Warwickshire County Council elections

Warwickshire County Council elections are held every four years. Warwickshire County Council is the upper-tier authority for the non-metropolitan county of Warwickshire in England. Since the last boundary changes in 2017, 57 councillors have been elected from 57 electoral divisions.[1]

Council elections

Summary of the council composition after each election; click on the year for full details of each election.[2]

Year Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats[a] Green Party Independent[b] Control Notes
1973 27 21 5 2 No overall control
1977 43 10 2 Conservative
1981 30 27 3 2 No overall control New division boundaries[3]
1985 26 24 10 2 No overall control
1989 32 24 4 2 Conservative
1993 19 30 10 3 No overall control
1997 22 31 8 1 No overall control
2001 20 28 13 1 No overall control
2005 27 23 11 1 No overall control New division boundaries[4]
2009 39 10 12 1 Conservative
2013 26 22 9 2 3 No overall control
2017 36 10 7 2 2 Conservative New division boundaries[1]
2021 42 6 5 3 1 Conservative
2025

Results maps

  • 2005 results map
    2005 results map
  • 2009 results map
    2009 results map
  • 2013 results map
    2013 results map
  • 2017 results map
    2017 results map
  • 2021 results map
    2021 results map

By-election results

1997–2001

Rugby Hillmorton By-Election 7 May 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 1,011 43.1 −6.9
Conservative 741 33.1 +6.0
Liberal Democrats 489 21.8 +0.9
Majority 270 10.0
Turnout 2,241
Labour hold Swing

2005–2009

Wellesbourne By-Election 20 July 2006[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Laura Main 1,112 52.6 +3.0
Liberal Democrats David Johnston 776 36.7 −6.0
Labour John Ritchie 227 10.7 +10.7
Majority 336 15.9
Turnout 2,115 35.6
Conservative hold Swing
Lawford and New Bilton By-Election 6 March 2008[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Douglas Hodkinson 724 33.8 −7.9
Conservative Jane Watson 723 33.7 +4.7
BNP George Jones 313 14.6 +14.6
Liberal Democrats Diane Pask 235 11.0 −3.3
Green Philip Godden 148 6.9 +6.9
Majority 1 0.1
Turnout 2,143 28.9
Labour hold Swing

2009–2013

Arbury and Stockingford By-Election 16 July 2009[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barry Longden 1,331 41.7 +13.5
Conservative Tom Wilson 1,079 33.8 +2.6
BNP Martyn Findley 449 14.1 −10.4
Green Michael Wright 170 5.3 −10.8
Liberal Democrats Alice Field 118 3.7 +3.7
Socialist Alternative Steven Gee 43 1.3 +1.3
Majority 252 7.9
Turnout 3,190 21.4
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Nuneaton St Nicholas By-Election 6 May 2010[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jeffrey Clarke 3,195 56.3 −8.5
Labour Paul Hickling 1,616 28.5 +9.0
Green Keith Kondakor 589 10.4 −5.4
Independent Thomas Wilson 280 4.9 +4.9
Majority 1,579 27.8
Turnout 5,680
Conservative hold Swing
Studley By-Election 6 May 2010[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Clive Rickhards 1,906 44.6 −1.2
Conservative Justin Kerridge 1,755 41.1 −1.5
Labour Jacqueline Abbott 480 11.2 +6.4
Green Karen Varga 128 3.0 −3.7
Majority 151 3.5
Turnout 4,269 70.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2013-2017

Bedworth West by-election, 12 December 2013[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brian Hawkes 904 62.56
Conservative Janet Batterbee 353 24.42
UKIP Andrew Hutchings 142 9.82
TUSC Natara Hunter 46 3.18
Majority 551 38.13
Turnout 1,445 16.94
Hartshill Ward by-election, 22 May 2014[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chris Clark 738 32.9 −2.0
UKIP Bella Wayte 699 31.2 −2.3
Conservative David Wright 616 27.5 −1.2
Independent Carol Fox 190 8.5 +8.5
Majority 39 1.7
Turnout 2,243
Labour hold Swing
Nuneaton Whitestone Ward by-election, 13 August 2015[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jeff Morgan 1,281 58.4 +5.5
Labour Andrew Crichton 503 22.9 −8.5
UKIP Alwyn Waine 292 13.3 +13.3
Green Mick Ludford 119 5.4 −10.3
Majority 778 35.4
Turnout 2,195
Conservative hold Swing

2017-2021

Leamington Willes by-election, 3 May 2018[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Helen Adkins 1,164 44.7 −1.2
Green Martin Luckhurst 1139 43.7 +9.0
Conservative Stacey Calder 266 10.2 −5.7
Liberal Democrats George Begg 36 1.4 −2.1
Majority 25 1.0
Turnout 2,605
Labour hold Swing
Stratford North by-election, 29 November 2018[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Dominic Skinner 877 40.7 +16.3
Conservative Lynda Organ 610 28.3 −0.1
Stratford First Independent Juliet Short 345 16.0 −17.1
Labour Joshua Payne 180 8.3 −0.9
Green John Riley 144 6.7 +1.5
Majority 267 12.4
Turnout 2,156
Liberal Democrats gain from Stratford First Independent Swing

2021–2025

Arden by-election, 14 July 2022[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian Shenton 1,609 59.3 −14.7
Liberal Democrats Thom Holmes 854 31.5 +24.3
Labour Bryn Turner 251 9.2 −0.8
Majority 755 27.7
Turnout 2,712
Conservative hold Swing
Dunsmore and Leam Valley by-election, 14 December 2023[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dale Keeling 911 42.8 −23.0
Liberal Democrats Stephen Pimm 649 30.5 +23.6
Labour Alison Livesey 350 16.4 −2.5
Green Helen Ford 219 10.3 +1.9
Majority 262 12.3
Turnout 2,129
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ^ a b "The Warwickshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2015", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2015/1874, retrieved 7 September 2022
  2. ^ "Compositions calculator". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  3. ^ The County of Warwickshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/118)
  4. ^ "The County of Warwickshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2004", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2004/2820, retrieved 8 September 2022
  5. ^ "Electoral Division Wellesbourne". Warwickshire County Council. Retrieved 13 October 2009.
  6. ^ "Labour cling on to seat". Coventry Telegraph. 8 March 2008. p. 15.
  7. ^ Malyon, Mike (18 July 2009). "Constituents 'are cheated'". Coventry Telegraph. p. 2.
  8. ^ a b "Elections in Warwickshire – 6th May". Warwickshire County Council. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
  9. ^ Warwickshire County Council (11 August 2020). "Warwickshire news – Warwickshire County Council". News.warwickshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Hartshill Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  11. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Nuneaton Whitestone Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  12. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Leamington Willes Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  13. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Stratford North Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  14. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Arden Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  15. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Dunsmore and Leam Valley Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  1. ^ Includes Liberal Party and Social Democratic Party pre-1988
  2. ^ Includes Residents' Associations