2025 Warwickshire County Council election

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All 57 seas in the Warwickshire County Council
29 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Rob Howard	Jerry Roodhouse	Izzi Seccombe
Party	Reform	Liberal Democrats	Conservative
Leader's seat	Attleborough	Eastlands	Stour and the Vale (lost)
Last election	0 seats, 0.1%	5 seats, 15.3%	42 seats, 48.6%
Seats before	0	5	41
Seats won	23	14	9
Seat change	23	9	32
Popular vote	48,790	27,985	40,400
Percentage	30.4%	17.5%	25.20%
Swing	30.3 pp	2.2 pp	23.4 pp

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Leader	Jonathan Chilvers	Sarah Feeney	Judy Falp
Party	Green	Labour	Whitnash Residents
Leader's seat	Leamington Brunswick	Benn	Whitnash
Last election	3 seats, 12.6%	6 seat, 21.5%	1 seat, 0.7%
Seats before	3	6	1
Seats won	7	3	1
Seat change	4	3	1
Popular vote	19,268	20,907	971
Percentage	12.0%	13.0%	0.6%
Swing	0.6 pp	8.5 pp	0.1 pp

Composition of the council after the election

Leader before election

Izzi Seccombe
Conservative

Leader after election

Rob Howard
Reform

The 2025 Warwickshire County Council election took place on 1 May 2025 to elect members to Warwickshire County Council in Warwickshire, England.^[1] All 57 seats were elected.^[2] The election took place on the same day as other local elections in England. The council was under Conservative majority control prior to the election. The election saw the council go under no overall control, with Reform UK becoming the largest party.

At the 2021 election, the Conservatives won a majority of seats.^[3]

Previous council composition

After 2021 election			Before 2025 election^[4]
Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Conservative	42		Conservative	41
	Labour	6		Labour	6
	Liberal Democrats	5		Liberal Democrats	5
	Green	3		Green	3
	Whitnash Residents	1		Whitnash Residents	0
	Independent	0		Independent	2

Changes 2021–2025

May 2022: John Horner (Conservative) dies – by-election held July 2022^[5]
July 2022: Ian Shenton (Conservative) wins by-election^[6]
November 2023: Howard Roberts (Conservative) resigns – by-election held December 2023^[7]
December 2023: Dale Keeling (Conservative) wins by-election^[8]
February 2025: Wallace Redford (Conservative) leaves party to sit as an independent^[9]
Judy Falp (Whitnash Residents) leaves party to sit as an independent

Summary

The council was under Conservative majority control prior to the election, led by Izzi Seccombe. The election saw the council go under no overall control; the Conservatives fell back to being only the third largest party, being overtaken by both Reform UK and the Liberal Democrats, and Seccombe lost her seat.^[10] There had been no Reform UK councillors prior to the election, but they emerged as the largest party, with 23 seats. They chose Rob Howard to be their new group leader, and he was formally appointed as the new leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 16 May 2025.^[11] (Howard resigned as leader just over a month later.)^[12]

Election result

2025 Warwickshire County Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Reform	57	23	23	0	23	40.4	30.44	48,790	+30.34
	Liberal Democrats	57	14	9	0	9	24.6	17.46	27,985	+2.16
	Conservative	57	9	0	32	32	15.7	25.20	40,400	-23.4
	Green	47	7	4	0	4	12.3	12.02	19,268	-0.58
	Labour	57	3	1	4	3	5.3	13.04	20,907	-8.46
	Whitnash Residents	1	1	0	0		1.8	0.61	971	-0.1
	TUSC	12	0	0	0			0.34	540
	Independent	6	0	0	0			0.73	1,173
	Freedom Alliance (UK)	1	0	0	0			0.02	40
	Heritage	1	0	0	0			0.03	55
	National Housing Party	1	0	0	0			0.02	33
	UKIP	1	0	0	0			0.02	32
	Workers Party	1	0	0	0			0.06	104

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Reform UK	7	7	7,791	46.6	N/A
	Conservative	0	7	4,379	26.2	-39.4
	Labour	0		2,700	16.2	-12.1
	Independent	0		967	5.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	0		530	3.2	2.5
	Green	0		279	1.8	-3.6
	Heritage Party	0		55	0.3	N/A
Total		7		16,701

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Robert Gisbourne	956	43.5	*New*
	Conservative	Mejar Singh*	683	31.1	27.5
	Labour	Dawn Wilkinson	434	19.8	15.5
	Green	Joshua Wickham-Young	86	3.9	2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Rambir Khatkar	38	1.7	New
Majority			273	12.4	N/A
Turnout			2197
Registered electors
	Reform gain from Conservative		Swing	35.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Edward Harris	1,192	45.5	*New*
	Conservative	Andy Wright	796	30.4	42.3
	Labour	Owen Phillips	549	21.0	6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Vos	83	3.2	New
Majority			396	15.1	N/A
Turnout			2620
Registered electors
	Reform gain from Conservative		Swing	43.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Robert Aitkenhead	845	40.0	*New*
	Independent	Steve Stuart	733	34.7	New
	Conservative	Martin Watson*	298	14.1	53.4
	Labour	Olwen Brown	150	7.1	15.6
	Green	Peggy Wiseman	39	1.8	8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Karyl Rees	28	1.3	New
	Independent	Paul Hopkins	22	1.0	New
Majority			112	5.3	N/A
Turnout			2115
Registered electors
	Reform gain from Conservative		Swing	46.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Scott Cameron	1,263	51.3	*New*
	Conservative	Dave Humphreys*	635	25.8	36.5
	Labour	Tony Short	338	13.7	13.6
	Green	Margaret Hughes	154	6.3	0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Thom Holmes	73	3.0	1.5
Majority			628	25.5	N/A
Turnout			2463
Registered electors
	Reform gain from Conservative		Swing	43.9

2025 Warwickshire County Council election

Previous council composition

Changes 2021–2025

Summary

Election result

Results by district

North Warwickshire

Nuneaton and Bedworth

Rugby

Stratford-on-Avon

Warwick

See also

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Jennifer Warren	1,210	50.1	*New*
	Labour	Katie Hobley	577	23.9	1.0
	Conservative	Richard Baxter-Payne*	469	19.4	46.8
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Duck	104	4.3	New
	Heritage	Peter Downes	55	2.3	New
Majority			633	26.2	N/A
Turnout			2415
Registered electors
	Reform gain from Conservative		Swing	48.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Stuart Green	1,174	47.9	*New*
	Conservative	Andy Jenns*	917	37.4	43.2
	Labour	Hayden Phillips	252	10.3	9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Coles	108	4.4	New
Majority			257	10.5	N/A
Turnout			2451
Registered electors
	Reform gain from Conservative		Swing	45.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Stephen Shaw	1,151	47.2	*New*
	Conservative	Marian Humphreys*	583	23.9	26.0
	Labour	Neil Chapman	400	16.4	25.7
	Independent	Michael Osborne	212	8.7	New
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Harding	95	3.9	New
Majority			568	23.3	N/A
Turnout			2441
Registered electors
	Reform gain from Conservative		Swing	36.6

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Reform UK	12	12	14,094	44.7	+44.5
	Green	1	1	3,654	11.6	-1.6
	Conservative	0	12	7,052	22.4	-34.6
	Labour	0	1	4,881	15.5	-10.0
	Liberal Democrats	0		1,180	3.7	+3.8
	TUSC	0		540	1.7	+1.2
	Workers Party	0		104	0.1	N/A
Total		13		31,505

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Wayne Briggs	1,118	52.7	*New*
	Conservative	Michael Green	449	21.2	42.4
	Labour	Eric Amaechi	378	17.8	9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Victoria Alcock	121	5.7	4.2
	TUSC	Eve Miller	54	2.5	New
Majority			669	31.6	N/A
Turnout			2120
Registered electors
	Reform gain from Conservative		Swing	47.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Rob Howard	1,014	47.9	46.0
	Conservative	Graham Curtis	376	17.8	26.4
	Labour Co-op	Steve Hey	367	17.3	2.8
	Green	Spring Vernon	153	7.2	0.7
	Workers Party	John Homer	104	4.9	New
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Brown	102	4.8	New
Majority			638	30.2	N/A
Turnout			2116
Registered electors
	Reform gain from Conservative		Swing	36.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	George Finch	1,563	62.1	*New*
	Labour	Julie Jackson	421	16.7	17.1
	Conservative	Martin Walsh	346	13.8	52.4
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Beddow	126	5.0	New
	TUSC	George Clark	60	2.4	New
Majority			1142
Turnout			2516	45.4	N/A
Registered electors
	Reform gain from Conservative		Swing	57.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Stan Carvell	1,083	48.8	*New*
	Labour Co-op	Rob Roze	472	21.3	9.2
	Conservative	Brian Hammersley*	405	18.3	44.1
	Green	Krissi Cope	169	7.6	0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Eccleston	68	3.1	New
	TUSC	Steve Gee	21	0.9	New
Majority			611	27.5	N/A
Turnout			2218
Registered electors
	Reform gain from Conservative		Swing	46.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Neil Garland	1,191	48.7	*New*
	Conservative	Sue Markham*	743	30.4	32.7
	Labour	Brandon Jiggins	372	15.2	13.7
	Liberal Democrats	Lynn Bowring	98	4.0	New
	TUSC	Mark Burdett	40	1.6	0.5
Majority			448	18.3	N/A
Turnout			2444
Registered electors
	Reform gain from Conservative		Swing	40.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Chris Morris	1,097	49.5	*New*
	Conservative	Pete Gilbert*	556	25.1	35.7
	Labour	Sunday Ajayi	344	15.5	14.3
	Green	Merle Gering	141	6.4	0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ederyn Williams	53	2.4	New
	TUSC	Eileen Hunter	26	1.2	2.0
Majority			541	24.4	N/A
Turnout			2217
Registered electors
	Reform gain from Conservative		Swing	42.6

Nuneaton Abbey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Mike Bannister	654	32.5	*New*
	Labour	Caroline Phillips*	572	28.4	22.5
	Conservative	Scott Harbison	254	12.6	21.6
	Green	Mike Wright	240	11.9	2.6
	TUSC	Keith Claridge	225	11.2	New
	Liberal Democrats	Frederik Dahlmann	67	3.3	New
Majority			82	4.1	N/A
Turnout			2012
Registered electors
	Reform gain from Labour		Swing	27.5

Nuneaton East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Darren Cheshire	1,269	40.7	*New*
	Conservative	Jeff Clarke*	955	30.6	27.3
	Green	Michele Kondakor	465	14.9	11.8
	Labour	Christopher Holland	299	9.6	1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Reidy	119	3.8	New
	TUSC	Joshua Loveridge	13	0.4	New
Majority			314	10.1	New
Turnout			3120
Registered electors
	Reform gain from Conservative		Swing	34.0

Weddington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Keith Kondakor	1,715	44.8	0.0
	Reform	Kirk Holland	1,070	28.0	New
	Conservative	Tom Byrne	732	19.1	26.0
	Labour	Matthew Smith	215	5.6	4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Joy Salaja	81	2.1	New
	TUSC	Bernadette Quinn	15	0.4	New
Majority			645	16.8	N/A
Turnout			3828
Registered electors
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing	13.0

Admirals & Cawston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dean Richards	1,113	35.7	15.3
	Reform	John Birch	828	26.6	New
	Labour	Alan Pavis	727	23.3	7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Lee Chase	242	7.8	3.3
	Green	Frank Green	207	6.6	0.2
Majority			285	9.1	10.7
Turnout			3,117	33.3
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing	21.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	John Waine	1,215	40.1	*New*
	Conservative	Richard Smith	1,185	39.1	36.1
	Labour	Verity Robinson	349	11.5	6.2
	Green	Tess Brookes	164	5.4	1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Walsh	101	3.3	New
	TUSC	Paul Reilly	18	0.6	New
Majority			30	1.0	N/A
Turnout			3032
Registered electors
	Reform gain from Conservative		Swing	38.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Dale Bridgewater	947	48.9	*New*
	Labour	Alex Ratcliffe	357	18.4	13.2
	Conservative	Colin Cape	294	15.2	38.9
	Green	Emma Shiers	246	12.7	1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Gerry Jackson	75	3.9	New
	TUSC	Christopher Gamble	16	0.8	2.5
Majority			590	30.5	N/A
Turnout			1935
Registered electors
	Reform gain from Conservative		Swing	43.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Luke Shingler	1,289	52.5	*New*
	Conservative	Neal Pointon	449	18.3	41.2
	Labour	Sutish Badhan	369	15.0	17.0
	Green	David Fletcher	200	8.1	0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Toby Lee	119	4.8	New
	TUSC	Catherine Mosey	30	1.2	New
Majority			840	34.2	N/A
Turnout			2456
Registered electors
	Reform gain from Conservative		Swing	46.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Nigel Golby	1,036	53.3	*New*
	Labour	Nicky King	366	18.8	15.3
	Conservative	Pauly Palamattom	308	15.9	37.9
	Green	Alan Baxter	161	8.3	0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Dani Hunter	50	2.6	New
	TUSC	Daniel Webb	22	1.1	New
Majority			670	34.5	N/A
Turnout			1943
Registered electors
	Reform gain from Conservative		Swing	45.6

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	4	3	8,708	30.1	-19.5
	Reform UK	2	2	8,085	27.9	N/A
	Labour	2		5,406	18.7	-7.4
	Liberal Democrats	2	1	5,267	18.2	+2.5
	Green	0		1,448	5.0	-3.4
	National Housing Party	0		33	0.1	N/A
Total		10		28,947

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Feeney*	842	42.5	5.9
	Reform	Shane Benton	471	23.8	New
	Conservative	Christopher Johnson	272	13.7	16.0
	Green	Becca Stevenson	259	13.1	1.0
	Liberal Democrats	James Moran	136	6.9	0.9
Majority			371	18.7	0.0
Turnout			1,980	23.4
Registered electors
	Labour hold		Swing	14.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Pimm	1,183	37.2	4.0
	Conservative	Michael Howling	905	28.5	17.4
	Reform	Gareth Burgess	764	24.0	New
	Labour	David Buckingham	327	10.3	4.9
Majority			278	8.7	N/A
Turnout			3,179	42.4
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	10.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Senthil Karadiar	816	32.4	5.1
	Reform	Jamie Pullin	724	28.7	New
	Conservative	Wayne Rabin	715	28.4	20.7
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Blackburn	265	10.5	5.2
Majority			92	3.7	N/A
Turnout			2,520	31.4
Registered electors
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	7.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dale Keeling	1,177	32.1	33.7
	Reform	Ian Jones	1,034	28.2	New
	Liberal Democrats	Isabelle McKenzie	997	27.2	20.3
	Labour	Nicola Jones	246	6.7	12.2
	Green	Helen Ford	213	5.8	2.6
Majority			143	3.9	43.0
Turnout			3,667	38.8
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing	31.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Anne-Marie Sonko	960	33.7	*New*
	Conservative	Devenne Kedward	915	32.1	32.1
	Labour	Rishi Caleyachetty	563	19.8	1.2
	Green	Pete Nash	225	7.9	6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Nicky Bainbridge	185	6.5	New
Majority			45	1.6	N/A
Turnout			2,848	34.6
Registered electors
	Reform gain from Conservative		Swing	32.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jerry Roodhouse*	1,293	48.0	2.4
	Reform	Francis Holden	697	25.9	New
	Labour	Philip Burns	281	10.4	6.5
	Conservative	Sarah Downes	274	10.2	16.6
	Green	Bob Beggs	148	5.5	0.3
Majority			596	22.1	1.5
Turnout			2,693	34.8
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	14.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adrian Warwick*	1,794	47.0	16.5
	Reform	Paignton Morris	1,132	29.7	New
	Labour	Tony Freeman	451	11.8	10.6
	Green	Maralyn Pickup	224	5.9	2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Victoria Edwards	215	5.6	0.3
Majority			662	17.3	23.8
Turnout			3,816	29.8
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing	23.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Yousef Dahmash*	1,257	40.2	14.9
	Reform	Gareth Keeley	834	26.7	New
	Labour	Alison Livesey	580	18.5	4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Thomas	424	13.6	1.9
	National Housing Party	Lloyd Morgan	33	1.0	New
Majority			423	13.5	18.5
Turnout			3,128	32.7
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing	20.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Dan Glover	641	32.1	*New*
	Labour	Barbara Brown*	573	28.7	11.3
	Liberal Democrats	Samuel Edwards	327	16.4	0.3
	Conservative	JP Downes	286	14.3	19.2
	Green	Christopher Mawby	172	8.6	1.7
Majority			68	3.4	N/A
Turnout			1,999	27.8
Registered electors
	Reform gain from Labour		Swing	21.7

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	7	5	13,493	32.1
	Conservative	4	7	13,063	31.1
	Reform UK	2	2	10,876	25.9
	Green	0		2,844	6.8
	Labour	0		1,789	4.3
Total		13		42,065

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James Norris	1,196	35.0	3.3
	Reform	Ashley Jones	898	26.3	New
	Conservative	Sarah Hession	820	24.0	22.4
	Labour	Andrew Foster	381	11.2	0.8
	Green	Tom Genders	119	3.5	1.4
Majority			298	8.7	N/A
Turnout			3414	41.2
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	9.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	James Crocker	1,273	37.3	*New*
	Conservative	India Tibbs	988	28.9	45.1
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Keighley	917	26.9	19.8
	Green	Helen Mitchell	147	4.3	4.6
	Labour	Jude Doherty	90	2.6	7.4
Majority			285	8.3	N/A
Turnout			3415	40.5
Registered electors
	Reform gain from Conservative		Swing	41.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Cliff Brown	1,356	35.0	1.6
	Reform	Neil Lawrence	1,340	34.6	New
	Conservative	Bill Fleming	873	22.5	27.9
	Green	Sarah Cohen	177	4.6	1.2
	Labour	John Hartigan	127	3.3	7.0
Majority			16	0.4	N/A
Turnout			3873	34.9
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	14.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Kettle*	1,133	33.4	22.4
	Liberal Democrats	Louis Adam	1,126	33.2	11.8
	Reform	Joshua Hearne-Wilkins	783	23.1	New
	Labour	Rachel Frenguelli	192	5.7	4.7
	Green	Michael Mordue	159	4.7	7.5
Majority			7	0.2	34.2
Turnout			3393	37.3
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing	17.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Mills*	1,404	45.3	21.3
	Reform	John Leary	799	25.8	New
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Solmoan	359	11.6	0.6
	Green	Rob Ballantyne	351	11.3	0.1
	Labour	Bruno Frenguelli	183	5.9	5.2
Majority			605	19.5	35.9
Turnout			3096	38.4
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing	23.6