2024 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election

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2024 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election
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All 38 seats to Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council
20 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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LeaderChris WatkinsKristofer WilsonMichele Kondakor
Party Labour Conservative Green
Seats before5272
Seats won20162
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 15Decrease2.svg 11Steady2.svg
Popular vote22,38821,9063,837
Percentage45.0%44.1%7.7%
SwingIncrease2.svg 10.3%Decrease2.svg 6.4%Decrease2.svg 6.3%
Nuneaton and Bedworth UK ward map 2024.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election
Leader before election

Kristofer Wilson
Conservative

Leader after election

Chris Watkins
Labour

The 2024 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. All 38 members of Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council in Warwickshire were elected following boundary changes.

Contents

Labour gained overall control of the council from the Conservatives, winning just enough seats to have a majority. [1] The Labour group leader, Chris Watkins, was formally appointed as leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 15 May 2024. [2]

Background

Nuneaton and Bedworth was a traditionally Labour council. From its creation up to 2008, the party held a majority on the council. [3] The Conservatives took control in 2008, but the council fell into no overall control in 2010, [4] and was retaken by Labour in 2012. [5]

Labour controlled the council until 2018, when it again fell into no overall control. The Conservatives gained the council in 2021, and retained control in 2022. In that election, the Conservatives gained 1 seat with 50.5% of the vote, Labour lost 2 with 34.7%, and the Green Party gained 1 with 14.0%.

A church hall being used as a polling station in Weddington. Weddington polling station 2024 local elections.jpg
A church hall being used as a polling station in Weddington.

Boundary changes

Nuneaton and Bedworth usually elects its councillors in halves, on a 4-year cycle. However, following boundary changes, all councillors will be elected to the new wards. [6] All wards have 2 councillors. The change increases the number of councillors by 4.

Old wards [7] New wards
AbbeyArbury
ArburyAttleborough
AttleboroughBede
Bar PoolBulkington
BedeCamp Hill
BulkingtonChilvers Coton
Camp HillEastboro
ExhallExhall
Galley CommonGalley Common
HeathHeath
KingswoodMilby
PoplarPoplar
SloughSlough
St NicolasSt Mary's
WeddingtonSt Nicolas
Wem BrookStockingford East
WhitestoneStockingford West
Weddington
Whitestone

Previous council composition

After 2022 election Before 2024 election [8] After 2024 election
PartySeatsPartySeatsPartySeats
Conservative 27 Conservative 27 Conservative 16
Labour 5 Labour 5 Labour 20
Green 2 Green 2 Green 2

Results

2024 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election
PartyCandidatesSeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 3820110Increase2.svg 1552.645.022,388+10.3
  Conservative 3816011Decrease2.svg 1142.144.121,906–6.4
  Green 10200Steady2.svg5.37.73,837–6.3
  TUSC 7000Steady2.svg0.01.6816+1.1
  Independent 2000Steady2.svg0.01.2613N/A
 Coventry Citizens2000Steady2.svg0.00.2110–0.1
  Liberal Democrats 1000Steady2.svg0.00.142N/A

Ward results

An asterisk denotes an incumbent councillor seeking re-election.

Arbury

Arbury [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Brady Hughes [lower-alpha 1] 695 50.55
Labour Christian Smith [lower-alpha 2] 656 47.71
Conservative Clare Golby*65147.35
Conservative Michael Green*60243.78
TUSC Eve Miller14610.62
Turnout 26.87
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

Attleborough

Attleborough [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Caroline Phillips [lower-alpha 1] 644 52.49
Labour Stephen Hey [lower-alpha 2] 624 50.86
Conservative Richard Baxter-Payne*52943.11
Conservative Kamaljeet Thiara45737.25
Independent Khalil Ahmed20016.3
Turnout 25.25
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

Bede

Bede [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Hancox [lower-alpha 1] 799 62.4
Labour Anne-Marie Bull [lower-alpha 2] 796 62.16
Conservative Hayley Downs49038.27
Conservative Peter Gilbert47637.17
Turnout 24.30
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

Bulkington

Bulkington [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ljubisa Cvetkovic* [lower-alpha 1] 980 68.94
Conservative Richard Smith* [lower-alpha 2] 814 57.26
Labour John Beaumont60142.28
Labour Campbell McKee44831.52
Turnout 31.59
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Camp Hill

Camp Hill [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sharon Dhillon [lower-alpha 1] 575 62.03
Labour Eric Amaechi [lower-alpha 2] 523 56.42
Conservative Colin Cape*34637.32
Conservative Romaine Tabet29331.61
TUSC Paul Reilly11712.62
Turnout 19.06
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Chilvers Coton

Chilvers Coton [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tracy Sheppard* [lower-alpha 1] 680 62.1
Labour Tony Venson [lower-alpha 2] 564 51.51
Green David Fletcher29927.31
Conservative Scott Harbison*22220.27
Conservative Sebastian Gran22020.09
TUSC Bernadette Quinn20518.72
Turnout 24.74
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Eastboro

Eastboro [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tony Cooper* [lower-alpha 1] 591 56.61
Conservative Mark Etienne [lower-alpha 2] 475 45.5
Labour Brian Walmsley40839.08
Labour Sunday Ajayi38336.69
Green Spring Vernon23122.13
Turnout 29.19
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Exhall

Exhall [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Damon Brown* [lower-alpha 1] 717 51.27
Labour Tim Jenkins [lower-alpha 2] 628 44.91
Labour Helen Sinclair59842.76
Conservative Sandra Walsh52637.61
Green Merle Gering15210.87
TUSC Eileen Hunter664.72
Coventry CitizensAndrew Frampton594.22
Coventry CitizensMegan Frampton513.65
Turnout 28.80
Conservative hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Galley Common

Galley Common [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Hickling [lower-alpha 1] 722 56.74
Conservative Samuel Croft* [lower-alpha 2] 654 51.39
Labour Alex Ratcliffe62148.8
Conservative Pauly Palamattom54843.06
Turnout 23.86
Labour gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Heath

Heath [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Will Markham [lower-alpha 1] 788 58.67
Labour Rob Roze [lower-alpha 2] 661 49.22
Conservative Jasbir Singh*64748.18
Conservative Lee Downs*59043.93
Turnout 25.53
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

Milby

Milby [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Bird [lower-alpha 1] 524 59.34
Conservative Jonathan Collett [lower-alpha 2] 462 52.32
Labour Lindsey Brookes28932.73
Green Tess Brookes27731.37
Labour Michael Fowler21424.24
Turnout 32.6
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Poplar

Poplar [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bhagwant Pandher* [lower-alpha 1] 674 49.18
Conservative Amarjit Khangura [lower-alpha 2] 619 45.17
Labour Luke Charles57642.03
Labour Bob Copland56341.08
Green Krissi Cope16211.82
Green Richard Cope14710.73
Turnout 28.62
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Slough

Slough [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sue Markham* [lower-alpha 1] 750 46.67
Conservative Martin Walsh* [lower-alpha 2] 690 42.94
Labour Mark Garratt67441.94
Labour Paul Waldron59637.09
Independent Sam Margrave41325.7
TUSC Mark Burdett915.66
Turnout 30.18
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

St Mary's

St Mary's [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bhim Saru [lower-alpha 1] 809 71.75
Labour Jill Sheppard* [lower-alpha 2] 797 70.69
Conservative Craig Aston35531.49
Conservative Peter Aucott29426.08
Turnout 21.96
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

St Nicolas

St Nicolas [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jeffrey Clarke [lower-alpha 1] 1,002 61.6
Conservative Jamie Hartshorn* [lower-alpha 2] 842 51.77
Labour Joshua McDonagh47529.2
Labour Matthew Smith43426.68
Green Andrew Heritage42926.38
TUSC Danny Webb714.37
Turnout 37.40
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Stockingford East

Stockingford East [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jack Bonner [lower-alpha 1] 736 61.49
Labour Nicky King [lower-alpha 2] 713 59.57
Conservative Christopher Collins51042.61
Conservative Sue Underhill43536.34
Turnout 24.97
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Stockingford West

Stockingford West [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Chris Watkins* [lower-alpha 1] 747 60.24
Labour Kath Price [lower-alpha 2] 742 59.84
Conservative Ewan Evans44535.89
Conservative Jack Kennaugh*42634.35
TUSC Catherine Mosey1209.68
Turnout 22.23
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Weddington

Weddington [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Michele Kondakor [lower-alpha 1] 1,037 65.78
Green Mike Wright* [lower-alpha 2] 847 53.73
Conservative Graham Curtis36323.03
Conservative Lilian Pilkington34421.82
Labour Sutish Badhan26116.56
Labour Collette Watkins25916.43
Liberal Democrats Joy Salaja422.66
Turnout 32.63
Green hold
Green hold

Whitestone

Whitestone [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kristofer Wilson* [lower-alpha 1] 1,173 63.61
Conservative Julian Gutteridge* [lower-alpha 2] 1,170 63.45
Labour Jamie Blakemore56830.8
Labour Dianne Fowler52128.25
Green Sophie Bonner25613.88
Turnout 37.44
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

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