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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.
Blunsdon & Highworth Ward ; Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative: Steve Weisinger : 1,689 : 48.1 +3.3 : Labour: Phil Beaumont 831 23.7 –7.6 UKIP: Ross Shugar
Swindon Borough Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Swindon in Wiltshire, England. Until 1 April 1997 its area was a non-metropolitan district called Thamesdown Borough Council, with Wiltshire County Council providing the county-level services.
8,000 councillors will be elected in unitary, borough and district councils taking place across England
The council follows a leader and cabinet model [14] and has 57 members elected by 20 wards. [15] Elections are held in three out of every four years, with one-third of the seats being elected at each election. [15] From the first election in 1996 to the 2000 election, Labour had a majority on the council.
Rodbourne Cheney is an electoral ward in the Borough of Swindon, England. Since 2012 , the ward has elected three councillors to Swindon Borough Council . History
The town of Swindon was made a municipal borough in 1900 as a merger of the two urban districts of Old Swindon and New Swindon. Swindon was then governed by a body formally called the 'mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Swindon', generally known as the corporation, town council or borough council.
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 ...