2024 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election

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2024 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election
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All 38 seats to Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council
20 seats needed for a majority
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Leader Chris Watkins Kristofer Wilson Keith Kondakor[1]
Party Labour Conservative Green
Leader's seat Kingswood Whitestone Weddington
Current seats 5 27 2
Seats needed Increase 15 n/a Increase 18
Incumbent Leader

Kristofer Wilson
Conservative



The 2024 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. All 38 members of Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council in Warwickshire were elected following boundary changes.

Labour gained overall control of the council from the Conservatives, winning just enough seats to have a majority.[2]

Background[edit]

Nuneaton and Bedworth was a traditionally Labour council. From its creation up to 2008, the party held a majority on the council.[3] The Conservatives took control in 2008, but the council fell into no overall control in 2010,[4] and was retaken by Labour in 2012.[5]

Labour controlled the council until 2018, when it again fell into no overall control. The Conservatives gained the council in 2021, and retained control in 2022. In that election, the Conservatives gained 1 seat with 50.5% of the vote, Labour lost 2 with 34.7%, and the Green Party gained 1 with 14.0%.

A church hall being used as a polling station in Weddington.

Boundary changes[edit]

Nuneaton and Bedworth usually elects its councillors in halves, on a 4-year cycle. However, following boundary changes, all councillors will be elected to the new wards.[6] All wards have 2 councillors. The change increases the number of councillors by 4.

Old wards[7] New wards
Abbey Arbury
Arbury Attleborough
Attleborough Bede
Bar Pool Bulkington
Bede Camp Hill
Bulkington Chilvers Coton
Camp Hill Eastboro
Exhall Exhall
Galley Common Galley Common
Heath Heath
Kingswood Milby
Poplar Poplar
Slough Slough
St Nicolas St Mary's
Weddington St Nicolas
Wem Brook Stockingford East
Whitestone Stockingford West
Weddington
Whitestone

Previous council composition[edit]

After 2022 election Before 2024 election[8] After 2024 election
Party Seats Party Seats Party Seats
Conservative 27 Conservative 27 Conservative 16
Labour 5 Labour 5 Labour 20
Green 2 Green 2 Green 2

Results[edit]

2024 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 38 20 52.6 45.0 22,388
  Conservative 38 16 42.1 44.1 21,906
  Green 10 2 5.3 7.7 3,837
  TUSC 7 0 0.0 1.6 816
  Independent 2 0 0.0 1.2 613
  Coventry Citizens 2 0 0.0 0.2 110
  Liberal Democrats 1 0 0.0 0.1 42

Ward results[edit]

An asterisk denotes an incumbent councillor seeking re-election.

Arbury[edit]

Arbury[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brady Hughes[a] 695 50.55
Labour Christian Smith[b] 656 47.71
Conservative Clare Golby* 651 47.35
Conservative Michael Green* 602 43.78
TUSC Eve Miller 146 10.62
Turnout 26.87
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Attleborough[edit]

Attleborough[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Caroline Phillips[a] 644 52.49
Labour Stephen Hey[b] 624 50.86
Conservative Richard Baxter-Payne* 529 43.11
Conservative Kamaljeet Thiara 457 37.25
Independent Khalil Ahmed 200 16.3
Turnout 25.25
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Bede[edit]

Bede[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Hancox[a] 799 62.4
Labour Anne-Marie Bull[b] 796 62.16
Conservative Hayley Downs 490 38.27
Conservative Peter Gilbert 476 37.17
Turnout 24.30
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Bulkington[edit]

Bulkington[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ljubisa Cvetkovic*[a] 980 68.94
Conservative Richard Smith*[b] 814 57.26
Labour John Beaumont 601 42.28
Labour Campbell McKee 448 31.52
Turnout 31.59
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Camp Hill[edit]

Camp Hill[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sharon Dhillon[a] 575 62.03
Labour Eric Amaechi[b] 523 56.42
Conservative Colin Cape* 346 37.32
Conservative Romaine Tabet 293 31.61
TUSC Paul Reilly 117 12.62
Turnout 19.06
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Chilvers Coton[edit]

Chilvers Coton[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tracy Sheppard*[a] 680 62.1
Labour Tony Venson[b] 564 51.51
Green David Fletcher 299 27.31
Conservative Scott Harbison* 222 20.27
Conservative Sebastian Gran 220 20.09
TUSC Bernadette Quinn 205 18.72
Turnout 24.74
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Eastboro[edit]

Eastboro[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tony Cooper*[a] 591 56.61
Conservative Mark Etienne[b] 475 45.5
Labour Brian Walmsley 408 39.08
Labour Sunday Ajayi 383 36.69
Green Spring Vernon 231 22.13
Turnout 29.19
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Exhall[edit]

Exhall[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Damon Brown*[a] 717 51.27
Labour Tim Jenkins[b] 628 44.91
Labour Helen Sinclair 598 42.76
Conservative Sandra Walsh 526 37.61
Green Merle Gering 152 10.87
TUSC Eileen Hunter 66 4.72
Coventry Citizens Andrew Frampton 59 4.22
Coventry Citizens Megan Frampton 51 3.65
Turnout 28.80
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Galley Common[edit]

Galley Common[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Hickling[a] 722 56.74
Conservative Samuel Croft*[b] 654 51.39
Labour Alex Ratcliffe 621 48.8
Conservative Pauly Palamattom 548 43.06
Turnout 23.86
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Heath[edit]

Heath[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Will Markham[a] 788 58.67
Labour Rob Roze[b] 661 49.22
Conservative Jasbir Singh* 647 48.18
Conservative Lee Downs* 590 43.93
Turnout 25.53
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Milby[edit]

Milby[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Bird[a] 524 59.34
Conservative Jonathan Collett[b] 462 52.32
Labour Lindsey Brookes 289 32.73
Green Tess Brookes 277 31.37
Labour Michael Fowler 214 24.24
Turnout 32.6
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Poplar[edit]

Poplar[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bhagwant Pandher*[a] 674 49.18
Conservative Amarjit Khangura[b] 619 45.17
Labour Luke Charles 576 42.03
Labour Bob Copland 563 41.08
Green Krissi Cope 162 11.82
Green Richard Cope 147 10.73
Turnout 28.62
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Slough[edit]

Slough[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sue Markham*[a] 750 46.67
Conservative Martin Walsh*[b] 690 42.94
Labour Mark Garratt 674 41.94
Labour Paul Waldron 596 37.09
Independent Sam Margrave 413 25.7
TUSC Mark Burdett 91 5.66
Turnout 30.18
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

St Mary's[edit]

St Mary's[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bhim Saru[a] 809 71.75
Labour Jill Sheppard*[b] 797 70.69
Conservative Craig Aston 355 31.49
Conservative Peter Aucott 294 26.08
Turnout 21.96
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

St Nicolas[edit]

St Nicolas[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jeffrey Clarke[a] 1,002 61.6
Conservative Jamie Hartshorn*[b] 842 51.77
Labour Joshua McDonagh 475 29.2
Labour Matthew Smith 434 26.68
Green Andrew Heritage 429 26.38
TUSC Danny Webb 71 4.37
Turnout 37.40
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Stockingford East[edit]

Stockingford East[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jack Bonner[a] 736 61.49
Labour Nicky King[b] 713 59.57
Conservative Christopher Collins 510 42.61
Conservative Sue Underhill 435 36.34
Turnout 24.97
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Stockingford West[edit]

Stockingford West[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chris Watkins*[a] 747 60.24
Labour Kath Price[b] 742 59.84
Conservative Ewan Evans 445 35.89
Conservative Jack Kennaugh* 426 34.35
TUSC Catherine Mosey 120 9.68
Turnout 22.23
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Weddington[edit]

Weddington[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Michele Kondakor[a] 1,037 65.78
Green Mike Wright*[b] 847 53.73
Conservative Graham Curtis 363 23.03
Conservative Lilian Pilkington 344 21.82
Labour Sutish Badhan 261 16.56
Labour Collette Watkins 259 16.43
Liberal Democrats Joy Salaja 42 2.66
Turnout 32.63
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)

Whitestone[edit]

Whitestone[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kristofer Wilson*[a] 1,173 63.61
Conservative Julian Gutteridge*[b] 1,170 63.45
Labour Jamie Blakemore 568 30.8
Labour Dianne Fowler 521 28.25
Green Sophie Bonner 256 13.88
Turnout 37.44
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Elected for four years.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Elected for two years.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Nevett, Joshua (22 February 2024). "Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council cuts £40m from regeneration plan". BBC News. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Labour gains control of Nuneaton and Bedworth council after Conservative loss". Channel 4 News. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Nuneaton & Bedworth Vote 2010". BBC News. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  5. ^ "BBC News - Vote 2012 - Nuneaton & Bedworth". BBC News. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  6. ^ "The Nuneaton & Bedworth (Electoral Changes) Order 2024", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2024/3, retrieved 6 March 2024
  7. ^ "The Borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth (Electoral Changes) Order 2000", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2000/2058, retrieved 6 March 2024
  8. ^ "Your local councillor". Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "Candidates". Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
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