Rural North ward
Vote share over time
Each line is a party's lead candidate as a share of ballots cast. Hollow points are by-elections.
07/05/2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | William D'Urban Sunnucks Elected | 1,847 | 42.2% | -15.3 |
| Reform UK | Graham Wilson | 1,385 | 31.7% | — |
| Green Party | Alex Elizabeth McCormick | 450 | 10.3% | -1.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Karen Dawn Maxwell | 375 | 8.6% | -3.8 |
| Labour Party | Gary David Braddy | 315 | 7.2% | -11.0 |
| Majority | 462 | |||
| Turnout | 50.9% | |||
| Registered electors | 8,608 | |||
| Ballots cast | 4,372 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
02/05/2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Darius Laws Elected | 1,618 | 57.5% | +1.7 |
| Labour Party | Barbara Rosemary Nichols | 513 | 18.2% | +4.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Karen Dawn Maxwell | 349 | 12.4% | -4.1 |
| Green Party | John Edwin Burgess | 333 | 11.8% | -1.8 |
| Majority | 1,105 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,813 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
04/05/2023
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Tom Rowe Elected | 1,625 | 55.9% | -1.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Karen Dawn Maxwell | 481 | 16.5% | -0.2 |
| Labour Party | Barbara Rosemary Nichols | 405 | 13.9% | +1.1 |
| Green Party | John Edwin Burgess | 398 | 13.7% | +0.7 |
| Majority | 1,144 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | 8,462 | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,909 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
05/05/2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | William D'Urban Sunnucks Elected | 1,731 | 57.5% | -7.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Will Brown | 504 | 16.7% | +6.2 |
| Green Party | Susan Ann Bailey | 391 | 13.0% | +1.1 |
| Labour Party | Neil Edward Jones | 386 | 12.8% | +2.1 |
| Majority | 1,227 | |||
| Turnout | 36.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 3,012 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
06/05/2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Darius Laws Elected | 2,207 | 64.5% | +3.1 |
| Green Party | Sue Bailey | 406 | 11.9% | -3.7 |
| Labour Party | Diane Karen Brown | 367 | 10.7% | +3.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Will Brown | 359 | 10.5% | -4.8 |
| Reform UK | Andrew John Phillips | 84 | 2.5% | — |
| Majority | 1,801 | |||
| Turnout | 40.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 3,423 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
02/05/2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Nigel Chapman Elected | 1,786 | 61.4% | -7.1 |
| Green Party | Sue Bailey | 454 | 15.6% | +6.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Will Brown | 445 | 15.3% | +5.2 |
| Labour Party | Judith Anne Short | 225 | 7.7% | -4.1 |
| Majority | 1,332 | |||
| Turnout | 35.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,910 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
03/05/2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Peter John Chillingworth Elected | 2,015 | 68.5% | -3.8 |
| Labour Party | Judith Anne Short | 348 | 11.8% | -0.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Will Brown | 298 | 10.1% | -7.9 |
| Green Party | Roger Bamforth | 281 | 9.6% | -8.9 |
| Majority | 1,667 | |||
| Turnout | 35.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,942 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
05/05/2016 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Christopher John Arnold Elected | 1,913 | 72.3% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Nigel Chapman Elected | 1,824 | 69.0% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Peter John Chillingworth Elected | 1,665 | 62.9% | — |
| Green Party | Roger Bamforth | 488 | 18.4% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Will Brown | 478 | 18.1% | — |
| Green Party | Blake Roberts | 367 | 13.9% | — |
| Labour Party | Kevin Francis Finnigan | 322 | 12.2% | — |
| Labour Party | Judith Anne Short | 319 | 12.1% | — |
| Green Party | Janita Erica Le Fevre | 282 | 10.7% | — |
| Labour Party | Paul Henry Fryer-Kelsey | 278 | 10.5% | — |
| Majority | 1,177 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 2,645 | |||