2016 Swindon Borough Council election
# 2016 Swindon Borough Council election

The 2016 Swindon Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Swindon Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

The Conservatives held on to their majority on the council but it was lowered to three after losing councillors to Labour in Lydiard & Freshbrook and Liden, Eldene & Park South.

## Results by ward

An asterisk * indicates an incumbent seeking re-election

### Blunsdon & Highworth

Blunsdon & Highworth :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Maureen Rita Penny* | 1,624 | 47.4 |
| | Labour | Alison Mary Durrant | 1,053 | 30.7 |
| | UKIP | John Fairlamb Short | 429 | 12.5 |
| | Green | Andrew Donald Day | 200 | 5.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey King | 121 | 3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 571 | 16.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,427 | 40 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Central

Central :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Robert Stanley Wright* | 2,459 | 74.4 |
| | Conservative | Jack Lindsey Howard | 554 | 16.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Richards | 291 | 8.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1905 | 57.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,304 | 39 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Covingham & Dorcan

Covingham & Dorcan :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Barbara Samantha Parry | 1,329 | 41.9 |
| | Labour | Mohammad Jamal Miah | 706 | 22.3 |
| | UKIP | Brian James Osbourn | 569 | 17.9 |
| | Independent | Anthony Hillier | 387 | 12.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Hooper | 94 | 3.0 |
| | Green | Christopher John Noyce | 87 | 2.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 623 | 19.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,172 | 38 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Eastcott

Eastcott :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stanley James Pajak* | 1,248 | 44.8 |
| | Labour | Manetta Martha Rodrigues | 1,020 | 36.6 |
| | Conservative | Drusilla Summers | 258 | 9.3 |
| | Green | Andrew Hedley John Bentley | 132 | 4.7 |
| | UKIP | Terence Hayward | 128 | 4.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 228 | 8.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2786 | 40 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Gorse Hill & Pinehurst

Gorse Hill & Pinehurst :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Ericqua Raymone Ballman* | 1,454 | 55.8 |
| | Conservative | Benjamin Prizeman | 797 | 30.6 |
| | Green | Francesca Victoria Annelise Hebden-Leeder | 241 | 9.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Zoe Claire McCormick | 112 | 4.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 657 | 25.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,604 | 35 |

### Haydon Wick

Haydon Wick :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Oliver Donachie | 1,319 | 47.6 |
| | Labour | Michelle Jean Agostino | 765 | 27.6 |
| | UKIP | Edmund James Gerrard | 436 | 15.7 |
| | Green | Andrew Francis | 149 | 5.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Mistry | 101 | 3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 554 | 20.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,770 | 32 |

### Liden, Eldene & Park South

Liden, Eldene & Park South :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Fay Howard* | 1,138 | 43.60 |
| | Conservative | Oladapo Ibitoye | 725 | 27.78 |
| | UKIP | Robert Sheppard | 537 | 20.57 |
| | Green | David Miles | 112 | 4.29 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Clive Hooper | 98 | 3.75 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 413 | 15.82 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2610 | 33 |

### Lydiard & Freshbrook

Lydiard & Freshbrook :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Matthew Courtliff | 1,421 | 48.15 |
| | Conservative | Diane Rodgers | 1266 | 42.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Farr | 264 | 8.95 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 155 | 5.25 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2951 | 37 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Mannington and Western

Mannington and Western :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Kevin Small* | 1,105 | 51.66 |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Burns-Howell | 726 | 33.94 |
| | Green | Livio Pavone | 173 | 8.09 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alex Hegenbarth | 135 | 6.31 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 379 | 17.72 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2139 | 31 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Old Town

Old Town :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Jane Ballard | 1,363 | 47.29 |
| | Conservative | Brian Mattock | 1062 | 36.85 |
| | UKIP | Terence Davis | 208 | 7.22 |
| | Green | John Hughes | 144 | 5.00 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Garry Porter | 105 | 3.64 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 301 | 10.44 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2882 | 38 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Penhill & Upper Stratton

Penhill & Upper Stratton :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Mark Edward Dempsey | 1,190 | 45.9 |
| | Conservative | Raymond William Fisher | 834 | 32.2 |
| | UKIP | Jennifer Mary Jefferies | 476 | 18.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Raymond Martin James | 92 | 3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 356 | 13.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,592 | 30 |

### Priory Vale

Priory Vale :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Davies | 1,131 | 54.77 |
| | Labour | Robert Heath | 505 | 24.45 |
| | UKIP | Gary Belben | 258 | 12.49 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gerard Taylor | 88 | 4.26 |
| | Green | Simon Fairbourn | 83 | 4.02 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 626 | 30.32 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2065 | 26 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Ridgeway

Ridgeway :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Gary Sumner | 669 | 59.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Fiona Mcanespie | 232 | 20.5 |
| | Labour | Samuel Thomas James | 108 | 9.5 |
| | UKIP | Juan Pablo Kosidowski | 82 | 7.2 |
| | Green | Paul Sunners | 43 | 3.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 437 | 38.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,134 | 46 |

### Rodbourne Cheney

Rodbourne Cheney :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Des Moffatt | 1,660 | 62.76 |
| | Conservative | Stephanie Clark | 695 | 26.28 |
| | Green | Roderick Hebden-Leeder | 181 | 6.84 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Fraser McCormick | 109 | 4.12 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 965 | 36.48 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2645 | 30 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Shaw

Shaw :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Keith Williams | 1,268 | 50.84 |
| | Labour | Graham Philpot | 840 | 33.68 |
| | Green | Nigel Kimber | 221 | 8.86 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Roberts | 165 | 6.62 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 428 | 17.16 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2494 | 32 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### St Andrews

St Andrews :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Vera Tomlinson | 1,360 | 59.83 |
| | Labour | Maura Clarke | 519 | 22.83 |
| | UKIP | Susan Short | 249 | 10.95 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Deborah King | 145 | 6.38 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 841 | 37.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2273 | 29 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### St Margaret & South Marston

St Margaret and South Marston :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Russell Holland | 1,409 | 49.65 |
| | Labour | Andrew Pedersen | 880 | 31.00 |
| | UKIP | Michael Viret | 393 | 13.85 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dawn Pajak | 81 | 2.85 |
| | Green | Howard March | 75 | 2.64 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 529 | 18.65 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2838 | 32 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Walcot & Park North

Walcot & Park North :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Stephen Allsopp | 1,424 | 53.35 |
| | Conservative | Ellen Heavens | 563 | 21.09 |
| | UKIP | Stephen Halden | 432 | 16.19 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kathleen McCarthy | 151 | 5.66 |
| | Green | Jennifer Miles | 86 | 3.22 |
| | Social Democratic Party (UK) | Paulos Chatzinopoulos | 13 | 0.49 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 861 | 32.26 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2669 | 32 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Wroughton & Wichelstowe

Wroughton & Wichelstowe :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Brian Ford | 1,212 | 54.62 |
| | Green | Talis Kimberley-Fairbourn | 326 | 14.69 |
| | Labour | Imtiyaz Shaikh | 305 | 13.74 |
| | UKIP | Malcolm Jefferies | 258 | 11.63 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Shepherd | 118 | 5.31 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 886 | 39.93 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2219 | 38 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
