Luton council election, 2023

04/05/2023 · 19 wards · 45 seats contested

Most seats
27
Labour Party
Seats contested
45
across 19 wards
Turnout
28.9%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 27 -5 46,166 50.2% -6.5
Liberal Democrats 15 +3 33,460 36.4% +19.1
Conservative and Unionist Party 3 -1 9,238 10.0% -9.2
Independent 0 +0 2,728 3.0% -1.0
Reform UK 0 +0 455 0.5% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2019. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 45
Labour Party 45
Liberal Democrats 34
Conservative and Unionist Party 15
Independent 8
Reform UK 2

A party standing a full slate could field 45 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Barnfield 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats David George Franks Elected 1,690 52.8% —
Liberal Democrats Jeff Petts Elected 1,627 50.9% —
Liberal Democrats Amjid Ali Elected 1,551 48.5% —
Labour Party Shahriar Ahmed 1,174 36.7% —
Labour Party Sameera Saleem 956 29.9% —
Labour Party Anwar Haque 932 29.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Alex Dearden 378 11.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Dr Sam Deekue 371 11.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Zahid Mohmand 274 8.6% —
Majority377
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors8,862
Ballots cast3,199

Beech Hill 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Rumi Chowdhury Elected 2,158 67.6% —
Labour Party Javed Iqbal Hussain Elected 2,127 66.7% —
Labour Party Rehana Malik Elected 1,928 60.4% —
Liberal Democrats Md Mahbubul Karim 958 30.0% —
Liberal Democrats Adrees Latif 947 29.7% —
Liberal Democrats Ghulam Rabbani Javed 737 23.1% —
Majority970
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors8,917
Ballots cast3,190

Biscot 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Zanib Raja Elected 937 42.7% —
Labour Party Tahmina Saleem Elected 929 42.3% —
Independent Fazilat Ali-Khan 713 32.5% —
Independent Tipu Moheeuddin 643 29.3% —
Liberal Democrats Shahin Uddin 525 23.9% —
Liberal Democrats Junaid Malik 431 19.6% —
Majority216
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors6,463
Ballots cast2,196

Bramingham 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Stuart John Miller Elected 1,601 50.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party John David Baker Elected 1,529 48.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Aziz Ambia Elected 1,463 46.5% —
Labour Party Desmond Paul Edward Billington 1,279 40.7% —
Labour Party Bodrul Amin 1,268 40.3% —
Labour Party Mehmood Khan 1,171 37.2% —
Majority184
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors9,591
Ballots cast3,144

Central 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Fatima Begum Elected 626 73.6% —
Labour Party Mohammed Yaqub Hanif Elected 447 52.6% —
Independent Belal Ahmed 195 22.9% —
Liberal Democrats Abid Aziz 122 14.4% —
Liberal Democrats Abid Aziz 122 14.4% —
Liberal Democrats Amir Aziz 110 12.9% —
Independent Anwar Hussain 78 9.2% —
Majority252
Turnout—
Registered electors5,203
Ballots cast (estimated)850

Challney 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Basid Mahmood Elected 1,572 62.7% —
Labour Party Khtija Ghaus Malik Elected 1,562 62.3% —
Labour Party Tom Shaw Elected 1,546 61.7% —
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Javid 654 26.1% —
Liberal Democrats Shahid Zaman 593 23.7% —
Liberal Democrats Farzana Ahktar 587 23.4% —
Majority892
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors9,270
Ballots cast2,507

Dallow 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Mohammed Farooq Elected 1,101 62.2% —
Labour Party Alia Khan Elected 1,059 59.8% —
Liberal Democrats Basharat Hussain 619 35.0% —
Liberal Democrats Abbas Hussain 492 27.8% —
Majority440
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors5,556
Ballots cast1,771

High Town 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party James John Taylor Elected 798 56.1% —
Labour Party Umme Ali Elected 783 55.0% —
Independent John Rodney French 446 31.3% —
Independent Mohammed Shahid 294 20.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Lesley Ann Hill 231 16.2% —
Majority337
Turnout23.0%
Registered electors6,224
Ballots cast1,423

Leagrave 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Maria Freda Lovell Elected 1,020 55.1% —
Labour Party Francis Steer Elected 842 45.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ifthekher Alom 692 37.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Malik Azad Nikyalvi 465 25.1% —
Reform UK James Aaron Fletcher 224 12.1% —
Majority150
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors6,863
Ballots cast1,850

Lewsey 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Hazel Marie Simmons Elected 1,008 74.3% —
Labour Party Yarun Begum Elected 912 67.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Edward Carpenter 272 20.1% —
Independent Afia Parveen 142 10.5% —
Majority640
Turnout22.0%
Registered electors6,215
Ballots cast1,356

Northwell 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Robert James Roche Elected 1,400 60.1% —
Labour Party Amy Jane Alexandra Nicholls Elected 1,397 60.0% —
Labour Party Babatunde Ajisola Elected 1,306 56.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Philip James Turner 664 28.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ash Ali 520 22.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Shashi Ravi Suman Rudrangi 482 20.7% —
Reform UK Jim Cohen 231 9.9% —
Independent Anwar Hussain 217 9.3% —
Majority642
Turnout25.0%
Registered electors9,214
Ballots cast2,330

Poets 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jacqui Burnett Elected 919 53.0% —
Labour Party Aslam Khan Elected 866 49.9% —
Liberal Democrats Taimoor Ali 749 43.2% —
Liberal Democrats Evaline Omondi 692 39.9% —
Majority117
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors5,803
Ballots cast1,734

Round Green 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Gillian Frances Fry Elected 910 48.6% —
Liberal Democrats Zahoor Ahmed Elected 799 42.7% —
Labour Party Raja Khan 785 41.9% —
Labour Party Yasmin Waheed 682 36.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Saiful Choudhury 160 8.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mohammed Eaoyor Shaikh 136 7.3% —
Majority14
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors6,433
Ballots cast1,872

Saints 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Saima Hussain Elected 1,630 54.1% —
Labour Party Ghulam Abbas Elected 1,594 52.9% —
Labour Party Shahanara Naser Elected 1,525 50.6% —
Liberal Democrats Anwar Malik 1,202 39.9% —
Liberal Democrats Summara Khurshid 1,187 39.4% —
Liberal Democrats Baber Hussain 1,078 35.8% —
Majority323
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors8,615
Ballots cast3,011

South 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Steve Stevens Elected 710 51.9% —
Labour Party Charmaine Isles Elected 645 47.2% —
Liberal Democrats Deborah Abisole Abodunrin-Olokode 602 44.0% —
Labour Party David Kwaku Agbley 589 43.1% —
Majority43
Turnout23.0%
Registered electors6,025
Ballots cast1,367

Stopsley 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Richard Underwood Elected 2,185 76.1% —
Liberal Democrats David Hesketh Wynn Elected 2,142 74.6% —
Liberal Democrats Nigel John Marshall Elected 2,137 74.4% —
Labour Party Shajarul Islam 629 21.9% —
Labour Party Imtiaz Ahmed 596 20.7% —
Labour Party Sadiqul Choudhury 593 20.6% —
Majority1,508
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors9,170
Ballots cast2,873

Sundon Park 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Steve Barry Moore Elected 1,010 57.5% —
Liberal Democrats Clive Richard Mead Elected 962 54.8% —
Labour Party Deanne Johnson 722 41.1% —
Labour Party Masood Akhtar 630 35.9% —
Majority240
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors5,592
Ballots cast1,756

Vauxhall 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Terry David Keens Elected 893 66.2% —
Liberal Democrats Lee Mark Bridgen Elected 868 64.4% —
Labour Party Shana Begum 422 31.3% —
Labour Party Bobby Thomas 389 28.9% —
Majority446
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors5,142
Ballots cast1,348

Wigmore 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Claire Gallagher Elected 1,809 81.5% —
Liberal Democrats Alan Michael Skepelhorn Elected 1,760 79.3% —
Labour Party Raja Naveed Ahmed 374 16.8% —
Labour Party Bames Mayunga 338 15.2% —
Majority1,386
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors6,931
Ballots cast2,220

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