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7th May 2026

Council

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Results2026

1	LD	John Matthew Braithwaite	1,594	15.5%	▲ 4.0
2	LD	Klaar Dresselaers	1,452	14.1%	▲ 2.6
3	LD	Barry John Smith	1,370	13.3%	▲ 1.8
4	Lab	Kara Regina Rose Una Abrams	953	9.3%	▼ 2.4
5	Lab	Andrew Robert Copeland	820	8.0%	▼ 3.7
6	Lab	Shajaki Jeyaveerasingam	701	6.8%	▼ 4.9
7	Grn	George Nicholas Burridge	676	6.6%	▲ 2.7
8	Grn	James Sellers	622	6.1%	▲ 2.2
9	Con	Nigel Charles Benbow	507	4.9%	▼ 4.4
10	Con	Ellie Christina Lauren Ioannou	399	3.9%	▼ 5.4
11	Con	Cleon Edmund Enrique Wilson	351	3.4%	▼ 5.9
12	Ref	Zoe Miller	289	2.8%
13	Ref	Clark Inglis	275	2.7%
14	Ref	Simon Ogilvie-Harris	268	2.6%

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

5 May 2022

LD	John Matthew Braithwaite ★	1,294	13.0%
Lab	Mike Brunt ★	1,169	11.7%
LD	Klaar Dresselaers ★	1,160	11.6%
LD	Barry John Smith	1,151	11.5%
Lab	Karen Peck	1,133	11.4%
Lab	Zak Dada	1,089	10.9%
Con	Nigel Charles Benbow	927	9.3%
Con	Hayley Emma Ormrod	858	8.6%
Con	Sivas Ranjan	796	8.0%
Grn	Peter James Garrett	391	3.9%

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)