2018 Rugby Borough Council election

The 2018 Rugby Borough Council election was held on Thursday 3 May 2018 to elect 14 members to the Rugby Borough Council, the same day as other local elections in the United Kingdom. It elected one-third of the council's 42 members for a four-year term. The Conservatives held control of the council after the election.^[1]

Results summary

2018 Rugby Borough Council election[2]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	8	1	57.1	15	23	54.8	12,096	46.9	10.8
	Labour	3		21.4	6	9	21.4	8,397	32.6	7.2
	Liberal Democrats	3		21.4	6	9	21.4	3,947	15.3	2.2
	Independent	0	1	0.0	1	1	2.4	0	0.0	7.8
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,178	4.6	0.4
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	155	0.6	1.0

Ward results

Admirals and Cawston

Admirals and Cawston^[2]^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dale Keeling	900	45.4	4.3
	Labour	Will Pimlett	706	35.6	7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Lee Chase	280	14.1	10.8
	Green	Jenny Farley	96	4.8	0.5
Majority			194	9.8	3.1
Total valid votes			1,982	32.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.6

Benn

Benn^[2]^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Shera	966	57.7	6.8
	Conservative	John Keeling	366	21.9	1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Trimble	150	9.0	1.2
	Green	Roy Sandison	117	7.0	6.9
	TUSC	Marian Wakelin	76	4.5	2.2
Majority			600	35.8	5.7
Total valid votes			1,675	27.2
	Labour hold		Swing	2.9

Bilton

Bilton^[2]^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Cade*	1,277	58.3	4.1
	Labour	Phil Hemsley	631	28.8	7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Kennedy George	190	8.7	0.8
	Green	Ian Wright	94	4.3	5.8
Majority			646	29.5	3.3
Total valid votes			2,192	42.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.7

Coton and Boughton

Coton and Boughton^[2]^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jill Simpson-Vince*	900	58.4	15.0
	Labour	Mark Brassey	640	41.6	14.3
Majority			260	16.9	0.8
Total valid votes			1,540	29.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.4

Dunsmore

Dunsmore^[2]^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Deepah Roberts*	1,775	76.4	37.7'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000019−QINU`"'
	Labour	Beck Hemsley	547	23.6	14.9
Majority			1,228	52.9	N/A
Total valid votes			2,322	39.2
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing	11.4

Eastlands

Eastlands^[2]^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Craig McQueen	843	43.1	9.2
	Conservative	Zoe Feeney	511	26.2	0.7
	Labour	Matthew Weston	505	25.8	1.2
	Green	Patrick Steel	95	4.9	6.2
Majority			332	17.0	8.6
Total valid votes			1,954	32.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	4.6

Hillmorton

Hillmorton^[2]^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Picker	888	50.1	7.3
	Labour	Jim Ellis	711	40.1	9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Laura Slinn	112	6.3	8.7
	Green	Peter Reynolds	60	3.4	8.3
Majority			177	10.0	2.4
Total valid votes			1,771	41.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.2

New Bilton

New Bilton^[2]^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Brader	747	50.6	1.7
	Conservative	Adam Daly	494	33.5	3.9
	Green	Bob Beggs	198	13.4	8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Hossain Tafazzal	37	2.5	New
Majority			253	17.1	2.2
Total valid votes			1,476	25.5
	Labour hold		Swing	1.1

Newbold and Brownsover

Newbold and Brownsover^[2]^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ram Srivastava*	716	47.5	4.8
	Conservative	Eve Hassell	624	41.4	9.9
	Green	Mark Summers	167	11.1	8.1
Majority			92	6.1	5.1
Total valid votes			1,507	24.4
	Labour hold		Swing	2.6

Paddox

Paddox^[2]^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Noreen New*	1,070	47.0	3.2
	Conservative	Tony Meeson	668	29.3	5.6
	Labour	Jonathan Vickers	469	20.6	2.8
	Green	Maralyn Pickup	70	3.1	5.2
Majority			402	17.7	8.8
Total valid votes			2,277	40.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	4.4

Revel and Binley Woods

Revel and Binley Woods^[2]^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Belinda Garcia*	1,406	73.5	25.8
	Labour	Anna Coupe	507	26.5	7.7
Majority			899	47.0	25.3
Total valid votes			1,913	36.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.1

Rokeby and Overslade

Rokeby and Overslade^[2]^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Lewis*	1,265	52.5	8.2
	Conservative	Paul Wesson	552	22.9	3.9
	Labour	Ian Black	512	21.3	0.5
	Green	Kate Crowley	80	3.3	2.0
Majority			713	29.6	12.1
Total valid votes			2,409	39.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	6.1

Wolston and the Lawfords

Wolston and the Lawfords^[2]^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Bearne	1,174	58.5	15.6
	Labour	Lauren Kennedy	553	27.6	11.0
	Green	Lesley Summers	201	10.0	1.4
	TUSC	Pete McLaren	79	3.9	0.8
Majority			621	30.9	16.8
Total valid votes			2,007	33.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.3

Wolvey and Shilton

Wolvey and Shilton^[2]^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Pacey-Day*	561	75.0	7.5
	Labour	Ben Law	187	25.0	3.8
Majority			374	50.0	3.7
Total valid votes			748	37.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.9

References

1. While Deepah Roberts ran as an independent in 2014, this change is based off of the support for Ian Spiers, the Conservative candidate, in that election

1. Dempsey, Noel (14 May 2018). "Local Elections 2018" (PDF). The House of Commons Library. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
2. Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2018 -Rugby". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
3. "Rugby Borough Council - Election Results: 3 May 2018". Rugby Borough Council. Retrieved 14 July 2024.