Warwickshire County Council elections

Warwickshire County Council in England is elected every four years.

Political control

Since formation in 1973, political control of the authority at the top of two or three levels of local government in the county, depending on whether a settlement is parished, has been:^[1]

	Party in control (where applicable)	Con	Lab	Lib Dem	Ind / RA	Green Party
2013	Conservative loss to No Overall Control	26	22	9	3	2
2009	Conservative gain from No Overall Control	39	10	12	1
2005	No Overall Control	27	23	11	1
2001	No Overall Control	21	27	13	1
1997	No Overall Control	22	31	8	1
1993	No Overall Control	19	30	10	3
1989	No Overall Control	31	24	4	3
1985	No Overall Control
1981	Conservative loss to No Overall Control	30	27	3	2
1977	Conservative gain from No Overall Control
1973	No Overall Control	27	21	5	2

Council elections

Warwickshire County Council election, 2001
Warwickshire County Council election, 2005
Warwickshire County Council election, 2009
Warwickshire County Council election, 2013

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 Democrat		489	21.8	+0.9
Majority			270	10.0
Turnout			2,241
	Labour hold		Swing

2005–2009

Wellesbourne By-Election 20 July 2006^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Laura Main	1,112	52.6	+3.0
	Liberal Democrat	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^[3]
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 Democrat	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^[4]
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 Democrat	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^[5]
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^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat hold		Swing

2013-2017

Bedworth West Ward by-election, 12 December 2013^[6]
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

References

↑ "Warwickshire". BBC News Online. BBC. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
↑ "Electoral Division Wellesbourne". Warwickshire County Council. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
↑ "Labour cling on to seat". Coventry Telegraph. 2008-03-08. p. 15. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ Malyon, Mike (2009-07-18). "Constituents 'are cheated'". Coventry Telegraph. p. 2. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
1 2 "Elections in Warwickshire – 6th May". Warwickshire County Council. Retrieved 2010-05-15.
↑ http://news.warwickshire.gov.uk/blog/2013/12/13/bedworth-west-by-election/

By-election results

External links

Warwickshire County Council

Council elections in Warwickshire

Warwickshire County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

North Warwickshire Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

Rugby Borough 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 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Stratford-on-Avon 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 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Warwick District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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