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7th May 2026

Council

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Results2026

1	Con	Sue Beeston	607	20.2%	▲ 1.3
2	Con	Joan Ann Whieldon	554	18.5%	▼ 0.4
3	Ref	Richard Sellers-Smith	405	13.5%
4	Ref	Chris Sweeney	391	13.0%
5	Lab	Margaret Wilkes	256	8.5%	▼ 2.2
6	LD	Hilary Jones	210	7.0%	▼ 8.5
7	Lab	Roger William Wilkes	200	6.7%	▼ 4.0
8	Grn	Christopher Mueller	200	6.7%
9	LD	Nigel Jones	177	5.9%	▼ 9.6

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

Con	Robert Bettley-Smith ★	485	18.9%
Con	Joan Ann Whieldon ★	479	18.6%
LD	Nigel Jones	399	15.5%
LD	Hilary Ann Jones	365	14.2%
Lab	Benjamin Upson	330	12.8%
Lab	Roger William Wilkes	276	10.7%
Ind	Graham Eagles	238	9.3%

3 May 2018

LD	Marion Lynne Reddish ★	713	25.0%
LD	June Walklate ★	616	21.6%
Con	Pamela Jellyman	455	16.0%
Con	Rachel Victoria Mundy	388	13.6%
Lab	Sue Forrester-O'Neill	341	12.0%
Lab	Roger William Wilkes	271	9.5%
Grn	Gordon John Pearson	68	2.4%

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)