| Election Name: | 2018 Swindon Borough Council Election |
| Popular Vote1: | 25,766 |
| Majority Seats: | 29 |
| Election Date: | 3 May 2018 |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats1: | 9 |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Seats After1: | 29 |
| Percentage1: | 41.34% |
| Next Year: | 2019 |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before2: | 25 |
| Seats2: | 9 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Seats After2: | 26 |
| Popular Vote2: | 26,346 |
| Percentage2: | 42.27% |
| After Election: | Conservatives |
| Seats For Election: | 19 of the 57 seats to Swindon Borough Council |
| Next Election: | 2019 Swindon Borough Council election |
| Seats After3: | 2 |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Popular Vote3: | 4,761 |
| Percentage3: | 7.64% |
| Seats3: | 2 |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Before Election: | Conservatives |
| Previous Year: | 2016 |
| Seats Before3: | 2 |
| Seats Before1: | 30 |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2016 Swindon Borough Council election |
The 2018 Swindon Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018, to elect members of Swindon Borough Council in England.[1] 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 one after losing a councillor to the Liberal Democrats in Wroughton & Wichelstowe. The Liberal Democrats lost a councillor to Labour in Eastcott, so the election's net gain of one was to Labour from the Conservatives.[1] Labour had had high hopes of winning control of the council, and the Party's leader Jeremy Corbyn had visited Swindon on five occasions during the local election campaign. The Party was reported to be 'deeply disappointed' with the result.
The Conservative Council leader David Renard described himself as "absolutely delighted" that his Party "fended off a significant challenge from the Labour Party".[2] The BBC's West of England politics editor Paul Barltrop felt Labour's failure to take the council would be more than disappointing to party members, noting that Swindon tends to give an idea of what will happen at the next general election.[2]
Swindon was one of the boroughs subject to a trial of voter ID restrictions[3] requiring the production of polling cards.[4]
Change since previous election in 2016.
All changes calculated on 2014 results.