2024 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election

2024 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election
All 38 seats to Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council; 20 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 2024 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election
Leader before election; Kristofer Wilson; Conservative	Leader after election ; Chris Watkins; Labour

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.^[1] The Labour group leader, Chris Watkins, was formally appointed as leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 15 May 2024.^[2]

Background

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%.

Boundary changes

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

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

2024 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	38	20	11	0	15	52.6	45.0	22,388	+10.3
	Conservative	38	16	0	11	11	42.1	44.1	21,906	–6.4
	Green	10	2	0	0		5.3	7.7	3,837	–6.3
	TUSC	7	0	0	0		0.0	1.6	816	+1.1
	Independent	2	0	0	0		0.0	1.2	613	N/A
	Coventry Citizens	2	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	110	–0.1
	Liberal Democrats	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	42	N/A

Ward results

An asterisk denotes an incumbent councillor seeking re-election.

Arbury

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 gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Attleborough

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 gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Bede

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 gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Bulkington

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 hold
	Conservative hold

Camp Hill

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 hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Chilvers Coton

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

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

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 hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Galley Common

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
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Heath

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 gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Milby

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

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 hold
	Conservative hold

Slough

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 hold
	Conservative hold

St Mary's

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

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 hold
	Conservative hold

Stockingford East

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

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

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 hold
	Green hold

Whitestone

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 hold
	Conservative hold

Notes

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

References

^ "Labour gains control of Nuneaton and Bedworth council after Conservative loss". Channel 4 News. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
^ Harrison, Claire (16 May 2024). "'Be courteous' says new council leader after toxic Town Hall claims". Coventry Live. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
^ "Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
^ "Nuneaton & Bedworth Vote 2010". BBC News. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
^ "BBC News - Vote 2012 - Nuneaton & Bedworth". BBC News. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
^ "The Nuneaton & Bedworth (Electoral Changes) Order 2024", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2024/3, retrieved 6 March 2024
^ "The Borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth (Electoral Changes) Order 2000", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2000/2058, retrieved 6 March 2024
^ "Your local councillor". Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
^ ^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.

[4_years-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s Elected for four years.

[2_years-11] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s Elected for two years.

[1] "Labour gains control of Nuneaton and Bedworth council after Conservative loss". Channel 4 News. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2024.

[2] Harrison, Claire (16 May 2024). "'Be courteous' says new council leader after toxic Town Hall claims". Coventry Live. Retrieved 23 July 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.

[noms-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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