Warwick District Council elections

Warwick District Council in Warwickshire, England is elected every four years.

Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Warwick North By-Election 1 May 1997
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	2,401	49.1	−9.4
	Conservative	1,820	37.2	+13.7
	Liberal Democrats	666	13.6	+1.8
Majority		581	11.9
Turnout		4,887
	Labour hold	Swing

Budbrooke By-Election 17 July 1997
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	560	59.4	+7.6
	Labour	224	23.8	−24.4
	Liberal Democrats	159	16.9	+16.9
Majority		336	35.6
Turnout		943	42.0
	Conservative hold	Swing

Warwick North By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Misan McFarland	2,236	52.4	−3.7
	Conservative		1,320	30.9	+4.7
	Liberal Democrats		545	12.8	+1.8
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales		167	3.9	−2.8
Majority			916	21.5
Turnout			4,268
	Labour hold		Swing

Warwick West By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,837	48.7	+0.5
	Conservative	1,336	35.4	+7.9
	Liberal Democrats	430	11.4	−1.2
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	167	4.4	−7.2
Majority		441	13.3
Turnout		3,770
	Labour hold	Swing

Whitnash By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,440	38.2	+11.4
	Residents	1,194	31.6	−25.1
	Conservative	761	20.2	+9.5
	Liberal Democrats	255	6.8	+6.8
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	123	3.3	−2.5
Majority		246	6.6
Turnout		3,773
	Labour gain from Independent	Swing

St. John's By-Election 15 November 2001
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	983	56.2	+2.0
	Labour	516	29.5	+5.1
	Liberal Democrats	249	14.2	−2.0
Majority		467	26.7
Turnout		1,748	24.0
	Conservative hold	Swing

Warwick South By-Election 4 November 2004^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Mellor	1,059	56.4	+27.4
	Liberal Democrats	David Manuel	426	22.7	+9.2
	Labour	John Barrott	300	16.0	+1.7
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Juliet Nickels	94	5.0	−4.9
Majority			633	33.7
Turnout			1,879	25.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kenilworth St John's By-Election 2 March 2006^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman Vincett	890	48.8	+6.9
	Liberal Democrats	Shirley Shilton	674	37.0	+19.1
	Labour	Jeremy Eastaugh	206	11.3	−6.8
	Independent	Brian Hadland	52	2.9	−10.2
Majority			216	11.8
Turnout			1,822	31.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Leamington Brunswick By-Election 4 June 2009^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Wilkinson	605	35.8	−9.1
	Conservative	Didar Kundi	428	25.3	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Charlotte Farrington	216	12.8	−4.3
	Green	Rebecca Knight	209	12.4	−4.1
	BNP	Martin Smallwood	136	8.0	+8.0
	Whitnash Resident's Association	Clive Taylor	96	5.7	+5.7
Majority			177	10.5
Turnout			1,690	29.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Myton & Heathcote By-Election 1 December 2016^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary Noone	488	53.6%	+2.5%
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Solman	228	25.0%	+16.3%
	Labour	Ben Wesson	194	21.3%	N/A
Majority			260	28.6%	+12.2%
Turnout			910	22.3%	−53.3%
	Conservative hold		Swing

^ "Warwick". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
^ The District of Warwick (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Hereford and Worcester, Warwickshire and West Midlands (County and Metropolitan Borough Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Warwickshire and West Midlands (County and District Boundaries) Order 1993. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
^ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Warwick (Electoral Changes) Order 2000. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Warwick (Parish Electoral Arrangements and Electoral Changes) Order 2007. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Warwick (Electoral Changes) Order 2014. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
^ "Tories win by-election". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 2004-11-05. p. 2.
^ "Labour makes surprise byelection gain". guardian.co.uk. 2006-03-03. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
^ "Elections 2009". Warwick District Council. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
^ "Elections 2016". Warwick District Council. Retrieved 2017-01-03.

v t e Council elections in Warwickshire
Warwickshire 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 2009 2013 2017 2021
North Warwickshire Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2021 2022 2024
Rugby Borough 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 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Stratford-on-Avon 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 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2019 2023
Warwick District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
See also: Wards Boundary changes