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7th May 2026

Council

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Results2026

1	Ref	Mark Gorman	750	35.4%
2	Lab	Chloe Dawn Smith	540	25.5%	▼ 33.1
3	Grn	Karl Michael Kazimierz Kwiatkowski	313	14.8%	▲ 8.4
4	Con	Nikki Payne	300	14.2%	▼ 6.2
5	Ind	Julie Battison	119	5.6%
6	LD	Kai Benjamin Smith	96	4.5%	▼ 0.9

How is this scored?

Up to 15 points per contest:

1 point for each candidate that finishes in the top 3 (regardless of where you placed them)
5 / 3 / 1 bonus for getting 1st / 2nd / 3rd exactly right
1 point for each pair you got the order of (e.g. you said A above B, and A finished above B)

Previous Results

2 May 2024

Lab	Mark David Cherry ★	868	58.6%
Con	Taraji Ogunnubi	302	20.4%
Ind	Julie Battison	137	9.2%
Grn	Julia Middleton	95	6.4%
LD	Mark Petterson	80	5.4%

4 May 2023

Lab	Isabel Creed ★	884	58.5%
Con	Jayne Claire Strangwood	388	25.7%
Grn	Carol Lillis May Broom	95	6.3%
LD	Mark Petterson	74	4.9%
Ind	Julie Battison	70	4.6%

5 May 2022

Lab	Amanda Jane Watkins ★	922	55.7%
Con	Jayne Claire Strangwood	562	33.9%
LD	Stephen Buckwell	172	10.4%

6 May 2021

Lab	Mark David Cherry ★	947	51.6%
Con	Jayne Claire Strangwood	676	36.9%
Grn	Carol Lillis May Broom	132	7.2%
LD	Stephen Buckwell	79	4.3%

2 May 2019

Lab	Sean Woodcock ★	790	53.9%
Con	Chris Phillips	487	33.2%
LD	Ian Richard Thomas	189	12.9%

3 May 2018

Lab	Barry Keir Richards ★	1,033	60.1%
Con	Chris Phillips	580	33.7%
Grn	Rita Rosa Victoria White	107	6.2%

5 May 2016

Lab	Mark David Cherry ★	1,105	22.6%
Lab	Sean Woodcock ★	924	18.9%
Lab	Barry Keir Richards ★	905	18.5%
Con	Stuart Alan Robbins	500	10.2%
UKI	Linda Michelle Wren	436	8.9%
Con	Pat Tompson	404	8.3%
Con	Nicola Kim Smith	400	8.2%
Grn	Christopher John Manley	221	4.5%

How is this scored?

Up to 15 points per contest:

1 point for each candidate that finishes in the top 3 (regardless of where you placed them)
5 / 3 / 1 bonus for getting 1st / 2nd / 3rd exactly right
1 point for each pair you got the order of (e.g. you said A above B, and A finished above B)