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19 of the 57 seats to Swindon Borough Council 29 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map of the results of the 2023 Swindon council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red. Wards in grey had no election in 2023. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2023 Swindon Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect councillors to Swindon Borough Council in Wiltshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England. There were 19 of the 57 seats on the council up for election.
Prior to the election the Conservatives held a majority of the seats on the council. At the election Labour took control of the council, and the Conservative leader, David Renard, lost his seat. [1]
2023 Swindon Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 16 | 9 | 84.2 | 17 | 33 | 57.9 | 29,901 | 51.9 | +5.9 | |
Conservative | 2 | 10 | 10.5 | 20 | 22 | 38.6 | 19,977 | 34.7 | -8.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 1 | 5.3 | 0 | 1 | 1.8 | 4,563 | 7.9 | +1.3 | |
Independent | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.8 | 259 | 0.4 | New | ||
Green | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,824 | 4.9 | +0.7 | ||
TUSC | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 138 | 0.2 | -0.2 | ||
The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Swindon Borough Council following the close of nomination on 5 April 2023. [2]
The results were as follows: [3] [4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Nick Gardiner | 1,509 | 45.2 | -8.5 | |
Labour Co-op | Lesley Ann Gow | 1,168 | 35.0 | +3.0 | |
Green | Andrew Day | 418 | 12.5 | -1.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Deborah King | 241 | 7.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 341 | ||||
Turnout | 3,372 | 37.39 | |||
Registered electors | 9,019 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Adorabelle Amaral-Shaikh* | 2,960 | 61.8 | +16.9 | |
Conservative | John Barreto | 1,577 | 32.9 | -16.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Hannah Pajak | 177 | 3.7 | -2.1 | |
Independent | Mariano Rodrigues | 73 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,383 | ||||
Turnout | 4,813 | 46.96 | |||
Registered electors | 10,249 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Neil Lawrence Hopkins | 1,376 | 51.2 | +16.7 | |
Conservative | Jenny Mary Jeffries* | 1,010 | 37.6 | -7.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Fareed Ahmed Quidwai | 299 | 11.1 | -9.6 | |
Majority | 366 | ||||
Turnout | 2,711 | 43.52 | |||
Registered electors | 6,229 | ||||
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Dale Heenan* | 1,302 | 46.2 | -15.0 | |
Labour | Tate Pullen | 1,133 | 40.2 | +10.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Salmon | 178 | 6.3 | -0.3 | |
Green | Howard March | 162 | 5.8 | N/A | |
TUSC | Scott Hunter | 41 | 1.5 | -1.1 | |
Majority | 169 | ||||
Turnout | 2,834 | 34.22 | |||
Registered electors | 8,281 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Paul Andrew Dixon* | 1,919 | 60.0 | +11.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stan Pajak | 714 | 22.3 | -11.8 | |
Conservative | Raul Fernandes | 417 | 13.0 | -4.6 | |
Green | Chris Noyce | 148 | 4.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,205 | ||||
Turnout | 3,225 | 40.37 | |||
Registered electors | 7,989 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Ballman* | 1,600 | 56.5 | -4.4 | |
Conservative | Brenda Victoria Fernandes | 941 | 33.2 | -5.9 | |
Green | Andy Bentley | 205 | 7.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Zubair Farooq Khan | 85 | 3.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 659 | ||||
Turnout | 3,225 | 30.94 | |||
Registered electors | 9211 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Stanka Adamcova | 1,828 | 57.3 | +5.8 | |
Conservative | David Charles Renard* | 1,176 | 36.8 | -11.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Omar Syed Muhammad | 188 | 5.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 652 | ||||
Turnout | 3,216 | 36.73 | |||
Registered electors | 8,756 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mike Davies | 1,575 | 58.6 | +4.2 | |
Conservative | Bazil Stanley Solomon* | 974 | 36.3 | -9.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Caroline Thomas | 137 | 5.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 601 | ||||
Turnout | 2,709 | 33.74 | |||
Registered electors | 8,028 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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Labour | Repi Begum | 1,489 | 52.7 | +3.3 | ||
Conservative | Caryl Sydney-Smith* | 1,098 | 38.8 | -7.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Bilal Quidwai | 143 | 5.1 | N/A | ||
TUSC | Rob Pettefar | 97 | 3.4 | -1.3 | ||
Majority | 391 | |||||
Turnout | 2,875 | 35.62 | ||||
Registered electors | 8,071 | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Fay Howard | 1,495 | 65.1 | +3.2 | |
Conservative | Roy Stephen | 632 | 27.5 | -2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Fraser Graham McCormick | 169 | 7.4 | -0.5 | |
Majority | 863 | ||||
Turnout | 2,327 | 31.05 | |||
Registered electors | 7,495 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Chris Watts | 2,047 | 64.5 | +2.0 | |
Conservative | Ellen Heavens | 717 | 22.6 | -4.1 | |
Green | Bill Hughes | 222 | 7.0 | +0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Wiltshire | 190 | 6.0 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 1,330 | ||||
Turnout | 3,192 | 39.39 | |||
Registered electors | 8,104 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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Labour Co-op | Ravi Venkatesh | 1,452 | 53.2 | +1.4 | ||
Conservative | David Ibitoye* | 1,045 | 38.3 | -3.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Michelle Horrobin | 231 | 8.5 | +1.6 | ||
Majority | 407 | |||||
Turnout | 2,744 | 30.14 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,104 | |||||
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Rajhia Ali | 1,357 | 47.6 | -2.7 | |
Conservative | Vinay Manro* | 1,200 | 42.1 | -7.2 | |
Green | Lorna Terry | 173 | 6.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey King | 121 | 4.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 157 | ||||
Turnout | 2,868 | 33.13 | |||
Registered electors | 8,657 | ||||
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jim Patrick Grant* | 1,649 | 60.5 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | Siddu Vempati | 762 | 28.0 | -8.6 | |
Green | Rod Hebden | 190 | 7.0 | +0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Zoe Claire McCormick | 124 | 4.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 881 | ||||
Turnout | 2,739 | 29.85 | |||
Registered electors | 9,177 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Junab Ali | 1,525 | 49.2 | +14.0 | |
Conservative | Nandini Singh | 1,309 | 42.2 | -6.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Dickinson | 267 | 8.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 216 | ||||
Turnout | 3,130 | 39.2 | |||
Registered electors | 7,984 | ||||
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jason Mills | 1,525 | 40.4 | +5.6 | |
Conservative | Steve Heyes* | 1,305 | 34.6 | -7.6 | |
Green | Bradley Williams | 829 | 22.0 | -1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ebad Syed | 117 | 3.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 220 | 5.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,791 | 29.75 | |||
Registered electors | 12,741 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Thomas Butcher | 1,645 | 49.8 | -1.8 | |
Conservative | Matthew Vallender | 1,289 | 39.0 | -9.4 | |
Green | Ella March | 224 | 6.8 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Shepherd | 148 | 4.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 356 | 10.65 | |||
Turnout | 3,340 | 36.18 | |||
Registered electors | 9,232 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Emma Bushell* | 1,681 | 58.2 | +7.4 | |
Conservative | Angelo Estrocio | 860 | 29.8 | -9.7 | |
Independent | David Norris | 186 | 6.4 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Dawn Pajak | 160 | 5.5 | -4.2 | |
Majority | 821 | ||||
Turnout | 2,898 | 32.55 | |||
Registered electors | 8,902 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Adam Poole | 874 | 35.6 | +6.1 | |
Conservative | Gayle Cook | 854 | 34.7 | -10.8 | |
Labour | Saleh Ahmed | 477 | 19.4 | +4.1 | |
Green | Pippa Fairbourn | 253 | 10.3 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 20 | ||||
Turnout | 2,475 | 37.21 | |||
Registered electors | 6,651 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Matthew Thomas Vallender | 1,143 | 50.6 | +11.6 | |
Labour | Joseph Paul George Polson | 1,118 | 49.4 | -0.4 | |
Turnout | 2,278 | 24.65 | |||
Registered electors | 9,240 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour |
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