Election Name: | 2023 Swindon Borough Council election |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2022 Swindon Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 2022 |
Next Election: | 2024 Swindon Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 2024 |
Seats For Election: | 19 of the 57 seats to Swindon Borough Council |
Majority Seats: | 29 |
Leader1: | David Renard (defeated) |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats Before1: | 32 |
Seats1: | 2 |
Seats After1: | 22 |
Seat Change1: | 10 |
Leader2: | Jim Robbins |
Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats Before2: | 23 |
Seats2: | 16 |
Seats After2: | 33 |
Seat Change2: | 9 |
Party4: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Seats Before4: | 0 |
Seats4: | 1 |
Seats After4: | 1 |
Seat Change4: | 1 |
Leader | |
Posttitle: | Leader after election |
Before Election: | David Renard |
Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
After Election: | Jim Robbins |
After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
Party5: | Independent politician |
Seats Before5: | 1 |
Seats5: | 0 |
Seats After5: | 1 |
The 2023 Swindon Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect councillors to Swindon Borough Council in Wiltshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England. There were 19 of the 57 seats on the council up for election.
Prior to the election the Conservatives held a majority of the seats on the council. At the election Labour took control of the council, and the Conservative leader, David Renard, lost his seat.[1]
The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Swindon Borough Council following the close of nomination on 5 April 2023.[2]
The results were as follows:[3] [4]
The St Margaret and South Marston by-election was triggered by the death of Labour councillor Pam Adams.[5] [6]