Luton Borough Council elections

Elections for all 48 councillors for Luton Borough Council (a unitary authority) are held in every 4th year.

Wards

In 2007 and 2011, 19 electoral wards returned two or three councillors each. The wards are: Barnfield, Biscot, Bramingham, Challney, Crawley, Dallow, Farley, High Town, Icknield, Leagrave, Lewsey, Limbury, Northwell, Round Green, Saints, South, Stopsley, Sundon Park and Wigmore.

Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1996, political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Party in control		Years
	Labour	1996-2003
	No overall control	2003-2007
	Labour	2007–present

Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

Luton Borough Council election, 1973
Luton Borough Council election, 1976 (New ward boundaries)^[2]
Luton Borough Council election, 1979
Luton Borough Council election, 1983
Luton Borough Council election, 1987
Luton Borough Council election, 1991 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[3]
Luton Borough Council election, 1995

Unitary authority elections

Luton Borough Council election, 1996
Luton Borough Council election, 1999
Luton Borough Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries)^[4]
Luton Borough Council election, 2007
Luton Borough Council election, 2011
Luton Borough Council election, 2015

By-election results

Wigmore Ward, 10 April 2013^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Michael SKEPELHORN	982	47
	Labour	James TAYLOR	517	24
	Conservative	John YOUNG	281	13
	UKIP	Lance Andrew RICHARDSON	230	11
	Independent	John Turner MAGILL	62	3
	Green	Marc SCHEIMANN	27	1
Majority			465
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Vacancy arose from the death of Roy Davies (Liberal Democrat).

Farley Ward, 13 March 2014^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Castleman	1,232	72.5	+17.6
	UKIP	Charles Lawman	226	13.3	+5.6
	Conservative	David Coulter	154	9.1	-8.9
	Liberal Democrat	Anne Mead	46	2.7	-7.7
	Green	Marc Scheimann	41	2.4	+2.4
Majority			1006
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

The vacancy was caused by the resignation of Labour Cllr Robin Harris.

References

↑ "Luton". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Luton (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Luton (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ "Wigmore by-election results 2013". Luton Borough Council. 2 April 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
↑ "Farley, 2014". EnglishElections.org.uk. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.

Council elections in Bedfordshire

Bedford Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2009 2011 2015

Central Bedfordshire Council	2009 2011 2015

Luton Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1996 1998 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Bedfordshire County 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 Abolished

Mid Bedfordshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

South Bedfordshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

Unitary authorities of England

Districts	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall County Durham Darlington Derby East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isle of Wight Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Somerset Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York

Councils	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall Derby Durham Darlington East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isle of Wight Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Somerset Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York

Local elections	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall County Durham Darlington Derby East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isle of Wight Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Somerset Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York

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