Council profile

Warwickshire

Data through 26 October 2026

County council · West Midlands · 57 seats in 57 divisions · All seats elected every four years · Next election 3 May 2029

Reform UK run Warwickshire County Council as a minority administration. The council has 57 councillors in 57 divisions. Seats by party: Reform 17, Lib Dem 14, Conservative 9, Green 6, Restore Britain 4, Other 4, Labour 3. The next election is on 3 May 2029.

A government plan to replace the councils in this area with two unitary councils was paused for review on 7 September 2026. Elections due in May 2027 will go ahead on existing council boundaries. Source

Seats by party

Reform UK (Minority)
57 seats - 29 for a majority
17
3
9
14
6
4
4
Reform 17Labour 3Conservative 9Lib Dem 14Green 6Restore Britain 4Other 4
Seat changes since the 1 May 2025 election Restore Britain +4 Other +3 Green −1 Reform −6
Vote share at the 1 May 2025 election (57 seats, all wards)
ShareSeats won
Reform30.6%23
Conservative25.1%9
Lib Dem17.4%14
Labour13.0%3
Green12.0%7
Other1.8%1
Next election
3 May 2029
all 57 seats up, then every four years
Largest party
Reform 17
12 short of the 29 needed for a majority
Closest result
Conservative won by 7 votes over Lib Dem, 1 May 2025
Latest by-election
Conservative hold, 21 December 2023 (2 since 2021)
Constituencies
2024Now
Voted Leave in 2016
55%
GB 52%

Who holds each ward

Admirals & CawstonAlcesterArburyArdenAtherstoneAttleboroughBaddesley & DordonBedworth CentralBedworth EastBedworth NorthBedworth WestBennBidford & WelfordBilton & HillsideBrownsover & Coton ParkBudbrooke & Bishop's TachbrookBulkington & WhitestoneCamp HillColeshill North & Water OrtonColeshill South & ArleyCubbington & Leek WoottonDunsmore & Leam ValleyEarl CravenEastlandsFeldonFosseGalley CommonHartshill & MancetterHillmortonKenilworth Park HillKenilworth St John'sKineton & Red HorseKingsburyLapworth & West KenilworthLeamington BrunswickLeamington ClarendonLeamington MilvertonLeamington NorthLeamington WillesNew Bilton & OversladeNuneaton AbbeyNuneaton EastPolesworthShipstonSoutham, Stockton & NaptonStockingfordStour & the ValeStratford NorthStratford SouthStratford WestStudleyWarwick NorthWarwick SouthWarwick WestWeddingtonWellesbourneWhitnash
LabourConservativeLib DemReformGreenRestore BritainIndependentOther

Coloured by the party holding most of the ward's seats today; where seats are split evenly, by the party with the higher share at the last election.

Councillors and last results

Select a ward for its full results, candidates and last by-election.

Ward and councillorsLast election
Admirals & Cawston
Dean Richards
1 May 2025
Conservative 35.7% lead 9.1 pts
Alcester
James Norris
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 35.0% lead 8.7 pts
Arbury
Wayne Briggs
1 May 2025
Reform 52.7% lead 31.5 pts
Arden
James Crocker
1 May 2025
Reform 37.3% lead 8.4 pts
Atherstone
Robert Gisbourne
1 May 2025
Reform 43.5% lead 12.4 pts
Attleborough
Rob Howard
1 May 2025
Reform 47.9% lead 30.1 pts
Baddesley & Dordon
Edward Harris
1 May 2025
Reform 45.5% lead 15.1 pts
Bedworth Central
George Finch
1 May 2025
Reform 62.1% lead 45.4 pts
Bedworth East
Stan Carvell
1 May 2025
Reform 48.8% lead 27.5 pts
Bedworth North
Neil Garland
1 May 2025
Reform 48.7% lead 18.3 pts
Bedworth West
Chris Morris
1 May 2025
Reform 49.5% lead 24.4 pts
Benn
Sarah Feeney
1 May 2025
Labour 42.5% lead 18.7 pts
Bidford & Welford
Cliff Brown
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 35.0% lead 0.4 pts
Bilton & Hillside
Stephen Pimm
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 37.2% lead 8.7 pts
Brownsover & Coton Park
Senthil Karadiar
1 May 2025
Labour 32.4% lead 3.7 pts
Budbrooke & Bishop's Tachbrook
Jan Matecki
1 May 2025
Conservative 33.5% lead 7.9 pts
Bulkington & Whitestone
John Waine
1 May 2025
Reform 40.1% lead 1.0 pts
Camp Hill
Dale Bridgewater
1 May 2025
Reform 48.9% lead 30.5 pts
Coleshill North & Water Orton
Robert Aitkenhead
1 May 2025
Reform 40.0% lead 5.3 pts
Coleshill South & Arley
Scott Cameron
1 May 2025
Reform 51.3% lead 25.5 pts
Cubbington & Leek Wootton
Ben Edwards
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 28.1% lead 6.1 pts
Dunsmore & Leam Valley
Dale Keeling
1 May 2025
Conservative 32.1% lead 3.9 pts
Earl Craven
Anne-Marie Sonko
1 May 2025
Reform 33.7% lead 1.6 pts
Eastlands
Jerry Roodhouse
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 48.0% lead 22.1 pts
Feldon
Christopher Kettle
1 May 2025
Conservative 33.4% lead 0.2 pts
Fosse
Adrian Warwick
1 May 2025
Conservative 47.0% lead 17.3 pts
Galley Common
Luke Shingler
1 May 2025
Reform 52.5% lead 34.2 pts
Hartshill & Mancetter
Jennifer Warren
1 May 2025
Reform 50.1% lead 26.2 pts
Hillmorton
Yousef Dahmash
1 May 2025
Conservative 40.2% lead 13.5 pts
Kenilworth Park Hill
Tracey Drew
1 May 2025
Green 44.0% lead 18.4 pts
Kenilworth St John's
Richard Dickson
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 38.7% lead 17.8 pts
Kineton & Red Horse
Chris Mills
1 May 2025
Conservative 45.3% lead 19.5 pts
Kingsbury
Stuart Green
1 May 2025
Reform 47.9% lead 10.5 pts
Lapworth & West Kenilworth
Mark Stevens
1 May 2025
Green 34.9% lead 4.2 pts
Leamington Brunswick
Jonathan Chilvers
1 May 2025
Green 61.1% lead 43.3 pts
Leamington Clarendon
Max Langer
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 31.3% lead 1.1 pts
Leamington Milverton
Jennifer McAllister
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 53.5% lead 39.6 pts
Leamington North
Sarah Boad
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 50.4% lead 28.3 pts
Leamington Willes
Will Roberts
1 May 2025
Green 62.3% lead 46.4 pts
New Bilton & Overslade
Dan Glover
1 May 2025
Reform 32.1% lead 3.4 pts
Nuneaton Abbey
Michael Bannister
1 May 2025
Reform 32.5% lead 4.1 pts
Nuneaton East
Darren Cheshire
1 May 2025
Reform 40.7% lead 10.1 pts
Polesworth
Stephen Shaw
1 May 2025
Reform 47.2% lead 23.3 pts
Shipston
Jo Barker
1 May 2025
Conservative 37.4% lead 12.0 pts
Southam, Stockton & Napton
Andy Crump
1 May 2025
Conservative 60.1% lead 40.9 pts
Stockingford
Nigel Golby
1 May 2025
Reform 53.3% lead 34.5 pts
Stour & the Vale
David Curtis
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 37.1% lead 5.5 pts
Stratford North
Lorraine Grocott
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 38.0% lead 3.1 pts
Stratford South
Kate Rolfe
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 60.3% lead 38.6 pts
Stratford West
Steve Albon
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 46.1% lead 21.3 pts
Studley
Luke Cooper
1 May 2025
Reform 32.8% lead 1.6 pts
Warwick North
Sam Jones
1 May 2025
Green 46.4% lead 23.6 pts
Warwick South
Nicki Scott
1 May 2025
Green 45.9% lead 27.2 pts
Warwick West
John Holland
1 May 2025
Labour 37.7% lead 9.8 pts
Weddington
Keith Kondakor
1 May 2025
Green 44.8% lead 16.8 pts
Wellesbourne
George Cowcher
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 43.0% lead 15.4 pts
Whitnash
Judy Falp
1 May 2025
Whitnash Residents Association 42.5% lead 22.6 pts

Changed party since the election

7 councillors now sit for a different party from the one they were elected for.

WardCouncillorElected asNow
Baddesley & DordonEdward HarrisReform 2025Independent
Coleshill North & Water OrtonRobert AitkenheadReform 2025Restore Britain
Coleshill South & ArleyScott CameronReform 2025Restore Britain
Galley CommonLuke ShinglerReform 2025Independent
New Bilton & OversladeDan GloverReform 2025Restore Britain
StudleyLuke CooperReform 2025Restore Britain
Warwick NorthSam JonesGreen 2025Independent

Every council by-election since 2021

2 by-elections since July 2021, 0 of them gains.

DateWardResultWinner's share
21 December 2023DunsmoreConservative hold
14 July 2022ArdenConservative hold

Parliamentary constituencies

ConstituencyShare of council2024 winnerProjected now
Rugby18%LabourLabour 32%
Warwick and Leamington18%LabourLabour 42%
Nuneaton18%LabourReform 32%
North Warwickshire and Bedworth16%LabourReform 33%
Kenilworth and Southam16%ConservativeConservative 35%
Stratford-on-Avon15%Lib DemLib Dem 32%

Share of the council: the proportion of its census neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs) in each seat. The projection is PollCheck's demographic model at current polling, not a forecast.

Who lives in Warwickshire

596,759 residents in 253,229 households

Voted Leave in 2016
55% 3 above GB
Degree or higher
35% 1 above GB
No qualifications
17% 1 below GB
Own their home
68% 7 above GB
Rent from a council or housing association
14% 3 below GB
Rent privately
17% 3 below GB
Aged 15 to 34
28% 3 below GB
Aged 65 and over
25% 3 above GB

GB figure. 2021 Census (Scotland: 2022): age as a share of residents aged 15 and over, qualifications of residents aged 16 and over, housing as a share of households. Leave: 2016 EU referendum, Electoral Commission results by counting area.

Councils most like this one

Closest on the measures above: the 2016 Leave vote, age, qualifications and housing. Maps show which party holds each ward.

Sources and method

Seat totals and control: PollCheck council control tracker. Councillors: Open Council Data (CC BY-SA 4.0). Election results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), with some vote counts from DCLEAPIL, Leman (2025) (CC BY-SA 4.0), and corrections checked against councils' official declarations. Ward boundaries: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Census: Office for National Statistics and National Records of Scotland.

Councillor lists and DCLEAPIL-derived vote counts on this page are available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

In wards electing more than one councillor, a party's share counts only its leading candidate (the Rallings and Thrasher method). Independents count individually. The lead is the gap between the top two parties' shares.