Swindon Borough Council elections

Swindon is a unitary authority in Wiltshire, England. Until 1 April 1998 it was a non-metropolitan district.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]^[2]

Non-metropolitan district

Party in control		Years
	Labour	1973-1976
	No overall control	1976-1978
	Labour	1978-1998

Unitary authority

Party in control		Years
	Labour	1996-2000
	No overall control	2000-2004
	Conservative	2004–present

Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

Thamesdown Borough Council election, 1973
Thamesdown Borough Council election, 1976 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
Thamesdown Borough Council election, 1978
Thamesdown Borough Council election, 1979
Thamesdown Borough Council election, 1980
Thamesdown Borough Council election, 1982 (Some new ward boundaries & borough boundary changes also took place)^[4]^[5]
Thamesdown Borough Council election, 1983
Thamesdown Borough Council election, 1984
Thamesdown Borough Council election, 1986 (New ward boundaries)^[6]
Thamesdown Borough Council election, 1987
Thamesdown Borough Council election, 1988
Thamesdown Borough Council election, 1990
Thamesdown Borough Council election, 1991
Thamesdown Borough Council election, 1992
Thamesdown Borough Council election, 1994
Thamesdown Borough Council election, 1995

Unitary authority elections

Thamesdown Borough Council election, 1996
Swindon Borough Council election, 1998
Swindon Borough Council election, 1999
Swindon Borough Council election, 2000 (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 5)^[7]^[8]^[9]
Swindon Borough Council election, 2002
Swindon Borough Council election, 2003
Swindon Borough Council election, 2004
Swindon Borough Council election, 2006
Swindon Borough Council election, 2007
Swindon Borough Council election, 2008
Swindon Borough Council election, 2010
Swindon Borough Council election, 2011
Swindon Borough Council election, 2012 (New ward boundaries)^[10]
Swindon Borough Council election, 2014
Swindon Borough Council election, 2015 (New ward boundaries)^[11]
Swindon Borough Council election, 2016

Borough result maps

2002 results map
2003 results map
2004 results map
2006 results map
2007 results map
2008 results map
2010 results map
2011 results map

By-election results

1997–2001

Central By-Election 15 May 1997
Party		Votes	%
	Labour	548	46.3
	Liberal Democrat	300	25.3
	Conservative	224	18.9
	Green	69	5.8
	Socialist Labour	44	53.7.8
Majority		248	21.0
Turnout		1,185	20.7
	Labour hold	Swing

Park By-Election 21 August 1997
Party		Votes	%	±
	Labour	715	66.0	-4.4
	Conservative	297	27.4	+11.2
	Liberal Democrat	72	6.6	-6.8
Majority		418	38.6
Turnout		1,084	15.2
	Labour hold	Swing

2001–2005

St Margaret By-Election 30 January 2003^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Raymond Fisher	814	52.5	+5.3
	Labour		409	26.4	-13.2
	Liberal Democrat		258	16.6	+3.4
	UKIP		69	4.5	+4.5
Majority			405	26.1
Turnout			1,550	20.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Central By-Election 22 January 2004
Party		Votes	%	±
	Labour	513	37.9	+0.3
	Liberal Democrat	359	26.5	-12.1
	Conservative	229	16.9	-0.6
	SA	119	8.8	+8.8
	Green	71	5.2	+5.2
	SOU	41	3.0	-3.2
	UKIP	21	1.6	+1.6
Majority		154	11.4
Turnout		1,353	19.4
	Labour hold	Swing

Western By-Election 22 January 2004
Party		Votes	%	±
	Labour	829	47.5	+4.2
	Conservative	651	37.3	+11.3
	Liberal Democrat	154	8.8	-13.5
	UKIP	79	4.5	-3.9
	Green	34	1.9	+1.9
Majority		178	10.2
Turnout		1,747	23.5
	Labour hold	Swing

Walcot By-Election 3 February 2005^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Peter Mallinson	706	38.4	-3.4
	Conservative		586	31.9	-1.8
	Liberal Democrat		338	18.4	+1.2
	Independent		106	5.8	+5.8
	Green		60	3.3	-3.9
	UKIP		43	2.3	+2.3
Majority			120	6.5
Turnout			1,839	35.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

2009–2013

Moredon By-Election 4 November 2010^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Jenny Millin	887	47.5	+12.6
	Conservative	Toby Elliott	755	40.4	+1.0
	UKIP	William Oram	129	6.9	+6.9
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Ward	98	5.2	-13.3
Majority			132	7.1
Turnout			1,869	23.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Blunsdon and Highworth by-election 15 November 2012^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Steve Weisinger	1,453
	Labour	Phil Beaumont	1,075
	UKIP	John Lenton	195
	Green	Andrew Donald Day	111
	Liberal Democrat	Cath Smith	23
Majority			378
Turnout				32.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
↑ "Swindon". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Thamesdown (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The North Wiltshire and Thamesdown (Areas) Order 1980. Retrieved on 18 November 2015.
↑ The Oxfordshire and Wiltshire (Areas) Order 1980
↑ The Borough of Thamesdown (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1986
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Swindon (Electoral Changes) Order 1999. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ "Swindon". BBC News Online. Retrieved 16 August 2009.
↑ "Want to be a Councillor?". Swindon Borough Council. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Swindon (Electoral Changes) Order 2012. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Swindon (Electoral Changes) Order 2015. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
↑ "Labour slips in the snow". London: guardian.co.uk. 31 January 2003. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
↑ "Double defeat for Tories in the west of England". London: guardian.co.uk. 4 February 2005. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
↑ "Labour takes seat from Tories in election". This is Wiltshire.co.uk. 5 November 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2010.
↑ "Conservatives hold Blunsdon and Highworth ward in by election". swindonadvertiser.co.uk. 16 November 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2012.

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Council elections in Wiltshire
Wiltshire Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017
Swindon Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016
Kennet District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished
North Wiltshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished
Salisbury District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished
West Wiltshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished
See also: Wards Boundary changes

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