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Rugby 2026

Local elections held 7 May 2026.

14 ward races

15 seats

15 elected below the proportional quota

100.0% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share they'd need to clinch the seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the signed gap as points below quota (a negative number) — the editorial indictment. Above-quota results clear the bar and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

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.

Vote share

Actual seats

Proportional seats

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.

Current (2026)

Previous (2025)

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
Bilton · 2 seats · won at 15.9% · −17.4 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
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 30.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −20.0 pts Valid ballots 2,853

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	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%	—

Electorate 6,888 · Ballots cast 2,853 · EC ward code local.rugby.admirals-and-cawston.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Newbold and Brownsover · single-seat

Marginal winner 30.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −19.7 pts Valid ballots 2,127

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	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%	—

Electorate 6,251 · Ballots cast 2,127 · EC ward code local.rugby.newbold-and-brownsover.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Dunsmore · single-seat

Marginal winner 30.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −19.7 pts Valid ballots 3,787

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	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%	—

Electorate 7,693 · Ballots cast 3,787 · EC ward code local.rugby.dunsmore.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Coton and Boughton · single-seat

Marginal winner 30.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −19.4 pts Valid ballots 2,399

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	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%	—

Electorate 5,930 · Ballots cast 2,399 · EC ward code local.rugby.coton-and-boughton.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Bilton · 2-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 15.9% Proportional quota 33.3% Below quota −17.4 pts Valid ballots 5,030

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Stephen Pimm	Liberal Democrats	811	16.1%	−17.2 pts	Elected
2	Nicky Bainbridge	Liberal Democrats	802	15.9%	−17.4 pts	Elected
3	John Partridge	Reform UK	701	13.9%	—
4	Gareth Keeley	Reform UK	677	13.5%	—
5	Toby James Patrick Lawrence	Conservative Party	621	12.3%	—
6	Dapo Awotunde	Conservative Party	540	10.7%	—
7	Phil Bates	Green Party	242	4.8%	—
8	Robert Bevin	Labour Party	223	4.4%	—
9	Philip John Burns	Labour Party	209	4.2%	—
10	Harriet Laura Beatrice Hart	Green Party	204	4.1%	—

Electorate 5,009 · Ballots cast 5,030 · EC ward code local.rugby.bilton.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

New Bilton · single-seat

Marginal winner 34.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −15.2 pts Valid ballots 1,640

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	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%	—

Electorate 5,345 · Ballots cast 1,640 · EC ward code local.rugby.new-bilton.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Hillmorton · single-seat

Marginal winner 38.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −12.0 pts Valid ballots 2,944

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	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%	—

Electorate 7,400 · Ballots cast 2,944 · EC ward code local.rugby.hillmorton.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Revel and Binley Woods · single-seat

Marginal winner 39.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −10.8 pts Valid ballots 2,738

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	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%	—

Electorate 5,187 · Ballots cast 2,738 · EC ward code local.rugby.revel-and-binley-woods.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Eastlands · single-seat

Marginal winner 39.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −10.7 pts Valid ballots 2,368

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	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%	—

Electorate 5,853 · Ballots cast 2,368 · EC ward code local.rugby.eastlands.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Benn · single-seat

Marginal winner 40.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −9.8 pts Valid ballots 1,955

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	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%	—

Electorate 6,172 · Ballots cast 1,955 · EC ward code local.rugby.benn.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Paddox · single-seat

Marginal winner 40.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −9.3 pts Valid ballots 2,569

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	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%	—

Electorate 5,571 · Ballots cast 2,569 · EC ward code local.rugby.paddox.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Rokeby and Overslade · single-seat

Marginal winner 44.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −6.0 pts Valid ballots 2,409

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	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%	—

Electorate 5,672 · Ballots cast 2,409 · EC ward code local.rugby.rokeby-and-overslade.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Wolston and the Lawfords · single-seat

Marginal winner 48.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −1.4 pts Valid ballots 2,745

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	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%	—

Electorate 6,246 · Ballots cast 2,745 · EC ward code local.rugby.wolston-and-the-lawfords.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Wolvey and Shilton · single-seat

Marginal winner 49.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −0.8 pts Valid ballots 1,091

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	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%	—

Electorate 2,063 · Ballots cast 1,091 · EC ward code local.rugby.wolvey-and-shilton.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index