Swindon
Every election cycle we have data for, most recent first.
Council composition (approx.)
58 councillors elected across cycles 2022, 2023, 2024, summed by party. One square per seat. Approximate: by-thirds councils mid-term, boundary reviews, and partial-cycle elections all mean this can be a few seats off the live council count. For the authoritative current composition, check the council's own members list. Hover any seat for the party.
Cycles
- 2024 19 races · 20 seats 40.0% below quota
- 2023 19 races · 19 seats 36.8% below quota
- 2022 19 races · 19 seats 36.8% below quota
- 2021 19 races · 21 seats 42.9% below quota
Party-control changes between cycles
Cases where the largest party (by seats won) changed from one cycle to the next. Each row shows the new party's vote share in both cycles and the seats they took. A small vote shift paired with a big seat shift is the First-Past-the-Post volatility story.
2021 2022
Conservative and Unionist Party Labour Party
Vote share vs seat share
Caveat for by-thirds councils: only a third of the seats are elected in each cycle, so a flip in the "largest party this cycle" doesn't necessarily mean a flip in overall council control. The vote-vs-seat divergence still tells you something about how First-Past-the-Post allocates the seats that were contested.
Ward by ward
Each row is a ward, each column a cycle. Each cell shows the top-of-poll candidate's party (swatch) and their share of valid ballots. Wards are matched by name across cycles — boundary reviews can mean a ward of the same name is a slightly different area in a later cycle.
| Ward | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blunsden & Highworth | 57% | 54% | ||
| Blunsdon & Highworth | 45% | |||
| Blunsdon and Highworth | 46% | |||
| Central | 52% | 49% | 62% | 53% |
| Chiseldon & Lawn | 45% | 51% | ||
| Covingham & Dorcan | 68% | 61% | 46% | |
| Covingham and Dorcan | 48% | |||
| Eastcott | 39% | 48% | 60% | 62% |
| Gorse Hill & Pinehurst | 47% | 61% | 57% | |
| Gorse Hill and Pinehurst | 62% | |||
| Haydon Wick | 44% | 52% | 57% | 51% |
| Liden Eldene & Park South | 51% | 54% | 59% | |
| Liden Eldene and Park South | 54% | |||
| Lydiard & Freshbrook | 52% | 49% | 53% | |
| Lydiard and Freshbrook | 52% | |||
| Mannington & Western | 45% | 62% | 65% | |
| Mannington and Western | 67% | |||
| Old Town | 51% | 63% | 64% | 66% |
| Penhill & Upper Stratton | 46% | 52% | 53% | |
| Penhill and Upper Stratton | 50% | |||
| Priory Vale | 54% | 50% | 48% | 46% |
| Ridgeway | 73% | 55% | ||
| Rodbourne Cheney | 46% | 56% | 61% | 54% |
| Shaw | 56% | 49% | 49% | 50% |
| St. Andrews | 56% | 42% | 40% | 45% |
| St. Margaret & South Marston | 57% | 52% | 50% | |
| St. Margaret and South Marston | 44% | |||
| Walcot & Park North | 56% | 51% | 58% | |
| Walcot and Park North | 65% | |||
| Wroughton & Wichelstowe | 28% | 46% | 36% | |
| Wroughton and Wichelstowe | 23% |