2022 Swindon Borough Council election

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5 May 2022 (2022-05-05)

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19 of the 57 seats to Swindon Borough Council
29 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party
	Con	Lab
Party	Conservative	Labour
Seats before	37	20
Seats won	7	12
Seats after	34	23
Seat change	3	3
Popular vote	22,987	24,751
Percentage	42.7%	46.0%

Map of the results of the 2022 Swindon council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red. Wards in grey had no election in 2022.

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

Elections to Swindon Borough Council took place on 5 May 2022 as part of the 2022 local elections in the United Kingdom.^[1] The Conservatives lost 3 seats but maintained their majority control of the council.

Results summary

2022 Swindon Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	7	3	36.8%	27	34	59.6%	22,987	42.7%	6.2%
	Labour	12	3	63.2%	11	23	40.4%	24,751	46.0%	13.7%
	Liberal Democrats	0		0.0%	0	0	0.0%	3,559	6.6%	1.1%
	Green	0		0.0%	0	0	0.0%	2,272	4.2%	2.1%
	TUSC	0		0.0%	0	0	0.0%	204	0.4%	N/A

Ward results

Note: Vote share change is calculated based on the last time these seats were fought in 2018.

Blunsdon & Highworth

Blunsdon & Highworth^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steven Mark Weisinger *	1,715	53.7	-2.90
	Labour Co-op	Lesley Ann Gow	1,024	32.0	+2.01
	Green	Andrew Donald Day	457	14.3	+8.21
Majority			691	21.6
Turnout			3,212	36.06
Registered electors			8,908
	Conservative hold		Swing

Central

Central^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anabelle Patricia Pegado	1,983	49.1	+31.96
	Labour Co-op	Junab Ali *	1,813	44.9	-26.60
	Liberal Democrats	Hannah Louise Pajak	236	5.8	+0.67
Majority			170	4.2	N/A
Turnout			4,066	40.92
Registered electors			9,937
	Conservative gain from Labour Co-op		Swing

Chiseldon & Lawn

Chiseldon & Lawn^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lawrence Elliott	996	44.6	-10.38
	Labour	Mike Davies	775	34.5	+13.29
	Liberal Democrats	Fareed Ahmed Quidwai	463	20.7	+12.90
Majority			221	9.9
Turnout			2,250	37.28
Registered electors			6,035
	Conservative hold		Swing

Covingham & Dorcan

Covingham & Dorcan^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin James Parry *	1,846	61.2	-6.24
	Labour	Tomas William Silberberg	895	29.7	+5.82
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Harry King	199	6.6	+3.36
	TUSC	Scott Victor Abbas Hunter	78	2.6	+2.6
Majority			951	31.5
Turnout			3,030	36.51
Registered electors			8,300
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eastcott

Eastcott^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Imtiyaz Shaikh *	1,606	48.3	+2.32
	Liberal Democrats	Stan Pajak	1,135	34.1	-3.98
	Conservative	Bhawna Goyal	587	17.6	+7.15
Majority			471	14.2
Turnout			3,358	42.29
Registered electors			7,941
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Gorse Hill & Pinehurst

Gorse Hill & Pinehurst^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carol Hannah Shelley *	1,647	60.9	+8.10
	Conservative	Alex Hughes	1,059	39.1	+8.83
Majority			588	21.7
Turnout			2,731	29.72
Registered electors			9,190
	Labour hold		Swing

Haydon Wick

Haydon Wick^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew Lodge	1,353	51.5	+13.22
	Conservative	Bose Patrick-Okoh	1,274	48.5	-0.96
Majority			79	3.0	N/A
Turnout			2,653	29.94
Registered electors			8,861
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Liden, Eldene & Park South

Liden, Eldene & Park South^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Janine Howarth *	1,388	54.4	+10.20
	Conservative	Zachary Jay Hawson	1,163	45.6	+4.52
Majority			225	8.8
Turnout			2,565	31.94
Registered electors			8,031
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Lydiard & Freshbrook

Lydiard & Freshbrook^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sean Wilson	1,331	49.4	+8.59
	Conservative	Luke Eric Dawson	1,235	45.9	-2.79
	TUSC	Rob Pettefar	126	4.7	+4.7
Majority			96	3.6	N/A
Turnout			2,715	33.39
Registered electors			8,132
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Mannington & Western

Mannington & Western^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Jim Robbins *	1,364	61.9	+4.24
	Conservative	Gyan Prasad Gurung	665	30.2	+3.30
	Liberal Democrats	Fraser McCormick	175	7.9	+3.09
Majority			699	31.7
Turnout			2,220	29.82
Registered electors			7,444
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Old Town

Old Town^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nadine Carol Watts *	2,032	62.5	+12.08
	Conservative	Sumon Chandra Roy	868	26.7	-14.41
	Green	Bill Hughes	197	6.1	+2.49
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Wiltshire	154	4.7	+1.45
Majority			1,164	35.8
Turnout			3,265	41.04
Registered electors			7,955
	Labour hold		Swing

Penhill & Upper Stratton

Penhill & Upper Stratton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Claire Crilly *	1,336	51.8	+3.02
	Conservative	Ola Ibitoye	1,068	41.4	+3.22
	Liberal Democrats	Michelle Horrobin	177	6.9	+2.46
Majority			268	10.4
Turnout			2,589	28.18
Registered electors			9,186
	Labour hold		Swing

Priory Vale

Priory Vale^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Andrew Heath	1,144	50.3	+23.27
	Conservative	Kate Tomlinson *	1,130	49.7	-10.93
Majority			14	0.6	N/A
Turnout			2,296	26.63
Registered electors			8,621
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Rodbourne Cheney

Rodbourne Cheney^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Lewis Stone *	1,604	56.5	+3.13
	Conservative	Omkar Munagala	1,040	36.6	+3.60
	Green	Roderick George Hebden-Leeder	197	6.9	+2.34
Majority			564	19.9
Turnout			2,852	31.32
Registered electors			9,107
	Labour hold		Swing

Shaw

Shaw^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Suresha Gattapur	1,270	48.6	+2.54
	Labour	Zohaib Ali Tariq	921	35.2	-5.44
	Green	Ken Kimber	424	16.2	+11.92
Majority			349	13.3
Turnout			2,631	33.08
Registered electors			7,953
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Andrews

St Andrews^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jake Edward Chandler *	1,390	42.2	-11.82
	Labour	Jason John Mills	1,147	34.8	+4.89
	Green	Bradley Martyn Williams	757	23.0	+16.48
Majority			243	7.4
Turnout			3,302	26.31
Registered electors			12,552
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Margaret & South Marston

St Margaret & South Marston^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Pamela Lesley Adams	1,497	51.6	+10.60
	Conservative	Roger Arthur Smith *	1,405	48.4	-0.71
Majority			92	3.2	N/A
Turnout			2,954	32.69
Registered electors			9,036
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing

Walcot & Park North

Walcot & Park North^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Abdul Amin *	1,492	50.8	-4.68
	Conservative	Agnelo Estrocio	1,159	39.5	+9.99
	Liberal Democrats	Dawn Elizabeth Pajak	286	9.7	+4.48
Majority			333	11.3
Turnout			2,955	33.16
Registered electors			8,910
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Wroughton & Wichelstowe

Wroughton & Wichelstowe^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David George Curtis Martyn	1,134	45.5	+9.68
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Charles Poole	734	29.5	-6.63
	Labour	Sam James	382	15.3	+1.87
	Green	Pippa Fairbourn	240	9.6
Majority			400	16.1
Turnout			2,500	38.15
Registered electors			6,553
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t "Borough election results". Retrieved 8 May 2022.

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