Swindon Borough Council Election - Tories hold control in spite of Labour gains

By Barrie Hudson - 6 May 2022

Politics

The results of yesterday's local elections have been announced by Swindon Borough Council.

One seat in each of 19 wards was contested, with the Conservatives retaining overall control of the council.
They have 34 seats to Labour's 23.
There were four Labour gains - Priory Vale, Haydon Wick, St Margaret and South Marston and Lydiard and Freshbrook - while the Conservatives gained Central.
The results are:
 
PENHILL AND UPPER STRATTON - LABOUR HOLD
Elected: CRILLY, Claire - Labour Party
CRILLY, Claire - Labour Party - 1336
HORROBIN, Michelle - Liberal Democrat - 177
IBITOYE, Ola - The Conservative Party - 1068

RODBOURNE CHENEY - LABOUR HOLD

Elected: STONE, William Lewis - Labour Party
HEBDEN-LEEDER, Roderick George - Green Party - 197
MUNAGALA, Omkar - The Conservative Party - 1040
STONE, William Lewis - Labour Party - 1604

CENTRAL - CONSERVATIVES GAIN
Elected: PEGADO, Anabelle Patricia - The Conservative Party
ALI, Junab - Labour and Co-operative Party - 1819
PAJAK, Hannah Louise - Liberal Democrat - 236
PEGADO, Anabelle Patricia - The Conservative Party - 1983

BLUNSDON AND HIGHWORTH - CONSERVATIVES HOLD
Elected: WEISINGER, Steven Mark - The Conservative Party
DAY, Andrew Donald - Green Party - 457
GOW, Lesley Ann - Labour and Co-operative Party - 1024
WEISINGER, Steven Mark - The Conservative Party - 1715

WROUGHTON AND WICHELSTOWE - CONSERVATIVES HOLD
Elected: MARTYN, David George Curtis
FAIRBOURN, Pippa - Green Party - 240
JAMES, Sam - Labour Party - 382
MARTYN, David George Curtis - The Conservative Party - 1134
POOLE, Adam Charles - Liberal Democrat - 734

COVINGHAM AND DORCAN - CONSERVATIVES HOLD
Elected: PARRY, Kevin
HUNTER, Scott Victor Abbas - Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition - 78
KING, Geoffrey Harry -Liberal Democrats - 199
PARRY, Kevin James -The Conservative Party - 1846
SILBERBERG, Tomas William -Labour Party - 895

OLD TOWN - LABOUR HOLDS
Elected: WATTS, Nadine Carol - Labour Party
HUGHES, Bill - Green Party - 197
ROY, Sumon Chandra - The Conservative Party - 868
WATTS, Nadine Carol - Labour Party - 2032
WILTSHIRE, Martin - Liberal Democrat - 154

EASTCOTT - LABOUR HOLDS
Elected: SHAIKH, Imtiyaz - Labour and Co-operative Party
GOYAL, Bhawna - The Conservative Party - 587
PAJAK, Stan - Liberal Democrat Focus Team - 1135
SHAIKH, Imtiyaz - Labour and Co-operative Party - 1606

MANNINGTON AND WESTERN - LABOUR HOLDS
Elected: ROBBINS, James - Labour and Co-operative Party
GURUNG, Gyan Prasad - The Conservative Party - 665
MCCORMICK, Fraser - Liberal Democrat - 175
ROBBINS, James - Labour and Co-operative Party - 1364

SHAW - CONSERVATIVES HOLD
Elected: GATTAPUR, Suresha - The Conservative Party
GATTAPUR, Suresha - The Conservative Party - 1270
KIMBER, Ken - Green Party - 424
TARIQ, Zohaib Ali - Labour Party - 921

LYDIARD AND FRESHBROOK - LABOUR GAIN
Elected: WILSON, Sean - Labour Party
DAWSON, Luke Eric - The Conservative Party - 1235
PETTEFAR, Rob - Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition - 126
WILSON, Sean - Labour Party - 1331

ST ANDREWS - CONSERVATIVES HOLD
Elected: CHANDLER, Jake Edward - The Conservative Party
CHANDLER, Jake Edward - The Conservative Party - 1390
MILLS, Jason John - Labour Party - 1147
WILLIAMS, Bradley Martyn - Green Party - 757

CHISELDON AND LAWN - CONSERVATIVES HOLD
Elected: ELLIOTT, Lawrence - The Conservative Party
AHMED QUIDWAI, Fareed - Liberal Democrat - 463
DAVIES, Mike - Labour Party - 775
ELLIOTT, Lawrence - The Conservative Party - 996

WALCOT AND PARK NORTH - LABOUR HOLD
Elected: AMIN, Abdul - Labour and Co-operative Party
AMIN, Abdul - Labour and Co-operative Party - 1492
ESTROCIO, Agnelo - The Conservative Party - 1159
PAJAK Dawn Elizabeth - Liberal Democrat - 286

ST MARGARET AND SOUTH MARSTON - LABOUR GAIN
Elected: ADAMS, Pamela Lesley - Labour and Co-operative Party
ADAMS, Pamela Lesley - Labour and Co-operative Party - 1497
SMITH, Roger Arthur - The Conservative Party - 1405

HAYDON WICK - LABOUR GAIN
Elected: LODGE, Matthew Thomas Jamie Hugo - Labour Party
LODGE, Matthew Thomas Jamie Hugo - Labour Party - 1353
PATRICK-OKOH, Bose - The Conservative Party - 1274

GORSE HILL AND PINEHURST - LABOUR HOLD
Elected: SHELLEY, Carol Hannah - Labour Party
HUGHES, Alex - The Conservative Party - 1059
SHELLEY, Carol Hannah - Labour Party - 1647

NYTHE, ELDENE AND LIDEN PARISH (NYTHE WARD)
Elected: SOLOMON, Bazil Stanley - The Conservative Party
HUNT, Adam Thomas - Labour Party - 323
SOLOMON, Bazil Stanley - The Conservative Party - 474

LIDEN, ELDENE AND PARK SOUTH - LABOUR HOLD
Elected: HOWARTH, Janine - Labour and Co-operative Party
HAWSON, Zachary Jay - The Conservative Party - 1163
HOWARTH, Janine - Labour and Co-operative Party - 1388

 
 
PRIORY VALE - LABOUR GAIN
Elected: HEATH, Robert Andrew - Labour Party
HEATH, Robert Andrew - Labour Party - 1144
TOMLINSON, Kate - The Conservative Party - 1130
 

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