Swindon council election, 2026

07/05/2026 · 25 wards · 57 seats contested

Most seats
23
Conservative and Unionist Party
Seats contested
57
across 25 wards
Turnout
44.4%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party 23 +17 52,322 29.7% -4.6
Labour and Co-operative Party 19 +5 48,189 27.4% -21.3
Reform UK 14 +14 47,452 26.9% +26.4
Liberal Democrats 1 +1 8,147 4.6% -4.9
Green Party 0 +0 19,913 11.3% +6.5
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 0 +0 159 0.1% -0.7

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 57
Reform UK 59
Conservative and Unionist Party 58
Labour and Co-operative Party 57
Green Party 40
Liberal Democrats 25
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 5

A party standing a full slate could field 57 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.

Badbury Park, Eldene & Liden 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Mike Davies Elected 1,135 30.8% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Rebecca Banwell-Moore Elected 1,132 30.7% —
Reform UK Simon Lee Howard Elected 1,021 27.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Bazil Stanley Solomon 1,001 27.2% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Marianne Le Coyte Grinney 997 27.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sally Ann Hawson 985 26.7% —
Reform UK Gerald Alan Rogers 975 26.5% —
Reform UK Martin Costello 968 26.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Zachary Jay Hawson 896 24.3% —
Green Party Emma Jane Brits 477 12.9% —
Green Party Adrian Mark Russell 400 10.9% —
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Charles Salmon 277 7.5% —
Majority20
Turnout43.4%
Registered electors8,514
Ballots cast3,685

Blunsdon

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Nick Gardiner Elected 558 42.9% —
Reform UK Luke Dennis George Bennett 362 27.8% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Steffen Rick 164 12.6% —
Green Party Andrew Donald Day 127 9.8% —
Liberal Democrats Jessica Frankopan 91 7.0% —
Majority196
Turnout47.4%
Registered electors2,752
Ballots cast1,302

Broadgreen 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Anabelle Patricia Pegado Elected 1,247 34.6% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Adorabelle Amaral-Shaikh Elected 1,220 33.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Miguel Vintur Fernandes 1,196 33.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Vintur Fernandes 1,196 33.2% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Domingos Seby Dias 959 26.6% —
Green Party Abdul Hamid 347 9.6% —
Green Party Md Abdul Hamid 347 9.6% —
Reform UK Stephen Alec Booth 288 8.0% —
Reform UK Marcus James Phillips 278 7.7% —
Liberal Democrats Marek Sarnowski 132 3.7% —
Majority24
Turnout—
Registered electors5,497
Ballots cast (estimated)3,605

Chiseldon & Ridgeway 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Gary Sumner Elected 1,147 46.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Matt Hinton Elected 1,045 42.4% —
Liberal Democrats Liz Mearns 651 26.4% —
Reform UK Bryan Charles Davis 481 19.5% —
Reform UK Ayesha Noureen 413 16.8% —
Liberal Democrats Calum James Andrew Murphy 381 15.5% —
Green Party Adrian Mark Rogers 224 9.1% —
Labour Party Steve Allsopp 197 8.0% —
Labour Party Haydar Pacci 119 4.8% —
Majority394
Turnout53.3%
Registered electors4,630
Ballots cast2,464

Covingham & Nythe 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Kevin Parry Elected 1,638 51.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Barbara Parry Elected 1,550 48.4% —
Reform UK Michelle Ellen Read 897 28.0% —
Reform UK Casey Richard Sherwood 825 25.7% —
Labour Party Zohaib Ali Khan 522 16.3% —
Labour Party Tomas Silberberg 501 15.6% —
Liberal Democrats Jim Morrish 178 5.6% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Scott Hunter 50 1.6% —
Majority653
Turnout49.5%
Registered electors6,514
Ballots cast3,205

Gorse Hill

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Princia Jenovi Fernandes Elected 608 45.0% —
Reform UK Corey Thomas Reeds 308 22.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Chichi Morris 226 16.7% —
Green Party Kayum Miah 156 11.5% —
Liberal Democrats Hannah Pajak 50 3.7% —
Majority300
Turnout43.2%
Registered electors3,176
Ballots cast1,352

Haydon Wick 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK James Head Elected 1,317 32.7% —
Reform UK Anthony James Hedges Elected 1,304 32.3% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Stanka Wilson Elected 1,190 29.5% —
Reform UK Paul Rostron 1,152 28.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Leigh John Jackson 1,065 26.4% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Ravi Venkatesh 1,032 25.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party John Dennis Jackson 1,024 25.4% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Leroy Sheldon Roberts 994 24.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sudha Sri Nukana 822 20.4% —
Green Party Steven James Michael Trafford 520 12.9% —
Liberal Democrats Phil Norris 369 9.1% —
Majority38
Turnout44.7%
Registered electors9,062
Ballots cast4,033

Highworth 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Vijay Kumar Manro Elected 1,516 47.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Steve Weisinger Elected 1,384 43.1% —
Reform UK Craig Robert Chafer 780 24.3% —
Reform UK Tony Trinder 699 21.8% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Ewan Nicholas 581 18.1% —
Green Party Owen Mervyn John Hall 530 16.5% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Tyler James Gutteridge 357 11.1% —
Liberal Democrats Stephen Alexander Crocker 289 9.0% —
Majority604
Turnout48.5%
Registered electors6,634
Ballots cast3,213

Kingshill 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Chris Watts Elected 942 36.8% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Janine Howarth Elected 929 36.3% —
Green Party Rosie Leather 699 27.3% —
Green Party Marcus John Kittridge 633 24.8% —
Reform UK Peter Major 534 20.9% —
Reform UK Daphne Nneka Chikwere 506 19.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Srinivasu Anupindi 298 11.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Nima Eftekhari 266 10.4% —
Liberal Democrats Jamie Charles Taylor 120 4.7% —
Majority230
Turnout45.5%
Registered electors5,689
Ballots cast2,557

Lower Stratton 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Roger Arthur Smith Elected 1,283 33.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Marco Di Pinto Elected 1,280 33.6% —
Reform UK Andrew James Cripps Elected 1,165 30.6% —
Reform UK James Faulkner 1,123 29.5% —
Reform UK James Keith Jackson Faulkner 1,123 29.5% —
Reform UK Justin Bandi 1,114 29.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Tom Smith 1,054 27.7% —
Labour Party Dave Graves 762 20.0% —
Green Party Josh Barclay 719 18.9% —
Labour Party Mustafa Dayan 669 17.6% —
Labour Party Cesar Hernandez Martinez 657 17.3% —
Liberal Democrats Lynda Marian Comber 342 9.0% —
Majority42
Turnout42.5%
Registered electors8,993
Ballots cast3,808

Lydiard, Freshbrook & Toothill 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Matthew John Goulding Elected 1,346 32.2% —
Reform UK Colin Peter Lovell Elected 1,290 30.9% —
Reform UK Cathy Williamson Elected 1,259 30.1% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Leon Grother 1,173 28.1% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Anna Delvecchio-John 1,156 27.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Luke Eric Dawson 990 23.7% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Jane Milner-Barry 976 23.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Caryl Sydney-Smith 941 22.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Joel Fletcher-Swindlehurst 877 21.0% —
Green Party Glynis Susan Hales 572 13.7% —
Green Party Sarah Sawyer 471 11.3% —
Green Party Jai Bhatoolaul 466 11.2% —
Liberal Democrats Fraser McCormick 241 5.8% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Rob Pettefar 24 0.6% —
Majority86
Turnout43.0%
Registered electors9,759
Ballots cast4,176

Old Town & Lawn 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Nadine Watts Elected 2,006 41.7% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Jim Robbins Elected 1,840 38.2% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Neil Lawrence Hopkins Elected 1,820 37.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Vince Ayris 1,216 25.3% —
Reform UK Beverley Jane Lewis 993 20.6% —
Reform UK Mark William Lewis 987 20.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Lawrence William Elliott 932 19.4% —
Reform UK Richard Norman Symonds 913 19.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Bhawna Goyal 845 17.5% —
Green Party Bill Hughes 730 15.2% —
Green Party Andy Bentley 642 13.3% —
Green Party Peter Nathaniel Hebden 586 12.2% —
Liberal Democrats Ciaran Lloyd Skinner 312 6.5% —
Majority604
Turnout50.1%
Registered electors9,681
Ballots cast4,815

Parks 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jocelina D'Souza Elected 848 36.1% —
Reform UK Sara Jane Godwin Elected 740 31.5% —
Reform UK Stephen Frank Halden 659 28.0% —
Reform UK Steve Halden 659 28.0% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Jamal Miah 640 27.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Gyan Prasad Gurung 394 16.8% —
Green Party Charli Nettle 322 13.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Dev Patel 273 11.6% —
Liberal Democrats Maggie Hathaway-Mills 166 7.1% —
Majority81
Turnout—
Registered electors6,867
Ballots cast (estimated)2,350

Penhill & Pinehurst 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Mark Alexander Bogard Elected 792 37.8% —
Reform UK Martyn Graham Pearce Elected 738 35.2% —
Labour and Co-operative Party John Ballman 619 29.5% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Sandra Rose Absalom 588 28.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Rouchell Cardoso 335 16.0% —
Green Party Howard John March 316 15.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Adam leuan John 277 13.2% —
Green Party Elly Taylor 277 13.2% —
Majority119
Turnout30.9%
Registered electors6,837
Ballots cast2,095

Priory Vale 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Vinay Manro Elected 1,236 35.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Leanne Elizabeth Stevenson Elected 1,004 28.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Alex Hughes Elected 998 28.5% —
Reform UK Adam Brookman 920 26.3% —
Reform UK Chris Stephen Fulgoni 829 23.7% —
Reform UK Ravi Kant Tiwari 769 22.0% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Junab Ali 688 19.7% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Paul David Park 681 19.5% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Rajhia Ali 665 19.0% —
Green Party Ian Edwards 628 18.0% —
Green Party Rob Heath 577 16.5% —
Green Party Brooke Linnet 454 13.0% —
Liberal Democrats Jim Coupland 185 5.3% —
Majority78
Turnout40.4%
Registered electors8,748
Ballots cast3,498

Queen's Park 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Imtiyaz Shaikh Elected 1,317 38.7% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Paul Dixon Elected 1,307 38.4% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Marina Strinkovsky Elected 1,179 34.7% —
Green Party Tom Butcher 984 28.9% —
Green Party Repi Begum 899 26.4% —
Green Party Shad Chokdar 781 23.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Inacio Vitorio Da Silva 604 17.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Livio Joe Camelo 604 17.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jenny Jefferies 544 16.0% —
Reform UK Paul John Collis 475 14.0% —
Reform UK Martin George England 467 13.7% —
Reform UK Terrence David Reynolds 434 12.8% —
Liberal Democrats Abdel Musa 159 4.7% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Mary Quate 31 0.9% —
Majority195
Turnout44.3%
Registered electors7,824
Ballots cast3,400

Rodbourne Cheney 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Lawrence Rudyard Davies Elected 828 43.3% —
Reform UK Derek James O'Hanlon Elected 775 40.5% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Joy Grotzinger 500 26.2% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Thomas James Smith 441 23.1% —
Green Party Grant William Holman 306 16.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Niyi Adekoya 239 12.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Bose Patrick-Okoh 230 12.0% —
Liberal Democrats Zoe Claire McCormick 114 6.0% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Christopher Michael Mahon 31 1.6% —
Majority275
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors5,997
Ballots cast1,912

Rodbourne Ferndale & Western 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Ana Rosada Fernandes Elected 1,512 38.1% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Kevin David Small Elected 1,436 36.2% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Jim Grant Elected 1,351 34.0% —
Reform UK Vanessa Susan Boyd 975 24.6% —
Reform UK Richard McGilvray Forbes 928 23.4% —
Reform UK Paul Timothy Glover 918 23.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Natasha Vas 888 22.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Kaine Collins 756 19.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Bhagyesh Soni 633 16.0% —
Green Party Alexandra Petrache 604 15.2% —
Green Party Alex Petrache 604 15.2% —
Green Party Caitlin Grace Pinks 550 13.9% —
Green Party James Simon Tansey 537 13.5% —
Majority376
Turnout42.6%
Registered electors9,390
Ballots cast3,968

Shaw & Westlea 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Keith Robert Williams Elected 1,487 32.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Suresh Gattapur Elected 1,483 32.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Nandini Singh Elected 1,456 32.0% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Fay Howard 1,298 28.5% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Rose Llewellyn 1,207 26.5% —
Reform UK Darren John Neil Chappell 1,151 25.3% —
Reform UK Allan Crawford Gibson 1,115 24.5% —
Reform UK Glyn Arthur Pullen 1,089 23.9% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Josh Owen 1,020 22.4% —
Green Party Matt Barnes 602 13.2% —
Green Party Ed Colton 513 11.3% —
Liberal Democrats James Ellrington Farr 342 7.5% —
Majority158
Turnout48.1%
Registered electors9,497
Ballots cast4,550

South Marston

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Matthew Thomas Vallender Elected 361 78.8% —
Reform UK Eddie Costello 63 13.8% —
Labour Party Javes Rodrigues 25 5.5% —
Liberal Democrats David Martin McCabe 9 2.0% —
Majority298
Turnout59.2%
Registered electors773
Ballots cast458

St Andrews East 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Jake Edward Chandler Elected 1,298 48.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Kate Tomlinson Elected 1,281 48.2% —
Reform UK Daniel Kenneth Marland 604 22.7% —
Reform UK Brigid Anne Watkis 549 20.6% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Carol Hannah Shelley 483 18.2% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Simon John Shelley 385 14.5% —
Green Party Chris Payne 379 14.3% —
Majority677
Turnout43.6%
Registered electors6,134
Ballots cast2,659

St Andrews West & Tadpole 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Daniel Adams Elected 1,086 40.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Cherie Adams Elected 881 32.8% —
Reform UK Marjorie Olive Jefferies 608 22.7% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Jason John Mills 605 22.5% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Theresa Denise Draper 596 22.2% —
Reform UK Vincent Elwyn Williams 593 22.1% —
Green Party Syed Atif Ali Shah Bukhari 450 16.8% —
Liberal Democrats Dawn Pajak 174 6.5% —
Majority273
Turnout37.6%
Registered electors7,164
Ballots cast2,683

Upper Stratton 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Mark James Ratcliffe Elected 970 36.6% —
Reform UK Gordon Slade Elected 855 32.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David-Oladapo Ibitoye 756 28.5% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Claire Crilly 736 27.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ola Ibitoye 625 23.6% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Danial Pascoal Vales 499 18.8% —
Green Party Laura Janine Butcher 366 13.8% —
Liberal Democrats Ben Scott 182 6.9% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Dezzy Stott 23 0.9% —
Majority99
Turnout41.5%
Registered electors6,405
Ballots cast2,653

Walcot 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Emma Bushell Elected 1,057 45.3% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Abdul Amin Elected 997 42.8% —
Reform UK Terry Nicholls 552 23.7% —
Reform UK Unni Nair 502 21.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party John Lenton 379 16.3% —
Green Party Jane Elizabeth Parsons-Hann 356 15.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party William James Sumner 349 15.0% —
Liberal Democrats Michael James Dickinson 219 9.4% —
Majority445
Turnout41.2%
Registered electors5,727
Ballots cast2,332

Wroughton & Wichelstowe 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Matty Courtliff Elected 1,234 33.0% —
Liberal Democrats Martin John Barrett Elected 1,203 32.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Gayle Elaine Cook Elected 1,107 29.6% —
Liberal Democrats Stan Pajak 1,085 29.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Matthew John Smith 1,046 28.0% —
Liberal Democrats Ela Maksudova 876 23.5% —
Reform UK Thomas Gary Samson Marshall 872 23.4% —
Reform UK Ben Michalek 808 21.6% —
Reform UK Geoff Thompson 794 21.3% —
Green Party Robbie Neil Easter 403 10.8% —
Green Party Artemis Jessica Pink 359 9.6% —
Labour Party Sam James 349 9.3% —
Labour Party Peter Kramer 290 7.8% —
Labour Party Victor Onyia 232 6.2% —
Majority22
Turnout49.1%
Registered electors7,635
Ballots cast3,734

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