Luton Borough Council elections
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Luton is a unitary authority in Bedfordshire, England. Until 1 April 1997 it was a non-metropolitian district.
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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 control | Years | |
---|---|---|
Labour | 1973-1976 | |
Conservative | 1976-1991 | |
Labour | 1991-1997 |
Unitary authority
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
Labour | 1996-2003 | |
No overall control | 2003-2007 | |
Labour | 2007-present |
Council elections
Non-metropolitan district elections
- Luton Borough Council election, 1973
- Luton Borough Council election, 1976 (New ward boundaries)[3]
- Luton Borough Council election, 1979
- Luton Borough Council election, 1983
- Luton Borough Council election, 1987
- Luton Borough Council election, 1991 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[4]
- Luton Borough Council election, 1995
Unitary authority elections
- Luton Borough Council election, 1996
- Luton Borough Council election, 1999
- Luton Borough Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries)[5]
- Luton Borough Council election, 2007
- Luton Borough Council election, 2011
- Luton Borough Council election, 2015
By-election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | Alan Michael SKEPELHORN | 982 | 47 | ||
Labour | James TAYLOR | 517 | 24 | ||
Conservative | John YOUNG | 281 | 13 | ||
UKIP | Lance Andrew RICHARDSON | 230 | 11 | ||
Independent | John Turner MAGILL | 62 | 3 | ||
Green | Marc SCHEIMANN | 27 | 1 | ||
Majority | 465 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing |
Vacancy arose from the death of Roy Davies (Liberal Democrat).
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 Democrat | 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.
See also
References
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- ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Luton (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
- ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
- ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Luton (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
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