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_Party_of_England_and_Wales						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	%	±%
	Conservative	Jaswant Singh BIRDI	2,048	40.0
	Labour	Penelope BARBER	1507	29.5
	Green	Scott Gordon REDDING	1187	23.2
	UKIP	Tony MIDDLETON	228	4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter SIMPSON	147	2.9
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Binley and Willenhall[]

Binley and Willenhall Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Roderick MUTTON	1,574	50.8
	Conservative	Mattie HEAVEN	911	29.9
	UKIP	Paul Nicholas COWLEY	293	9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Peter PLOWMAN	146	4.8
	Green	Tina Michele CHALLENOR	123	4.0
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Cheylesmore[]

Cheylesmore Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Maurice James BAILEY	1,815	45.6
	Labour	Maya Ajijun ALI	1743	43.8
	Liberal Democrats	Anna Margaret RICHMOND	214	5.4
	Green	George TTOOULI	205	5.2
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Earlsdon[]

Earlsdon Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kindy SANDHU	2,375	45.9
	Conservative	Michael Arthur BALLINGER	2219	42.9
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen John RICHMOND	322	6.2
	Green	Cathy WATTEBOT	260	5.0
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Foleshill[]

Foleshill Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tariq KHAN	2,830	83.3
	Conservative	William SIDHU	314	9.2
	Green	David Neil PRIESTLEY	148	4.4
	UKIP	Jennifer Clare WELLS	107	3.1
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Henley[]

Henley Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Barry MATON	1,709	54.7
	Conservative	Oliver David GRAHAM	896	28.7
	UKIP	Martin Joseph BATES	232	7.4
	Green	Matthew HANDLEY	228	7.3
	TUSC	Michael MORGAN	60	1.9
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Holbrook[]

Holbrook Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Evelyn Ann LUCAS	1,839	58.2
	Conservative	Tarlochan Singh JANDU	617	19.5
	Green	Stephen GRAY	549	17.4
	UKIP	Marcus Luke Paris FOGEN	155	4.9
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Longford[]

Longford Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lindsley HARVARD	2,222	69.6
	Conservative	Amarjit Singh KHANGURA	715	22.4
	Green	Katie SMITH	256	8.0
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Lower Stoke[]

Lower Stoke Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rupinder SINGH	2,206	58.7
	Conservative	Christopher Michael NOONAN	760	20.2
	UKIP	Ivor Harold DAVIES	263	7.0
	Green	Esther Mary REEVES	214	5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Andre Escorcio Rodrigues SOARES	184	4.9
	TUSC	Rob MCARDLE	131	3.5
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Radford[]

Radford Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Maria HETHERTON	1,951	65.0
	Conservative	Maureen LAPSA	561	18.7
	Green	Julie SPRIDDLE	169	5.6
	TUSC	Dave ANDERSON	163	5.4
	UKIP	Ian Arthur ROGERS	158	5.3
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Sherbourne[]

Sherbourne Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Seamus WALSH	1,460	44.3
	Conservative	Zaid REHMAN	959	29.1
	Independent	Matthew BATSON	307	9.3
	Green	Niall WEBB	285	8.6
	Independent	Merle Ross GERING	193	5.9
	TUSC	Isla Nell Edwina WINDSOR	91	2.8
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

St Michael's[]

St Michael's Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Stuart WELSH	1,952	71.7
	TUSC	Dave NELLIST	350	12.9
	Conservative	Mark Andrew LERIGO	275	10.1
	Green	Aimee CHALLENOR	146	5.4
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Upper Stoke[]

Upper Stoke Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sucha Singh BAINS	1,967	61.2
	Conservative	Surinder Jit SINGH	775	24.1
	Green	Laura VESTY	268	8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Nukey PROCTOR	204	6.3
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Wainbody[]

Wainbody Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gary Edward CROOKES	1,867	51.4
	Labour	Abdul JOBBAR	1271	35.0
	Liberal Democrats	James Frederick MORSHEAD	204	5.6
	Green	Joe MCAVOY-BOSS	182	5.0
	UKIP	George Charles Alfie IRELAND	109	3.0
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Westwood[]

Westwood Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David John SKINNER	1,729	50.4
	Labour	Dave TOULSON	1429	41.7
	Green	Jess MARSHALL	169	4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Greg JUDGE	103	3.0
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Whoberley[]

Whoberley Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bally SINGH	2,140	61.3
	Conservative	Steve KEOUGH	923	26.4
	Green	Anne PATTERSON	241	6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Rob WHEWAY	188	5.4
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Woodlands[]

Woodlands Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julia Elizabeth LEPOIDEVIN	2,266	56.0
	Labour	Gavin John LLOYD	1267	31.3
	Liberal Democrats	Andy HILTON	308	7.6
	Green	Joy Annette WARREN	209	5.2
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Wyken[]

Wyken Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Faye ABBOTT	1,892	57.0
	Conservative	Asha MASIH	1134	34.2
	Green	Chrissie BROWN	294	8.9
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

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