2024 Swindon Borough Council election

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2024 Swindon Borough Council election
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  2023 2 May 2024 (2024-05-02)2026 

20 of the 57 seats to Swindon Borough Council. Includes 1 midterm vacancy
29 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
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LeaderJim RobbinsGary Sumner
Party Labour Conservative
Seats before3223
Seats won146
Seats after4115
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 9Decrease2.svg 8

 Third party
 
LeaderAdam Poole
Party Liberal Democrats
Seats before1
Seats won0
Seats after1
Seat change0

Leader before election

Jim Robbins
Labour

Leader after election

TBD

The 2024 Swindon Borough Council election will take place on 2 May 2024 to elect councillors to Swindon Borough Council in Wiltshire, England. The elections will be on the same day as other local elections across England. A third of seats are being contested. [1]

Contents

At the previous council election, Labour gained an overall majority control of Swindon Borough Council after gaining 9 seats, with the Conservatives losing 10 seats. [2] They increased their majority from 5 seats in 2023 to 13 seats in 2024.

Results

Borough Statement of Persons nominated per each Ward: [3]

The results were as follows: [4]

Blunsdon and Highworth

Blunsdon & Highworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Andrew Day33610.9
Labour Ian James1,19138.6
Conservative Vijay Manro*1,39945.4
Liberal Democrats Hannah Pajak1274.1
Majority2086.7

Central

Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Domingos Dias2,11752.6
Conservative Lourenco Fernandes*83820.8
Vintur Fernandes71817.8
TUSC Mary Quate1243.1
Liberal Democrats Marek Sarnowski1954.8
Majority1,27931.8

Covingham and Dorcan

Covingham & Dorcan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rebecca Banwell-Moore1,36344.7
TUSC Scott Hunter862.8
Liberal Democrats Sheila Kerslake1113.6
Conservative Barbara Parry*1,46948.2
Majority1063.5

Eastcott

Eastcott
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Srinivasu Anupindi38813.7
Green Chris Noyce2338.2
Liberal Democrats Toby Robson45516.1
Labour Marina Strinkovsky*1,71960.8
Majority126444.7

Gorse Hill and Pinehurst

Gorse Hill & Pinehurst
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Niyi Adekoya53019.7
Green Andy Bentley29010.8
Labour Princia Jenovi Fernandes1,65261.5
TUSC Helen Harris481.8
Liberal Democrats Gerry Taylor1335.0
Majority1,12241.8

Haydon Wick

Haydon Wick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ray Ballman*1,35950.3
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey King2579.5
Conservative Bose Patrick-Okoh1,05038.9
Majority30911.4

Liden, Eldene and Park South

Liden, Eldene & Park South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marianne Le Coyte-Grinney1,30853.4
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Salmon1877.6
Conservative Roy Stephen66227.0
Reform UK Bob Wheeler28411.6
Majority64626.4

Lydiard and Freshbrook

Lydiard & Freshbrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Leon Grother1,31251.6
TUSC Robert Pettefar1024.0
Liberal Democrats Christopher Shepard2088.2
Conservative Caryl Sydney-Smith89835.3
Majority41416.3

Mannington and Western

Mannington & Western
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Fraser McCormick2049.9
Conservative Nandini Singh46422.5
Labour Kevin Small*1,36866.2
Majority90443.8

Old Town

Old Town
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TUSC Daisy Bowie441.5
Green Bill Hughes1816.3
Labour Jane Milner-Barry*1,87365.5
Conservative Bazil Solomon58620.5
Liberal Democrats Martin Wiltshire1575.5
Majority1,28745.0

Penhill and Upper Stratton

Penhill & Upper Stratton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Michelle Horrobin24410.8
Conservative David Ibitoye87839.0
Labour Thomas Smith1,10649.2
Majority22810.1

Priory Vale

Priority Vale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Pete Best1726.8
Labour Ian Edwards1,15645.8
Liberal Democrats Deborah King1014.0
Conservative Vinay Manro1,07642.6
Majority803.2

Ridgeway

Ridgeway
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen Allsop21620.8
Liberal Democrats Liz Mearns24623.7
Conservative Gary Sumner*57455.3
Majority32831.6

Rodbourne Cheney

Rodbourne Cheney
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ana Fernandes *1,42053.4
Green Rod Hebden2318.7
Conservative Sudha Nukana87032.7
Liberal Democrats Ciaran Skinner1184.4
Majority55020.7
Turnout 28.72

Shaw

Shaw
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rose Llewellyn1,40550.0
Liberal Democrats Zoe McCormick2488.8
Conservative Keith Williams*1,13140.3
Majority2749.8

St Andrews

St Andrews
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Daniel Adams*1,64245.0
Green Howard March3118.5
Liberal Democrats Dawn Pajak1915.2
Labour Josh Wood1,49040.9
Majority1524.2

St Margaret and South Marston

St Margaret & South Marston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lynda Comber1836.4
Green Ella March2107.3
Labour Simon Shelley1,23143.0
Conservative Eleanor Willis1,19941.9
Majority321.1

Walcot and Park North

Walcot & Park North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dave Bell49620.6
Liberal Democrats Michael Dickinson1877.8
Green Ian Lodwick1606.7
Labour Jamal Miah*1,53964.0
Majority1,04343.4

Wroughton and Wichelstowe (Two Seats)

Wroughton & Wichelstowe (Two Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Saleh Ahmed41717.2
Liberal Democrats Martin Barrett81633.6
Conservative Gayle Cook88436.4
Conservative Matty Courtliff1,02642.3
Green Simon Fairbourn40516.7
Labour Abdul Hamid33213.7
Liberal Democrats Stan Pajak64326.5
Majority

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