2021 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election
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The 2021 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election was held on 6 May 2021 as part of the 2021 United Kingdom local elections and alongside elections for Warwickshire County Council and Warwickshire Police and Crime Commissioner. Half of the borough council seats were up for election and the results provided the Conservative Party with a majority on the council, with the party winning all but two seats up for election.[1]
Background
Nuneaton and Bedworth operates a divided election cycle. Each ward is represented by two councillors who each serve staggered four year terms.[2] The result is that seventeen members of the borough council are elected every two years. The seats contested in this election were originally scheduled to be facing election in 2020 but these elections were postponed (alongside all local and national elections in the UK) due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the 2018 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election, the Conservative Party gained nine seats, including eight from the Labour Party. As a result, Labour lost control of the council and it had no overall control going into the election. Prior to the election, the Conservative Party had not won a majority on the borough council since the 2008 election.[3]
Results
Half of the council's 34 seats were contested in the election. At the last election, the Labour Party won twelve of these seats, the Conservative Party won four and the Green Party won one. Conservative candidates won a total of eleven seats from Labour incumbents, providing them with overall control of the Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council. Labour held only the Abbey ward while the Green incumbent retained his seat in Weddington.
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Conservative | 15 | Increase10 | 88.2 | 9 | 24 | 70.6 | 19,380 | 58.2 | +25.5 | |
Labour | 1 | Decrease10 | 5.9 | 6 | 7 | 20.6 | 8,749 | 26.3 | -14.0 | |
Green | 1 | Steady | 5.9 | 0 | 1 | 2.9 | 4,467 | 13.4 | +2.4 | |
TUSC | 0 | Steady | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 193 | 0.6 | New | |
Reform UK | 0 | Steady | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 34 | 0.1 | New | |
Independent | 0 | Steady | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 5.9 | 457 | 1.4 | +1.0 |
Council composition
As a result of winning eleven seats, the Conservative Party secured a majority on the borough council. Prior to the election, Nuneaton and Bedworth had a Labour-led administration despite no single party having overall control of the council.
After 2018 election | Before 2021 election | After 2021 election | ||||||
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Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | |||
Labour | 17 | Labour | 17 | Conservative | 24 | |||
Conservative | 16 | Conservative | 13 | Labour | 7 | |||
Green | 1 | Independent[lower-alpha 2] | 3 | Independent[lower-alpha 2] | 2 | |||
Green | 1 | Green | 1 |
Party reaction
Local members of the Conservative Party celebrated the result.[4] Marcus Jones, the Conservative MP for Nuneaton, described being 'absolutely ecstatic' over 'a brilliant night with fantastic results'.[3] Kris Wilson, who became the Conservative leader of the borough council after the election, positioned the results in the broader political context of Conservative gains in traditional Labour-voting areas. Referencing the 'red wall', he said 'I think we have seen that red wall crumble here in Nuneaton and Bedworth too, people want change, people have been out and voted for it'.[4] After losing her seat in the Wem Brook ward, Labour council leader Julie Jackson pledged that the party would respond: 'we will fight and we will be back out there listening hard to the good people of Nuneaton and Bedworth'.[5]
Ward results
Changes shown compared to the 2016 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election, when these seats were last contested. Swing figures are calculated between the winning candidate and the candidate in second place. Turnout figures do not include spoiled ballots.
Abbey
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jill Sheppard | 886 | 48.0 | Decrease 7.1 | |
Conservative | Louisa DiGirolamo | 680 | 36.9 | Increase 19.2 | |
Green | Sophie Bonner | 278 | 15.1 | Increase 7.7 | |
Majority | 206 | 11.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,844 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | Decrease 13.1 |
Arbury
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Clare Golby | 1,212 | 67.4 | Increase 24.1 | |
Labour Co-op | Joe Bevan | 463 | 25.7 | Decrease 10.0 | |
Green | Margaret Morrissey | 98 | 5.4 | Decrease 0.2 | |
Independent | Katrina Slomczynski | 26 | 1.4 | Increase 1.4 | |
Majority | 749 | 41.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,799 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | Increase 17.0 |
Attleborough
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Baxter-Payne | 980 | 51.5 | Increase 13.3 | |
Labour | June Tandy | 401 | 21.1 | Decrease 17.7 | |
Independent | Kieran Brown | 377 | 19.8 | Increase 19.8 | |
Green | Laurel Brindley | 110 | 5.8 | Steady | |
Reform UK | Robin Howard | 34 | 1.8 | Increase 1.8 | |
Majority | 579 | 30.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,902 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | Increase 15.5 |
Barpool
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jack Kennaugh | 917 | 55.8 | Increase 25.9 | |
Labour Co-op | Paul Edwards | 538 | 32.7 | Decrease 14.5 | |
Green | Theresa Brookes | 135 | 8.2 | Increase 3.0 | |
Independent | Alan Baxter | 54 | 3.3 | Increase 3.3 | |
Majority | 379 | 23.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,644 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | Increase 20.2 |
Bede
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Brian Hammersley | 982 | 61.3 | Increase 40.9 | |
Labour | Bill Hancox | 621 | 38.7 | Decrease 17.8 | |
Majority | 361 | 22.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,603 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | Increase 29.3 |
Bulkington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ljubisa Cvetkovic | 1,727 | 80.1 | Increase 43.4 | |
Labour | Alan Lewis | 428 | 19.9 | Decrease 21.0 | |
Majority | 1299 | 60.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,155 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | Increase 32.2 |
Camp Hill
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anthony Cooper | 737 | 53.4 | Increase 35.7 | |
Labour | Ian Lloyd | 449 | 32.6 | Decrease 16.1 | |
Green | Laura Hulme | 151 | 10.9 | Increase 5.6 | |
TUSC | Paul Reilly | 42 | 3.0 | Steady 0.0 | |
Majority | 288 | 20.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,379 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | Increase 25.9 |
Exhall
In 2016, the Exhall ward elected two councillors in the same election. For this reason, directly comparing results is not possible.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Lee Downs | 1,183 | 59.7 | ||
Labour | Helen Sinclair | 606 | 30.6 | ||
Green | Merle Gering | 128 | 6.5 | ||
TUSC | Margaret Hunter | 65 | 3.3 | ||
Majority | 577 | 29.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,982 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Galley Common
Daniel Gissane was elected as a Conservative candidate in Galley Common in the 2016 Nuneaton and Bedworth Council election but left the party to sit as an independent alongside the Nuneaton Community Independents.[6] He did not stand for re-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mandy Tromans | 1,118 | 62.8 | Increase 26.1 | |
Labour | Eric Amaechi | 511 | 28.7 | Decrease 5.4 | |
Green | Spring Vernon | 151 | 8.5 | Increase 3.8 | |
Majority | 607 | 34.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,780 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | Increase 15.8 |
Heath
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jasbir Singh | 1,232 | 65.8 | Increase 31.3 | |
Labour | Robert Copland | 639 | 34.2 | Decrease 18.0 | |
Majority | 593 | 31.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,871 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | Increase 24.7 |
Kingswood
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Brett Beetham | 793 | 55.3 | Increase 33.4 | |
Labour | Kathleen Price | 530 | 36.9 | Decrease 12.3 | |
Green | Max Wilson | 80 | 4.7 | Increase 0.9 | |
TUSC | Catherine Mosey | 32 | 2.2 | Increase 0.6 | |
Majority | 263 | 18.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,435 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | Increase 22.9 |
Poplar
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Susan Markham | 1,052 | 59.0 | Increase 31.3 | |
Labour | Danny Aldington | 605 | 33.9 | Decrease 38.4 | |
Green | Alice Twyman | 126 | 7.1 | Increase 7.1 | |
Majority | 447 | 25.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,783 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | Increase 34.8 |
Slough
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Martin Walsh | 1,188 | 67.7 | Increase 25.0 | |
Labour | John Swift | 422 | 24.0 | Decrease 7.0 | |
Green | Ian Morrissey | 92 | 5.2 | Increase 5.2 | |
TUSC | Maximilian McGee | 54 | 3.1 | Increase 3.1 | |
Majority | 766 | 43.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,756 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | Increase 16.0 |
St. Nicolas
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jeffrey Clarke | 1,536 | 52.3 | Increase 4.2 | |
Green | Michele Kondakor | 1,113 | 37.9 | Increase 0.8 | |
Labour | Abiola Olaifa | 287 | 9.8 | Decrease 5.0 | |
Majority | 423 | 14.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,936 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | Increase 1.7 |
Weddington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Keith Kondakor | 1,520 | 49.7 | Decrease 5.7 | |
Conservative | Kamaljeet Thiara | 1,223 | 40.0 | Increase 8.8 | |
Labour | Brian Walmsley | 314 | 10.3 | Decrease 3.1 | |
Majority | 297 | 9.7 | |||
Turnout | 3,057 | ||||
Green hold | Swing | Decrease 7.2 |
Wem Brook
Due to the extremely close nature of the result, the Wem Brook ward ballots were subject to two re-counts.[7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Scott Harbison | 703 | 44.8 | Increase 18.7 | |
Labour | Julie Jackson | 699 | 44.6 | Decrease 18.2 | |
Green | Jeremey Millen | 167 | 10.6 | Increase 4.7 | |
Majority | 4 | 0.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,402 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | Increase 23.5 |
Whitestone
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julian Gutteridge | 2,117 | 85.8 | Increase 27.2 | |
Labour | Jack Bonner | 350 | 14.2 | Decrease 4.5 | |
Green | Michael Wright | 318 | 12.9 | Increase 7.7 | |
Majority | 1767 | 71.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,467 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | Increase 15.9 |
By-elections
Bar Pool
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jamie Hartshorn | 508 | 55.3 | −0.5 | |
Labour | Abi Olaifa | 215 | 23.4 | −9.3 | |
Green | Andrew Heritage | 196 | 21.3 | +13.1 | |
Majority | 293 | 31.9 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | Increase4.4 |
See also
- 2021 Warwickshire County Council election, local election held on the same day in Nuneaton and Bedworth
- 2021 Warwickshire Police and Crime Commissioner election, local election held on the same day in Nuneaton and Bedworth
Footnotes
References
- ↑ "Election results 2021". Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ↑ "Election timetable" (PDF). Gov.uk. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 BBC News (8 May 2021). "Elections 2021: Conservatives take control of Nuneaton and Bedworth council". Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Harrison, Claire (7 May 2021). "'The red wall has crumbled in Nuneaton and Bedworth' say election-winning Conservatives". CoventryLive. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ↑ Harrison, Claire (7 May 2021). "Labour pledge to fight to win back voters in Nuneaton and Bedworth after dramatic election loss". CoventryLive. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ↑ "Councillors by Name". Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ↑ Harrison, Claire. "Coventry and Warwickshire local elections - all of the results as they happened". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 7 May 2021.