2024 Swindon Borough Council election

2024 Swindon Borough Council election
4 May 2024 (2024-05-04)
20 out of 57 seats to Swindon Borough Council
29 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Jim Robbins Gary Sumner
Party Labour Conservative
Last election 32 seats, 51.9% 23 seats, 34.7%
Seats before 32 23
Seats won 14 6
Seats after 41 15
Seat change 9 8
Popular vote 25,574 18,060
Percentage 50.2% 35.5%
Swing 1.7% 0.8%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Adam Poole
Party Liberal Democrats Independent
Last election 1 seat, 7.9% 1 seat, 0.4%
Seats before 1 1
Seats won 0 0
Seats after 1 0
Seat change 1
Popular vote 5,011 718
Percentage 9.8% 1.4%
Swing 1.9% 1.0%
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Swindon Borough Council election
Leader before election

Jim Robbins
Labour

 Leader after election

Jim Robbins
Labour

The 2024 Swindon Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect councillors to Swindon Borough Council in Wiltshire, England. The elections was on the same day as other local elections across England. A third of seats were contested.

At the previous council election, Labour gained an overall majority control of Swindon Borough Council after gaining 9 seats, with the Conservatives losing 10 seats. They increased their majority from 5 seats in 2023 to 13 seats in 2024.

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