St Mark's 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 +/−
Liberal Democrats Craig William Card Elected 603 28.3% -14.2
Reform UK Joey Noyce 591 27.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Edd Bartlett 405 19.0% -17.3
Green Party Zak Khan 296 13.9% —
Labour Party Alex Day 236 11.1% -10.1
Majority12
Turnout38.9%
Registered electors5,552
Ballots cast2,131

Liberal Democrats hold

02/05/2024

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Leola Jane Card Elected 663 42.5% -6.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Diane Beverley Bedford 566 36.3% +1.6
Labour Party Madi Jabbi 330 21.2% +4.4
Majority97
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,559

Liberal Democrats hold

04/05/2023

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Thomas Mitchell Elected 774 48.5% +4.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Abul Koher Chowdhury 554 34.7% -5.9
Labour and Co-operative Party Barry Jones 268 16.8% +1.9
Majority220
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,596

Liberal Democrats hold

05/05/2022

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Craig William Card Elected 778 44.5% +4.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Abul Koher Chowdhury 710 40.6% -3.9
Labour and Co-operative Party Barry Jones 260 14.9% -0.4
Majority68
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,748

Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

06/05/2021

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Diane Beverley Bedford Elected 775 44.6% +8.7
Liberal Democrats Emily Rebecca Mitchell 698 40.1% -14.6
Labour Party Carl Hewitt 266 15.3% +5.9
Majority77
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,739

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Liberal Democrats

12/09/2019 By-election

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Thomas Mitchell Elected 687 54.7% +16.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Leon Hargreaves 450 35.9% +2.2
Labour Party Carl Hewitt 118 9.4% -6.1
Majority237
Turnout25.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,255

Liberal Democrats hold

02/05/2019

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Alain Stephen Dekker Elected 556 38.2% -0.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Liz Corps 491 33.7% -3.1
Labour Party Carl Hewitt 226 15.5% -4.8
British Unionist Party Zack Jake Culshaw 184 12.6% +8.8
Majority65
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,457

Liberal Democrats hold

03/05/2018

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Abul Koher Chowdhury Elected 577 39.0% +10.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Dave Gladstone 544 36.8% -2.4
Labour Party Carl Hewitt 301 20.4% +6.3
British Unionist Party Zack Jake Culshaw 57 3.9% —
Majority33
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,479

Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

05/05/2016

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Diane Beverley Bedford Elected 611 39.2% —
Liberal Democrats Abul Koher Chowdhury 439 28.1% —
Labour Party Colin Southon 219 14.0% —
UK Independence Party (UKIP) Simon Amir Austridge 178 11.4% —
Green Party Gary Simpson 70 4.5% —
Independent Carl Hewitt 43 2.8% —
Majority172
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,560