Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council elections

Half of Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council in Warwickshire, England is elected every two years. Until 2002 the council was elected by thirds. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 34 councillors have been elected from 17 wards.^[1]

Political control

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

Party in control	Years
Labour	1973 - 2008
Conservative	2008 - 2010
No overall control	2010 - 2012
Labour	2012–present

Council elections

• Nuneaton Borough Council election, 1973
• Nuneaton Borough Council election, 1976
• Nuneaton Borough Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
• Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election, 1980
• Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election, 1982
• Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election, 1983
• Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election, 1984
• Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election, 1986
• Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election, 1987
• Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election, 1988
• Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election, 1990
• Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election, 1991
• Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election, 1992
• Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election, 1994 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]
• Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election, 1995
• Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election, 1996
• Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election, 1998
• Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election, 1999
• Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election, 2000
• Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election, 2002 (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 11)^[5][6]
• Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election, 2004
• Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election, 2006
• Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election, 2008
• Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election, 2010
• Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election, 2012
• Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election, 2014

By-election results

1997-2001

Arbury By-Election 1 May 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		2,949	58.7	-12.7
	Conservative		1,343	26.7	+12.3
	Liberal Democrat		735	14.6	+0.4
Majority			1,606	32.0
Turnout			5,027
	Labour hold		Swing

2005-2009

Barpool By-Election 5 May 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roma Taylor	1,507	50.8	+5.4
	Conservative	Sonja Wilson	846	28.5	+1.4
	Liberal Democrat	Glen Dunton	615	20.7	+20.7
Majority			661	22.3
Turnout			2,968
	Labour hold		Swing

Whitestone By-Election 9 June 2005[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marcus Jones	1,034	68.8	-3,2
	Labour	Jef Hun	248	16.5	-11.5
	Liberal Democrat	Julie Fox	220	14.6	+14.6
Majority			786	52.3
Turnout			1,502	26.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bede By-Election 8 February 2007[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Valerie Richardson	658	37.6	-17.3
	BNP	Alwyn Deacon	546	31.2	+31.2
	Conservative	Damon Brown	301	17.2	-27.9
	Liberal Democrat	Alice Field	119	6.8	+6.8
	English Democrats	David Lane	75	4.3	+4.3
	Save Our NHS	Vanessa Casey	43	2.5	+2.5
	UKIP	Nigel Lanigan	8	0.5	+0.5
Majority			112	6.4
Turnout			1,750	36.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Slough By-Election 28 June 2007[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeffrey Hunt	862	40.5	-2.4
	BNP	Alwyn Deacon	582	27.3	+27.3
	Conservative	John Ison	499	23.4	-15.0
	English Democrats	John Lane	102	4.8	+4.8
	Liberal Democrat	Frank Mills	83	3.9	-14.8
Majority			280	13.2
Turnout			2,128	40.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Abbey By-Election 20 September 2007[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jill Sheppard	807	37.9	-1.0
	BNP	Alwyn Deacon	457	21.5	+21.5
	Liberal Democrat	Mish Whitmore	409	19.2	-16.5
	Conservative	Stephen Paxton	329	15.5	-9.9
	Green	Keith Kondakor	115	5.4	+5.4
	Independent	Scott Harbison	10	0.5	+0.5
Majority			350	16.4
Turnout			2,127	38.9
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	13.6

2009-2013

Camp Hill By-Election 10 December 2009[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ian Lloyd	670	47.1	+17.0
	BNP	Alwyn Deacon	478	33.6	-2.6
	Conservative	Kristofer David Wilson	275	19.3	-9.7
Majority			192	13.5
Turnout			1,426	27.6
	Labour gain from BNP		Swing

Barpool By-election May 2011[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vicky Fowler	1034	51.6	+6.8
	Conservative	Mike Bannister	519	25.9	-1.0
	BNP	Alwyn Deacon	204	10.2	-1.5
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Crichton	142	7.1	-8.2
	UKIP	Andreas Hammerschmiedt	65	3.2	+3.2
	TUSC	Tom Sidwell	38	1.9	+0.7
Majority			515	25.7
Turnout			2002
	Labour hold		Swing

Arbury By-Election December 2013[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeff Morgan	395	40.34
	Labour	Tricia Elliott	369	37.69
	UKIP	Trevor Beard	109	11.13
	Green	Michael Wright	55	5.61
	BNP	Alwyn Deacon	35	3.57
	TUSC	Aidan O'Toole	8	0.81
	English Democrats	Stephen Paxton	6	0.61
Majority			26	2.65
Turnout			979
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	13.6%

References

1. "Democracy and Elections". Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
2. "Nuneaton & Bedworth". BBC News Online. 2009-04-19. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
3. The Borough of Nuneaton (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
4. legislation.gov.uk - The Warwickshire and West Midlands (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
5. "Nuneaton & Bedworth". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
6. legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth (Electoral Changes) Order 2000. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
7. "Tories win by-election". Coventry Telegraph. 2005-06-11. p. 7.
8. Evans, Steve (2007-02-10). "Labour shrug off BNP scare ; By-Election: Prospect of first hung council is averted". Coventry Telegraph. p. 9.
9. "Labour take ward from Tories". Coventry Telegraph. 2007-06-30. p. 5.
10. "Brown digests Labour by-election win". Coventry Telegraph. 2007-09-22.
11. "Declaration of Result of Poll" (PDF). Numeaton and Bedworth Borough Council. 11 December 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2009.

• By-election results

External links

• Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council