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Rugby 2026
Local elections held 7 May 2026.
Each race compares the marginal winner's share of valid ballots to the proportional quota — the share they'd need under any common proportional method. How the numbers are derived →
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 15 seats had been shared out in proportion to votes received (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; negative are parties it under-represented.
| Party | Votes | Vote % | Seats won | % of seats | Proportional seats | Proportional % | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | 10,375 | 28.3% | 3 | 20.0% | 5 | 33.3% | -2 |
| Conservative Party | 9,417 | 25.7% | 4 | 26.7% | 4 | 26.7% | 0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 7,375 | 20.1% | 6 | 40.0% | 3 | 20.0% | +3 |
| Labour Party | 5,444 | 14.9% | 2 | 13.3% | 2 | 13.3% | 0 |
| Green Party | 4,044 | 11.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 6.7% | -1 |
| Total | 36,655 | 100.0% | 15 | 100.0% | 15 | 100.0% | 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.
Council composition: what this election replaced
Two opencouncildata snapshots: the council immediately after the 2026 election (current) and immediately before it (2025). Only ~⅓ of seats were contested in 2026 — most of the bench is unchanged, and the cycle's effect on the overall composition is what shifts.
Wards in this council
Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.
- Admirals and Cawston · 1 seat · won at 30.0% · −20.0 pts below quota
- Newbold and Brownsover · 1 seat · won at 30.3% · −19.7 pts below quota
- Dunsmore · 1 seat · won at 30.3% · −19.7 pts below quota
- Coton and Boughton · 1 seat · won at 30.6% · −19.4 pts below quota
- New Bilton · 1 seat · won at 34.8% · −15.2 pts below quota
- Hillmorton · 1 seat · won at 38.0% · −12.0 pts below quota
- Revel and Binley Woods · 1 seat · won at 39.2% · −10.8 pts below quota
- Eastlands · 1 seat · won at 39.3% · −10.7 pts below quota
- Benn · 1 seat · won at 40.2% · −9.8 pts below quota
- Paddox · 1 seat · won at 40.7% · −9.3 pts below quota
- Rokeby and Overslade · 1 seat · won at 44.0% · −6.0 pts below quota
- Bilton · 2 seats · won at 31.9% · −1.4 pts below quota
- Wolston and the Lawfords · 1 seat · won at 48.6% · −1.4 pts below quota
- Wolvey and Shilton · 1 seat · won at 49.2% · −0.8 pts below quota
Race results
Admirals and Cawston · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 30.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −20.0 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 2,853
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Glowacki | Reform UK | 856 | 30.0% | −20.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Robert Stanley Jerams | Conservative Party | 673 | 23.6% | — | |
| 3 | Chris Lee | Labour Party | 542 | 19.0% | — | |
| 4 | Lee Chase | Liberal Democrats | 484 | 17.0% | — | |
| 5 | Frank Green | Green Party | 298 | 10.4% | — |
Newbold and Brownsover · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 30.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −19.7 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 2,127
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyle Stewart | Reform UK | 644 | 30.3% | −19.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Wayne David John Rabin | Conservative Party | 565 | 26.6% | — | |
| 3 | Alan Frederick Pavis | Labour Party | 521 | 24.5% | — | |
| 4 | Julian Cresswell | Green Party | 283 | 13.3% | — | |
| 5 | Victoria Saxby-Edwards | Liberal Democrats | 114 | 5.4% | — |
Dunsmore · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 30.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −19.7 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 3,787
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Umesh Mistry | Liberal Democrats | 1,147 | 30.3% | −19.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Tom Costello | Reform UK | 1,108 | 29.3% | — | |
| 3 | Claude Hogea | Conservative Party | 954 | 25.2% | — | |
| 4 | Helen Rebecca Ford | Green Party | 314 | 8.3% | — | |
| 5 | Elly Brown | Labour Party | 264 | 7.0% | — |
Coton and Boughton · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 30.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −19.4 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 2,399
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jamie Pullin | Reform UK | 733 | 30.6% | −19.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Alison Ann Livesey | Labour Party | 584 | 24.3% | — | |
| 3 | Karolina Lipowska | Conservative Party | 567 | 23.6% | — | |
| 4 | Rowan Wooding | Green Party | 314 | 13.1% | — | |
| 5 | Kay Taylor | Liberal Democrats | 201 | 8.4% | — |
New Bilton · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 34.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −15.2 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 1,640
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angela Mary Thompson | Labour Party | 571 | 34.8% | −15.2 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Anne-Marie Sonko | Reform UK | 495 | 30.2% | — | |
| 3 | Andrew Bearne | Conservative Party | 254 | 15.5% | — | |
| 4 | Roy Leonard Sandison | Green Party | 226 | 13.8% | — | |
| 5 | James Robert Moran | Liberal Democrats | 94 | 5.7% | — |
Hillmorton · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 38.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −12.0 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 2,944
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Devenne Taylor Kedward | Conservative Party | 1,120 | 38.0% | −12.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Liam Taverner | Reform UK | 825 | 28.0% | — | |
| 3 | Vanya Dimitrova Yankova | Labour Party | 382 | 13.0% | — | |
| 4 | Alexander Linden | Green Party | 334 | 11.3% | — | |
| 5 | Julie Douglas | Liberal Democrats | 283 | 9.6% | — |
Revel and Binley Woods · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 39.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −10.8 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 2,738
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belinda Garcia | Conservative Party | 1,072 | 39.2% | −10.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Pat Ruck | Reform UK | 983 | 35.9% | — | |
| 3 | Sarah Yvonne Elizabeth Feeney | Labour Party | 323 | 11.8% | — | |
| 4 | Maralyn Pickup | Green Party | 236 | 8.6% | — | |
| 5 | Sean Hannigan | Liberal Democrats | 124 | 4.5% | — |
Eastlands · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 39.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −10.7 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 2,368
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam Edwards | Liberal Democrats | 930 | 39.3% | −10.7 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Francis Holden | Reform UK | 604 | 25.5% | — | |
| 3 | Rachel Granger | Green Party | 312 | 13.2% | — | |
| 4 | Carolyn Watson-Merret | Conservative Party | 262 | 11.1% | — | |
| 5 | Adewale Adewumi | Labour Party | 260 | 11.0% | — |
Benn · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 40.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −9.8 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 1,955
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Harrington | Labour Party | 786 | 40.2% | −9.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Angela Josephine Dunne | Green Party | 398 | 20.4% | — | |
| 3 | Les Northey | Reform UK | 391 | 20.0% | — | |
| 4 | Sarah Catherine Downes | Conservative Party | 257 | 13.1% | — | |
| 5 | Rebecca Frances Moran | Liberal Democrats | 123 | 6.3% | — |
Paddox · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 40.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −9.3 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 2,569
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noreen New | Liberal Democrats | 1,045 | 40.7% | −9.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Coreena Glover | Reform UK | 635 | 24.7% | — | |
| 3 | Joel Baldwin | Conservative Party | 392 | 15.3% | — | |
| 4 | Bob Beggs | Green Party | 264 | 10.3% | — | |
| 5 | Mark William Gore | Labour Party | 233 | 9.1% | — |
Rokeby and Overslade · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 44.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −6.0 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 2,409
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corissa Davis | Liberal Democrats | 1,061 | 44.0% | −6.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Dan Glover | Reform UK | 682 | 28.3% | — | |
| 3 | Heidi Maria Thomas | Conservative Party | 270 | 11.2% | — | |
| 4 | Kirsty Sarah Louise Denyer | Green Party | 212 | 8.8% | — | |
| 5 | Ara Anbarasu | Labour Party | 184 | 7.6% | — |
Bilton · 2-seat (bloc vote)
Marginal winner Voter-share estimate of the lowest-vote elected candidate. Comparable to the proportional quota. The raw vote share would be ~2× smaller. 31.9% Proportional quota 33.3% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −1.4 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 2 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 2,515
This is a 2-seat ward under bloc vote — each voter could cast up to 2 votes, so summing candidate votes overcounts voters by ~2×. We show share of votes (matches the council's published figure) and share of voters (est.) (raw share × 2, the figure comparable to the proportional quota). Why two columns →
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Share of voters (est.) Estimated share of voters who supported this candidate, comparable across single- and multi-seat wards. Each voter could cast up to 2 votes, so we approximate ballots as total votes ÷ 2. This is the figure compared against the proportional quota. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephen Pimm | Liberal Democrats | 811 | 16.1% | 32.2% | −1.1 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Nicky Bainbridge | Liberal Democrats | 802 | 15.9% | 31.9% | −1.4 pts | Elected |
| 3 | John Partridge | Reform UK | 701 | 13.9% | 27.9% | — | |
| 4 | Gareth Keeley | Reform UK | 677 | 13.5% | 26.9% | — | |
| 5 | Toby James Patrick Lawrence | Conservative Party | 621 | 12.3% | 24.7% | — | |
| 6 | Dapo Awotunde | Conservative Party | 540 | 10.7% | 21.5% | — | |
| 7 | Phil Bates | Green Party | 242 | 4.8% | 9.6% | — | |
| 8 | Robert Bevin | Labour Party | 223 | 4.4% | 8.9% | — | |
| 9 | Philip John Burns | Labour Party | 209 | 4.2% | 8.3% | — | |
| 10 | Harriet Laura Beatrice Hart | Green Party | 204 | 4.1% | 8.1% | — |
Wolston and the Lawfords · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 48.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −1.4 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 2,745
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simon Ward | Conservative Party | 1,333 | 48.6% | −1.4 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Sat Bhamra | Reform UK | 692 | 25.2% | — | |
| 3 | Becca Stevenson | Green Party | 319 | 11.6% | — | |
| 4 | Adam Wright | Labour Party | 276 | 10.1% | — | |
| 5 | Wayne Broad | Liberal Democrats | 125 | 4.6% | — |
Wolvey and Shilton · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid ballots. 49.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Marginal winner's share minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = below; positive = above. −0.8 pts Valid ballots (est.) Estimated voters: total votes ÷ 1 seats. Source data does not publish a ballot count for this cycle. 1,091
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ total votes cast in this ward. Matches the share the council publishes. | Below quota Each elected candidate's share of valid ballots minus the proportional quota for this race. Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J-P Downes | Conservative Party | 537 | 49.2% | −0.8 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Aidan Brook O'Brien | Reform UK | 349 | 32.0% | — | |
| 3 | Liam Keith Newsome | Green Party | 88 | 8.1% | — | |
| 4 | Deborah Anne Leedham | Labour Party | 86 | 7.9% | — | |
| 5 | Hossain Tafazzal | Liberal Democrats | 31 | 2.8% | — |