It was the first election to be held in the ward following a boundary review. Labour won all three of the new seats.
S. Harris, M. Ing and A. Spells were elected as councillors for the ward.
Result
The following result was declared by the returning officer:
Candidate | Votes | % | ||
Labour |
S. Harris 1,227 | 24.0% | ||
Labour |
M. Ing 1,064 | 20.8% | ||
Labour |
A. Spells 1,043 | 20.4% | ||
Conservative |
Ms. C. Akehurst 599 | 11.7% | ||
Conservative |
D. Baldwin 595 | 11.7% | ||
Conservative |
S. Patel 579 | 11.3% | ||
Turnout | 34.6% | |||
Labour win (new ward) | ||||
Labour win (new ward) | ||||
Labour win (new ward) |
To order the candidates by name or number of votes received, click on the appropriate column heading.
Vote share for the ward is calculated using the "top vote" method, which uses the candidate from each party with the highest number of votes.
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