The 2016 Swindon Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Swindon Borough Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
Swindon Borough Council is the local authority of the Borough of Swindon in Wiltshire, England. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. As such, it is administratively separate from the rest of Wiltshire. It was formed in 1997, replacing Thamesdown Borough Council.
The Conservatives held on to their majority on the council but it was lowered to three after losing councillors to Labour in Lydiard & Freshbrook and Liden, Eldene & Park South.
An asterisk * indicates an incumbent seeking re-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Maureen Rita Penny* | 1,624 | 47.4 | ||
Labour | Alison Mary Durrant | 1,053 | 30.7 | ||
UKIP | John Fairlamb Short | 429 | 12.5 | ||
Green | Andrew Donald Day | 200 | 5.8 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Geoffrey King | 121 | 3.5 | ||
Majority | 571 | 16.7 | |||
Turnout | 3,427 | 40 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Stanley Wright* | 2,459 | 74.4 | ||
Conservative | Jack Lindsey Howard | 554 | 16.8 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Ann Richards | 291 | 8.8 | ||
Majority | 1905 | 57.6 | |||
Turnout | 3,304 | 39 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Barbara Samantha Parry | 1,329 | 41.9 | ||
Labour | Mohammad Jamal Miah | 706 | 22.3 | ||
UKIP | Brian James Osbourn | 569 | 17.9 | ||
Independent | Anthony Hillier | 387 | 12.2 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Margaret Hooper | 94 | 3.0 | ||
Green | Christopher John Noyce | 87 | 2.7 | ||
Majority | 623 | 19.6 | |||
Turnout | 3,172 | 38 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Stanley James Pajak* | 1,248 | 44.8 | ||
Labour | Manetta Martha Rodrigues | 1,020 | 36.6 | ||
Conservative | Drusilla Summers | 258 | 9.3 | ||
Green | Andrew Hedley John Bentley | 132 | 4.7 | ||
UKIP | Terence Hayward | 128 | 4.6 | ||
Majority | 228 | 8.2 | |||
Turnout | 2786 | 40 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ericqua Raymone Ballman* | 1,454 | 55.8 | ||
Conservative | Benjamin Prizeman | 797 | 30.6 | ||
Green | Francesca Victoria Annelise Hebden-Leeder | 241 | 9.3 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Zoe Claire McCormick | 112 | 4.3 | ||
Majority | 657 | 25.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,604 | 35 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Oliver Donachie | 1,319 | 47.6 | ||
Labour | Michelle Jean Agostino | 765 | 27.6 | ||
UKIP | Edmund James Gerrard | 436 | 15.7 | ||
Green | Andrew Francis | 149 | 5.4 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Margaret Mistry | 101 | 3.6 | ||
Majority | 554 | 20.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,770 | 32 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Fay Howard* | 1138 | 43.60 | ||
Conservative | Oladapo Ibitoye | 725 | 27.78 | ||
UKIP | Robert Sheppard | 537 | 20.57 | ||
Green | David Miles | 112 | 4.29 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Clive Hooper | 98 | 3.75 | ||
Majority | 413 | 15.82 | |||
Turnout | 2610 | 33 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Matthew Courtliff | 1421 | 48.15 | ||
Conservative | Diane Rodgers | 1266 | 42.9 | ||
Liberal Democrat | James Farr | 264 | 8.95 | ||
Majority | 155 | 5.25 | |||
Turnout | 2951 | 37 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevin Small* | 1105 | 51.66 | ||
Conservative | Nicholas Burns-Howell | 726 | 33.94 | ||
Green | Livio Pavone | 173 | 8.09 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Alex Hegenbarth | 135 | 6.31 | ||
Majority | 379 | 17.72 | |||
Turnout | 2139 | 31 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jane Ballard | 1363 | 47.29 | ||
Conservative | Brian Mattock | 1062 | 36.85 | ||
UKIP | Terence Davis | 208 | 7.22 | ||
Green | John Hughes | 144 | 5.00 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Garry Porter | 105 | 3.64 | ||
Majority | 301 | 10.44 | |||
Turnout | 2882 | 38 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mark Edward Dempsey | 1,190 | 45.9 | ||
Conservative | Raymond William Fisher | 834 | 32.2 | ||
UKIP | Jennifer Mary Jefferies | 476 | 18.4 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Raymond Martin James | 92 | 3.5 | ||
Majority | 356 | 13.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,592 | 30 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Malcolm Davies | 1131 | 54.77 | ||
Labour | Robert Heath | 505 | 24.45 | ||
UKIP | Gary Belben | 258 | 12.49 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Gerard Taylor | 88 | 4.26 | ||
Green | Simon Fairbourn | 83 | 4.02 | ||
Majority | 626 | 30.32 | |||
Turnout | 2065 | 26 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gary Sumner | 669 | 59.0 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Fiona Mcanespie | 232 | 20.5 | ||
Labour | Samuel Thomas James | 108 | 9.5 | ||
UKIP | Juan Pablo Kosidowski | 82 | 7.2 | ||
Green | Paul Sunners | 43 | 3.8 | ||
Majority | 437 | 38.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,134 | 46 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Des Moffatt | 1660 | 62.76 | ||
Conservative | Stephanie Clark | 695 | 26.28 | ||
Green | Roderick Hebden-Leeder | 181 | 6.84 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Fraser McCormick | 109 | 4.12 | ||
Majority | 965 | 36.48 | |||
Turnout | 2645 | 30 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Keith Williams | 1268 | 50.84 | ||
Labour | Graham Philpot | 840 | 33.68 | ||
Green | Nigel Kimber | 221 | 8.86 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Nicholas Roberts | 165 | 6.62 | ||
Majority | 428 | 17.16 | |||
Turnout | 2494 | 32 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Vera Tomlinson | 1360 | 59.83 | ||
Labour | Maura Clarke | 519 | 22.83 | ||
UKIP | Susan Short | 249 | 10.95 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Deborah King | 145 | 6.38 | ||
Majority | 841 | 37.0 | |||
Turnout | 2273 | 29 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Russell Holland | 1409 | 49.65 | ||
Labour | Andrew Pedersen | 880 | 31.00 | ||
UKIP | Michael Viret | 393 | 13.85 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Dawn Pajak | 81 | 2.85 | ||
Green | Howard March | 75 | 2.64 | ||
Majority | 529 | 18.65 | |||
Turnout | 2838 | 32 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stephen Allsopp | 1424 | 53.35 | ||
Conservative | Ellen Heavens | 563 | 21.09 | ||
UKIP | Stephen Halden | 432 | 16.19 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Kathleen McCarthy | 151 | 5.66 | ||
Green | Jennifer Miles | 86 | 3.22 | ||
Social Democratic Party (UK) | Paulos Chatzinopoulos | 13 | 0.49 | ||
Majority | 861 | 32.26 | |||
Turnout | 2669 | 32 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Brian Ford | 1212 | 54.62 | ||
Green | Talis Kimberley-Fairbourn | 326 | 14.69 | ||
Labour | Imtiyaz Shaikh | 305 | 13.74 | ||
UKIP | Malcolm Jefferies | 258 | 11.63 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Christopher Shepherd | 118 | 5.31 | ||
Majority | 886 | 39.93 | |||
Turnout | 2219 | 38 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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