Luton Borough Council elections

Luton is a unitary authority in Bedfordshire, England. Until 1 April 1997 it was a non-metropolitan district.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]^[2]

Non-metropolitan district

Party in control		Years
	Labour	1973-1976
	Conservative	1976-1991
	Labour	1991-1997

Unitary authority

Party in control		Years
	Labour	1996-2003
	No overall control	2003-2007
	Labour	2007–present

Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

Luton Borough Council election, 1973
Luton Borough Council election, 1976 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
Luton Borough Council election, 1979
Luton Borough Council election, 1983
Luton Borough Council election, 1987
Luton Borough Council election, 1991 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]
Luton Borough Council election, 1995

Unitary authority elections

Luton Borough Council election, 1996
Luton Borough Council election, 1999
Luton Borough Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries)^[5]
Luton Borough Council election, 2007
Luton Borough Council election, 2011
Luton Borough Council election, 2015

By-election results

Wigmore Ward, 10 April 2013^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Skepelhorn	982	46.8
	Labour	James Taylor	517	24.6
	Conservative	John Young	281	13.4
	UKIP	Lance Richardson	230	11.0
	Independent	John Magill	62	3.0
	Green	Marc Scheimann	27	1.3
Majority			465
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Vacancy arose from the death of Roy Davies (Liberal Democrat).

Farley Ward, 13 March 2014^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Paul Castleman	1,232	72.5	+17.6
	UKIP	Charles Lawman	226	13.3	+5.6
	Conservative	David Coulter	154	9.1	-8.9
	Liberal Democrat	Anne Mead	46	2.7	-7.7
	Green	Marc Scheimann	41	2.4	+2.4
Majority			1006
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

The vacancy was caused by the resignation of Labour Cllr Robin Harris.

High Town by-election, 30 June 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Maahwish Mirza	505	39.6	-11.8
	Green	Lyn Bliss	274	21.4	+4.7
	Liberal Democrat	Clive Mead	181	14.2	N/A
	Conservative	Sue Garrett	141	11.0	-20.9
	Independent	John French	102	8.0	N/A
	UKIP	Grace Froggatt	69	5.4	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.3

References

↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
↑ "Luton". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Luton (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1975. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Luton (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ "Wigmore by-election results 2013". Luton Borough Council. 2 April 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
↑ "Farley, 2014". EnglishElections.org.uk. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.

Council elections in Bedfordshire

Bedford Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2009 2011 2015

Central Bedfordshire Council	2009 2011 2015

Luton Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1996 1998 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Bedfordshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 Abolished

Mid Bedfordshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 Abolished

South Bedfordshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

Unitary authorities of England

Districts	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall County Durham Darlington Derby East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isles of Scilly Isle of Wight Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Somerset Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York

Councils	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall Derby Durham Darlington East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isles of Scilly Isle of Wight Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Somerset Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York

Local elections	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall County Durham Darlington Derby East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isle of Wight Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Somerset Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York

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