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2026 Coventry City Council election

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The 2026 Coventry City Council election was held on 7 May 2026 alongside the other local elections across the United Kingdom held on the same day.[3]

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2026 Coventry City Council election
← 2024
7 May 2026 (2026-05-07)
2027 →
All 54 seats to Coventry City Council
28 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader George Duggins Jackie Gardiner[1] Gary Ridley defeated[1]
Party Labour Reform Conservative
Last election 40 seats, 49.8% Did not stand 12 seats, 26.9%
Seats before 39[2] 2 10
Seats won 24 20 6
Seat change Decrease 15 Increase 18 Decrease 4
Popular vote 77,434 77,728 43,663
Percentage 29.3% 29.4% 16.5%
Swing Decrease 20.5% N/A Decrease 10.4%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Esther Reeves[1]
Party Green Independent
Last election 2 seats, 7.6% 0 seats, 2.7%
Seats before 2 1
Seats won 4 0
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 1
Popular vote 52,747 1,430
Percentage 20.0% 0.5%
Swing Increase 12.4% Decrease 2.2%
Map showing the winner of each seat at the 2026 Coventry City Council election.
Leader before election

George Duggins
Labour

 Leader after election

George Duggins
Labour
No overall control[a]

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Prior to the election, the council was under Labour majority control. At the election, the council went under no overall control. Labour made a net loss of 15 seats compared to the position immediately before the election. They remained the largest party, but were left four seats short of a majority. Reform UK, which had only held two seats prior to the election, won 20 seats and became the second largest party on the council. [1] Labour managed to form a minority administration after the election. Their incumbent leader of the council, George Duggins, was reappointed to the role at the subsequent annual council meeting on 21 May 2026.[4][5]

Background

In 2024, Labour retained control of the council.[6] Typically, one third of Coventry's council is elected each election, with elections happening every three out of four years, however in this election all 54 seats on Coventry City Council were elected due to ward boundary changes.[7] In each ward, three candidates were elected; the first-placed candidate was elected for a four year term, the second-placed candidate was elected for a two year term, and the third-placed candidate was elected for a one year term.

Council composition

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After 2024 election[8] Before 2026 election[2][b]
Party Seats Party Seats
Labour 40 Labour 39
Conservative 12 Conservative 10
Green 2 Green 2[c]
Reform 0 Reform 2
Independent 0 Independent 1
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Changes 2024–2026:

  • August 2024: David Welsh (Labour) resigns[9] – by-election held October 2024 and won by Sanjida Jobbar (Labour).[10]
  • June 2025: Jackie Gardiner (Conservative) and Marcus Lapsa (Conservative) join Reform.[11]
  • August 2025: Grace Lewis (Labour) leaves party to sit as an independent.[c][12]

Election result

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2026 Coventry City Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 54 24 0 16 Decrease 15 44.4 29.3 77,434[d] –20.5
  Reform 54 20 20 0 Increase 18 37.0 29.4 77,728 N/A
  Conservative 54 6 0 6 Decrease 4 11.1 16.5 43,663 –10.4
  Green 54 4 2 0 Increase 2 7.4 20.0 52,747 +12.4
  Liberal Democrats 20 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 2.3 5,944 –2.0
  TUSC 21 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.9 2,386 –1.5
  Workers Party 3 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.6 1,534 N/A
  Independent 3 0 0 0 Decrease 1 0.0 0.5 1,430 N/A
  Coventry Citizens 4 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.3 997 –5.4
  SDP 3 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.1 229 N/A
Turnout 93,391 38.3
Rejected ballots 301
Total valid votes 93,090
Total ballots 264,092
Registered electors 243,553
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Ward results

Bablake

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Bablake (3 seats)[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Lisa Boyle 1,987 38.6 N/A
Reform Jamie Fearn 1,820 35.4 N/A
Reform Jennifer Wells 1,741 33.9 N/A
Conservative Jaswant Burdi* 1,298 25.2 −11.1
Labour Martin Asamoah 1,084 21.1 −17.2
Conservative Tarlochan Jandu* 966 18.8 −17.5
Labour Joshi Ram 944 18.4 −19.9
Labour Dianabasi Nkantah 936 18.2 −20.1
Green Peter Brommer 840 16.3 +9.4
Conservative Muhammad Tariq 757 14.7 −21.6
Green Niall Webb 713 13.9 +7.0
Green Tramore Masterson-Lawrence 680 13.2 +6.3
Independent Lee Stuart 357 6.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Russell Field 309 6.0 +2.3
Coventry Citizens Karen Wilson 183 3.6 −1.0
Turnout 5,153 42.4
Rejected ballots 11
Registered electors 12,161
Reform gain from Labour
Reform gain from Conservative
Reform gain from Conservative
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Binley & Willenhall

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Binley & WIllenhall (3 seats)[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Paul Cowley 1,958 42.6 N/A
Reform Marcus Fogden 1,735 37.7 N/A
Reform Jennifer Odje 1,648 35.8 N/A
Labour Ram Lakha* 1,389 30.2 −11.6
Labour Seyi Agboola* 1,359 29.5 −12.3
Labour Emma O'Neil 1,236 26.9 −14.9
Green David Feetenby 600 13.0 N/A
Green Sarah Ockenden 595 12.9 N/A
Green Callum Mace 544 11.8 N/A
Conservative Heather Pearson 440 9.6 −6.3
Conservative Paras Jain 403 8.8 −7.1
Coventry Citizens Cameron Baxter 355 7.7 −32.5
Conservative Neda Rahimian 288 6.3 −9.6
Liberal Democrats Harry Penhale 210 4.6 N/A
TUSC Rob Slater 85 1.8 −0.4
Turnout 4,617 34.6
Rejected ballots 17
Registered electors 13,331
Reform gain from Labour
Reform gain from Labour
Reform gain from Labour
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Cheylesmore

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Cheylesmore (3 seats)[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roger Bailey* 2,164 38.7 −4.3
Conservative Barbara Mosterman* 1,735 31.0 −12.0
Labour Richard Brown* 1,446 25.9 −14.0
Conservative Shiva Pala 1,390 24.9 −18.1
Reform John-Paul Ahearne 1,351 24.2 N/A
Reform John Peakman 1,304 23.3 N/A
Labour Pouneh Ahari 1,165 20.8 −19.1
Reform Folajimi Ashiru 1,083 19.4 N/A
Green Barbara Collins 1,013 18.1 +11.1
Labour Mohammed Miah 1,010 18.1 −21.8
Green Danielle Watts 903 16.1 +9.1
Green Sebastian Rumsby 894 16.0 +9.0
Liberal Democrats Rachel Green 327 5.8 +2.1
TUSC Marie Egan 118 2.1 +0.3
TUSC Fa Madzi 93 1.7 −0.1
Turnout 5,600 42.9
Rejected ballots 8
Registered electors 13,060
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Labour hold
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Earlsdon

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Earlsdon (3 seats)[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Kindy Sandhu* 2,373 36.2 −16.5
Labour Co-op Lynnette Kelly* 2,232 34.1 −18.6
Labour Co-op Antony Tucker* 2,110 32.2 −20.5
Reform John Allbright 1,377 21.0 N/A
Green Janet Roberts 1,346 20.6 N/A
Reform Stuart Beamish 1,307 20.0 N/A
Green Ed Manning 1,214 18.5 N/A
Conservative Kenneth Taylor 1,206 18.4 −14.2
Reform Maureen Lapsa 1,192 18.2 N/A
Green Mike Roberts 1,147 17.5 N/A
Conservative Katie Emery 1,111 17.0 −15.6
Conservative Zaid Rehman 969 14.8 −17.8
Liberal Democrats Stephen Richmond 563 8.6 −3.4
Liberal Democrats Jamie Simpson 361 5.5 −6.5
Liberal Democrats Robyn Simpson 338 5.2 −6.8
TUSC Doris Militarschi 113 1.7 −1.0
SDP Paul Crilly 81 1.2 N/A
SDP Barnie Giltrap 76 1.2 N/A
SDP Michael Newton 72 1.1 N/A
Turnout 6,564 52.7
Rejected ballots 17
Registered electors 12,462
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op hold
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Foleshill

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Foleshill (3 seats)[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Abdul Khan* 1,934 44.9 −2.0
Labour Shakila Nazir* 1,828 42.5 −4.4
Labour Habib Rehman 1,689 39.2 −7.7
Green Raja Meesala 901 20.9 N/A
Green Zeeshan Qazi 862 20.0 N/A
Green Sujatha Misala 839 19.5 N/A
Workers Party Mohammed Dad 665 15.4 N/A
Workers Party Paul Bedson 504 11.7 N/A
Reform Duncan Holden 482 11.2 N/A
Reform Onkar Singh 471 10.9 N/A
Reform Josh Richardson 448 10.4 N/A
Workers Party John Karabinas 365 8.5 N/A
Conservative Ashwin Rathod 290 6.7 −1.5
Conservative Lavinder Shargill 288 6.7 −1.5
Conservative Chris Winters 245 5.7 −2.5
Liberal Democrats Anna Richmond 168 3.9 +1.0
TUSC Mila Matharu 81 1.9 N/A
Turnout 4,336 30.9
Rejected ballots 31
Registered electors 14,010
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold
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Henley

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Henley (3 seats)[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Mel Gregory 1,755 35.7 N/A
Reform Alistair Cole 1,722 35.0 N/A
Labour Ed Ruane* 1,573 32.0 −26.5
Labour Patricia Seaman* 1,502 30.5 −28.0
Reform Harjinder Sehmi 1,491 30.3 N/A
Labour Neil Rider 1,488 30.3 −28.2
Conservative Deepesh Scariya 761 15.5 −7.1
Green Rachael Douglas 690 14.0 +7.5
Conservative Tim Sawdon 683 13.9 −8.7
Conservative Josmi Varghese 671 13.6 −9.0
Green Oscar Kemble 640 13.0 +6.5
Green Raja Khan 547 11.1 +4.6
Liberal Democrats David-Leigh Waters 236 4.8 −0.2
TUSC Aidan O'Toole 74 1.5 +0.1
Turnout 4,932 34.2
Rejected ballots 13
Registered electors 14,433
Reform gain from Labour
Reform gain from Labour
Labour hold
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Holbrooks

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Holbrooks (3 seats)[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Stephen Gray* 2,098 41.4 +10.2
Green Esther Reeves* 1,750 34.6 +3.4
Green Tom Jewell 1,704 33.7 +2.5
Reform Tony Martin 1,341 26.5 N/A
Reform Anthony Middleton 1,243 24.6 N/A
Labour Kevin Hennessy 1,183 23.4 −31.8
Reform Balhar Singh 1,161 22.9 N/A
Labour Rachel Lancaster* 1,157 22.9 −32.3
Labour Sumera Kiani 1,081 21.4 −33.8
Conservative Anant Agarwal 580 11.5 +0.7
Conservative John Hargreaves 416 8.2 −2.6
Conservative Hannah Ejebilagbo 362 7.1 −3.7
Liberal Democrats Christopher Seeley 146 2.9 N/A
TUSC Jim Hensman 55 1.1 −1.7
TUSC Lenny Shail 39 0.8 −2.0
TUSC Portia O'Toole 32 0.6 −2.2
Turnout 5,088 37.3
Rejected ballots 25
Registered electors 13,657
Green hold
Green hold
Green gain from Labour Co-op
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Longford

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Longford (3 seats)[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Amor Albert 1,629 35.5 N/A
Labour Linda Bigham* 1,562 34.1 −31.8
Labour George Duggins* 1,489 32.5 −33.4
Labour Lindsley Harvard* 1,422 31.0 −34.9
Reform Venesa Robinson 1,412 30.8 N/A
Reform John Quintanilla 1,400 30.5 N/A
Green Julian Allam 765 16.7 +8.5
Green Julia Rosenthal-Campuzano 749 16.3 +8.1
Green Kolapo Abubaicar 725 15.8 +7.6
Conservative Mike Ballinger 468 10.2 −4.4
Conservative Sheila Bellamy 458 10.0 −4.6
Conservative Rafat Rahati 318 6.9 −7.7
Liberal Democrats Juliet Thomas 260 5.7 +2.2
TUSC Jim Donnelly 102 2.2 −0.5
Turnout 4,603 32.5
Rejected ballots 17
Registered electors 14,175
Reform gain from Labour
Labour hold
Labour hold
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Lower Stoke

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Lower Stoke (3 seats)[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Shahnaz Akhter 1,718 34.3 −27.2
Labour Co-op Rupinder Singh* 1,690 33.7 −27.8
Labour Co-op John McNicholas* 1,671 33.3 −28.2
Reform Craig Bills 1,441 28.7 N/A
Reform Irena Bosworth 1,339 26.7 N/A
Reform Avtar Taggar 1,222 24.4 N/A
Green Chrissie Brown 1,001 20.0 +11.8
Green Robert Bell 999 19.9 +11.7
Green David Fuschi 805 16.1 +7.9
Conservative Lindsey Blundell 656 13.1 −5.6
Conservative Dhruv Chopra 524 10.4 −8.3
Conservative Eziamaka Nwakile 447 8.9 −9.8
Independent Charlie Gordon 308 6.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Sean Worrell 253 5.0 +1.0
TUSC Adam Harmsworth 77 1.5 −1.3
Turnout 5,031 37.0
Rejected ballots 16
Registered electors 13,611
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op hold
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Radford

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Radford (3 seats)[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Angela Hopkins 1,583 34.6 −23.4
Labour Patricia Hetherton* 1,481 32.4 −25.6
Labour Mal Mutton* 1,367 29.9 −28.1
Reform Monica Martin 1,268 27.7 N/A
Reform Keith Ward 1,243 27.2 N/A
Reform Wasim Chaudhry 1,206 26.4 N/A
Green Katie Byrne 1,146 25.0 +16.6
Green Julie Spriddle 910 19.9 +11.5
Green Amy Worrall 870 19.0 +10.6
Conservative Don Singh 450 9.8 −7.8
Conservative Andrew Williams 449 9.8 −7.8
Conservative Hamaad Khan 424 9.3 −8.3
Liberal Democrats James Robertson 242 5.3 +0.0
TUSC Alan Checklin 137 3.0 −0.9
Turnout 4,592 32.6
Rejected ballots 17
Registered electors 14,087
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold
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Sherbourne

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Sherbourne (3 seats)[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Jackie Gardiner* 2,119 36.9 N/A
Reform Charles Phillips 1,892 33.0 N/A
Reform Daniel Stainton 1,828 31.9 N/A
Labour Bea Christopher 1,622 28.3 −14.5
Labour Gavin Lloyd* 1,501 26.2 −16.6
Labour Dave Toulson* 1,421 24.8 −18.0
Green Georgia Cowie 1,069 18.6 +11.8
Green Steven Bingham 1,034 18.0 +11.2
Green David Priestley 870 15.2 +8.4
Conservative Sam Heslop-Griffin 764 13.3 −25.7
Conservative Harry Jefferies-Readman 705 12.3 −26.7
Conservative Ruth Winters 687 12.0 −27.0
Liberal Democrats Rachel Norwood 369 6.4 +2.8
TUSC Jane Nellist 213 3.7 +0.1
Turnout 5,745 40.4
Rejected ballots 8
Registered electors 14,225
Reform hold
Reform gain from Labour
Reform gain from Labour
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St Michael's

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St Michael's (3 seats)[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Naeem Akhtar* 1,633 36.8 −25.3
Green Matt Greenhalgh 1,554 35.1 +25.9
Labour Sanjida Jobbar* 1,414 31.9 −30.2
Green David Ridley 1,411 31.8 +22.6
Labour Jim O'Boyle* 1405 31.7 −30.4
Green Victor Squiss-Banigo 1294 29.2 +20.0
Reform Gary Fripp 587 13.2 N/A
Reform Andrian Apostol 583 13.2 N/A
Reform Bradley Robertson 551 12.4 N/A
Conservative Ian Johnson 476 10.7 +0.9
Conservative Mary Taylor 431 9.7 −0.1
Conservative Laura Ridley 429 9.7 −0.1
TUSC Dave Nellist 280 6.3 −3.4
TUSC Judy Griffiths 183 4.1 −5.6
Liberal Democrats Benoit Jones 175 3.9 −0.2
TUSC Adam Tyas 163 3.7 −6.0
Turnout 4,454 27.7
Rejected ballots 22
Registered electors 16,074
Labour hold
Green gain from Labour
Labour hold
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Tile Hill & Canley

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Tile Hill & Canley (3 seats)[25]
Party Candidate Votes %
Reform Marcus Lapsa* 1,951 36.0
Reform William Davies 1,945 35.9
Reform Steve Keough 1,789 33.0
Green Alysha Cardwell-Kashif 1,170 21.6
Labour Abdul Jobbar* 1,110 20.5
Green Josh Sapey 1,098 20.3
Labour Christine Thomas 1,086 20.1
Labour Randhir Auluck 1,081 20.0
Green Bruce Tetlow 980 18.1
Conservative Alex Clinton-Carter 813 15.0
Independent Grace Lewis* 765 14.1
Conservative Nilesh Singh 625 11.5
Conservative Harrison Smith 594 11.0
Liberal Democrats Rebecca O'Dell 354 6.5
Turnout 5,426 38.1
Rejected ballots 12
Registered electors 14,245
Reform win (new seat)
Reform win (new seat)
Reform win (new seat)
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Upper Stoke

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Upper Stoke (3 seats)[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kamran Caan* 1,708 37.4 −20.5
Labour Amirjit Kaur* 1,506 33.0 −24.9
Labour Gurdev Hayre* 1,505 33.0 −24.9
Reform Carole Brightwell 1,440 31.6 N/A
Reform Dean Brightwell 1,381 30.3 N/A
Reform Arthur Dorr 1,258 27.6 N/A
Green Sarah Grayson-Dewis 908 19.9 +11.8
Green Uilani McLeod 729 16.0 +7.9
Green Edward Reeves 714 15.7 +7.6
Conservative Henry Clelland 402 8.8 −5.6
Liberal Democrats Julia Clarke 350 7.7 +2.4
Conservative Pauline Venables 332 7.3 −7.1
Conservative Gaf Rahati 300 6.6 −7.8
TUSC Terri Rosser 107 2.3 −0.2
Turnout 4,580 34.5
Rejected ballots 18
Registered electors 13,274
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold
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Wainbody

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Wainbody (3 seats)[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Blundell* 2,516 42.2 −7.6
Conservative Mattie Heaven* 2,475 41.5 −8.3
Conservative Pratibha Reddy 2,208 37.1 −12.7
Reform Steve Arnold 1,202 20.2 N/A
Green Heather Parker 1,126 18.9 +12.0
Green Alex Grainger 1,123 18.8 +11.9
Labour Jim Lorimer 1,104 18.5 −16.0
Green David Hodges 1,064 17.9 +11.0
Labour Taj Singh 990 16.6 −17.9
Reform Ashir Anwar 986 16.5 N/A
Labour Mohammad Fattah 935 15.7 −18.8
Reform Iddrisu Sufyan 842 14.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats James Morshead 397 6.7 +2.2
TUSC Anthony Downes 91 1.5 N/A
Turnout 5,968 50.2
Rejected ballots 10
Registered electors 11,889
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
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Whoberley

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Whoberley (3 seats)[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jayne Innes* 2,026 36.1 −19.5
Labour Pervez Akhtar* 1,877 33.5 −22.1
Labour Julie Jones 1,785 31.8 −23.8
Reform Amanda Bryant 1,670 29.8 N/A
Reform Glenn Williams 1,601 28.5 N/A
Reform Peter Evans 1,585 28.3 N/A
Green Anne Patterson 1,262 22.5 +11.0
Green Nigel Ely 1,245 22.2 +10.7
Green Elizabeth Thompson 1,169 20.8 +9.3
Conservative Diane Crookes 618 11.0 −11.0
Conservative Subhash Patel 436 7.8 −14.2
Conservative William Sidhu 436 7.8 −14.2
Liberal Democrats Rambir Khatkar 271 4.8 −0.5
TUSC Richard Baker 166 3.0 +1.0
Turnout 5,631 45.4
Rejected ballots 23
Registered electors 12,396
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold
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Woodlands

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Woodlands (3 seats)[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Adrian Bryant 1,909 35.2 N/A
Conservative Julia Lepoidevin* 1,827 33.7 −13.8
Reform Dunc Clark 1,820 33.6 N/A
Reform Jessica Mason 1,802 33.2 N/A
Conservative Peter Male* 1,801 33.2 −14.3
Conservative Gary Ridley* 1,643 30.3 −17.2
Labour Saheed Awoyemi 790 14.6 −22.6
Labour Thomas Rider 785 14.5 −22.7
Green Martin Day 771 14.2 +9.1
Green Lucy Emke 715 13.2 +8.1
Green Lesley Sim 642 11.8 +6.7
Labour Srosh Tahir 603 11.1 −26.1
Liberal Democrats Jack Leonard 296 5.5 +0.4
Coventry Citizens Ian Rogers 250 4.6 +1.7
TUSC Sarah Smith 65 1.2 −0.9
Turnout 5,435 43.2
Rejected ballots 12
Registered electors 12,588
Reform gain from Conservative
Conservative hold
Reform gain from Conservative
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Wyken

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Wyken (3 seats)[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Frank Beechey 2,131 38,0 N/A
Reform Dawn McCann 2,060 36.7 N/A
Reform Andrew Bullock 2,019 36.0 N/A
Labour Faye Abbott* 1,877 33.4 −13.9
Labour Mohinder Dhadda 1,587 28.3 −19.0
Labour Saeeda Tauseef 1,381 24.6 −22.7
Green Mark Harrison 891 15.9 +9.4
Conservative Maddie Brown 816 14.5 −21.6
Green Jordan McCaffrey 731 13.0 +6.5
Green Kirthika Naguleswaran-Clarke 687 12.2 +5.7
Conservative Ioannis Kalianidis 607 10.8 −25.3
Conservative Farzad Misaghi 505 9.0 −27.1
Liberal Democrats Andre Soares 319 5.7 +2.4
Coventry Citizens Gary Cooper 209 3.7 −1.4
TUSC Stephen Archer 112 2.0 +0.3
Turnout 5,636 40.6
Rejected ballots 24
Registered electors 13,875
Reform gain from Labour
Reform gain from Labour
Reform gain from Labour
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