Central is an electoral ward in the Borough of Swindon, England. Since 1998, the ward has elected three councillors to Swindon Borough Council.
History
The ward is set to be abolished for 2026.
Geography
The ward is based on the areas of Central Swindon North and Central Swindon South. It is considered a stronghold for the Labour Party.
Demographics
In the 2021 census, the population of the ward was 15,425.
Councillors
Election | Councillors | ||
---|---|---|---|
2007 | Derique Montaut
(Labour) |
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2008 | Junab Ali
(Labour) | ||
2010 | Bob Wright
(Labour) | ||
2011 | |||
2012 | Julie Wright
(Labour) | ||
2014 | |||
2015 | |||
2016 | |||
2018 | |||
2019 | Adorabelle Shaikh
(Labour) | ||
2021 | Lourenco Fernandes | ||
2022 | Anabelle Patricia Pegado | ||
2023 | |||
2024 | Domingos Dias
(Labour) |
Elections
2024 Swindon Borough Council election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Domingos Dias | 2,117 | 52.6 | −9.2 | |
Conservative | Lourenco Fernandes* | 838 | 20.8 | −12.1 | |
Independent | Vintur Fernandes | 718 | 17.8 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Marek Sarnowski | 195 | 4.8 | +1.1 | |
TUSC | Mary Quate | 124 | 3.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,279 | 31.8 | |||
Turnout | 4,027 | 39.6 | –1.4 | ||
Registered electors | 10,158 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 1.5 |
2023 Swindon Borough Council election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Adorabelle Amaral-Shaikh* | 2,960 | 61.8 | +16.9 | |
Conservative | John Barreto | 1,577 | 32.9 | −16.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Hannah Pajak | 177 | 3.7 | −2.1 | |
Independent | Mariano Rodrigues | 73 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,383 | ||||
Turnout | 4,813 | 46.96 | |||
Registered electors | 10,249 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
2022 Swindon Borough Council election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anabelle Patricia Pegado | 1,983 | 49.1 | +31.96 | |
Labour Co-op | Junab Ali * | 1,813 | 44.9 | −26.60 | |
Liberal Democrats | Hannah Louise Pajak | 236 | 5.8 | +0.67 | |
Majority | 170 | 4.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,066 | 40.92 | |||
Registered electors | 9,937 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour Co-op | Swing |
2021 Swindon Borough Council election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lourenco Fernandes | 2,230 | 51.45 | +36.8 | |
Labour | Rajhia Ali | 1,603 | 36.99 | −31.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Garry Porter | 242 | 5.58 | −4.0 | |
Independent | Helen Dunn | 193 | 4.45 | n/a | |
Majority | 627 | 14.47 | |||
Turnout | 4,334 | 44.42 | +3.6 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +33.9 |
2019 Swindon Borough Council election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Adorabelle Shaikh | 2,454 | 67.9 | −3.7 | |
Conservative | Mohammad Chowdhury | 531 | 14.7 | −2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Raymond James | 348 | 9.6 | +4.4 | |
Green | Bob Heritage | 283 | 7.8 | +4.2 | |
Majority | 1,923 | 53.2 | |||
Turnout | 3,616 | 38.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
2018 Swindon Borough Council election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Junab Ali* | 3,141 | 71.31 | + 33.71 | |
Conservative | David Bell | 752 | 17.07 | + 3.73 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ray James | 227 | 5.15 | − 27.11 | |
Green | Robert Heritage | 147 | 3.34 | + 3.34 | |
UKIP | Jason Costello | 117 | 2.66 | − 9.66 | |
Turnout | 4,405 | 45.91 | |||
Registered electors | 9,594 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
2016 Swindon Borough Council election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Stanley Wright* | 2,459 | 74.4 | ||
Conservative | Jack Lindsey Howard | 554 | 16.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ann Richards | 291 | 8.8 | ||
Majority | 1905 | 57.6 | |||
Turnout | 3,304 | 39 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
2015 Swindon Borough Council election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Julie Wright * | 2,567 | 45.1 | +7.1 | |
Conservative | Dave Bell | 1,187 | 20.8 | +7.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Antonio Banjamino Lopes | 1,176 | 20.6 | –12.0 | |
UKIP | Bob Sheppard | 499 | 8.8 | –3.6 | |
Green | Adam Grizzly Wilkinson-Moore | 218 | 3.8 | N/A | |
Independent | Karsten Evans | 48 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,380 | 24.4 | +19.0 | ||
Turnout | 5,695 | 58.87 | +19.15 | ||
Registered electors | 9,674 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
2014 Swindon Borough Council election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Junab Ali* | 1,386 | 38.0 | –32.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Imtiyaz Shaikh | 1,189 | 32.6 | +25.4 | |
Conservative | Timothy Michael French | 495 | 13.6 | +0.8 | |
UKIP | Brian David Stone | 454 | 12.4 | N/A | |
Independent | Nicholas Gary Kearns | 127 | 3.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 197 | 5.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,686 | 39.72 | +8.72 | ||
Registered electors | 9,281 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
2012 Swindon Borough Council election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bob Wright | 1,947 | 70.1 | +5.2 | |
Labour | Julie Wright | 1,899 | – | ||
Labour | Junab Ali | 1,788 | – | ||
Conservative | Tim French | 356 | 12.8 | –3.9 | |
Conservative | Jaki Dawn Fairbrother | 341 | – | ||
Conservative | Kashif Khan | 276 | – | ||
Green | Simon Smith | 273 | 9.8 | +4.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Joan Mortimer | 200 | 7.2 | –0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Robert Shepherd | 164 | – | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Williams | 159 | – | ||
Turnout | 2,784 | 31.00 | –3.28 | ||
Registered electors | 8,981 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
2011 Swindon Borough Council election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Derique Montaut | 1,829 | 64.9 | +12.1 | |
Conservative | Paul Gregory | 471 | 16.7 | −9.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gary Porter | 213 | 7.6 | −7.5 | |
Green | Robert Heritage | 155 | 5.5 | +2.5 | |
UKIP | Eleanor Pomagalski | 95 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
Independent | Karsten Evans | 55 | 2.0 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 1,358 | 48.2 | +21.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,818 | 34.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +10.6 |
2010 Swindon Borough Council election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Wright | 2,357 | 52.8 | +8.7 | |
Conservative | Kevin Leakey | 1,155 | 25.9 | −6.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kathryn Spencer | 673 | 15.1 | +4.1 | |
Green | Stephen Chadfield | 136 | 3.0 | +3.0 | |
Independent | David Cox | 84 | 1.9 | −4.2 | |
Independent | Karsten Evans | 60 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 1,202 | 26.9 | +15.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,465 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
2008 Swindon Borough Council election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Junab Ali | 902 | 44.1 | −3.0 | |
Conservative | Kevin Leakey | 664 | 32.5 | +3.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Hannah Pajak | 224 | 11.0 | −2.0 | |
UKIP | Eric Bagwell | 130 | 6.4 | +6.4 | |
Independent | David Cox | 125 | 6.1 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 238 | 11.6 | −6.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,045 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
2007 Swindon Borough Council election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Derique Montaut | 1,092 | 47.1 | +0.6 | |
Conservative | Karen Leakey | 663 | 28.6 | −1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steven Pipe | 301 | 13.0 | −1.7 | |
Green | Karsten Evans | 156 | 6.7 | +0.3 | |
Independent | David Cox | 105 | 4.5 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 429 | 18.5 | +1.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,317 | 30.9 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +0.8% |
2004 by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 513 | 37.9 | +0.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 359 | 26.5 | −12.1 | ||
Conservative | 229 | 16.9 | −0.6 | ||
SA | 119 | 8.8 | +8.8 | ||
Green | 71 | 5.2 | +5.2 | ||
SOU | 41 | 3.0 | −3.2 | ||
UKIP | 21 | 1.6 | +1.6 | ||
Majority | 154 | 11.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,353 | 19.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
1997 by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 548 | 46.3 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 300 | 25.3 | |||
Conservative | 224 | 18.9 | |||
Green | 69 | 5.8 | |||
Socialist Labour | 44 | 53.7.8 | |||
Majority | 248 | 21.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,185 | 20.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
See also
References
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