2026 Swindon Borough Council election
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2026 English local government election
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The 2026 Swindon Borough Council election will take place on 7 May 2026 to elect councillors to Swindon Borough Council in Wiltshire, England. The elections is on the same day as other local elections across England. All seats will be contested.[2] This is first all-out election since 2012.[3]
At the previous council election, Labour kept an overall majority control of Swindon Borough Council with 41 out of 57 seats, with the Conservatives having 15 seats.[4] In 2025, four Labour councillors defected to the Green Party.[5]
| After 2024 election | Before 2026 election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | ||
| Labour | 41 | Labour | 34 | ||
| Conservative | 15 | Conservative | 16 | ||
| Green | 0 | Green | 4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | Liberal Democrats | 1 | ||
| Independent | 0 | Independent | 2 | ||
Changes 2024–2026:
- September 2024: Will Stone (Labour) resigns – by-election held October 2024[6]
- October 2024: Sudha Nukana (Conservative) gains by-election from Labour[7]
- March 2025: Matt Lodge (Labour) leaves party to sit as an independent[8]
- September 2025: Ian Edwards (Labour) and Sean Wilson (Labour) leave party to sit as independents[9]
- October 2025: Repi Begum (Labour), Tom Butcher (Labour), and Ian Edwards (Indepedent) join Green Party[10]
- November 2025: Rob Heath (Labour) joins Green Party[11]
Candidates
Candidates for each ward were confirmed on 9 April 2026.[12]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Rebecca Banwell-Moore | ||||
| Green | Emma Brits | ||||
| Reform | Martin Costello | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Mike Davies | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Marianne Le Coyte Grinney | ||||
| Conservative | Sally Hawson | ||||
| Conservative | Zachary Hawson | ||||
| Reform | Simon Howard | ||||
| Reform | Gerald Rogers | ||||
| Green | Adrian Russell | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Marcus Salmon | ||||
| Conservative | Bazil Solomon | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Luke Bennett | ||||
| Green | Andrew Day | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jessica Frankopan | ||||
| Conservative | Nick Gardiner | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Steffen Rick | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Adorabelle Amaral-Shaikh | ||||
| Reform | Stephen Booth | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Domingos Dias | ||||
| Green | Md Abdul Hamid | ||||
| Conservative | Anabelle Pegado | ||||
| Reform | Marcus Phillips | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Marek Sarnowski | ||||
| Conservative | Miguel Fernandes | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Steve Allsopp | ||||
| Reform | Bryan Davis | ||||
| Conservative | Matt Hinton | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Liz Mearns | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Calum Murphy | ||||
| Reform | Ayesha Noureen | ||||
| Labour | Haydar Pacci | ||||
| Green | Adrian Rogers | ||||
| Conservative | Gary Sumner | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Zohaib Ali Khan | ||||
| TUSC | Scott Hunter | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jim Morrish | ||||
| Conservative | Barbara Parry | ||||
| Conservative | Kevin Parry | ||||
| Reform | Michelle Read | ||||
| Reform | Casey Sherwood | ||||
| Labour | Tomas Silberberg | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Princia Fernandes | ||||
| Green | Kayum Miah | ||||
| Conservative | Chichi Morris | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Hannah Pajak | ||||
| Reform | Corey Reeds | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | James Head | ||||
| Reform | Anthony Hedges | ||||
| Conservative | John Jackson | ||||
| Conservative | Leigh Jackson | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Phil Norris | ||||
| Conservative | Sudha Nukana | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Leroy Roberts | ||||
| Reform | Paul Rostron | ||||
| Green | Steven Trafford | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Ravi Venkatesh | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Stanka Wilson | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Craig Chafer | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Crocker | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Tyler Gutteridge | ||||
| Green | Owen Hall | ||||
| Conservative | Vijay Manro | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Ewan Nicholas | ||||
| Reform | Tony Trinder | ||||
| Conservative | Steve Weisinger | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Srinivasu Anupindi | ||||
| Reform | Daphne Chikwere | ||||
| Conservative | Nima Eftekhari | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Janine Howarth | ||||
| Green | Marcus Kittridge | ||||
| Green | Rosie Leather | ||||
| Reform | Peter Major | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jamie Taylor | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Chris Watts | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Justin Bandi | ||||
| Green | Josh Barclay | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Lynda Comber | ||||
| Reform | Andrew Cripps | ||||
| Labour | Mustafa Dayan | ||||
| Conservative | Marco Di Pinto | ||||
| Reform | James Faulkner | ||||
| Labour | Dave Graves | ||||
| Labour | Cesar Hernandez Martinez | ||||
| Conservative | Roger Smith | ||||
| Conservative | Tom Smith | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Jai Bhatoolaul | ||||
| Conservative | Luke Dawson | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Anna Delvecchio-John | ||||
| Conservative | Joel Fletcherswindlehurst | ||||
| Reform | Matthew Goulding | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Leon Grother | ||||
| Green | Glynis Hales | ||||
| Reform | Colin Lovell | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Fraser McCormick | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Jane Milner-Barry | ||||
| TUSC | Rob Pettefar | ||||
| Green | Sarah Sawyer | ||||
| Conservative | Caryl Sydney-Smith | ||||
| Reform | Cathy Williamson | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Vince Ayris | ||||
| Green | Andy Bentley | ||||
| Conservative | Lawrence Elliott | ||||
| Conservative | Bhawna Goyal | ||||
| Green | Peter Hebden | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Neil Hopkins | ||||
| Green | Bill Hughes | ||||
| Reform | Beverley Lewis | ||||
| Reform | Mark Lewis | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Jim Robbins | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Ciaran Skinner | ||||
| Reform | Richard Symonds | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Nadine Watts | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jocelina D’Souza | ||||
| Reform | Sara Godwin | ||||
| Conservative | Gyan Gurung | ||||
| Reform | Stephen Halden | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Maggie Hathaway-Mills | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Jamal Miah | ||||
| Green | Charli Nettle | ||||
| Conservative | Dev Patel | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Sandra Absalom | ||||
| Labour Co-op | John Ballman | ||||
| Reform | Mark Bogard | ||||
| Conservative | Rouchell Cardoso | ||||
| Conservative | Adam John | ||||
| Green | Horward March | ||||
| Reform | Martin Pearce | ||||
| Green | Elly Taylor | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Junab Ali | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Rajhia Ali | ||||
| Reform | Adam Brookman | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Jim Coupland | ||||
| Green | Ian Edwards | ||||
| Reform | Chris Fulgoni | ||||
| Green | Rob Heath | ||||
| Conservative | Alex Hughes | ||||
| Green | Brooke Linnet | ||||
| Conservative | Vinay Manro | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Paul Park | ||||
| Conservative | Leanne Stevenson | ||||
| Reform | Ravi Tiwari | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Repi Begum | ||||
| Green | Tom Butcher | ||||
| Conservative | Livio Camelo | ||||
| Green | Shad Chokdar | ||||
| Reform | Paul Collis | ||||
| Conservative | Inacio Vitorio Da Silva | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Paul Dixon | ||||
| Reform | Martin England | ||||
| Conservative | Jenny Jefferies | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Abdel Musa | ||||
| TUSC | Mary Quate | ||||
| Reform | Terrence Reynolds | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Imtiyaz Shaikh | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Marina Strinkovsky | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Niyi Adekoya | ||||
| Reform | Lawrence Davies | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Joy Grotzinger | ||||
| Green | Grant Holman | ||||
| TUSC | Christopher Mahon | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Zoe McCormick | ||||
| Reform | Derek O’Hanlon | ||||
| Conservative | Bose Patrick-Okoh | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Thomas Smith | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Vanessa Boyd | ||||
| Conservative | Kaine Collins | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Ana Rosada Fernandes | ||||
| Reform | Richard Forbes | ||||
| Reform | Paul Glover | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Jim Grant | ||||
| Green | Alexandra Petrache | ||||
| Green | Caitlin Grace Pinks | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Kevin Small | ||||
| Conservative | Bhagyesh Soni | ||||
| Green | James Tansey | ||||
| Conservative | Natasha Vas | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Matt Barnes | ||||
| Reform | Darren Chappell | ||||
| Green | Ed Colton | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | James Farr | ||||
| Conservative | Suresh Gattapur | ||||
| Reform | Allan Gibson | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Fay Howard | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Rose Llewellyn | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Josh Owen | ||||
| Reform | Glyn Pullen | ||||
| Conservative | Nandini Singh | ||||
| Conservative | Keith Williams | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Eddie Costello | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | David McCabe | ||||
| Labour | Javes Rodrigues | ||||
| Conservative | Matthew Vallender | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jake Chandler | ||||
| Reform | Daniel Marland | ||||
| Green | Chris Payne | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Carol Shelley | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Simon Shelley | ||||
| Conservative | Kate Tomlinson | ||||
| Reform | Brigid Watkis | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Cherie Adams | ||||
| Conservative | Daniel Adams | ||||
| Green | Syed Bukhari | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Theresa Draper | ||||
| Reform | Marjorie Jefferies | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Jason Mills | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Dawn Pajak | ||||
| Reform | Vincent Williams | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Laura Butcher | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Claire Crilly | ||||
| Conservative | David-Oladapo Ibitoye | ||||
| Conservative | Ola Ibitoye | ||||
| Reform | Mark Radcliffe | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Ben Scott | ||||
| Reform | Gordon Slade | ||||
| TUSC | Dezzy Stott | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Danial Vales | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Abdul Amin | ||||
| Labour Co-op | Emma Bushell | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Dickinson | ||||
| Conservative | John Lenton | ||||
| Reform | Unni Nair | ||||
| Reform | Terry Nicholls | ||||
| Green | Jane Parsons-Hann | ||||
| Conservative | William Sumner | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Barrett | ||||
| Conservative | Gayle Cook | ||||
| Conservative | Matty Courtliff | ||||
| Green | Robbie Easter | ||||
| Labour | Sam James | ||||
| Labour | Peter Kramer | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Ela Maksudova | ||||
| Reform | Thomas Marshall | ||||
| Reform | Ben Michalek | ||||
| Labour | Victor Onyia | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Stan Pajak | ||||
| Green | Artemis Pink | ||||
| Conservative | Matthew Smith | ||||
| Reform | Geoff Thompson | ||||
References
- ↑ "Swindon Council Composition: Latest". opencouncildata.co.uk. Open Council Data UK. Archived from the original on 11 February 2026. Retrieved 11 February 2026.
- ↑ "Election timetable in England". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
- ↑ Lennon, Marie (2026-04-09). "Why Swindon's first all-out election in more than a decade matters". BBC News. Retrieved 2026-04-11.
- ↑ Thomas, Aled (3 May 2024). "Labour tightens grip on Swindon council after election triumph". Swindon Advertiser. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ↑ Robertson, Kirsten (26 November 2025). "Town sees fourth councillor defect to Greens". BBC News. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
- ↑ Boothroyd, David. "Crane forward to see a Tory gain". LocalCouncils.co.uk. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
- ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Rodbourne Cheney Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
- ↑ Boothroyd, David. "Fabian gets the Exe". LocalCouncils.co.uk. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
- ↑ Thomas, Aled (29 September 2025). "Swindon councillors announce split from Labour group". Swindon Advertiser. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
- ↑ Thomas, Aled (22 October 2025). "Green Party gathers pace as two more Swindon councillors defect". Swindon Advertiser. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
- ↑ "Fourth Swindon borough councillor defects from Labour to Greens". BBC News. 26 November 2025. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
- ↑ "Full list of candidates standing for Swindon's local elections in May". Swindon Advertiser. 2026-04-10. Retrieved 2026-04-11.
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