Swindon Borough Council elections

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Swindon Borough Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Swindon in Wiltshire, England. Until 1 April 1997 its area was a non-metropolitan district called Thamesdown Borough Council, with Wiltshire County Council providing the county-level services.

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District council

Unitary authority

Results maps

By-election results

1994–1998

Central By-Election 15 May 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 54846.3
Liberal Democrats 30025.3
Conservative 22418.9
Green 695.8
Socialist Labour 4453.7.8
Majority24821.0
Turnout 1,18520.7
Labour hold Swing
Park By-Election 21 August 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 71566.0-4.4
Conservative 29727.4+11.2
Liberal Democrats 726.6-6.8
Majority41838.6
Turnout 1,08415.2
Labour hold Swing

2002-2006

St Margaret By-Election 30 January 2003 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Raymond Fisher81452.5+5.3
Labour 40926.4-13.2
Liberal Democrats 25816.6+3.4
UKIP 694.5+4.5
Majority40526.1
Turnout 1,55020.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Central By-Election 22 January 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 51337.9+0.3
Liberal Democrats 35926.5-12.1
Conservative 22916.9-0.6
SA1198.8+8.8
Green 715.2+5.2
SOU413.0-3.2
UKIP 211.6+1.6
Majority15411.4
Turnout 1,35319.4
Labour hold Swing
Western By-Election 22 January 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 82947.5+4.2
Conservative 65137.3+11.3
Liberal Democrats 1548.8-13.5
UKIP 794.5-3.9
Green 341.9+1.9
Majority17810.2
Turnout 1,74723.5
Labour hold Swing
Walcot By-Election 3 February 2005 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Mallinson70638.4-3.4
Conservative 58631.9-1.8
Liberal Democrats 33818.4+1.2
Independent 1065.8+5.8
Green 603.3-3.9
UKIP 432.3+2.3
Majority1206.5
Turnout 1,83935.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

2010-2012

Moredon By-Election 4 November 2010 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jenny Millin88747.5+12.6
Conservative Toby Elliott75540.4+1.0
UKIP William Oram1296.9+6.9
Liberal Democrats Chris Ward985.2-13.3
Majority1327.1
Turnout 1,86923.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

2012-2014

Blunsdon and Highworth by-election 15 November 2012 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Steve Weisinger1,453
Labour Phil Beaumont1,075
UKIP John Lenton195
Green Andrew Donald Day111
Liberal Democrats Cath Smith23
Majority378
Turnout 32.6
Conservative hold Swing
Haydon Wick by-election 8 August 2013 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Oliver Donachie1,37649.6+6.0
Labour Maura Clarke88732.0+0.8
UKIP Ed Gerrard42615.4+4.8
Liberal Democrats Sean Davey833.0-3.3
Majority48917.6
Turnout 2,772
Conservative hold Swing

2018-2022

Priory Vale by-election 24 June 2021 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kate Tomlinson1,13960.6+6.4
Labour Ian Edwards50827.0-5.9
Liberal Democrats Joseph Polson1025.4+5.4
Green Stephen Litchfield834.4-3.4
Independent Elena Mari472.5+2.5
Majority63133.6
Turnout 1,879
Conservative hold Swing

2022-2026

St Margaret and South Marston by-election 20 July 2023 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Matthew Vallender1,14350.6+11.6
Labour Joseph Polson1,11849.4-0.4
Majority251.2
Turnout 2,261
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

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References

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  2. ↑ legislation.gov.uk – The North Wiltshire and Thamesdown (Areas) Order 1980. Retrieved on 18 November 2015.
  3. ↑ The Oxfordshire and Wiltshire (Areas) Order 1980
  4. ↑ The Borough of Thamesdown (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1986
  5. ↑ legislation.gov.uk – The Borough of Swindon (Electoral Changes) Order 1999. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Swindon". BBC News Online . Retrieved 16 August 2009.
  7. ↑ "Want to be a Councillor?". Swindon Borough Council. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  8. ↑ legislation.gov.uk – The Swindon (Electoral Changes) Order 2012. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
  9. ↑ legislation.gov.uk – The Swindon (Electoral Changes) Order 2015. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
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  11. ↑ "Labour slips in the snow". guardian.co.uk . London. 31 January 2003. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
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  16. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Priory Vale Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  17. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — St Margaret and South Marston Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
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