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Labour overwhelmingly dominates Swindon Borough Council following local elections

By Barrie Hudson - 3 May 2024

Politics

All results of Swindon's local elections are now in.

Labour now holds 41 of the borough council's 57 seats, with the Conservatives on 15 and the Liberal Democrats with one.
The first result, a win for Labour in Liden, Eldene & Park South, came not log after the council announced that counting had begun at Steam.
The final one, a Labour win in Park North, came not long after noon.
The overall result consolidates Labour's dominance of the council, which it took from the Conservatives at last year's local elections, from which it emerged with 32 seats to the Conservatives' 23, the Liberal Democrats' one and a single seat held by an independent.

Labour group and council leader Cllr Jim Robbins said: "We are delighted to have had such a great result today at the Council.

"To be able to hold all our seats and make 9 gains is an unbelievable achievement. We were hoping to be able to hold the seats and maybe make a few gains as the incumbents, but we didn’t expect to almost match the excellent result of last year.

"We are delighted that the results show both Swindon seats will be in play at a general election."

Conservative Group leader Cllr Gary Sumner said: "I am very proud of our result in light of the national picture.

"We anticipated losses, but have certainly turned the tide in terms of Labour’s march and this reflects well on hard fought local campaigns.

"We will work collaboratively with the Labour administration, but challenge and hold them to account for their promises to residents.

"There are many reasons for optimism for 2026.

"I am very proud of my teams across Swindon."

The full list of results is:

LIDEN, ELDENE AND PARK SOUTH - LAB GAIN

LeCOYTE-GRINNEY, Marianne, Labour, 1,308 votes.
STEPHEN, Roy, Conservative, 662
WHEELER, Bob, Reform UK, 284
SALMON, Malcolm, Liberal Democrat,187

Turnout: 30.52%

OLD TOWN - LAB GAIN

MILNER-BARRY, Jane Elizabeth, Labour, 1,873 votes
SOLOMON, Bazil Stanley, Conservative, 586
HUGHES, Bill, Green Party, 181
WILTSHIRE, Martin George, Liberal Democrat, 157
BOWIE, Daisy, Trade Union and Socialist Coalition, 44

Turnout: 35.13%

CENTRAL - LAB GAIN

DIAS, Domingos Seby, Labour, 2,117
FERNANDES, Lourenco Sipriano, Conservative, 838
FERNANDES, Vintur, 718
SARNOWSKI, Marek, 195
QUATE, Mary, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, 124

Turnout: 39.64%

GORSE HILL AND PINEHURST - LAB HOLD

FERNANDES, Princia Jenovi, Labour, 1,652
ADEKOYA, Niyi, Conservative, 586
BENTLEY, Andy, Green Party, 290
TAYLOR, Gerry, Liberal Democrat, 133
HARRIS, Helen, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, 48

Turnout: 28.91 percent

COVINGHAM & DORCAN - CON HOLD

PARRY, Barbara, Conservative, 1,469
BANWELL-MOORE, Rebecca Mary, Labour, 1,363
KERSLAKE, Sheila Ann, Liberal Democrat, 111
HUNTER, Scott Victor Abbas, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, 86

Turnout: 36.93%

BLUNSDON & HIGHWORTH - CON HOLD

MANRO, Vijay Kumar, Conservative, 1,399
JAMES, Ian Humphries, Labour, 1,191
DAY, Andrew Donald, Green Party, 336
PAJAK, Hannah, Liberal Democrat, 127

Turnout: 33.56%

EASTCOTT - LAB HOLD

STRINKOVSKY, Marina, Labour, 1,719
ROBSON, Toby, Liberal Democrat, 455
ANUPINDI, Srinivasu, Conservative, 388
NOYCE, Chris, Green Party, 233

Turnout: 35.47%

HAYDON WICK - LAB WIN

BALLMAN, Ray, Labour, 1,359
PATRICK-OKOH, Bose, Conservative, 1,050
KING, Geoffrey Harry, Liberal Democrat, 257

Turnout: 30.95%

MANNINGTON & WESTERN - LAB HOLD

SMALL, Kevin David, Labour, 1,368
SINGH, Nandini, Conservative, 464
MCCORMICK, Fraser Graham, Liberal Democrat, 204
Turnout: 27.37%

RODBORNE CHENEY - LAB GAIN

FERNANDES, Ana Rosada, Labour, 1,420
NUKANA, Srisudha, Conservative, 870
HEBDEN, Rod, Green Party, 231
SKINNER, Ciaran, Liberal Democrat, 118

Turnout: 28.72%

WROUGHTON AND WICHELSTOWE - CON HOLD X 2

COOK, Gayle Elaine - Conservative Party Candidate - 884

COURTLIFF, Matty - Conservative Party Candidate - 1026

AHMED, Saleh - Labour - 417

BARRETT, Martin - Liberal Democrat - 816

FAIRBOURN, Simon Jonathan - Green - 405

HAMID, Abdul - Labour - 332

PAJAK, Stan - Liberal Democrat - 643

Turnout: 34.92%

PRIORY VALE - LAB GAIN

EDWARDS, Ian, Labour, 1,156
MANRO, Vinay, Conservative, 1,076
BEST, Pete, Green Party, 172
KING, Deborah Anne, Liberal Democrat, 101

Turnout: 29.10%

ST ANDREWS - CON HOLD

ADAMS, Daniel Christopher, Conservative, 1,642
WOOD, Josh, Labour, 1,490
MARCH, Howard John, Green Party, 311
PAJAK, Dawn Elizabeth, Liberal Deocrat, 191

Turnout: 28.39%

SHAW - LAB GAIN

LLEWELLYN, Rose Marie, Labour, 1,405
WILLIAMS, Keith Robert, Conservative, 1,131
MCCORMICK, Zoe Claire, Liberal Democrat, 248

Turnout: 35.06%

ST MARGARET AND SOUTH MARSTON - LAB GAIN

SHELLEY, Simon John, Labour, 1,231
WILLS, Eleanor Elisabeth, Conservative, 1,199
MARCH, Ella Constance, Green Party
COMBER, Lynda Marian, Liberal Democrat, 183

Turnout: 30.35%

LYDIARD AND FRESHBROOK - LAB GAIN

GROTHER, Leon Paul, Labour, 1,312
SYDNEY-SMITH, Caryl, Conservative, 898
SHEPHERD, Christopher Robert, Liberal Democrat, 208
PETTEFAR, Robert, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, 102

Turnout: 31.6%

PENHILL & UPPER STRATTON - LAB GAIN

SMITH, Thomas James, Labour, 1,106
IBITOYE, David-Oladapo, Conservative, 878
HORROBIN, Michelle Anne, Liberal Democrat, 244

Turnout: 24.97%

RIDGEWAY - CON HOLD

SUMNER, Gary, Conservative, 574
MEARNS, Liz, Liberal Democrat, 246
ALLSOP, Stephen Raymond, Labour, 216

Turnout: 37.57 percent

WALCOT & PARK NORTH - LAB HOLD

MIAH, Mohammed Jamal, Labour, 1,539
BELL, Dave, Conservative, 496
DICKINSON, Michael James, Liberal Democrat, 187
LODWICK, Ian Charles, Green Party, 160

Turnout: 27.18%