Local Election Results 2008
Swindon
One-third of council up for election. No election this year in Blunsdon or Penhill.
Other results for Swindon:
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By-elections for Swindon (may be incomplete): 30th January 2003 (St Margaret)
— 22nd January 2004 (Central; Western)
— 3rd February 2005 (Walcot)
— 4th November 2010 (Moredon)
— 15th November 2012 (Blunsdon & Highworth)
— 8th August 2013 (Haydon Wick)
— 24th June 2021 (Priory Vale)
— 20th July 2023 (St Margaret & South Marston)
— 17th October 2024 (Rodbourne Cheney)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Conservative |
23189 |
54.4% |
17 |
| Labour |
10434 |
24.5% |
4 |
| Liberal Democrat |
6519 |
15.3% |
1 |
| UK Independence Party |
2301 |
5.4% |
0 |
| Independent |
181 |
0.4% |
0 |
| Vera Tomlinson |
C |
1836 |
75.9% |
| Gerald Lawson |
Lab |
266 |
11.0% |
| Richard Law |
LD |
226 |
9.3% |
| Robin Tingey |
UKIP |
90 |
3.7% |
| Junab Ali |
Lab |
902 |
44.1% |
| Kevin Leakey |
C |
664 |
32.5% |
| Hannah Pajak |
LD |
224 |
11.0% |
| Eric Bagwell |
UKIP |
130 |
6.4% |
| David Cox |
Ind |
125 |
6.1% |
| Dale Heenan |
C |
1362 |
57.6% |
| Joanne Dilley |
Lab |
586 |
24.8% |
| Cynthia Desmond |
UKIP |
264 |
11.2% |
| David Pajak |
LD |
152 |
6.4% |
| Kevin Parry |
C |
1326 |
56.4% |
| Roderick Bluh |
C |
1292 |
|
| Cindy Matthews |
Lab |
447 |
19.0% |
| Samuel James |
Lab |
430 |
|
| Robert Sheppard |
UKIP |
294 |
12.5% |
| Ellen Aylett |
LD |
286 |
12.2% |
| Stanley Pajak |
LD |
1237 |
58.6% |
| Paul Gregory |
C |
496 |
23.5% |
| Sarah Bush |
Lab |
378 |
17.9% |
| Peter Greenhalgh |
C |
1184 |
60.4% |
| Judith Peppitt |
LD |
535 |
27.3% |
| Jamal Miah |
Lab |
240 |
12.3% |
| Ericqua Ballman |
Lab |
736 |
44.6% |
| Louise Gallavin |
C |
687 |
41.6% |
| Leslie Wood |
LD |
229 |
13.9% |
| Rex Barnett |
C |
1363 |
61.0% |
| John Keepin |
Lab |
440 |
19.7% |
| Michael Stuckey |
UKIP |
246 |
11.0% |
| Tel Hudson |
LD |
186 |
8.3% |
| Anthony Peake |
C |
1345 |
62.3% |
| Phillip Beaumont |
Lab |
492 |
22.8% |
| Jennifer Shorten |
LD |
321 |
14.9% |
| Colin Lovell |
C |
1110 |
54.4% |
| James d'Avila |
Lab |
590 |
28.9% |
| Kathleen Webb |
UKIP |
229 |
11.2% |
| Heidi Teague |
LD |
111 |
5.4% |
| Michael Bawden |
C |
2015 |
64.2% |
| Mark Wheaver |
LD |
538 |
17.1% |
| Walid Meah |
Lab |
409 |
13.0% |
| Noel Gardner |
UKIP |
177 |
5.6% |
| Stephen Allsopp |
Lab |
815 |
41.5% |
| Graham Cherry |
C |
746 |
38.0% |
| Mark Dempsey |
Lab |
703 |
|
| Claire Ellis |
C |
628 |
|
| Terence Hayward |
UKIP |
248 |
12.6% |
| Mark Grant |
LD |
153 |
7.8% |
| John Kurton |
LD |
125 |
|
| Andrew Bennett |
C |
652 |
61.6% |
| Thomas Pajak |
LD |
351 |
33.1% |
| Mary Gladman |
Lab |
56 |
5.3% |
| Raymond Fisher |
C |
1337 |
59.2% |
| Michael Spry |
Lab |
517 |
22.9% |
| Robert Feal-Martinez |
UKIP |
217 |
9.6% |
| Ann Morgan |
LD |
187 |
8.3% |
| Maire Darker |
C |
1300 |
52.7% |
| Joseph Tray |
Lab |
771 |
31.3% |
| Peter Thompson-Watt |
UKIP |
232 |
9.4% |
| Ann Richards |
LD |
163 |
6.6% |
| Nicholas Martin |
C |
1291 |
70.5% |
| James Farr |
LD |
333 |
18.2% |
| Mohammad Talukdar |
Lab |
208 |
11.4% |
| Dwynwen Martin |
C |
961 |
60.7% |
| Abdul Amin |
Lab |
412 |
26.0% |
| Christopher Shepherd |
LD |
209 |
13.2% |
| Mavis Childs |
C |
783 |
46.2% |
| Carol Heavens |
Lab |
648 |
38.3% |
| Kathleen McCarthy |
LD |
263 |
15.5% |
| James Grant |
Lab |
1161 |
45.6% |
| Peter Heaton-Jones |
C |
990 |
38.9% |
| Gregory Heathcliffe |
UKIP |
174 |
6.8% |
| Clive Hooper |
LD |
166 |
6.5% |
| Michael Morton |
Ind |
56 |
2.2% |
| Brian Ford |
C |
1741 |
63.3% |
| Victor Godman |
LD |
649 |
23.6% |
| Sandra Parsons |
Lab |
360 |
13.1% |
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