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

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.[3]

Results

2024 Swindon Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 14 Increase 9 70.0 27 41 71.9 25,574 50.2 -1.7
  Conservative 6 Decrease 8 30.0 9 15 26.3 18,060 35.5 +0.8
  Liberal Democrats 0 Steady 0.0 1 1 1.8 5,011 9.8 +1.9
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 2,529 5.0 +0.1
  Independent 0 Decrease 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 718 1.4 +1.0
  TUSC 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 404 0.8 +0.6
  Reform UK 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 284 0.6 N/A

Ward results

Borough Statement of Persons nominated per each Ward:[4]

The results were as follows:[5]

Blunsdon and Highworth

Blunsdon & Highworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Vijay Manro* 1,399 45.4 +0.2
Labour Ian James 1,191 38.6 +3.6
Green Andrew Day 336 10.9 −1.6
Liberal Democrats Hannah Pajak 127 4.1 −3.1
Majority 208 6.7
Turnout 3,083 33.6 –3.8
Registered electors 9,187
Conservative hold Swing Decrease1.7

Central

Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Domingos Dias 2,117 52.6 −9.2
Conservative Lourenco Fernandes* 838 20.8 −12.1
Independent Vintur Fernandes 718 17.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Marek Sarnowski 195 4.8 +1.1
TUSC Mary Quate 124 3.1 N/A
Majority 1,279 31.8
Turnout 4,027 39.6 –1.4
Registered electors 10,158
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase1.5

Covingham and Dorcan

Covingham & Dorcan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Barbara Parry* 1,469 48.2 +2.0
Labour Rebecca Banwell-Moore 1,363 44.7 +4.5
Liberal Democrats Sheila Kerslake 111 3.6 −2.7
TUSC Scott Hunter 86 2.8 +1.3
Majority 106 3.5
Turnout 3,048 36.9 +2.5
Registered electors 8,254
Conservative hold Swing Decrease1.3

Eastcott

Eastcott
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Marina Strinkovsky* 1,719 60.8 +0.8
Liberal Democrats Toby Robson 455 16.1 −6.2
Conservative Srinivasu Anupindi 388 13.7 +0.7
Green Chris Noyce 233 8.2 +3.6
Majority 1264 44.7
Turnout 2,828 35.5 –4.8
Registered electors 7,973
Labour hold Swing Increase3.5

Gorse Hill and Pinehurst

Gorse Hill & Pinehurst
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Princia Jenovi Fernandes 1,652 61.5 +5.0
Conservative Niyi Adekoya 530 19.7 −13.5
Green Andy Bentley 290 10.8 +3.6
Liberal Democrats Gerry Taylor 133 5.0 +2.0
TUSC Helen Harris 48 1.8 N/A
Majority 1,122 41.8
Turnout 2,684 28.9 –2.0
Registered electors 9,285
Labour hold Swing Increase9.3

Haydon Wick

Haydon Wick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ray Ballman* 1,359 50.3 −7.0
Conservative Bose Patrick-Okoh 1,050 38.9 +2.1
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey King 257 9.5 +3.6
Majority 309 11.4
Turnout 2,701 31.0 –5.7
Registered electors 8,726
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Decrease4.6

Liden, Eldene and Park South

Liden, Eldene & Park South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Marianne Le Coyte-Grinney 1,308 53.4 −5.2
Conservative Roy Stephen 662 27.0 −9.3
Reform UK Bob Wheeler 284 11.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Salmon 187 7.6 +2.5
Majority 646 26.4
Turnout 2,451 30.5 –3.2
Registered electors 8,030
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.1

Lydiard and Freshbrook

Lydiard & Freshbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Leon Grother 1,312 51.6 −1.1
Conservative Caryl Sydney-Smith 898 35.3 −3.5
Liberal Democrats Christopher Shepard 208 8.2 +3.1
TUSC Robert Pettefar 102 4.0 +0.6
Majority 414 16.3
Turnout 2,545 31.6 –4.0
Registered electors 8,053
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase1.2

Mannington and Western

Mannington & Western
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin Small* 1,368 66.2 +1.1
Conservative Nandini Singh 464 22.5 −5.0
Liberal Democrats Fraser McCormick 204 9.9 +2.5
Majority 904 43.8
Turnout 2,065 27.4 –3.7
Registered electors 7,544
Labour hold Swing Increase3.1

Old Town

Old Town
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jane Milner-Barry* 1,873 65.5 +1.0
Conservative Bazil Solomon 586 20.5 −2.1
Green Bill Hughes 181 6.3 −0.7
Liberal Democrats Martin Wiltshire 157 5.5 −0.5
TUSC Daisy Bowie 44 1.5 N/A
Majority 1,287 45.0
Turnout 2,858 35.1 –4.3
Registered electors 8,136
Labour hold Swing Increase1.6

Penhill and Upper Stratton

Penhill & Upper Stratton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Smith 1,106 49.2 −4.0
Conservative David Ibitoye 878 39.0 +0.7
Liberal Democrats Michelle Horrobin 244 10.8 +2.3
Majority 228 10.1
Turnout 2,249 25.0 –5.1
Registered electors 9,006
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Decrease1.7

Priory Vale

Priory Vale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ian Edwards 1,156 45.8 −1.8
Conservative Vinay Manro 1,076 42.6 +0.5
Green Pete Best 172 6.8 +0.7
Liberal Democrats Deborah King 101 4.0 −0.2
Majority 80 3.2
Turnout 2,525 29.1 –4.0
Registered electors 8,676
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Decrease0.7

Ridgeway

Ridgeway
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gary Sumner* 574 55.3 −17.3
Liberal Democrats Liz Mearns 246 23.7 +9.3
Labour Stephen Allsop 216 20.8 +10.4
Majority 328 31.6
Turnout 1,038 37.6 –14.1
Registered electors 2,763
Conservative hold Swing Decrease13.3

Rodbourne Cheney

Rodbourne Cheney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ana Fernandes * 1,420 53.4 −7.1
Conservative Sudha Nukana 870 32.7 +4.7
Green Rod Hebden 231 8.7 +1.7
Liberal Democrats Ciaran Skinner 118 4.4 −0.2
Majority 550 20.7
Turnout 2,659 28.7 ±0.0
Registered electors 9,257
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Decrease5.9

Shaw

Shaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rose Llewellyn 1,405 50.0 +0.8
Conservative Keith Williams* 1,131 40.3 −1.9
Liberal Democrats Zoe McCormick 248 8.8 +0.2
Majority 274 9.8
Turnout 2,808 35.1 –4.1
Registered electors 8,009
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase1.7

St Andrews

St Andrews
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Daniel Adams* 1,642 45.0 +10.4
Labour Josh Wood 1,490 40.9 +0.5
Green Howard March 311 8.5 −13.5
Liberal Democrats Dawn Pajak 191 5.2 +2.1
Majority 152 4.2
Turnout 3,647 28.4 –1.4
Registered electors 12,845
Conservative hold Swing Increase5.0

St Margaret and South Marston

St Margaret & South Marston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Simon Shelley 1,231 43.0 −6.8
Conservative Eleanor Willis 1,199 41.9 +2.9
Green Ella March 210 7.3 +0.5
Liberal Democrats Lynda Comber 183 6.4 +1.9
Majority 32 1.1
Turnout 2,861 30.4 –5.8
Registered electors 9,426
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Decrease4.9

Walcot and Park North

Walcot & Park North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jamal Miah* 1,539 64.0 +5.8
Conservative Dave Bell 496 20.6 −9.2
Liberal Democrats Michael Dickinson 187 7.8 +2.3
Green Ian Lodwick 160 6.7 N/A
Majority 1,043 43.4
Turnout 2,403 27.2 –5.4
Registered electors 8,842
Labour hold Swing Increase7.5

Wroughton and Wichelstowe

Wroughton & Wichelstowe (2 seats due to by-election)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Matty Courtliff 1,026 42.3 +7.6
Conservative Gayle Cook 884 36.4 +1.7
Liberal Democrats Martin Barrett 816 33.6 −2.0
Liberal Democrats Stan Pajak 643 26.5 −9.1
Labour Saleh Ahmed 417 17.2 −2.2
Green Simon Fairbourn 405 16.7 +6.4
Labour Abdul Hamid 332 13.7 −5.7
Turnout 2,427 34.9 –2.3
Registered electors 6,950
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Independent

Changes 2024-2026

Affiliation changes

By-elections

Rodbourne Cheney

Rodbourne Cheney by-election: 17 October 2024
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sudha Nukana 991 48.6 +15.9
Labour Meural Cardoso 694 34.0 –19.4
Green Roderick Hebden 173 8.5 –0.2
Independent Alex Petrarche 100 4.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Ciaran Skinner 82 4.0 –0.4
Majority 297 14.6 N/A
Turnout 2,053 21.7 –7.0
Registered electors 9,457
Conservative gain from Labour Swing Increase17.7

References

  1. ^ "Election timetable in England". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
  2. ^ "Local elections 2023: Labour take 'key target' Swindon". BBC News. 2023-05-05. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
  3. ^ Thomas, Aled (3 May 2024). "Labour tightens grip on Swindon council after election triumph". Swindon Advertiser. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  4. ^ Council, Swindon Borough. "Borough Statement of Persons Nominated | Swindon Borough Council". www.swindon.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
  5. ^ "Election results". Swindon Borough Council. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
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