ALL the results of the 2021 Coventry City Council election are now in with Labour taking 13 seats and the Conservatives six.
Labour lost two seats to the Conservatives but still has 39 seats and a strong majority on the council with only a fraction of the seats up for grabs this year.
We followed all the action live and you can see how the results unfolded below.
Henley
The first result is in and it’s a Labour hold in Henley for Ed Ruane who took 56 per cent of the vote there. He had a majority of 1,083 over Conservative candidate Laura Frances Ridley. Those two were literally polls apart from the rest of the field who shared the other 594 votes between them.
Result
Ed Ruane – Labour – 2,237 – ELECTED
Laura Frances Ridley – Conservative – 1,154
Thomas Andrew Shakespeare – Liberal Democrat – 156
Lesley Clare Sim – Green Party – 219
Ian Christopher Wardle – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition – 57
Charlie Ann Wilson – Coventry Citizens Party – 162
Upper Stoke
Labour have also taken Upper Stoke with a similar result – Kamran Asif Caan polled 1,865 – 965 votes more than Conservative Gurdeep Singh Sohal in second. Again the rest of the votes were split between the other parties but the next one (the Green Party’s Laura Vestey) had 289 – a few hundred off the top two.
Result
Kamran Asif Caan – Labour – 1,865 – ELECTED
Terri Hersey – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition – 62
Gurdeep Singh Sohal – Conservative and Unionist – 900
Caroline Dorothy Solange Spence – Liberal Democrat – 179
Laura Katherine Vesty – Green Party – 289
Thomsas Watts – Coventry Citizens Party – 168
Whoberley
Three in a row for Labour as Jayne Innes sees off Conservative Jackie Gardiner with a 626 majority. The Green Party also finished third here – above the Lib Dems and the Coventry Citizens Party.
Result
Russell David Field – Liberal Democrat – 195
Teri Fogden – Coventry Citizens Party – 138
Jackie Gardiner – Conservative and Unionist – 1,310
Jayne Innes – Labour – 1,936 – ELECTED
Anne Patterson – Green Party – 500
Radford
Mal Mutton triumphs for Labour in Radford with a 1,011 majority over Conservative Neil Worwood. Once again the Green Party finishes third – ahead of the rest of the chasing pack – there seems to be a pattern developing here.
Result
Dave Anderson – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition – 124
Irena Bosworth – Coventry Citizens Party – 187
Mal Mutton – Labour – 1,846 – ELECTED
Jules Sprutton – Green Party – 299
Jonathan David Ward – Liberal Democrat – 121
Neil Worwood – Conservative and Unionist – 835
Holbrook
Rachel Lancaster (LAB) saw off a valiant challenge from the Green Party’s Stephen Gray hold onto the Holbrook seat. The margin was a bit closer than the others with Coun Lancaster polling 1,744 – just 325 votes more than Mr Gray.
Result
Alan Gavin – Coventry Citizens Party – 166
Stephen Robert George Gray – Green Party – 1,419
Rachel Elizabeth Lancaster – Labour – 1,744 – ELECTED
Zeeshan Qazi – Conservative and Unionist – 668
St Michael’s
Five in a row for Labour this afternoon and the biggest majority so far – Naeem Akhtar scooped 2,028 votes with the second-placed Conservative Daniel Partington on 385.
Result
Naeem Akhtar – Labour – 2,028 – ELECTED
Allan John Aspinall – Green Party – 166
Benoit David Jones – Liberal Democrat – 94
Dave Nellist – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition – 274
Daniel James Partington – Conservative and Unionist – 385
Karen Wilson – Coventry Citizens Party 100
Sherbourne
The slenderest of victories in the wards declared so far ends in the first gain for the Conservatives – Ryan Simpson beat Labour’s Amanda Eccles by just 99 votes. It puts the Tories on the board, although Labour still leading 5-1.
Result
Amanda Eccles – Labour -1,672
Sian Jones – Coventry Citizens Party -143
Aidan Spencer O’Toole – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition – 62
Nukey Proctor – Liberal Democrat – 189
Ryan Martin Thomas Simpson – Conservative and Unionist – 1,771 – ELECTED
George Brian – Green Party – 361
Foleshill
Shakila Nazir was next to take a seat for Labour – beating the Independent who finished second – Zia Ahmed Khan – by 2,019 votes to 1,536. The Conservatives finished third. followed by the Greens, the Coventry Citizens Party, The Trade Unionist and Social Coalition and last the Lib Dems.
Result
Jim Hensman – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition – 67
Zia Ahmed Khan – Independent – 1,536
Raja Reddy Meesala – Conservative and Unionist – 440
Shakila Nazir – Labour – 2,019 – ELECTED
Paul Newland – Liberal Democrat – 66
David Neil Priestly – Green Party – 172
Nicola Spalding – Coventry Citizens Party – 123
Woodlands
A resounding victory for sitting councillor Gary Ridley – and a Conservative hold. The victory over Labour’s Mark Farr an impressive 1,319 majority.
Result
Mark Leslie Farr – Labour – 1,454
Marcus Luke Paris Fogden – Coventry Citizens Party – 110
Andy Hilton – Liberal Democrat – 254
Gary Christopher Ridley – Conservative and Unionist – 2,773 – ELECTED
Sudhir Kumar Sard – Green Party – 152
Sarah Stephanie Smith – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition – 58
Bablake
A Conservative gain and the Tories’ third seat of the day as Steve Keough polls 1,645, seeing off the Labour candidate Balvinder Kaur by 339 votes. The Independent Glenn Williams also polled well with his 1,276 votes taking him into second.
Result
Balvinder Kaur – Labour – 1,304
Steve Keough – Conservative and Unionist – 1,645 – ELECTED
Tony Middleton – Coventry Citizens Party – 132
Mark James Perryman – Liberal Democrat – 74
Niall Webb – Green Party – 273
Glenn Michael Williams – Independent – 1,276
Westwood
This Conservative hold for Asha Masih ensures all three seats in the Westwood ward stay blue. A comfortable victory by 434 votes and the Green Party polling well again here in third.
Result
Jim Donnelley – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition – 85
Abdul Jobbar – Labour – 1,382
Jess Marshall – Green Party – 454
Asha Masih – Conservative and Unionist – 1,816 – ELECTED
Jamie Simpson – Liberal Democrat – 191
Danielle Stringfellow – Coventry Citizens Party 101
Iddrisu Suffan – Reform UK – 80
Longford
The Coventry City Council leader George Duggins held onto his seat with ease. A strong 57 per cent of the vote went his way with the Conservative second and Independent Jim Bench in third.
Jaspal Singh Bahara – Liberal Democrat – 151
Jim Bench – Independent – 343
Balbir Singh Dhami – Conservative and Unionist – 861
George Arthur Duggins – Labour – 2,229 – ELECTED
Joe McAvoy-Boss – Green Party – 188
Ian Arthur Rogers – Coventry Citizens Party – 139
Wyken (two seats)
It was a double Labour victory in Wyken as sitting councillor Angela Hopkins kept her seat and Robert Thay held the other one for the party. It was close for Mr Thay, polling just 89 votes more than Conservative Manjeet Rai in third place.
Result
Sunny Singh Braitch – Coventry Citizens Party – 194
Chrissie Lynn Brown – Green Party – 348
Gary Ronald Cooper – Coventry Citizens Party – 195
Angela Betty Hopkins – Labour – 1,594 – ELECTED
Farie Madzikanda – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition – 60
Manjeet Rai – Conservative and Unionist – 1,304
Myooran Srikantha – Conservative and Unionist – 1,144
Robert Richard Thay – Labour – 1,393 – ELECTED
Juliet Emily Sarah Thomas – Liberal Democrat – 260
Earlsdon
It’s a Labour gain in Earlsdon as Antony James Tucker polled 2,619 and the party are in double figures now for the number of seats they have won today. Conservative Zaid Rehman finished second on 2,133. The pair were streets ahead of the field with Stephen Richmond on 590, way back in third and the rest behind him.
Result
Cameron Ewart Baxter – Coventry Citizens Party – 252
John David Campbell Finlayson – Green Party – 364
Adam Joachim Harmsworth – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition – 52
Zaid Rehman – Conservative and Unionist – 2,133 – ELECTED
Stephen John Richmond – Liberal Democrat – 590
Antony James Tucker – Labour – 2,619
Lower Stoke
Labour’s Catherine Miks held onto her seat here in emphatic style with almost double the number of votes of the next nearest challenger – Tory Michael Arthur Ballinger. Another good result for the Greens who finished third with Esther Reeves.
Result
Michael Arthur Ballinger – Conservative and Unionist – 1,229
Andre Soares Rodrigues Esorcio – Liberal Democrat – 168
Catherine Miks – Labour – 2,327 – ELECTED
John Patrick O’Sullivan – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition – 100
Esther Mary Reeves – Green Party – 393
Lorna Kareen Williams – Coventry Citizens Party – 174
Cheylesmore
The Conservatives gained this seat in Cheylesmore with a 483-vote win for Catharina Mosterman. Rois Ali finished second for Labour and another third place for the Green Party.
Result
Rois Ali – Labour – 1,520
Anna Caroline Grainger – Liberal Democrat -211
Judy Griffiths – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition – 70
Nate Lewis – Coventry Citizens Party – 122
Catharina Barbara Mosterman – Conservative and Unionist – 2,003 – ELECTED
John Vedult – Green Party – 336
Wainbody
Conservative John Anthony Blundell held onto his seat in this contest by a massive gaping margin of 1,003. Next up was Labour’s John Tallentire and the Greens continuing to establish themselves as the third most favourable party in Coventry.
Result
John Anthony Blundell – Conservative and Unionist – 2,427 – ELECTED
Becky Finlayson – Green Party – 310
George Charles Alfie Ireland – Coventry Citizens Party – 93
James Frederick Morshead – Liberal Democrat – 213
John Philip Tallentire – Labour – 1,324
Binley and Willenhall
Coventry Citizens Party polled well in this ward – finishing third with 817 votes. But it was not enough to stop the two front-runners. That contest was separated by 263 votes in favour of Labour’s Elizabeth Thomas who holds onto the seat for her party. Conservative Amarjit Khangura finished second.
Paul Cowley – Coventry Citizens Party – 817
Danny Foulstone – Green Party – 213
Amarjit Singh Khangura – Conservative and Unionist – 1,167
Michael Morgan – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition – 37
Nigel Peter Plowman – Liberal Democrat – 158
Elizabeth Christine Thomas – Labour – 1,430 – ELECTED
Final Scores
LAB – 13, CON – 6, LIB DEM – 0, GREENS – 0, TRADE UN – 0. CCP – 0