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2019 Luton Borough Council election

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.

2019 Luton Borough Council election
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All 48 seats to Luton Borough Council
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Hazel Simmons David Franks
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Last election 35 seats, 53.5% 8 seats, 14.5% 5 seats, 27.5%
Seats won 32 12 4
Seat change Decrease 3 Increase 4 Decrease 1
Popular vote 55,649 16,944 18,897
Percentage 56.7% 17.2% 19.2%
Swing Increase 3.2% Increase 2.7% Decrease 8.3%
Map showing the results by ward

Results summary edit

2019 Luton Borough Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 48 32 0 3   3 66.7 56.7 55,649 +3.2
  Liberal Democrats 19 12 4 0   4 25.0 17.2 16,944 +2.7
  Conservative 43 4 0 1   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 edit

 
Ward boundaries

Barnfield edit

Barnfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Biscot
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

Bramingham
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

Challney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Crawley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Dallow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Farley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

High Town
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Icknield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Leagrave
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Lewsey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Limbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Northwell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Round Green
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Saints
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Stopsley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Sundon Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Wigmore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Icknield: 26 September 2019
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

High Town: 6 May 2021
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  9.0

Round Green edit

Round Green: 6 May 2021
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  3.7

South edit

South: 28 October 2021
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

Dallow: 4 August 2022
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

  1. ^ "Local government election 2019 results".
  2. ^ "Luton Conservative councillor defects to Liberal Democrats". Luton Today. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  3. ^ Duncan, Euan (7 February 2023). "Independent Luton councillor joins Liberal Democrat group". Luton Today. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Luton councillor removed from key roles after leaving Labour Party". Bedfordshire Live. 9 March 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Local and by-election results". Retrieved 21 October 2022.
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