Castle 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 | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | Lionel Harman Elected | 953 | 31.4% | — |
| Labour Party | Ibsha Choudhury | 724 | 23.8% | -23.1 |
| Green Party | Soraya Hatami | 515 | 17.0% | +8.2 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Sean McDonald | 511 | 16.8% | -14.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | lona Harte | 334 | 11.0% | -2.3 |
| Majority | 229 | |||
| Turnout | 43.5% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 3,037 | |||
Reform UK gain from Labour and Co-operative Party
02/05/2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Sam Theodoridi Elected | 895 | 47.0% | -3.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Thomas Taylor | 591 | 31.0% | -0.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Stuart Wiltshire | 253 | 13.3% | +2.7 |
| Green Party | Nellie De Goguel | 166 | 8.7% | +1.5 |
| Majority | 304 | |||
| Turnout | 28.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,905 | |||
Labour and Co-operative Party hold
04/05/2023
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Sophie Cox Elected | 1,069 | 50.3% | -7.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Syed Ahmed | 677 | 31.9% | +0.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Stuart Wiltshire | 224 | 10.5% | -2.3 |
| Green Party | Christopher Smith | 154 | 7.2% | -1.2 |
| Majority | 392 | |||
| Turnout | 31.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 6,905 | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,125 | |||
Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
05/05/2022 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Ibsha Choudhury Elected | 1,297 | 58.1% | +19.3 |
| Labour Party | Sam Theodoridi Elected | 1,060 | 47.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Nicky Waight | 696 | 31.2% | -10.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Habib Shashaty | 658 | 29.5% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Stuart Wiltshire | 287 | 12.8% | +1.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | Robin Thurston Rogers | 281 | 12.6% | — |
| Green Party | Christopher Smith | 188 | 8.4% | +0.4 |
| Majority | 364 | |||
| Turnout | 34.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 2,234 | |||
Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Labour Party gain
06/05/2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Steve Wills Elected | 956 | 42.1% | +6.7 |
| Labour Party | Ibsha Choudhury | 880 | 38.7% | +19.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Stuart Wiltshire | 253 | 11.1% | -7.3 |
| Green Party | Julie Dawe | 182 | 8.0% | -3.5 |
| Majority | 76 | |||
| Turnout | 32.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,271 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
02/05/2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Lionel Harman Elected | 693 | 35.4% | -6.4 |
| Labour Party | Sam Theodoridi | 369 | 18.8% | -3.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Matt Hoyland | 362 | 18.5% | -7.2 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | Stuart Roy Field | 311 | 15.9% | +9.9 |
| Green Party | Julian Lawrence Warrick | 225 | 11.5% | +6.8 |
| Majority | 324 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,960 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
03/05/2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Karen Harman Elected | 864 | 41.8% | +9.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Martin McCabe | 531 | 25.7% | +11.1 |
| Labour Party | Sam Theodoridi | 453 | 21.9% | +4.6 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | Heba Saraway | 123 | 5.9% | -24.6 |
| Green Party | Julian Lawrence Warrick | 97 | 4.7% | -0.5 |
| Majority | 333 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,068 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
05/05/2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Steve Wills Elected | 650 | 32.3% | — |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | Charles James | 615 | 30.6% | — |
| Labour Party | Ian Walker | 348 | 17.3% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Trudi Ann Starling | 293 | 14.6% | — |
| Green Party | Julian Lawrence Warrick | 105 | 5.2% | — |
| Majority | 35 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,012 | |||