2024 Swindon Borough Council election

2024 Swindon Borough Council election
← 2023 4 May 2024 2026 →
20 out of 57 seats to Swindon Borough Council; 29 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 2024 Swindon Borough Council election
Leader before election; Jim Robbins; Labour	Leader after election ; Jim Robbins; Labour

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]

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

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	1.7

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	1.5

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	1.3

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	3.5

2024 Swindon Borough Council election

Ward results

Blunsdon and Highworth

Central

Covingham and Dorcan

Eastcott

Gorse Hill and Pinehurst

Haydon Wick

Liden, Eldene and Park South

Lydiard and Freshbrook

Mannington and Western

Old Town

Penhill and Upper Stratton

Priory Vale

Ridgeway

Rodbourne Cheney

Shaw

St Andrews

St Margaret and South Marston

Walcot and Park North

Wroughton and Wichelstowe

Changes 2024-2026

Affiliation changes

By-elections

Rodbourne Cheney

References

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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	9.3

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	4.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marianne Le Coyte-Grinney	1,308	53.4	−5.2
	Conservative	Roy Stephen	662	27.0	−9.3
	Reform	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	2.1

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	1.2

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	3.1

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	1.6

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	1.7

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	0.7

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	13.3

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	5.9

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	4.9

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	7.5

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

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	17.7

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	1.7

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	5.0

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Kennet District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished
North Wiltshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished
Salisbury District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished
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