 −9.8
Liberal Democrats Nigel Marshall33226.8N/A
Conservative Abid Aziz19816.0−5.4
Independent Marc Scheimann13410.8N/A
Communist Markus Keaney282.3N/A
Majority 21517.4
Turnout 1,23912.0−5.1
Labour hold

Dallow

Dallow: 4 August 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alia Khan 1,486 53.6 −20.1
Liberal Democrats Basharat Hussain1,07638.8N/A
Conservative Malik Nikyalvi1545.6−17.1
Independent Marc Scheimann582.1N/A
Majority 41014.8
Turnout 2,77426.9−7.2
Labour hold

References

  1. ↑ "Local government election 2019 results".
  2. ↑ "Luton Conservative councillor defects to Liberal Democrats". Luton Today. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  3. ↑ Duncan, Euan (7 February 2023). "Independent Luton councillor joins Liberal Democrat group". Luton Today. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "Luton councillor removed from key roles after leaving Labour Party". Bedfordshire Live. 9 March 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  5. ↑ "Local and by-election results" . Retrieved 21 October 2022.
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