The 2024 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. All 38 members of Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council in Warwickshire were elected following boundary changes.
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All 38 seats to Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council 20 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Winner of each seat at the 2024 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Labour gained overall control of the council from the Conservatives, winning just enough seats to have a majority.[1] The Labour group leader, Chris Watkins, was formally appointed as leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 15 May 2024.[2]
Background
editNuneaton and Bedworth was a traditionally Labour council. From its creation up to 2008, the party held a majority on the council.[3] The Conservatives took control in 2008, but the council fell into no overall control in 2010,[4] and was retaken by Labour in 2012.[5]
Labour controlled the council until 2018, when it again fell into no overall control. The Conservatives gained the council in 2021, and retained control in 2022. In that election, the Conservatives gained 1 seat with 50.5% of the vote, Labour lost 2 with 34.7%, and the Green Party gained 1 with 14.0%.
Boundary changes
editNuneaton and Bedworth usually elects its councillors in halves, on a 4-year cycle. However, following boundary changes, all councillors will be elected to the new wards.[6] All wards have 2 councillors. The change increases the number of councillors by 4.
| Old wards[7] | New wards |
|---|---|
| Abbey | Arbury |
| Arbury | Attleborough |
| Attleborough | Bede |
| Bar Pool | Bulkington |
| Bede | Camp Hill |
| Bulkington | Chilvers Coton |
| Camp Hill | Eastboro |
| Exhall | Exhall |
| Galley Common | Galley Common |
| Heath | Heath |
| Kingswood | Milby |
| Poplar | Poplar |
| Slough | Slough |
| St Nicolas | St Mary's |
| Weddington | St Nicolas |
| Wem Brook | Stockingford East |
| Whitestone | Stockingford West |
| Weddington | |
| Whitestone |
Previous council composition
edit| After 2022 election | Before 2024 election[8] | After 2024 election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | |||
| Conservative | 27 | Conservative | 27 | Conservative | 16 | |||
| Labour | 5 | Labour | 5 | Labour | 20 | |||
| Green | 2 | Green | 2 | Green | 2 | |||
Results
edit| 2024 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
| Labour | 38 | 20 | 11 | 0 |  15
|
52.6 | 45.0 | 22,388 | +10.3 | |
| Conservative | 38 | 16 | 0 | 11 |  11
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42.1 | 44.1 | 21,906 | –6.4 | |
| Green | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 
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5.3 | 7.7 | 3,837 | –6.3 | |
| TUSC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
0.0 | 1.6 | 816 | +1.1 | |
| Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
0.0 | 1.2 | 613 | N/A | |
| Coventry Citizens | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
0.0 | 0.2 | 110 | –0.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
0.0 | 0.1 | 42 | N/A | |
Ward results
editAn asterisk denotes an incumbent councillor seeking re-election.
Arbury
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Brady Hughes[a] | 695 | 50.55 | ||
| Labour | Christian Smith[b] | 656 | 47.71 | ||
| Conservative | Clare Golby* | 651 | 47.35 | ||
| Conservative | Michael Green* | 602 | 43.78 | ||
| TUSC | Eve Miller | 146 | 10.62 | ||
| Turnout | 26.87 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
Attleborough
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Caroline Phillips[a] | 644 | 52.49 | ||
| Labour | Stephen Hey[b] | 624 | 50.86 | ||
| Conservative | Richard Baxter-Payne* | 529 | 43.11 | ||
| Conservative | Kamaljeet Thiara | 457 | 37.25 | ||
| Independent | Khalil Ahmed | 200 | 16.3 | ||
| Turnout | 25.25 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
Bede
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | William Hancox[a] | 799 | 62.4 | ||
| Labour | Anne-Marie Bull[b] | 796 | 62.16 | ||
| Conservative | Hayley Downs | 490 | 38.27 | ||
| Conservative | Peter Gilbert | 476 | 37.17 | ||
| Turnout | 24.30 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
Bulkington
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ljubisa Cvetkovic*[a] | 980 | 68.94 | ||
| Conservative | Richard Smith*[b] | 814 | 57.26 | ||
| Labour | John Beaumont | 601 | 42.28 | ||
| Labour | Campbell McKee | 448 | 31.52 | ||
| Turnout | 31.59 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Camp Hill
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Sharon Dhillon[a] | 575 | 62.03 | ||
| Labour | Eric Amaechi[b] | 523 | 56.42 | ||
| Conservative | Colin Cape* | 346 | 37.32 | ||
| Conservative | Romaine Tabet | 293 | 31.61 | ||
| TUSC | Paul Reilly | 117 | 12.62 | ||
| Turnout | 19.06 | ||||
| Labour hold | |||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
Chilvers Coton
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Tracy Sheppard*[a] | 680 | 62.1 | ||
| Labour | Tony Venson[b] | 564 | 51.51 | ||
| Green | David Fletcher | 299 | 27.31 | ||
| Conservative | Scott Harbison* | 222 | 20.27 | ||
| Conservative | Sebastian Gran | 220 | 20.09 | ||
| TUSC | Bernadette Quinn | 205 | 18.72 | ||
| Turnout | 24.74 | ||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Eastboro
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Tony Cooper*[a] | 591 | 56.61 | ||
| Conservative | Mark Etienne[b] | 475 | 45.5 | ||
| Labour | Brian Walmsley | 408 | 39.08 | ||
| Labour | Sunday Ajayi | 383 | 36.69 | ||
| Green | Spring Vernon | 231 | 22.13 | ||
| Turnout | 29.19 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Exhall
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Damon Brown*[a] | 717 | 51.27 | ||
| Labour | Tim Jenkins[b] | 628 | 44.91 | ||
| Labour | Helen Sinclair | 598 | 42.76 | ||
| Conservative | Sandra Walsh | 526 | 37.61 | ||
| Green | Merle Gering | 152 | 10.87 | ||
| TUSC | Eileen Hunter | 66 | 4.72 | ||
| Coventry Citizens | Andrew Frampton | 59 | 4.22 | ||
| Coventry Citizens | Megan Frampton | 51 | 3.65 | ||
| Turnout | 28.80 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
Galley Common
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Paul Hickling[a] | 722 | 56.74 | ||
| Conservative | Samuel Croft*[b] | 654 | 51.39 | ||
| Labour | Alex Ratcliffe | 621 | 48.8 | ||
| Conservative | Pauly Palamattom | 548 | 43.06 | ||
| Turnout | 23.86 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Heath
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Will Markham[a] | 788 | 58.67 | ||
| Labour | Rob Roze[b] | 661 | 49.22 | ||
| Conservative | Jasbir Singh* | 647 | 48.18 | ||
| Conservative | Lee Downs* | 590 | 43.93 | ||
| Turnout | 25.53 | ||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
Milby
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Michael Bird[a] | 524 | 59.34 | ||
| Conservative | Jonathan Collett[b] | 462 | 52.32 | ||
| Labour | Lindsey Brookes | 289 | 32.73 | ||
| Green | Tess Brookes | 277 | 31.37 | ||
| Labour | Michael Fowler | 214 | 24.24 | ||
| Turnout | 32.6 | ||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Poplar
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Bhagwant Pandher*[a] | 674 | 49.18 | ||
| Conservative | Amarjit Khangura[b] | 619 | 45.17 | ||
| Labour | Luke Charles | 576 | 42.03 | ||
| Labour | Bob Copland | 563 | 41.08 | ||
| Green | Krissi Cope | 162 | 11.82 | ||
| Green | Richard Cope | 147 | 10.73 | ||
| Turnout | 28.62 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Slough
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sue Markham*[a] | 750 | 46.67 | ||
| Conservative | Martin Walsh*[b] | 690 | 42.94 | ||
| Labour | Mark Garratt | 674 | 41.94 | ||
| Labour | Paul Waldron | 596 | 37.09 | ||
| Independent | Sam Margrave | 413 | 25.7 | ||
| TUSC | Mark Burdett | 91 | 5.66 | ||
| Turnout | 30.18 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
St Mary's
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Bhim Saru[a] | 809 | 71.75 | ||
| Labour | Jill Sheppard*[b] | 797 | 70.69 | ||
| Conservative | Craig Aston | 355 | 31.49 | ||
| Conservative | Peter Aucott | 294 | 26.08 | ||
| Turnout | 21.96 | ||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
St Nicolas
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Jeffrey Clarke[a] | 1,002 | 61.6 | ||
| Conservative | Jamie Hartshorn*[b] | 842 | 51.77 | ||
| Labour | Joshua McDonagh | 475 | 29.2 | ||
| Labour | Matthew Smith | 434 | 26.68 | ||
| Green | Andrew Heritage | 429 | 26.38 | ||
| TUSC | Danny Webb | 71 | 4.37 | ||
| Turnout | 37.40 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Stockingford East
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jack Bonner[a] | 736 | 61.49 | ||
| Labour | Nicky King[b] | 713 | 59.57 | ||
| Conservative | Christopher Collins | 510 | 42.61 | ||
| Conservative | Sue Underhill | 435 | 36.34 | ||
| Turnout | 24.97 | ||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Stockingford West
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Chris Watkins*[a] | 747 | 60.24 | ||
| Labour | Kath Price[b] | 742 | 59.84 | ||
| Conservative | Ewan Evans | 445 | 35.89 | ||
| Conservative | Jack Kennaugh* | 426 | 34.35 | ||
| TUSC | Catherine Mosey | 120 | 9.68 | ||
| Turnout | 22.23 | ||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Weddington
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Michele Kondakor[a] | 1,037 | 65.78 | ||
| Green | Mike Wright*[b] | 847 | 53.73 | ||
| Conservative | Graham Curtis | 363 | 23.03 | ||
| Conservative | Lilian Pilkington | 344 | 21.82 | ||
| Labour | Sutish Badhan | 261 | 16.56 | ||
| Labour | Collette Watkins | 259 | 16.43 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Joy Salaja | 42 | 2.66 | ||
| Turnout | 32.63 | ||||
| Green hold | |||||
| Green hold | |||||
Whitestone
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Kristofer Wilson*[a] | 1,173 | 63.61 | ||
| Conservative | Julian Gutteridge*[b] | 1,170 | 63.45 | ||
| Labour | Jamie Blakemore | 568 | 30.8 | ||
| Labour | Dianne Fowler | 521 | 28.25 | ||
| Green | Sophie Bonner | 256 | 13.88 | ||
| Turnout | 37.44 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ "Labour gains control of Nuneaton and Bedworth council after Conservative loss". Channel 4 News. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ Harrison, Claire (16 May 2024). "'Be courteous' says new council leader after toxic Town Hall claims". Coventry Live. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ "Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ "Nuneaton & Bedworth Vote 2010". BBC News. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ "BBC News - Vote 2012 - Nuneaton & Bedworth". BBC News. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ "The Nuneaton & Bedworth (Electoral Changes) Order 2024", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2024/3, retrieved 6 March 2024
- ^ "The Borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth (Electoral Changes) Order 2000", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2000/2058, retrieved 6 March 2024
- ^ "Your local councillor". Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "Candidates". Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council. Retrieved 6 April 2024.