Luton Borough Council elections

Luton Borough Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Luton in Bedfordshire, England. Until 1 April 1997 it was a non-metropolitan district.

Ward boundaries in Luton Borough Council

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[1][2]

Non-metropolitan district

Party in controlYears
Labour1973-1976
Conservative1976-1991
Labour1991-1997

Unitary authority

Party in controlYears
Labour1997-2003
No overall control2003-2007
Labour2007–present

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1999 have been:[3]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Bill McKenzie Labour22 May 199922 May 2003
David Franks Liberal Democrats22 May 200322 May 2007
Hazel Simmons Labour22 May 2007

Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections
  • 1973 Luton Borough Council election
  • 1976 Luton Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)[4]
  • 1979 Luton Borough Council election
  • 1983 Luton Borough Council election
  • 1987 Luton Borough Council election
  • 1991 Luton Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[5]
  • 1995 Luton Borough Council election

Unitary authority elections

By-election results
Wigmore Ward, 10 April 2013[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Skepelhorn 982 46.8
Labour James Taylor 517 24.6
Conservative John Young 281 13.4
UKIP Lance Richardson 230 11.0
Independent John Magill 62 3.0
Green Marc Scheimann 27 1.3
Majority 465
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Vacancy arose from the death of Roy Davies (Liberal Democrat).

Farley Ward, 13 March 2014[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Castleman 1,232 72.5 +17.6
UKIP Charles Lawman 226 13.3 +5.6
Conservative David Coulter 154 9.1 -8.9
Liberal Democrats Anne Mead 46 2.7 -7.7
Green Marc Scheimann 41 2.4 +2.4
Majority 1006
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

The vacancy was caused by the resignation of Labour Cllr Robin Harris.

High Town by-election, 30 June 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Maahwish Mirza 505 39.6 -11.8
Green Lyn Bliss 274 21.4 +4.7
Liberal Democrats Clive Mead 181 14.2 N/A
Conservative Sue Garrett 141 11.0 -20.9
Independent John French 102 8.0 N/A
UKIP Grace Froggatt 69 5.4 N/A
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing -8.3

See also

References
  1. "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  2. "Luton". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  3. "Council minutes". Luton Borough Council. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  4. legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Luton (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
  5. legislation.gov.uk - The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  6. legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Luton (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  7. "Wigmore by-election results 2013". Luton Borough Council. 2 April 2013. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  8. "Farley, 2014". EnglishElections.org.uk. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
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