2019 Luton Borough Council election
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The 2019 Luton Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Luton Borough Council in England.[1] It was held on the same day as other local elections.
Results summary
[edit]2019 Luton Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Labour | 48 | 32 | 0 | 3 | ![]() |
66.7 | 56.7 | 55,649 | +3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | 19 | 12 | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
25.0 | 17.2 | 16,944 | +2.7 | |
Conservative | 43 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
8.3 | 19.2 | 18,897 | –8.3 | |
Independent | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 3.9 | 3,796 | +3.8 | |
UKIP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 1.5 | 1,440 | –2.1 | |
Best4Luton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 1.1 | 1,057 | N/A | |
Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.5 | 445 | –0.3 |
Ward results
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Barnfield
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | David Franks | 1,194 | 54.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Amjid Ali | 970 | 44.5 | ||
Labour | Haleema Ali | 662 | 30.4 | ||
Labour | Fahim Qureshi | 607 | 27.9 | ||
Conservative | Dean Garrett | 348 | 16.0 | ||
Conservative | Asif Choudhery | 330 | 15.1 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,179 | 37.7 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Biscot
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kashif Choudry | 2,006 | 55.7 | ||
Labour | Abid Hussain | 1,981 | 55.0 | ||
Labour | Saima Hussain | 1,909 | 53.0 | ||
Independent | Fazilat Ali-Khan | 1,089 | 30.2 | New | |
Independent | Shana Begum | 1,026 | 28.5 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Usman Hussain | 552 | 15.3 | ||
Conservative | Grace Froggatt | 281 | 7.8 | ||
Conservative | Mohammed Nisar | 194 | 5.4 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,601 | 35.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Bramingham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Glbert Campbell | 904 | 54.8 | ||
Conservative | John Young | 884 | 53.6 | ||
Labour | Desmond Billington | 606 | 36.7 | ||
Labour | Tunde Ajisola | 570 | 34.5 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,650 | 29.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Challney
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tom Shaw | 1,940 | 69.2 | ||
Labour | Tahir Malik | 1,790 | 63.8 | ||
Labour | Khtija Malik | 1,785 | 63.6 | ||
Conservative | Fathima Kauser | 503 | 17.9 | ||
Conservative | Gulraiz Khan | 453 | 16.1 | ||
UKIP | Alan Usher | 347 | 12.4 | ||
Conservative | Mohammad Zia | 347 | 12.4 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,805 | 29.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Crawley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Terry Keens | 885 | 52.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Lee Bridgen | 881 | 52.4 | ||
Labour | James Taylor | 428 | 25.5 | ||
Labour | Fatima Begum | 422 | 25.1 | ||
Conservative | Anwar Hussain | 274 | 16.3 | ||
Conservative | Alan Hamilton | 206 | 12.3 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,681 | 30.8 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Dallow
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Hannah Adrees | 2,606 | 73.7 | ||
Labour | Abbas Hussain | 2,338 | 66.2 | ||
Labour | Raja Ahmed | 2,311 | 65.4 | ||
Independent | Mohammad Ashraf | 801 | 22.7 | New | |
Conservative | Ehtisham Qureshi | 515 | 14.6 | ||
Conservative | Mohammad Azad | 462 | 13.1 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,534 | 34.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Farley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Taylor | 1,348 | 67.9 | ||
Labour | Sian Timoney | 1,307 | 65.9 | ||
Labour | Mahmood Hussain | 1,304 | 65.7 | ||
Conservative | Kevin Drew | 459 | 23.1 | ||
Conservative | Shyamal Roy | 328 | 16.5 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,984 | 23.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
High Town
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Rachel Hopkins | 950 | 65.7 | ||
Labour | Andy Malcolm | 898 | 62.1 | ||
Conservative | Kevin McLean-Mair | 262 | 18.1 | ||
Independent | Joseph Daniels | 196 | 13.5 | New | |
Conservative | Solomon Muchai | 191 | 13.2 | ||
Best4Luton | Jay Silva | 150 | 10.4 | New | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,447 | 23.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Icknield
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jeffrey Petts | 822 | 42.1 | ||
Conservative | Michael Garrett | 803 | 41.2 | ||
Labour | Asif Masood | 787 | 40.3 | ||
Labour | Asma Rathore | 663 | 34.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Yvonne Edmunds | 251 | 12.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Julia Mead | 221 | 11.3 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,951 | 32.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Leagrave
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Maria Lovell | 1,297 | 59.8 | ||
Labour | Waheed Akbar | 1,234 | 56.9 | ||
Labour | Sameera Saleem | 1,120 | 51.6 | ||
Conservative | Susan Garrett | 669 | 30.8 | ||
Conservative | Richard Joyce | 575 | 26.5 | ||
Conservative | Mahrban Khan | 510 | 23.5 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,170 | 24.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Lewsey
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Hazel Simmons | 1,316 | 60.9 | ||
Labour | Jacqui Burnett | 1,235 | 57.1 | ||
Labour | Aslam Khan | 1,121 | 51.9 | ||
Conservative | Adrian Noller | 480 | 22.2 | ||
UKIP | Paul Noble | 454 | 21.0 | ||
Conservative | Vahid Zubari | 444 | 20.5 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,162 | 23.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Limbury
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Amy Nicholls | 980 | 51.6 | ||
Labour | Robert Roche | 898 | 47.2 | ||
Conservative | Aziz Ambia | 665 | 35.0 | ||
Conservative | Heather Baker | 583 | 30.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Brian Richardson | 181 | 9.5 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Sidney Rutstein | 137 | 7.2 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,901 | 31.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Northwell
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Anne Donelon | 897 | 67.6 | ||
Labour | Yasmin Waheed | 764 | 57.6 | ||
Conservative | Deloris Campbell | 323 | 24.4 | ||
Conservative | Susan Patel | 245 | 18.5 | ||
Independent | Mahmoona Rasool | 99 | 7.5 | New | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,326 | 23.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Round Green
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mark Rivers | 989 | 37.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Chapman | 917 | 35.0 | ||
Labour | Tahmina Saleem | 913 | 34.9 | ||
Labour | Irak Chowdhury | 900 | 34.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Daniel Willis | 841 | 32.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Steve Moore | 752 | 28.7 | ||
Best4Luton | John French | 471 | 18.0 | New | |
Conservative | John Baker | 464 | 17.7 | ||
Conservative | Phil Turner | 415 | 15.9 | ||
Conservative | Mohammad Arif | 300 | 11.5 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,617 | 30.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Saints
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Javed Hussain | 2,460 | 72.3 | ||
Labour | Summara Khurshid | 2,370 | 69.6 | ||
Labour | Ghulam Javed | 2,364 | 69.4 | ||
Conservative | Raja Saleem | 731 | 21.5 | ||
Conservative | Salma Nasir | 715 | 21.0 | ||
Conservative | Syed Abid | 668 | 19.6 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 3,404 | 34.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
South
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paul Castleman | 938 | 53.9 | ||
Labour | David Agbley | 813 | 46.8 | ||
Labour Co-op | Javeria Hussain | 710 | 40.8 | ||
Green | Marc Scheimann | 445 | 25.6 | ||
Conservative | Morel Bernard | 373 | 21.4 | ||
UKIP | Tim James | 339 | 19.5 | New | |
Conservative | Mohammed Islam | 316 | 18.2 | ||
Independent | Conor Clarke | 259 | 14.9 | New | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,739 | 17.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Stopsley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Richard Underwood | 1,320 | 68.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Wynn | 1,267 | 65.3 | ||
Conservative | Gordon Shrosbree | 333 | 17.2 | ||
Conservative | Margaret Simons | 295 | 15.2 | ||
Labour | Abbi Adeyemi | 247 | 12.7 | ||
Labour | Urmila Afroz | 247 | 12.7 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,941 | 35.8 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Sundon Park
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Anna Pedersen | 927 | 50.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Clive Mead | 867 | 46.8 | ||
Labour | Martin Rodgers | 694 | 37.4 | ||
Labour | Sasha Smith | 605 | 32.6 | ||
Conservative | Michael Glover | 234 | 12.6 | ||
Conservative | Claire Shrosbree | 177 | 9.5 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,854 | 31.6 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Wigmore
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Peter Chapman | 1,658 | 56.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Diane Moles | 1,569 | 53.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Alan Skepelhorn | 1,554 | 52.5 | ||
Labour | Markus Keaney | 497 | 16.8 | ||
Labour | Sara Miah | 454 | 15.3 | ||
Best4Luton | Carolyn Cottier | 436 | 14.7 | New | |
Independent | Marco Suadoni | 425 | 14.4 | New | |
Labour | Mominur Murad | 412 | 13.9 | ||
Conservative | Grahame Mackay | 324 | 10.9 | ||
UKIP | Lance Richardson | 300 | 10.1 | ||
Conservative | Sam Deekue | 259 | 8.7 | ||
Conservative | Yasin Rehman | 233 | 7.9 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,961 | 34.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Changes 2019–2023
[edit]Jeff Petts, elected as a Conservative councillor, joined the Liberal Democrats in December 2021.[2]
Abbas Hussain, elected as a Labour councillor, had the Labour whip withdrawn in 2022. He subsequently sat as an independent councillor until January 2023, when he joined the Liberal Democrats.[3]
In March 2023, three Labour councillors who were not re-selected to be Labour candidates at the 2023 election left the party; two (Ghulam Javed and Summara Khurshid) joined the Liberal Democrats and one (Anne Donelon) sat as an independent.[4]
By-elections between the 2019 and 2023 elections were as follows:[5]
Icknield
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Asif Masood | 585 | 36.7 | ||
Conservative | John Baker | 563 | 35.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Steve Moore | 407 | 25.6 | ||
Green | Marc Scheimann | 37 | 2.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 22 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,592 | 27.2 | −5.4 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
High Town
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Umme Ali | 717 | 48.3 | −12.7 | |
Conservative | Shakaina Khan | 327 | 22.0 | +5.2 | |
Green | Lyn Bliss | 202 | 13.6 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Nigel Marshall | 202 | 13.6 | N/A | |
Communist | Markus Kearney | 36 | 2.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 390 | 26.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,484 | 23.0 | – | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ![]() |
Round Green
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Steve Moore | 1,041 | 38.5 | +6.2 | |
Labour | Fatima Begum | 910 | 33.7 | −1.1 | |
Conservative | Phil Turner | 520 | 19.2 | +2.9 | |
Green | James Cullinane | 173 | 6.4 | N/A | |
Independent | Marc Scheimann | 60 | 2.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 131 | 4.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,704 | 31.4 | +1.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ![]() |
South
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Fatima Begum | 547 | 44.1 | −9.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nigel Marshall | 332 | 26.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Abid Aziz | 198 | 16.0 | −5.4 | |
Independent | Marc Scheimann | 134 | 10.8 | N/A | |
Communist | Markus Keaney | 28 | 2.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 215 | 17.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,239 | 12.0 | −5.1 | ||
Labour hold |
Dallow
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alia Khan | 1,486 | 53.6 | −20.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Basharat Hussain | 1,076 | 38.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Malik Nikyalvi | 154 | 5.6 | −17.1 | |
Independent | Marc Scheimann | 58 | 2.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 410 | 14.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,774 | 26.9 | −7.2 | ||
Labour hold |
References
[edit]- ^ "Local government election 2019 results".
- ^ "Luton Conservative councillor defects to Liberal Democrats". Luton Today. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ Duncan, Euan (7 February 2023). "Independent Luton councillor joins Liberal Democrat group". Luton Today. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ "Luton councillor removed from key roles after leaving Labour Party". Bedfordshire Live. 9 March 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ "Local and by-election results". Retrieved 21 October 2022.