THE CONSERVATIVES remain in control of Rugby Borough Council following yesterday’s local elections, with a majority of one.
There is no overall change in each party’s share of seats, with the Tories securing 23 of the 42 seats, and Labour and the Liberal Democrats on nine each.
Coun Lisa Parker, who was suspended by the Conservatives after her name was added to the ballot paper, will sit as an independent councillor.
Hundreds of ballot papers are said to have been spoiled in a Brexit protest.
A total of 14 of the council’s 42 seats were contested at this year’s election – a third of the total.
See the results in full below.
(* = elected)
Admirals and Cawston Ward
Lee Martin Chase (Liberal Democrats) – 401
Sharron Joanne Goldingay (Labour) – 606
*Michael Thomas Stokes (Conservative) – 898
Benn Ward
Rachel Elizabeth Lowe (Conservative) – 268
*Tom Mahoney (Labour) – 703
Enid Niven (UKIP) – 133
Rebecca Sarah Stevenson (Green Party) – 222
Hugh Trimble (Liberal Democrats) – 172
Bilton Ward
Lesley Mary George (Liberal Democrats) – 474
Phil Hemsley (Labour) – 418
*Lisa Anne Parker (Conservative) – 1,018
Coton and Boughton Ward
Peter Thomas Bramble (UKIP) – 204
Mark William Gore (Labour) – 503
*Seb Lowe (Conservative) – 679
James Robert Moran (Liberal Democrats) – 158
Maralyn Janet Pickup (Green Party) – 139
Dunsmore Ward
Louise Bennett (Liberal Democrats) – 477
*Peter William Eccleson (Conservative) – 1,374
Peter Mclaverty (Labour) – 321
Eastlands Ward
Roy Victor Harvey (UKIP) – 190
Ben Law (Labour) – 385
*Neil James Sandison (Liberal Democrats) – 910
Patrick K Steel (Green Party) – 119
Carolyn Watson-Merret (Conservative) – 306
Hillmorton Ward
Julie Eleanor Douglas (Liberal Democrats) – 181
Sarah Yvonne Elizabeth Feeney (Labour) – 450
*Kathryn Margaret Lawrence (Conservative) – 800
Peter Reynolds (Green Party) – 156
Leam Valley Ward
*Emma Joanne Crane (Conservative) – 704
Bob Hughes (Labour) – 163
New Bilton Ward
David Barker (UKIP) – 202
Robert Owen Beggs (Green Party) – 134
*Barbara Anne Brown (Labour) – 571
Eve Hassell (Conservative) – 322
Keith Ward (Liberal Democrats) – 123
Newbold and Brownsover Ward
*Jim Ellis (Labour) – 609
Mark Andrew Summers (Green Party) – 233
Hossain Tafazzal (Liberal Democrats) – 90
Richard Martyn Tomlin (Conservative) – 511
Paddox Ward
Adam Michael Daly (Conservative) – 440
*Jerry Roodhouse (Liberal Democrats) – 1,266
Roy Leonard Sandison (Green Party) – 149
Jonathan Richard Vickers (Labour) – 340
Revel and Binley Woods Ward
Richard Oliver Harrington (Labour) – 463
*Heather Mary Timms (Conservative) – 1,270
Rokeby and Overslade Ward
Beck Hemsley (Labour) – 373
Christopher Johnson (Conservative) – 371
*Nick Long (Liberal Democrats) – 1,276
Wolston and The Lawfords Ward
Graham William Bliss (Labour) – 381
*Derek Poole (Conservative) – 961
Lesley Karen Summers (Green Party) – 425
