Election Name: | 2024 Swindon Borough Council election |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 2023 Swindon Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 2023 |
Next Election: | 2026 Swindon Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 2026 |
Seats For Election: | 20 out of 57 seats to Swindon Borough Council |
Majority Seats: | 29 |
Leader1: | Jim Robbins |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Last Election1: | 32 seats, 51.9% |
Seats Before1: | 32 |
Seats1: | 14 |
Seats After1: | 41 |
Seat Change1: | 9 |
Popular Vote1: | 25,574 |
Percentage1: | 50.2% |
Swing1: | 1.7% |
Leader2: | Gary Sumner |
Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Last Election2: | 23 seats, 34.7% |
Seats Before2: | 23 |
Seats2: | 6 |
Seats After2: | 15 |
Seat Change2: | 8 |
Popular Vote2: | 18,060 |
Percentage2: | 35.5% |
Swing2: | 0.8% |
Leader4: | Adam Poole |
Party4: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Last Election4: | 1 seat, 7.9% |
Seats Before4: | 1 |
Seats4: | 0 |
Seats After4: | 1 |
Popular Vote4: | 5,011 |
Percentage4: | 9.8% |
Swing4: | 1.9% |
Party5: | Independent politician |
Last Election5: | 1 seat, 0.4% |
Seats Before5: | 1 |
Seats5: | 0 |
Seats After5: | 0 |
Seat Change5: | 1 |
Popular Vote5: | 718 |
Percentage5: | 1.4% |
Swing5: | 1.0% |
Leader | |
Posttitle: | Leader after election |
Before Election: | Jim Robbins |
Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
After Election: | Jim Robbins |
After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
The 2024 Swindon Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect councillors to Swindon Borough Council in Wiltshire, England. The elections was on the same day as other local elections across England. A third of seats were contested.[1]
At the previous council election, Labour gained an overall majority control of Swindon Borough Council after gaining 9 seats, with the Conservatives losing 10 seats.[2] They increased their majority from 5 seats in 2023 to 13 seats in 2024.[3]
Borough Statement of Persons nominated per each Ward:[4]
The results were as follows:[5]