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All 48 seats to Luton Borough Council 25 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner of each seat at the 2023 Luton Borough Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2023 Luton Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Luton Borough Council in Luton, Bedfordshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England. Labour retained its majority on the council.
New ward boundaries were drawn up for this election, increasing the number of wards from 19 to 20, although the overall number of councillors stayed the same at 48. [1] [2]
The council had been controlled by Labour since 2007, with its leader since then being Hazel Simmons. Issues debated by the candidates included the ongoing financial impact on the council of money it lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic, when flights from council-owned Luton Airport were stopped. Suggestions for how to improve the town centre were also debated, with Historic England having added the town centre's main street, George Street, to its Heritage at Risk Register in November 2022. [3] [4]
Shortly before the election, three Labour councillors who were not re-selected to be Labour candidates at this election left the party; two (Ghulam Javed and Summara Khurshid) joined the Liberal Democrats and one (Anne Donelon) sat as an independent. [5] [6]
Labour retained a majority on the council, winning 30 of the 48 seats. Of the councillors elected at this election, 20 had not been councillors in the previous term. [7] The two former Labour councillors who joined the Liberal Democrats shortly before the election both stood as Liberal Democrat candidates; both were defeated by Labour. [8]
The overall results were: [9]
2023 Luton Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Labour | 48 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 62.5 | 48.7 | 19,199 | –8.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | 33 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 31.3 | 35.6 | 14,036 | +18.4 | |
Conservative | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.3 | 10.1 | 3,998 | –9.1 | |
Independent | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 1,713 | +0.4 | ||
Reform UK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 455 | N/A |
The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Luton Borough Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023. [10] The results were as follows, with sitting councillors standing for re-election marked with an asterisk(*): [8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | David Franks* | 1,690 | 52.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jeff Petts* | 1,627 | 50.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Amjid Ali* | 1,551 | 48.5 | ||
Labour | Shahriar Ahmed | 1,174 | 36.7 | ||
Labour | Sameera Saleem* | 956 | 29.9 | ||
Labour | Anwar Haque | 932 | 29.1 | ||
Conservative | Alex Dearden | 378 | 11.8 | ||
Conservative | Sam Deekue | 371 | 11.6 | ||
Conservative | Zahid Mohmand | 274 | 8.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,199 | 36.1 | |||
Registered electors | 8,862 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Rumi Chowdhury | 2,158 | 67.6 | ||
Labour | Javed Hussain* | 2,127 | 66.7 | ||
Labour | Rehana Malik | 1,928 | 60.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mahbubul Karim | 958 | 30.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Adrees Latif | 947 | 29.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ghulam Javed* | 737 | 23.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,220 | 36.1 | |||
Registered electors | 8,917 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Zanib Raja | 937 | 42.7 | ||
Labour | Tahmina Saleem* | 929 | 42.3 | ||
Independent | Fazilat Ali-Khan | 713 | 32.5 | ||
Independent | Tipu Moheeuddin | 643 | 29.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Shahin Uddin | 525 | 23.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Junaid Malik | 431 | 19.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,222 | 34.4 | |||
Registered electors | 6,463 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stuart Miller | 1,601 | 50.9 | ||
Conservative | John Baker | 1,529 | 48.6 | ||
Conservative | Aziz Ambia | 1,463 | 46.5 | ||
Labour | Desmond Billington | 1,279 | 40.7 | ||
Labour | Bodrul Amin | 1,268 | 40.3 | ||
Labour | Mehmood Khan | 1,171 | 37.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,179 | 33.1 | |||
Registered electors | 9,591 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Fatima Begum* | 626 | 73.9 | ||
Labour | Yaqub Hanif | 447 | 52.8 | ||
Independent | Belal Ahmed | 195 | 23.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Abid Aziz | 122 | 14.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Amir Aziz | 110 | 13.0 | ||
Independent | Anwar Hussain | 78 | 9.2 | ||
Turnout | 858 | 16.5 | |||
Registered electors | 5,203 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Basit Mahmood | 1,572 | 62.7 | ||
Labour | Khtija Malik* | 1,562 | 62.3 | ||
Labour | Tom Shaw* | 1,546 | 61.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Javid | 654 | 26.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Shahid Zaman | 593 | 23.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Farzana Ahktar | 587 | 23.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,540 | 27.4 | |||
Registered electors | 9,270 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mohammed Farooq | 1,101 | 62.2 | ||
Labour | Alia Khan* | 1,059 | 59.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Bashrat Hussain | 619 | 35.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Abbas Hussain* | 492 | 27.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,793 | 32.3 | |||
Registered electors | 5,556 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Dallow ward was represented by three councillors prior to the boundary changes which took effect for this election. Immediately before the election it was represented by two Labour and one Liberal Democrat councillors, the latter being Abbas Hussain who defected from Labour shortly before the election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Javeria Hussain* | Unopposed | |||
Labour | Mahmood Hussain* | Unopposed | |||
Labour | Dave Taylor* | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | James Taylor | 798 | 56.1 | ||
Labour | Umme Ali* | 783 | 55.0 | ||
Independent | John French | 446 | 31.3 | N/A | |
Independent | Mohammed Shahid | 294 | 20.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Lesley Hill | 231 | 16.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,436 | 23.1 | |||
Registered electors | 6,224 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Maria Lovell* | 1,020 | 55.1 | ||
Labour | Francis Steer | 842 | 45.5 | ||
Conservative | Ifthekher Alom | 692 | 37.4 | ||
Conservative | Malik Nikyalvi | 465 | 25.1 | ||
Reform UK | James Fletcher | 224 | 12.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,860 | 27.1 | |||
Registered electors | 6,863 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Hazel Simmons* | 1,008 | 74.3 | ||
Labour | Yarun Begum | 912 | 67.3 | ||
Conservative | Edward Carpenter | 272 | 20.1 | ||
Independent | Afia Parveen | 142 | 10.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,366 | 22.0 | |||
Registered electors | 6,215 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Rob Roche* | 1,400 | 60.1 | ||
Labour | Amy Nicholls* | 1,397 | 60.0 | ||
Labour | Babatunde Ajisola | 1,306 | 56.1 | ||
Conservative | Philip Turner | 664 | 28.5 | ||
Conservative | Ash Ali | 520 | 22.3 | ||
Conservative | Shashi Rudrangi | 482 | 20.7 | ||
Reform UK | Jim Cohen | 231 | 9.9 | ||
Independent | Anwar Hussain | 217 | 9.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,338 | 25.4 | |||
Registered electors | 9,214 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Prior to the election Northwell was represented by two councillors, one of whom (Anne Donelon) had been elected as Labour but subsequently left the party and sat as an independent.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jacqui Burnett* | 919 | 53.0 | ||
Labour | Aslam Khan* | 866 | 49.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Taimoor Ali | 749 | 43.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Evaline Omondi | 692 | 39.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,752 | 30.2 | |||
Registered electors | 5,803 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Gillian Fry | 910 | 48.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Zahoor Ahmed | 799 | 42.7 | ||
Labour | Raja Khan | 785 | 41.9 | ||
Labour | Yasmin Waheed* | 682 | 36.4 | ||
Conservative | Saiful Choudhury | 160 | 8.5 | ||
Conservative | Mohammed Shaikh | 136 | 7.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,884 | 29.3 | |||
Registered electors | 6,433 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Prior to the election Round Green was represented by three councillors: two Liberal Democrats and one Labour.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Saima Hussain* | 1,630 | 54.1 | ||
Labour | Ghulam Abbas | 1,594 | 52.9 | ||
Labour | Shahanara Naser | 1,525 | 50.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Anwar Malik | 1,202 | 39.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Summara Khurshid* | 1,187 | 39.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Baber Hussain | 1,078 | 35.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,052 | 35.4 | |||
Registered electors | 8,615 | ||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Steve Stephens | 710 | 51.9 | ||
Labour | Charmaine Isles | 645 | 47.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Deborah Abodunrin-Olokode | 602 | 44.0 | ||
Labour | David Agbley* | 589 | 43.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,378 | 22.9 | |||
Registered electors | 6,025 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Richard Underwood* | 2,185 | 76.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Wynn* | 2,142 | 74.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Nigel Marshall | 2,137 | 74.4 | ||
Labour | Shajarul Islam | 629 | 21.9 | ||
Labour | Imtiaz Ahmed | 596 | 20.7 | ||
Labour | Sadiqul Choudhury | 593 | 20.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,884 | 31.5 | |||
Registered electors | 9,170 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Steve Moore* | 1,010 | 57.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Clive Mead* | 962 | 54.8 | ||
Labour | Deanne Johnson | 722 | 41.1 | ||
Labour | Masood Akhtar | 630 | 35.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,767 | 31.6 | |||
Registered electors | 5,592 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Terry Keens* | 893 | 66.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Lee Bridgen* | 868 | 64.4 | ||
Labour | Shana Begum | 422 | 31.3 | ||
Labour | Bobby Thomas | 389 | 28.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,354 | 26.3 | |||
Registered electors | 5,142 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Claire Gallagher | 1,809 | 81.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alan Skepelhorn* | 1,760 | 79.3 | ||
Labour | Raja Ahmed* | 374 | 16.8 | ||
Labour | Barnes Mayunga | 338 | 15.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,249 | 32.4 | |||
Registered electors | 6,931 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
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