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2019 Luton Borough Council election

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All 48 seats to Luton Borough Council 25 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Hazel Simmons David Franks Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative Last election 35 seats, 53.5% 8 seats, 14.5% 5 seats, 27.5% Seats won 32 12 4 Seat change 3 4 1 Popular vote 55,649 16,944 18,897 Percentage 56.7% 17.2% 19.2% Swing 3.2% 2.7% 8.3%
Map showing the results by ward

The 2019 Luton Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Luton Borough Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.

Results summary

2019 Luton Borough Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	48	32	0	3	3	66.7	56.7	55,649	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	19	12	4	0	4	25.0	17.2	16,944	+2.7
	Conservative	43	4	0	1	1	8.3	19.2	18,897	–8.3
	Independent	7	0	0	0		0.0	3.9	3,796	+3.8
	UKIP	4	0	0	0		0.0	1.5	1,440	–2.1
	Best4Luton	3	0	0	0		0.0	1.1	1,057	N/A
	Green	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.5	445	–0.3

Ward results

Barnfield

Biscot

Bramingham

Challney

Crawley

Dallow

Farley

High Town

Icknield

Leagrave

Lewsey

Limbury

Northwell

Round Green

Saints

South

Stopsley

Sundon Park

Wigmore

Changes 2019–2023

Jeff Petts, elected as a Conservative councillor, joined the Liberal Democrats in December 2021.

Abbas Hussain, elected as a Labour councillor, had the Labour whip withdrawn in 2022. He subsequently sat as an independent councillor until January 2023, when he joined the Liberal Democrats.

In March 2023, three Labour councillors who were not re-selected to be Labour candidates at the 2023 election left the party; two (Ghulam Javed and Summara Khurshid) joined the Liberal Democrats and one (Anne Donelon) sat as an independent.

By-elections between the 2019 and 2023 elections were as follows:

Icknield

High Town

High Town: 6 May 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Umme Ali	717	48.3	−12.7
	Conservative	Shakaina Khan	327	22.0	+5.2
	Green	Lyn Bliss	202	13.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Marshall	202	13.6	N/A
	Communist	Markus Kearney	36	2.4	N/A
Majority			390	26.3
Turnout			1,484	23.0	–
	Labour hold		Swing	9.0

Round Green

Round Green: 6 May 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Moore	1,041	38.5	+6.2
	Labour	Fatima Begum	910	33.7	−1.1
	Conservative	Phil Turner	520	19.2	+2.9
	Green	James Cullinane	173	6.4	N/A
	Independent	Marc Scheimann	60	2.2	N/A
Majority			131	4.8
Turnout			2,704	31.4	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	3.7

South

Dallow

References

1. "Local government election 2019 results".
2. "Luton Conservative councillor defects to Liberal Democrats". Luton Today. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
3. Duncan, Euan (7 February 2023). "Independent Luton councillor joins Liberal Democrat group". Luton Today. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
4. "Luton councillor removed from key roles after leaving Labour Party". Bedfordshire Live. 9 March 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
5. "Local and by-election results". Retrieved 21 October 2022.

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