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
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Leader Kristofer Wilson Chris Watkins Keith Kondakor[1]
Party Conservative Labour Green
Leader's seat Whitestone Kingswood Weddington
Current seats 27 5 2
Seats needed Increase 15 Increase 18
Incumbent Leader

Kristofer Wilson
Conservative



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.

Labour gained overall control of the council from the Conservatives.[2]

Background[edit]

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.

Boundary changes[edit]

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
Abbey Arbury
Arbury Attleborough
Attleborough Bede
Bar Pool Bulkington
Bede Camp Hill
Bulkington Chilvers Coton
Camp Hill Eastboro
Exhall Exhall
Galley Common Galley Common
Heath Heath
Kingswood Milby
Poplar Poplar
Slough Slough
St Nicolas St Mary's
Weddington St Nicolas
Wem Brook Stockingford East
Whitestone Stockingford West
Weddington
Whitestone

Previous council composition[edit]

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

Results[edit]

2024 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 38 20
  Conservative 38 16
  Green 10 2
  TUSC 7 0
  Independent 2 0
  Coventry Citizens 2 0
  Liberal Democrats 1 0

Ward results[edit]

An asterisk denotes an incumbent councillor seeking re-election.

Arbury[edit]

Arbury[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brady Hughes[a] 695
Labour Christian Smith[b] 656
Conservative Clare Golby* 651
Conservative Michael Green* 602
TUSC Eve Miller 146
Turnout 26.87
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Attleborough[edit]

Attleborough[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Caroline Phillips[a] 644
Labour Stephen Hey[b] 624
Conservative Richard Baxter-Payne* 529
Conservative Kamaljeet Thiara 457
Independent Khalil Ahmed 200
Turnout 25.25
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Bede[edit]

Bede[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Hancox[a] 799
Labour Anne-Marie Bull[b] 796
Conservative Hayley Downs 490
Conservative Peter Gilbert 476
Turnout 24.30
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Bulkington[edit]

Bulkington[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ljubisa Cvetkovic*[a] 980
Conservative Richard Smith*[b] 814
Labour John Beaumont 601
Labour Campbell McKee 448
Turnout 31.59
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Camp Hill[edit]

Camp Hill[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sharon Dhillon[a] 575
Labour Eric Amaechi[b] 523
Conservative Colin Cape* 346
Conservative Romaine Tabet 293
TUSC Paul Reilly 117
Turnout 19.06
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Chilvers Coton[edit]

Chilvers Coton[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tracy Sheppard*[a] 680
Labour Tony Venson[b] 564
Green David Fletcher 299
Conservative Scott Harbison* 222
Conservative Sebastian Gran 220
TUSC Bernadette Quinn 205
Turnout 24.74
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Eastboro[edit]

Eastboro[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tony Cooper*[a] 591
Conservative Mark Etienne[b] 475
Labour Brian Walmsley 408
Labour Sunday Ajayi 383
Green Spring Vernon 231
Turnout 29.19
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Exhall[edit]

Exhall[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Damon Brown*[a] 717
Labour Tim Jenkins[b] 628
Labour Helen Sinclair 598
Conservative Sandra Walsh 526
Green Merle Gering 152
TUSC Eileen Hunter 66
Coventry Citizens Andrew Frampton 59
Coventry Citizens Megan Frampton 51
Turnout 28.80
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Galley Common[edit]

Galley Common[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Hickling[a] 722
Conservative Samuel Croft*[b] 654
Labour Alex Ratcliffe 621
Conservative Pauly Palamattom 548
Turnout 23.86
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Heath[edit]

Heath[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Will Markham[a] 788
Labour Rob Roze[b] 661
Conservative Jasbir Singh* 647
Conservative Lee Downs* 590
Turnout 25.53
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Milby[edit]

Milby[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Bird[a] 524
Conservative Jonathan Collett[b] 462
Labour Lindsey Brookes 289
Green Tess Brookes 277
Labour Michael Fowler 214
Turnout 32.6
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Poplar[edit]

Poplar[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bhagwant Pandher*[a] 674
Conservative Amarjit Khangura[b] 619
Labour Luke Charles 576
Labour Bob Copland 563
Green Krissi Cope 162
Green Richard Cope 147
Turnout 28.62
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Slough[edit]

Slough[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sue Markham*[a] 750
Conservative Martin Walsh*[b] 690
Labour Mark Garratt 674
Labour Paul Waldron 596
Independent Sam Margrave 413
TUSC Mark Burdett 91
Turnout 30.18
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

St Mary's[edit]

St Mary's[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bhim Saru[a] 809
Labour Jill Sheppard*[b] 797
Conservative Craig Aston 355
Conservative Peter Aucott 294
Turnout 21.96
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

St Nicolas[edit]

St Nicolas[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jeffrey Clarke[a] 1,002
Conservative Jamie Hartshorn*[b] 842
Labour Joshua McDonagh 475
Labour Matthew Smith 434
Green Andrew Heritage 429
TUSC Danny Webb 71
Turnout 37.40
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Stockingford East[edit]

Stockingford East[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jack Bonner[a] 736
Labour Nicky King[b] 713
Conservative Christopher Collins 510
Conservative Sue Underhill 435
Turnout 24.97
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Stockingford West[edit]

Stockingford West[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chris Watkins*[a] 747
Labour Kath Price[b] 742
Conservative Ewan Evans 445
Conservative Jack Kennaugh* 426
TUSC Catherine Mosey 120
Turnout 22.23
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Weddington[edit]

Weddington[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Michele Kondakor[a] 1,037
Green Mike Wright*[b] 847
Conservative Graham Curtis 363
Conservative Lilian Pilkington 344
Labour Sutish Badhan 261
Labour Collette Watkins 259
Liberal Democrats Joy Salaja 42
Turnout 32.63
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)

Whitestone[edit]

Whitestone[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kristofer Wilson*[a] 1,173
Conservative Julian Gutteridge*[b] 1,170
Labour Jamie Blakemore 568
Labour Dianne Fowler 521
Green Sophie Bonner 256
Turnout 37.44
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Elected for four years.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Elected for two years.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Nevett, Joshua (22 February 2024). "Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council cuts £40m from regeneration plan". BBC News. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Labour gains control of Nuneaton and Bedworth council after Conservative loss". Channel 4 News. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Nuneaton & Bedworth Vote 2010". BBC News. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  5. ^ "BBC News - Vote 2012 - Nuneaton & Bedworth". BBC News. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  6. ^ "The Nuneaton & Bedworth (Electoral Changes) Order 2024", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2024/3, retrieved 6 March 2024
  7. ^ "The Borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth (Electoral Changes) Order 2000", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2000/2058, retrieved 6 March 2024
  8. ^ "Your local councillor". Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "Candidates". Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
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