Rugby council election, 2026

07/05/2026 · 14 wards · 15 seats contested

Most seats
6
Liberal Democrats
Seats contested
15
across 14 wards
Turnout
42.8%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats 6 +3 7,658 20.5% -0.3
Conservative and Unionist Party 4 -2 9,417 25.3% -6.7
Reform UK 3 +3 10,375 27.8% +23.7
Labour Party 2 -3 5,444 14.6% -21.8
Green Party 0 +0 4,378 11.7% +4.9

Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2024. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 15
Green Party 16
Liberal Democrats 16
Conservative and Unionist Party 15
Labour Party 15
Reform UK 15

A party standing a full slate could field 15 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.

Admirals and Cawston

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Andrew Glowacki Elected 856 29.9% +18.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Robert Stanley Jerams 673 23.5% -2.9
Labour Party Chris Lee 542 18.9% -28.7
Liberal Democrats Lee Chase 484 16.9% +7.8
Green Party Frank Green 298 10.4% +4.7
Majority183
Turnout41.6%
Registered electors6,888
Ballots cast2,865

Reform UK gain from Labour Party

Benn

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Richard Harrington Elected 786 40.0% -24.7
Green Party Angela Josephine Dunne 398 20.3% +8.7
Reform UK Les Northey 391 19.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sarah Catherine Downes 257 13.1% -3.2
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Frances Moran 123 6.3% -1.2
Majority388
Turnout31.8%
Registered electors6,172
Ballots cast1,963

Labour Party hold

Bilton 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Stephen Pimm Elected 811 31.1% -0.8
Liberal Democrats Nicky Bainbridge Elected 802 30.8% —
Reform UK John Partridge 701 26.9% —
Reform UK Gareth Keeley 677 26.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Toby James Patrick Lawrence 621 23.8% -14.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Dapo Awotunde 540 20.7% —
Green Party Phil Bates 242 9.3% +3.9
Labour Party Robert Bevin 223 8.6% -15.9
Labour Party Philip John Burns 209 8.0% —
Green Party Harriet Laura Beatrice Hart 204 7.8% —
Majority101
Turnout52.0%
Registered electors5,009
Ballots cast2,605

Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Liberal Democrats gain

Coton and Boughton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Jamie Pullin Elected 733 30.5% +21.9
Labour Party Alison Ann Livesey 584 24.3% -24.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Karolina Lipowska 567 23.6% -7.9
Green Party Rowan Wooding 314 13.1% +7.7
Liberal Democrats Kay Taylor 201 8.4% +2.1
Majority149
Turnout40.5%
Registered electors5,930
Ballots cast2,404

Reform UK gain from Labour Party

Dunsmore

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Umesh Mistry Elected 1,147 30.2% -7.5
Reform UK Tom Costello 1,108 29.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Claude Hogea 954 25.1% -13.4
Green Party Helen Rebecca Ford 314 8.3% +1.4
Labour Party Elly Brown 264 7.0% -10.0
Majority39
Turnout49.4%
Registered electors7,693
Ballots cast3,797

Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Eastlands

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Sam Edwards Elected 930 39.2% +3.0
Reform UK Francis Holden 604 25.5% +17.9
Green Party Rachel Granger 312 13.2% +6.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Carolyn Watson-Merret 262 11.1% -8.2
Labour Party Adewale Adewumi 260 11.0% -19.5
Majority326
Turnout40.5%
Registered electors5,853
Ballots cast2,371

Liberal Democrats hold

Hillmorton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Devenne Taylor Kedward Elected 1,120 38.0% -5.8
Reform UK Liam Taverner 825 28.0% —
Labour Party Vanya Dimitrova Yankova 382 13.0% -28.9
Green Party Alexander Linden 334 11.3% +6.5
Green Party Alexander Linden 334 11.3% —
Liberal Democrats Julie Douglas 283 9.6% +0.1
Liberal Democrats Julie Eleanor Douglas 283 9.6% —
Majority295
Turnout39.9%
Registered electors7,400
Ballots cast2,949

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

New Bilton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Angela Mary Thompson Elected 571 34.7% +0.4
Reform UK Anne-Marie Sonko 495 30.1% -0.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Bearne 254 15.4% -2.3
Green Party Roy Leonard Sandison 226 13.7% +3.9
Liberal Democrats James Robert Moran 94 5.7% -2.2
Majority76
Turnout30.8%
Registered electors5,345
Ballots cast1,645

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Newbold and Brownsover

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Kyle Stewart Elected 644 30.2% +20.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Wayne David John Rabin 565 26.5% -3.8
Labour Party Alan Frederick Pavis 521 24.4% -23.5
Green Party Julian Cresswell 283 13.3% +5.9
Liberal Democrats Victoria Saxby-Edwards 114 5.3% +0.6
Majority79
Turnout34.1%
Registered electors6,251
Ballots cast2,135

Reform UK gain from Labour Party

Paddox

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Noreen New Elected 1,045 40.6% -5.9
Reform UK Coreena Glover 635 24.7% +17.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Joel Baldwin 392 15.2% -0.5
Green Party Bob Beggs 264 10.3% +5.7
Labour Party Mark William Gore 233 9.1% -17.0
Majority410
Turnout46.2%
Registered electors5,571
Ballots cast2,574

Liberal Democrats hold

Revel and Binley Woods

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Belinda Garcia Elected 1,072 39.0% -22.3
Reform UK Pat Ruck 983 35.8% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Sarah Yvonne Elizabeth Feeney 323 11.8% -17.2
Green Party Maralyn Pickup 236 8.6% +2.7
Liberal Democrats Sean Hannigan 124 4.5% +0.7
Majority89
Turnout52.9%
Registered electors5,187
Ballots cast2,746

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Rokeby and Overslade

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Corissa Davis Elected 1,061 44.0% -15.8
Reform UK Dan Glover 682 28.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Heidi Maria Thomas 270 11.2% -7.1
Green Party Kirsty Sarah Louise Denyer 212 8.8% +3.3
Labour Party Ara Anbarasu 184 7.6% -8.8
Majority379
Turnout42.5%
Registered electors5,672
Ballots cast2,413

Liberal Democrats hold

Wolston and the Lawfords

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Simon Ward Elected 1,333 48.5% +7.9
Reform UK Sat Bhamra 692 25.2% +15.1
Green Party Becca Stevenson 319 11.6% +2.0
Labour Party Adam Wright 276 10.0% -26.1
Liberal Democrats Wayne Broad 125 4.5% +0.8
Majority641
Turnout44.0%
Registered electors6,246
Ballots cast2,749

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Wolvey and Shilton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party J-P Downes Elected 537 49.1% -25.7
Reform UK Aidan Brook O'Brien 349 31.9% —
Green Party Liam Keith Newsome 88 8.1% —
Labour Party Deborah Anne Leedham 86 7.9% -17.3
Liberal Democrats Hossain Tafazzal 31 2.8% —
Majority188
Turnout53.0%
Registered electors2,063
Ballots cast1,093

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

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