Luton Borough Council elections

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Luton Borough Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Luton in Bedfordshire, England. Until 1 April 1997 it was a non-metropolitan district.

Ward boundaries in Luton as used between 2003 and 2023.

Council elections

More information Year, Conservative ...
Composition of the council[1]
Year Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats[a] Independents
& Others		 Council control
after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (48 seats)
1973 12 30 6 0 Labour
New ward boundaries (48 seats)[2]
1976 37 10 1 0 Conservative
1979 32 16 0 0 Conservative
1983 25 17 6 0 Conservative
1987 32 13 3 0 Conservative
1991[3] 11 28 9 0 Labour
1995 2 37 9 0 Labour
Luton becomes a unitary authority
1996 3 36 9 0 Labour
1999 3 36 9 0 Labour
New ward boundaries (48 seats)[4]
2003 4 23 20 1 No overall control
2007 5 26 17 0 Labour
2011 4 36 8 0 Labour
2015 5 35 8 0 Labour
2019 4 32 12 0 Labour
New ward boundaries (48 seats)[5]
2023 3 30 15 0 Labour
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Results maps

  • 2003 results map
    2003 results map
  • 2007 results map
    2007 results map
  • 2011 results map
    2011 results map
  • 2015 results map
    2015 results map
  • 2019 results map
    2019 results map
  • election results

By-election results

2003-2007

More information Party, Candidate ...
Lewsey Ward, 3 March 2005[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joan Bailey[7] 778 51.9 −2.8
Liberal Democrats 349 23.3 +3.0
Conservative 244 16.3 −8.7
UKIP 98 6.5 +6.5
Green 29 1.9 +1.9
Majority 429 28.6
Turnout 1,498
Labour hold Swing
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Vacancy arose from the death of Mick Hand (Labour).[8]

More information Party, Candidate ...
Farley Ward, 30 June 2005[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mahmood Hussain[10] 950 67.2 +8.3
Conservative 207 14.6 −5.5
Liberal Democrats 179 12.7 −3.9
Green 43 3.0 +3.0
UKIP 34 2.4 −2.1
Majority 743 52.6
Turnout 1,413
Labour hold Swing
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Vacancy arose from the resignation of Bill McKenzie (Labour).[11]

2007-2011

More information Party, Candidate ...
South Ward, 6 May 2010[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Keir Gale 1,493 42.9 +0.3
Conservative Peter Banks-Smith 1,015 29.2 −2.2
Liberal Democrats Richard Hayward 616 17.7 +5.1
UKIP Lance Richardson 201 5.8 +5.8
Green Marc Scheimann 155 4.5 −9.0
Majority 478 13.7
Turnout 3,480
Labour hold Swing
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Vacancy arose from the disqualification of Michelle Kiansumba (Labour).[12]

2011-2015

More information Party, Candidate ...
Wigmore Ward, 10 April 2013[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Skepelhorn 982 46.3 +4.0
Labour James Taylor 517 24.4 +0.7
Conservative John Young 281 13.3 −11.0
UKIP Lance Richardson 230 10.9 +1.1
Green Marc Scheimann 82 3.9 +3.9
Independent John Magill 27 1.3 +1.3
Majority 465 21.9
Turnout 2,119
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
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Vacancy arose from the death of Roy Davies (Liberal Democrats).[14]

More information Party, Candidate ...
Farley Ward, 13 March 2014[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Castleman 1,232 72.5 +17.6
UKIP Charles Lawman 226 13.3 +5.6
Conservative David Coulter 154 9.1 −8.9
Liberal Democrats Anne Mead 46 2.7 −7.7
Green Marc Scheimann 41 2.4 +2.4
Majority 1,006 59.2
Turnout 1,699
Labour hold Swing
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Vacancy arose from the resignation of Robin Harris (Labour).[16]

2015-2019

More information Party, Candidate ...
High Town Ward, 30 June 2016[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Maahwish Mirza 505 39.6 −11.8
Green Lyn Bliss 274 21.4 +4.7
Liberal Democrats Clive Mead 181 14.2 +14.2
Conservative Sue Garrett 141 11.0 −20.9
Independent John French 102 8.0 +8.0
UKIP Grace Froggatt 69 5.4 +5.4
Majority 232 18.3
Turnout 1,271
Labour hold Swing
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Vacancy arose from the resignation of Aysegul Gurbuz (Labour).[18]

More information Party, Candidate ...
Sundon Park Ward, 8 June 2017[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Martin Rogers 1,919 49.8 +10.4
Liberal Democrats Clive Mead 957 24.8 −9.7
Conservative Morel Benard 908 23.5 −2.5
Green Simon Hall 72 1.9 +1.9
Majority 962 24.9
Turnout 3,856
Labour hold Swing
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Vacancy arose from the resignation of Fiona Green (Labour).[20]

More information Party, Candidate ...
Limbury Ward, 20 September 2018[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Amy Nicholls 692 48.3 −12.0
Conservative Heather Baker 396 27.7 −12.0
Liberal Democrats Steve Moore 344 24.0 +24.0
Majority 296 20.7
Turnout 1,432
Labour hold Swing
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Vacancy arose from the resignation of Jennifer Rowlands (Labour).[22]

2019-2023

More information Party, Candidate ...
Icknield Ward, 26 September 2019[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Asif Masood 585 36.7 −5.6
Conservative John Baker 563 35.4 −8.8
Liberal Democrats Steve Moore 407 25.6 +12.1
Green Marc Scheimann 37 2.3 +2.3
Majority 22 1.4
Turnout 1,592
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
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Vacancy arose from the death of Mike Garrett (Conservative).[24]

More information Party, Candidate ...
High Town Ward, 6 May 2021[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Umme Ali 717 48.3 −12.7
Conservative Shakaina Khan 327 22.0 +5.2
Green Lyn Bliss 202 13.6 +13.6
Liberal Democrats Nigel Marshall 202 13.6 +13.6
Communist Markus Kearney 36 2.4 +2.4
Majority 390 26.3
Turnout 1,484
Labour hold Swing
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Vacancy arose from the resignation of Rachel Hopkins (Labour).[26]

More information Party, Candidate ...
Round Green Ward, 6 May 2021[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Steve Moore 1,041 38.5 −6.2
Labour Fatima Begum 910 33.7 −1.1
Conservative Phil Turner 520 19.2 +2.9
Green James Cullinane 173 6.4 +6.4
Independent Marc Scheimann 60 2.2 +2.2
Majority 131 4.8
Turnout 2,704
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
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Vacancy arose from the resignation of Mark Rivers (Labour).[28]

More information Party, Candidate ...
South Ward, 28 October 2021[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fatima Begum 547 44.1 +4.3
Liberal Democrats Nigel Marshall 332 26.8 +26.8
Conservative Abid Aziz 198 16.0 +0.2
Independent Marc Scheimann 134 10.8 +10.8
Communist Markus Keaney 28 2.3 +2.3
Majority 215 17.4
Turnout 1,239
Labour hold Swing
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Vacancy arose from the death of Paul Castleman (Labour).[30] Marc Scheimann contested the ward for the Green Party in 2019, receiving 18.9%.

More information Party, Candidate ...
Dallow Ward, 4 August 2022[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alia Khan 1,486 53.6 −12.8
Liberal Democrats Basharat Hussain 1,076 38.8 +38.8
Conservative Malik Azad Nikyalvi 154 5.6 −7.5
Independent Marc Scheimann 58 2.1 +2.1
Majority 410 14.8
Turnout 2,774
Labour hold Swing
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Vacancy arose from the disqualification of Hannah Adrees (Labour).[32]

2023-2027

More information Party, Candidate ...
Barnfield Ward, 26 September 2024[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Anwar Malik 1,169 63.5
Labour Karen Roy 321 17.4
Conservative Ash Ali 209 11.4
Green Edward Carpenter 110 6.0
Independent Marc Scheimann 32 1.7
Majority 848 46.1
Turnout 1,841
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
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Vacancy arose from the resignation of Jeff Petts (Liberal Democrats).[34]

More information Party, Candidate ...
Wigmore Ward, 26 September 2024[35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Adrees Latif 749 54.6
Independent Carolyn Cottier 209 15.2
Conservative Philip Turner 151 11.0
Labour Farid Ahmed 137 10.0
Green Elissa Gordon 125 9.1
Majority 540 39.4
Turnout 1,371
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
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Vacancy arose from the resignation of Claire Gallagher (Liberal Democrats).[34]

More information Party, Candidate ...
Stopsley Ward, 4 September 2025[36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Matt Fry 935 41.3
Reform Jim Cohen 820 36.2
Labour Moazzem Hussain 251 11.1
Conservative Roger Nichols 152 6.7
Green Edward Carpenter 87 3.8
Independent Marc Scheimann 19 0.8
Majority 115 5.1
Turnout 2,264
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
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Vacancy arose from the death of David Wynn (Liberal Democrats).[37]

More information Party, Candidate ...
Wigmore Ward, 2 April 2026[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform James Fletcher 576 32.9
Liberal Democrats George Neculaiu 533 30.4
Green Carolyn Cottier 344 19.6
Labour Georgia Marcantonio 170 9.7
Conservative Sam Choudhury 116 6.6
Independent Marc Scheimann 13 0.7
Majority 43 2.5
Turnout 1,752
Reform gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
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Vacancy arose from the disqualification of Alan Skepelhorn (Liberal Democrats) due to non-attendance.[39]

See also

Notes

  1. [a]
    Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).

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