City Centre 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 | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Party | Tina Balmer Elected | 821 | 39.7% | — |
| Labour Party | Mark Francis Routledge | 572 | 27.7% | -30.8 |
| Reform UK | Lorenzo More | 357 | 17.3% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Andy Pratt | 199 | 9.6% | -11.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Sam Zhang-Peak | 119 | 5.8% | -14.7 |
| Majority | 249 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,068 | |||
Green Party gain from Labour and Co-operative Party
02/05/2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Salim Desai Elected | 880 | 58.4% | -8.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Andy Pratt | 318 | 21.1% | +5.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Lawrence | 308 | 20.5% | +11.0 |
| Majority | 562 | |||
| Turnout | 19.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 8,505 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,506 | |||
Labour and Co-operative Party hold
04/05/2023
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Carol Henshaw Elected | 1,035 | 67.0% | -4.2 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Andy Pratt | 241 | 15.6% | -4.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Mike Peak | 146 | 9.4% | +0.6 |
| Green Party | Daniel Thompson | 123 | 8.0% | — |
| Majority | 794 | |||
| Turnout | 19.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 8,195 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,545 | |||
Labour and Co-operative Party hold
05/05/2022
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Lynne Brooks Elected | 1,099 | 71.2% | +13.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Andy Pratt | 308 | 20.0% | -2.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Finch | 136 | 8.8% | +1.4 |
| Majority | 791 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,543 | |||
Labour Party hold
06/05/2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Salim Desai Elected | 1,013 | 58.0% | -19.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Andy Pratt | 387 | 22.1% | +6.8 |
| Green Party | David Charles Nicholson | 173 | 9.9% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Fiona Duke | 129 | 7.4% | -7.5 |
| Heritage Party | James Elliot | 45 | 2.6% | — |
| Majority | 626 | |||
| Turnout | 21.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 8,381 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,748 | |||
Labour Party hold
02/05/2019 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Carol Henshaw Elected | 1,201 | 77.8% | — |
| Labour Party | Peter Moss Elected | 1,167 | 75.6% | — |
| Labour Party | Salim Desai Elected | 1,162 | 75.3% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Pamela Homer | 237 | 15.4% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Harshad Chauhan | 229 | 14.8% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Ennis O'Donnell | 221 | 14.3% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Connor Graham Rumble | 212 | 13.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Munirah Mehboob Dasu Patel | 199 | 12.9% | — |
| Majority | 925 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,543 | |||
03/05/2018 Estimated
This ward's boundary changed, so nobody stood in it at this election. 100% of the ward is accounted for.
| Party | Estimated share |
|---|---|
| Labour Party | 81% |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 19% |
Reconstructed from Town Centre (39%), Riversway (37%), University (24%). No hold or gain is shown: there is no comparable earlier result.