← Rugby (all cycles) · 4 May 2023 cohort

Rugby 2023

Local elections held 4 May 2023.

14 ward races
14 seats
7 elected below the proportional quota
50.0% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share that would be needed to be guaranteed that seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the gap as points under par — the editorial indictment. Above-par results are just majority mandates and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 14 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 14 seats had been allocated to those vote totals in proportion (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented in this council, negative are parties it under-represented.

PartyVotesVote %Seats won% of seatsProportional seatsProportional %Δ
Conservative and Unionist Party9,26036.1%642.9%535.7%+1
Labour Party8,91234.7%535.7%535.7%0
Liberal Democrats5,55221.6%321.4%321.4%0
Green Party1,7686.9%00.0%17.1%-1
Reform UK1560.6%00.0%00.0%0
Total25,648100.0%14100.0%14100.0%0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share
Actual seats
Proportional seats

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

Race results

Bilton · single-seat

Marginal winner 36.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +13.7 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,169

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Parker, L.Conservative and Unionist Party78736.3%Elected
2Pimm, S.Liberal Democrats71232.8%
3Mander, C.Labour Party55525.6%
4Gladwin, B.Green Party1155.3%

Electorate 5,057 · Ballots cast 2,169 · Back to ward index

Hillmorton · single-seat

Marginal winner 44.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +5.6 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,048

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Russell, L.Conservative and Unionist Party90944.4%Elected
2Offordile, J.Labour Party86642.3%
3Douglas, J.Liberal Democrats1688.2%
4Stevenson, B.Green Party1055.1%

Electorate 6,239 · Ballots cast 2,048 · Back to ward index

Dunsmore · single-seat

Marginal winner 44.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +5.2 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,433

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Keeling, J.Conservative and Unionist Party1,08944.8%Elected
2Coomber, A.Labour Party63826.2%
3Bennett, J.Liberal Democrats49420.3%
4Ford, H.Green Party2128.7%

Electorate 6,806 · Ballots cast 2,433 · Back to ward index

Coton & Boughton · single-seat

Marginal winner 45.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +4.9 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,016

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Periasamy, S.Labour Party90945.1%Elected
2Lowe, S.Conservative and Unionist Party81340.3%
3Blackburn, E.Liberal Democrats1276.3%
4Sandison, R.Green Party1035.1%
5Pullin, J.Reform UK643.2%

Electorate 5,707 · Ballots cast 2,016 · Back to ward index

Admirals & Cawston · single-seat

Marginal winner 45.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +4.7 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,354

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Robinson, V.Labour Party1,06745.3%Elected
2Richards, D.Conservative and Unionist Party97741.5%
3Chase, L.Liberal Democrats1867.9%
4Farley, J.Green Party1245.3%

Electorate 6,885 · Ballots cast 2,354 · Back to ward index

Wolston & the Lawfords · single-seat

Marginal winner 47.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +2.4 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,895

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Poole, D.Conservative and Unionist Party90247.6%Elected
2Brown, K.Labour Party61632.5%
3Summers, L.Green Party20010.6%
4Birch, J.Reform UK924.9%
5Tafazzal, H.Liberal Democrats854.5%

Electorate 5,994 · Ballots cast 1,895 · Back to ward index

Eastlands · single-seat

Marginal winner 49.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +0.7 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,815

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Sandison, N.Liberal Democrats89449.3%Elected
2Bates, G.Labour Party46125.4%
3Thomas, H.Conservative and Unionist Party34719.1%
4Patrick, M.Green Party1136.2%

Electorate 5,698 · Ballots cast 1,815 · Back to ward index

Newbold & Brownsover · single-seat

Marginal winner 51.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −1.3 pts Valid ballots 1,515

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Sayani, N.Labour Party77751.3%Elected
2Gould, G.Conservative and Unionist Party49832.9%
3Summers, M.Green Party1328.7%
4Trimble, H.Liberal Democrats1087.1%

Electorate 6,244 · Ballots cast 1,515 · Back to ward index

Leam Valley · single-seat

Marginal winner 57.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −7.5 pts Valid ballots 830

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Keeling, D.Conservative and Unionist Party47757.5%Elected
2Gore, M.Labour Party17120.6%
3Saxby-Edwards, V.Liberal Democrats9411.3%
4Mawby, C.Green Party8810.6%

Electorate 1,977 · Ballots cast 830 · Back to ward index

Rokeby & Overslade · single-seat

Marginal winner 57.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −7.6 pts Valid ballots 2,048

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1McKenzie, I.Liberal Democrats1,18057.6%Elected
2Adkins, L.Conservative and Unionist Party39719.4%
3Lee, C.Labour Party35617.4%
4Crowley, K.Green Party1155.6%

Electorate 5,797 · Ballots cast 2,048 · Back to ward index

Paddox · single-seat

Marginal winner 59.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −9.1 pts Valid ballots 2,027

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Roodhouse, J.Liberal Democrats1,19759.1%Elected
2Mawby, C.Labour Party36317.9%
3Leathley, B.Conservative and Unionist Party36017.8%
4Beggs, B.Green Party1075.3%

Electorate 5,494 · Ballots cast 2,027 · Back to ward index

New Bilton · single-seat

Marginal winner 59.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −9.4 pts Valid ballots 1,208

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Brown, B.Labour Party71759.4%Elected
2Johnson, C.Conservative and Unionist Party29824.7%
3Sandison, C.Liberal Democrats1099.0%
4Pickup, M.Green Party847.0%

Electorate 5,309 · Ballots cast 1,208 · Back to ward index

Revel & Binley Woods · single-seat

Marginal winner 61.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −11.4 pts Valid ballots 1,834

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Timms, H.Conservative and Unionist Party1,12661.4%Elected
2Feeney, S.Labour Party50227.4%
3Ward, S.Green Party1196.5%
4Moran, J.Liberal Democrats874.7%

Electorate 5,110 · Ballots cast 1,834 · Back to ward index

Benn · single-seat

Marginal winner 62.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −12.8 pts Valid ballots 1,456

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Barnett, R.Labour Party91462.8%Elected
2Awotunde, D.Conservative and Unionist Party28019.2%
3Dunne, A.Green Party15110.4%
4Trimble, T.Liberal Democrats1117.6%

Electorate 5,918 · Ballots cast 1,456 · Back to ward index