2024 Swindon Borough Council election

2024 Swindon Borough Council election

2 May 2024 (2024-05-02)
20 of the 57 seats to Swindon Borough Council. Includes 1 midterm vacancy 29 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Jim Robbins Gary Sumner Party Labour Conservative Seats before 32 23 Seats won 14 6 Seats after 41 15 Seat change 9 8   Third party   Leader Adam Poole Party Liberal Democrats Seats before 1 Seats won 0 Seats after 1 Seat change 0
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.

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. They increased their majority from 5 seats in 2023 to 13 seats in 2024.

Results

Borough Statement of Persons nominated per each Ward:

The results were as follows:

Blunsdon and Highworth

Blunsdon & Highworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Andrew Day	336	10.9
	Labour	Ian James	1,191	38.6
	Conservative	Vijay Manro*	1,399	45.4
	Liberal Democrats	Hannah Pajak	127	4.1
Majority			208	6.7

Central

Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Domingos Dias	2,117	52.6
	Conservative	Lourenco Fernandes*	838	20.8
		Vintur Fernandes	718	17.8
	TUSC	Mary Quate	124	3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Marek Sarnowski	195	4.8
Majority			1,279	31.8

Covingham and Dorcan

Covingham & Dorcan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rebecca Banwell-Moore	1,363	44.7
	TUSC	Scott Hunter	86	2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Kerslake	111	3.6
	Conservative	Barbara Parry*	1,469	48.2
Majority			106	3.5

Eastcott

Eastcott

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Srinivasu Anupindi	388	13.7
	Green	Chris Noyce	233	8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Toby Robson	455	16.1
	Labour	Marina Strinkovsky*	1,719	60.8
Majority			1264	44.7

Gorse Hill and Pinehurst

Gorse Hill & Pinehurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Niyi Adekoya	530	19.7
	Green	Andy Bentley	290	10.8
	Labour	Princia Jenovi Fernandes	1,652	61.5
	TUSC	Helen Harris	48	1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Gerry Taylor	133	5.0
Majority			1,122	41.8

Haydon Wick

Haydon Wick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ray Ballman*	1,359	50.3
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey King	257	9.5
	Conservative	Bose Patrick-Okoh	1,050	38.9
Majority			309	11.4

Liden, Eldene and Park South

Liden, Eldene & Park South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marianne Le Coyte-Grinney	1,308	53.4
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Salmon	187	7.6
	Conservative	Roy Stephen	662	27.0
	Reform UK	Bob Wheeler	284	11.6
Majority			646	26.4

Lydiard and Freshbrook

Lydiard & Freshbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leon Grother	1,312	51.6
	TUSC	Robert Pettefar	102	4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Shepard	208	8.2
	Conservative	Caryl Sydney-Smith	898	35.3
Majority			414	16.3

Mannington and Western

Mannington & Western

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Fraser McCormick	204	9.9
	Conservative	Nandini Singh	464	22.5
	Labour	Kevin Small*	1,368	66.2
Majority			904	43.8

Old Town

Old Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TUSC	Daisy Bowie	44	1.5
	Green	Bill Hughes	181	6.3
	Labour	Jane Milner-Barry*	1,873	65.5
	Conservative	Bazil Solomon	586	20.5
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Wiltshire	157	5.5
Majority			1,287	45.0

Penhill and Upper Stratton

Penhill & Upper Stratton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michelle Horrobin	244	10.8
	Conservative	David Ibitoye	878	39.0
	Labour	Thomas Smith	1,106	49.2
Majority			228	10.1

Priory Vale

Priority Vale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Pete Best	172	6.8
	Labour	Ian Edwards	1,156	45.8
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah King	101	4.0
	Conservative	Vinay Manro	1,076	42.6
Majority			80	3.2

Ridgeway

Ridgeway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Allsop	216	20.8
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Mearns	246	23.7
	Conservative	Gary Sumner*	574	55.3
Majority			328	31.6

Rodbourne Cheney

Rodbourne Cheney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ana Fernandes *	1,420	53.4
	Green	Rod Hebden	231	8.7
	Conservative	Sudha Nukana	870	32.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ciaran Skinner	118	4.4
Majority			550	20.7
Turnout				28.72

Shaw

Shaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rose Llewellyn	1,405	50.0
	Liberal Democrats	Zoe McCormick	248	8.8
	Conservative	Keith Williams*	1,131	40.3
Majority			274	9.8

St Andrews

St Andrews

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel Adams*	1,642	45.0
	Green	Howard March	311	8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Dawn Pajak	191	5.2
	Labour	Josh Wood	1,490	40.9
Majority			152	4.2

St Margaret and South Marston

St Margaret & South Marston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lynda Comber	183	6.4
	Green	Ella March	210	7.3
	Labour	Simon Shelley	1,231	43.0
	Conservative	Eleanor Willis	1,199	41.9
Majority			32	1.1

Walcot and Park North

Walcot & Park North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dave Bell	496	20.6
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Dickinson	187	7.8
	Green	Ian Lodwick	160	6.7
	Labour	Jamal Miah*	1,539	64.0
Majority			1,043	43.4

Wroughton and Wichelstowe (Two Seats)

Wroughton & Wichelstowe (Two Seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Saleh Ahmed	417	17.2
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Barrett	816	33.6
	Conservative	Gayle Cook	884	36.4
	Conservative	Matty Courtliff	1,026	42.3
	Green	Simon Fairbourn	405	16.7
	Labour	Abdul Hamid	332	13.7
	Liberal Democrats	Stan Pajak	643	26.5
Majority