LABOUR retain overall control of Coventry City Council winning 14 seats today.
The Conservatives started the day with six seats and now have three.
Bea Christopher, new Labour councillor for Bablake Ward said: “I am in awe, being the first black councillor in my ward, change is coming.”
14.00 – Counting is now under way in the Coventry City Council elections.
We have been informed Radford has been postponed due to the death of one of the candidates.
14.11 – Counts are starting here at the Coventry Building Society, with voter turnout around 30 per cent across the 17 wards.
15.08 – Current national results – Labour up 98 seats across the country, Conservatives down 230, Lib Dems up 33, Independents up 74, Greens up 22.
15.38 – Results for St Michaels Ward.
Naeem Akhtar (Labour) – 2222 ELECTED
Chrissie Brown (Green) – 329
Benoit David Jones (Lib Dems) – 147
Dave Nellist (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition) – 346
Karen Wilson (Citizens) – 186
Mehmet Yetkin (Conservative and Unionist Party) – 350
Labour Hold
15.51 – Results for Wainbody Ward.
John Anthony Blundell, (Conservative ) – 1869 ELECTED
Becky Finlayson, (Green) – 258
Adam Jack Hancock, (Citizens) – 104
Megan Lemee, (Women’s Equality) – 60
James Fredrick Morshead, (Lib Dems) – 169
Dianabasi Edet Nkantah, (Labour) – 1295
Voter turnout: 39.70 per cent
Conservative Hold
15: 53 – Results for Earlsdon Ward.
Adam Joachim Harmsworth, (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition) – 139
Kaid Rahman, (Conservative) – 1663
Stephen Richmond, (Lib Dems) – 612
Antony James Tucker, (Labour) – 2688 ELECTED
Voter turnout: 43.35 per cent
Labour Hold
15.57 – Results for Lower Stoke Ward.
Andre Escorcio Rodrigues Soares (Lib Dems) -176
Tom Jewell, (Green) – 357
Elizabeth Catherine Mike, (Labour) – 2677 ELECTED
John Patrick O’Sullivan, (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition) – 124
Dani Stringfellow, (Citizens) – 205
Paul Wyatt, (Conservatives) – 812
Voter turnout: 27.40 per cent
Labour Hold
16.01 – Results for Wyken Ward –
Richard Baker, (Green) – 232
Frank Beechey, (Conservative) – 1284
Gary Ronald Cooper, (Citizens) – 180
Annabel Mia Gurney-Terry, (Lib Dems) – 116
Angela Hopkins, (Labour) – 1682 ELECTED
Mila Matharu, (Trade Union and Socialist Party) – 60
Voter Turnout: 28.44 per cent
Labour Hold
16.04 – Results for Henley Ward –
Michael Arthur Ballinger, (Conservative) – 863
Timothy Macy, (Lib Dems) – 190
Aidan Spencer O Toole, (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition) – 55
Ed Ruane, (Labour) – 2234 ELECTED
Cathy Warrebot, (Green) – 247
Tom Watts, (Citizens) – 229
Voter Turnout: 25.85 per cent
Labour Hold
16.15 – Results for Westwood Ward –
Jim Donnelly, (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition) – 65
Grace Lewis, (Labour) – 1936 ELECTED
Care Lewis, (Citizens) – 139
Jess Marshall, (Green) – 342
Asha Mash, (Conservative) – 1415
Jamie Simpson, (Lib Dems) – 199
Voter turnout: 20.09 per cent
Labour Gain
16.22 – Results for Sherbourn Ward –
Julian Peter Montague, (Citizens) – 161
Jane Elizabeth Nellist, (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition) – 136
Rachel Mary Norwood, (Lib Dems) – 136
David Priestley, (Green) – 261
Ryan Martin Thomas Simpson, (Conservative and Unionist Party) – 1490
Dave Toulson, (Labour) – 1636 ELECTED
Voter turnout: 31.24 per cent
Labour Gain
16.24 – Results for Cheylesmore Ward –
Randhir Kaur Auluck, (Labour) – 1601
Josh Finch, (Citizens) – 178
Judy Griffiths, (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition) – 73
Rambir Singh Khatkar, (Lib Dems) – 150
Catharine Barbara Mosterman – (Conservative) – 1726 ELECTED
Bruce Tetlow, (Green) – 282
Voter turnout: 33.66 per cent
Conservative Hold
16.27 – Results for Bablake –
Bea Christopher, (Labour) – 1612 ELECTED
Anthony Gavin Downes, (Trade Union and Socialist Coalition) – 43
Russel David Field, (Lib Dems) – 157
Steve Keough, (Conservative) – 1528
Tony Middleton, (Citizens) – 194
Amanda Peel, (Britain First) – 379
Niall Webb, (Green) – 292
Voter turnout: 30.87 per cent
Labour Gain
16. 33 – Results for Upper Stoke –
Kamran Asia Clan, (Labour) – 2049 ELECTED
Aaron Essen, (Independent) – 143
John FInlayson, (Green) – 287
Marcus Luke Paris Golden, (Citizens) – 218
James Gallagher, (Lib Dems) – 186
Pratibha Reddy Ramidi, (Conservative) – 508
Terri Rosser, (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition) – 88
Angela Simone Rusu, (Independent) – 57
Voter turnout: 26.
Labour Hold
16.35 – Results for Whoberley Ward –
Lisa Marie Boyle, (Conservative) – 821
Anna Caroline Grainger, (Lib Dem) – 199
Jayne Innes, (Labour) – 2070 ELECTED
Zoe Parker, (Trade Unionist and Socialist Party) – 74
Anne Patterson, (Green) – 429
Ian Stringfellow – (Citizens) – 132
Voter turnout: 31.79 per cent ]
Labour Hold
16.39 – Results for Foleshill Ward –
Ibrahim Abdirazak Ahmed, (Independant) – 247
Fermant Kiana Azad, (Independant) – 1391
Louise Teri Fogden, (Citizens) – 180
Rakesh Gill, (Conservatives) – 356
Shakila Nazir, (Labour) – 2027 ELECTED
David-leigh Waters, (Lib Dems) – 125
Voter turnout: 31.55 per cent
Labour Hold
16.42 – Results for Woodlands Ward –
Stephanie Sarah Davis, (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition) – 90
Mark James Berryman, (Lib Dems) – 213
Neil Rider, (Labour) – 1563
Gary Ridley, (Conservative) – 1994 ELECTED
Clare Lesley Sim, (Green) – 216
Lorna Williams, (Citizens) – 121
Voter turnout: 30.49 per cent
Conservative Hold
16.46 – Results for Longford Ward –
Alan Norman Howard Cheklin, (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition) – 93
George Duggins, (Labour) – 2289 ELECTED
Ryan David Mcmichael, (Lib Dem) – 122
Denise Sanchez, (Citizens) – 178
William Sidhu, (Conservative) – 507
Rachel Ward, (Green) – 284
Voter turnout: 24.58 per cent
Labour Hold
16.51 – Results for Holbrook Ward –
Jim Hensman, (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition) – 111
Rachel Lancaster, (Labour) – 2180 ELECTED
Mark Gareth Lloyd, (Green) – 1234
Zeeshan Qazi, (Conservative) – 427
Voter turnout: 29.09 per cent
Labour Hold
17.00 – Results for Binley and Willenhall –
Paul Cowley, (Citizens) – 1421
John William Single, (Conservative) – 562
Rob Slater, (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition) – 77
Elizabeth Christine Thomas, (Labour) – 1478 ELECTED
Voter turnout: 26.60
Labour Hold
