Warwickshire County Council elections

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Warwickshire County Council in England is elected every four years.

Political control

Since formation in 1973, political control of the authority at the top of two or three levels of local government in the county, depending on whether a settlement is parished, has been:[1]

Party in control (where applicable) Con Lab Lib Dem Ind / RA Green Party
2013 Conservative loss to No Overall Control 26 22 9 3 2
2009 Conservative gain from No Overall Control 39 10 12 1
2005 No Overall Control 27 23 11 1
2001 No Overall Control 21 27 13 1
1997 No Overall Control 22 31 8 1
1993 No Overall Control 19 30 10 3
1989 No Overall Control 31 24 4 3
1985 No Overall Control
1981 Conservative loss to No Overall Control 30 27 3 2
1977 Conservative gain from No Overall Control
1973 No Overall Control 27 21 5 2

Council elections

By-election results

1997–2001

Rugby Hillmorton By-Election 7 May 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 1,011 43.1 -6.9
Conservative 741 33.1 +6.0
Liberal Democrat 489 21.8 +0.9
Majority 270 10.0
Turnout 2,241
Labour hold Swing

2005–2009

Wellesbourne By-Election 20 July 2006[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Laura Main 1,112 52.6 +3.0
Liberal Democrat David Johnston 776 36.7 -6.0
Labour John Ritchie 227 10.7 +10.7
Majority 336 15.9
Turnout 2,115 35.6
Conservative hold Swing
Lawford and New Bilton By-Election 6 March 2008[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Douglas Hodkinson 724 33.8 -7.9
Conservative Jane Watson 723 33.7 +4.7
BNP George Jones 313 14.6 +14.6
Liberal Democrat Diane Pask 235 11.0 -3.3
Green Philip Godden 148 6.9 +6.9
Majority 1 0.1
Turnout 2,143 28.9
Labour hold Swing

2009–2013

Arbury and Stockingford By-Election 16 July 2009[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Barry Longden 1,331 41.7 +13.5
Conservative Tom Wilson 1,079 33.8 +2.6
BNP Martyn Findley 449 14.1 -10.4
Green Michael Wright 170 5.3 -10.8
Liberal Democrat Alice Field 118 3.7 +3.7
Socialist Alternative Steven Gee 43 1.3 +1.3
Majority 252 7.9
Turnout 3,190 21.4
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Nuneaton St Nicholas By-Election 6 May 2010[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jeffrey Clarke 3,195 56.3 -8.5
Labour Paul Hickling 1,616 28.5 +9.0
Green Keith Kondakor 589 10.4 -5.4
Independent Thomas Wilson 280 4.9 +4.9
Majority 1,579 27.8
Turnout 5,680
Conservative hold Swing
Studley By-Election 6 May 2010[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Clive Rickhards 1,906 44.6 -1.2
Conservative Justin Kerridge 1,755 41.1 -1.5
Labour Jacqueline Abbott 480 11.2 +6.4
Green Karen Varga 128 3.0 -3.7
Majority 151 3.5
Turnout 4,269 70.3
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

2013-2017

Bedworth West Ward by-election, 12 December 2013[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Brian Hawkes 904 62.56
Conservative Janet Batterbee 353 24.42
UKIP Andrew Hutchings 142 9.82
TUSC Natara Hunter 46 3.18
Majority 551 38.13
Turnout 1,445 16.94

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