2018 Coventry City Council election

The 2018 Coventry City Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Coventry City Council in England.[1] This is on the same day as other local elections.

Current Council seats

The table below shows a summary of the make-up of the City Council before the 3 May 2018 elections.[2]

Party Number of seats 2016/17
Labour 39
Conservative 15
Total 54

Number of candidates by party
Description of party (if any) Number of candidates
Conservative Party 18
Green Party 18
Labour Party 18
Liberal Democrat 10
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 5
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 8
Independent 2

Election result in 2018
Coventry Local Election Result 2018
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 52.8 33,334
  Conservative 32.9 20,784
  Green 6.5 4,133
  Liberal Democrats 3.2 2,020
  UKIP 2.4 1,545
  TUSC 1.2 795
  Independent 0.7 500

Ward results

The following tables show candidates[3] for each Ward.

Bablake
Bablake Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Penelope BARBER 1507 29.5
Conservative Jaswant Singh BIRDI 2048 40.0
UKIP Tony MIDDLETON 228 4.5
Green Scott Gordon REDDING 1187 23.2
Liberal Democrats Peter SIMPSON 147 2.9
Majority
Turnout
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Binley and Willenhall
Binley and Willenhall Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Tina Michele CHALLENOR 123 4.0
UKIP Paul Nicholas COWLEY 293 9.6
Conservative Mattie HEAVEN 911 29.9
Labour John Roderick MUTTON 1574 50.8
Liberal Democrats Nigel Peter PLOWMAN 146 4.8
Majority
Turnout
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Cheylesmore
Cheylesmore Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Maya Ajijun ALI 1743 43.8
Conservative Roger Maurice James BAILEY 1815 45.6
Liberal Democrats Anna Margaret RICHMOND 214 5.4
Green George TTOOULI 205 5.2
Majority
Turnout
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Earlsdon
Earlsdon Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Arthur BALLINGER 2219 42.9
Liberal Democrats Stephen John RICHMOND 322 6.2
Labour Kindy SANDHU 2375 45.9
Green Cathy WATTEBOT 260 5.0
Majority
Turnout
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Foleshill
Foleshill Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tariq KHAN 2830 83.3
Green David Neil PRIESTLEY 148 4.4
Conservative William SIDHU 314 9.2
UKIP Jennifer Clare WELLS 107 3.1
Majority
Turnout
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Henley
Henley Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP Martin Joseph BATES 232 7.4
Conservative Oliver David GRAHAM 896 28.7
Green Matthew HANDLEY 228 7.3
Labour Kevin Barry MATON 1709 54.7
TUSC Michael MORGAN 60 1.9
Majority
Turnout
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Holbrook
Holbrook Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP Marcus Luke Paris FOGEN 155 4.9
Green Stephen GRAY 549 17.4
Conservative Tarlochan Singh JANDU 617 19.5
Labour Evelyn Ann LUCAS 1839 58.2
Majority
Turnout
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Longford
Longford Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Amarjit Singh KHANGURA 715 22.4
Labour Lindsley HARVARD 2222 69.6
Green Katie SMITH 256 8.0
Majority
Turnout
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Lower Stoke
Lower Stoke Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP Ivor Harold DAVIES 263 7.0
TUSC Rob MCARDLE 131 3.5
Conservative Christopher Michael NOONAN 760 20.2
Green Esther Mary REEVES 214 5.7
Labour Rupinder SINGH 2206 58.7
Liberal Democrats Andre Escorcio Rodrigues SOARES 184 4.9
Majority
Turnout
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Radford
Radford Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TUSC Dave ANDERSON 163 5.4
Labour Patricia Maria HETHERTON 1951 65.0
Conservative Maureen LAPSA 561 18.7
UKIP Ian Arthur ROGERS 158 5.3
Green Julie SPRIDDLE 169 5.6
Majority
Turnout
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Sherbourne
Sherbourne Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Matthew BATSON 307 9.3
Independent Merle Ross GERING 193 5.9
Conservative Zaid REHMAN 959 29.1
Labour Seamus WALSH 1460 44.3
Green Niall WEBB 285 8.6
TUSC Isla Nell Edwina WINDSOR 91 2.8
Majority
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St Michael's
St Michael's Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Aimee CHALLENOR 146 5.4
Conservative Mark Andrew LERIGO 275 10.1
TUSC Dave NELLIST 350 12.9
Labour David Stuart WELSH 1952 71.7
Majority
Turnout
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Upper Stoke
Upper Stoke Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sucha Singh BAINS 1967 61.2
Liberal Democrats Nukey PROCTOR 204 6.3
Conservative Surinder Jit SINGH 775 24.1
Green Laura VESTY 268 8.3
Majority
Turnout
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Wainbody
Wainbody Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gary Edward CROOKES 1867 51.4
UKIP George Charles Alfie IRELAND 109 3.0
Labour Abdul JOBBAR 1271 35.0
Green Joe MCAVOY-BOSS 182 5.0
Liberal Democrats James Frederick MORSHEAD 204 5.6
Majority
Turnout
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Westwood
Westwood Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Greg JUDGE 103 3.0
Green Jess MARSHALL 169 4.9
Conservative David John SKINNER 1729 50.4
Labour Dave TOULSON 1429 41.7
Majority
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Whoberley
Whoberley Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Steve KEOUGH 923 26.4
Green Anne PATTERSON 241 6.9
Labour Bally SINGH 2140 61.3
Liberal Democrats Rob WHEWAY 188 5.4
Majority
Turnout
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Woodlands
Woodlands Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Andy HILTON 308 7.6
Conservative Julia Elizabeth LEPOIDEVIN 2266 56.0
Labour Gavin John LLOYD 1267 31.3
Green Joy Annette WARREN 209 5.2
Majority
Turnout
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Wyken
Wyken Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Faye ABBOTT 1892 57.0
Green Chrissie BROWN 294 8.9
Conservative Asha MASIH 1134 34.2
Majority
Turnout
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References
  1. "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission.
  2. Bradley, Nicki. "Coventry City Council (local) elections - 5 May 2016". www.coventry.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  3. "Candidates by post for the Coventry local election". candidates.democracyclub.org.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2018.


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