2023 Luton Borough Council election

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2023 Luton Borough Council election

| country = Bedfordshire

| type = parliamentary

| previous_election = 2019 Luton Borough Council election

| previous_year = 2019

| outgoing_members =

| election_date = {{Start date|2023|5|4|df=y}}

| elected_members =

| next_election = 2027 Luton Borough Council election

| next_year = 2027

| seats_for_election= All 48 seats to Luton Borough Council

| majority_seats = 25

| opinion_polls =

| turnout =

| party1 = Labour Party (UK)

| image1 = File:No image wide.svg

| leader1 = Hazel Simmons

| last_election1 = 32 seats, 56.7%

| seats_before1 = 28

| seats1 = 30

| seats_after1 =

| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 2

| popular_vote1 = 19,199

| percentage1 = 48.7%

| swing1 = {{decrease}} 8.0%

| image2 = File:No image wide.svg

| leader2 = David Franks

| party2 = Liberal Democrats (UK)

| leader_since2 =

| leaders_seat2 =

| last_election2 = 12 seats, 17.2%

| seats_before2 = 17

| seats2 = 15

| seats_after2 =

| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 3

| popular_vote2 = 14,036

| percentage2 = 35.6%

| swing2 = {{increase}} 18.4pp

| image3 = File:No image wide.svg

| leader3 = John Young

| party3 = Conservative Party (UK)

| leader_since3 =

| leaders_seat3 =

| last_election3 = 4 seats, 19.2%

| seats_before3 = 2

| seats3 = 3

| seats_after3 =

| seat_change3 = {{decrease}} 1

| popular_vote3 = 3,998

| percentage3 = 10.1%

| swing3 = {{decrease}} 9.1pp

| map_image = Luton UK ward map 2023.svg

| map_size =

| map_alt =

| map =

| map_caption = Winner of each seat at the 2023 Luton Borough Council election

| title = Leader

| posttitle = Leader after election

| before_election = Hazel Simmons

| before_party = Labour Party (UK)

| after_election = Hazel Simmons

| after_party = Labour Party (UK)

}}

The 2023 Luton Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Luton Borough Council in Luton, Bedfordshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England. Labour retained its majority on the council.

Overview

New ward boundaries were drawn up for this election, increasing the number of wards from 19 to 20, although the overall number of councillors stayed the same at 48.{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Luton (Electoral Changes) Order 2022|year=2022|number=824|accessdate=29 April 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.luton.gov.uk/Council_government_and_democracy/Lists/LutonDocuments/PDF/Voting%20and%20elections/notice-of-election.pdf |title=Notice of election |access-date=6 April 2023 |publisher=Luton Borough Council}}

The council had been controlled by Labour since 2007, with its leader since then being Hazel Simmons. Issues debated by the candidates included the ongoing financial impact on the council of money it lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic, when flights from council-owned Luton Airport were stopped. Suggestions for how to improve the town centre were also debated, with Historic England having added the town centre's main street, George Street, to its Heritage at Risk Register in November 2022.{{cite news |last1=Holmes |first1=Amy |title=Local elections 2023: Can Labour continue its winning run in Luton? |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-65303629 |access-date=29 April 2023 |work=BBC News |date=25 April 2023}}{{cite news |title=Luton's George Street added to Historic England's at risk register |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-63589407 |access-date=29 April 2023 |work=BBC News |date=11 November 2022}}

Shortly before the election, three Labour councillors who were not re-selected to be Labour candidates at this election left the party; two (Ghulam Javed and Summara Khurshid) joined the Liberal Democrats and one (Anne Donelon) sat as an independent.{{cite news |title=Luton councillor removed from key roles after leaving Labour Party |url=https://www.bedfordshirelive.co.uk/news/luton-councillor-removed-key-roles-8228154 |access-date=6 May 2023 |work=Bedfordshire Live |date=9 March 2023}}{{cite web |title=Councillors |url=https://democracy.luton.gov.uk/cmis5public/Councillors/tabid/63/ScreenMode/Party/Default.aspx |website=Luton Borough Council |access-date=6 May 2023}}

Labour retained a majority on the council, winning 30 of the 48 seats. Of the councillors elected at this election, 20 had not been councillors in the previous term.{{cite news |title=Local elections 2023: Conservatives lose control of Central Beds |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-65497673 |access-date=6 May 2023 |work=BBC News |date=5 May 2023}} The two former Labour councillors who joined the Liberal Democrats shortly before the election both stood as Liberal Democrat candidates; both were defeated by Labour.

Summary

=Election result=

The overall results were:{{cite news |title=Luton election result |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2023/england/councils/E06000032 |access-date=6 May 2023 |work=BBC News |date=5 May 2023}} Note that when ward boundaries have changed, as here, the BBC coverage compares results to a notional pre-election position which in this case appears to have differed from the actual immediate pre-election position due to the defections shortly beforehand.

{{Local election summary begin|title=2023 Luton Borough Council election}}

{{Local election summary party

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidates = 48

|seats = 30

|gain = 0

|loss = 2

|net = {{decrease}} 2

|votes % =48.7

|seats % =62.5

|votes =19,199

|plus/minus =–8.0

}}

{{Local election summary party

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidates = 33

|seats = 15

|gain = 2

|loss = 0

|net = {{increase}} 3

|votes % =35.6

|seats % =31.3

|votes =14,036

|plus/minus =+18.4

}}

{{Local election summary party

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidates = 15

|seats = 3

|gain = 0

|loss = 0

|net = {{decrease}} 1

|votes % =10.1

|seats % =6.3

|votes =3,998

|plus/minus =–9.1

}}

{{Local election summary party

|party = Independent politician

|candidates = 8

|seats = 0

|gain = 0

|loss = 0

|net = {{steady}}

|votes % =4.3

|seats % =0.0

|votes =1,713

|plus/minus =+0.4

}}

{{Local election summary party

|party = Reform UK

|candidates = 2

|seats =0

|gain =0

|loss =0

|net ={{steady}}

|votes % =1.2

|seats % =0.0

|votes =455

|plus/minus =N/A

}}

|-

Ward results

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Luton Borough Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://www.luton.gov.uk/Council_government_and_democracy/Lists/LutonDocuments/PDF/Voting%20and%20elections/statement-of-persons-nominated-and-notice-of-poll.pdf |title=Statement of Persons Nominated |access-date=6 April 2023 |publisher=Luton Borough Council}} The results were as follows, with sitting councillors standing for re-election marked with an asterisk(*):{{cite web |title=Local election results 2023 |url=https://m.luton.gov.uk/Page/Show/Council_government_and_democracy/Local-democracy/voting-and-elections/previous-elections/local-and-by-election-results/local-election-results/local-election-results-2023/Pages/default.aspx |website=Luton Borough Council |access-date=6 May 2023}}

=Barnfield=

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = David Franks*

|votes = 1,690

|percentage = 52.8

|change =

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Jeff Petts*

|votes = 1,627

|percentage = 50.9

|change =

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Amjid Ali*

|votes = 1,551

|percentage = 48.5

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Shahriar Ahmed

|votes = 1,174

|percentage = 36.7

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Sameera Saleem*

|votes = 956

|percentage = 29.9

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Anwar Haque

|votes = 932

|percentage = 29.1

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Alex Dearden

|votes = 378

|percentage = 11.8

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Sam Deekue

|votes = 371

|percentage = 11.6

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Zahid Mohmand

|votes = 274

|percentage = 8.6

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 3,199

|percentage = 36.1

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{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 8,862

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=Beech Hill=

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Rumi Chowdhury

|votes = 2,158

|percentage = 67.6

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Javed Hussain*

|votes = 2,127

|percentage = 66.7

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Rehana Malik

|votes = 1,928

|percentage = 60.4

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Mahbubul Karim

|votes = 958

|percentage = 30.0

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Adrees Latif

|votes = 947

|percentage = 29.7

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Ghulam Javed*

|votes = 737

|percentage = 23.1

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 3,220

|percentage = 36.1

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{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 8,917

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=Biscot=

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Zanib Raja

|votes = 937

|percentage = 42.7

|change =

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Tahmina Saleem*

|votes = 929

|percentage = 42.3

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Fazilat Ali-Khan

|votes = 713

|percentage = 32.5

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Tipu Moheeuddin

|votes = 643

|percentage = 29.3

|change = N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Shahin Uddin

|votes = 525

|percentage = 23.9

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Junaid Malik

|votes = 431

|percentage = 19.6

|change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 2,222

|percentage = 34.4

|change =

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{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 6,463

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing||winner= Labour Party (UK)||swing=}}

=Bramingham=

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Stuart Miller

|votes = 1,601

|percentage = 50.9

|change =

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = John Baker

|votes = 1,529

|percentage = 48.6

|change =

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Aziz Ambia

|votes = 1,463

|percentage = 46.5

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Desmond Billington

|votes = 1,279

|percentage = 40.7

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Bodrul Amin

|votes = 1,268

|percentage = 40.3

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Mehmood Khan

|votes = 1,171

|percentage = 37.2

|change =

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 3,179

|percentage = 33.1

|change =

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{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 9,591

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=Central=

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Fatima Begum*

|votes = 626

|percentage = 73.9

|change =

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Yaqub Hanif

|votes = 447

|percentage = 52.8

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Belal Ahmed

|votes = 195

|percentage = 23.0

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Abid Aziz

|votes = 122

|percentage = 14.4

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Amir Aziz

|votes = 110

|percentage = 13.0

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Anwar Hussain

|votes = 78

|percentage = 9.2

|change =

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 858

|percentage = 16.5

|change =

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{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 5,203

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=Challney=

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Basit Mahmood

|votes = 1,572

|percentage = 62.7

|change =

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Khtija Malik*

|votes = 1,562

|percentage = 62.3

|change =

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Tom Shaw*

|votes = 1,546

|percentage = 61.7

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Mohammed Javid

|votes = 654

|percentage = 26.1

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Shahid Zaman

|votes = 593

|percentage = 23.7

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Farzana Ahktar

|votes = 587

|percentage = 23.4

|change =

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 2,540

|percentage = 27.4

|change =

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{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 9,270

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing||winner=Labour Party (UK)||swing=}}

=Dallow=

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Mohammed Farooq

|votes = 1,101

|percentage = 62.2

|change =

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Alia Khan*

|votes = 1,059

|percentage = 59.8

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Bashrat Hussain

|votes = 619

|percentage = 35.0

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Abbas Hussain*

|votes = 492

|percentage = 27.8

|change =

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,793

|percentage = 32.3

|change =

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{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 5,556

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing||winner=Labour Party (UK)||swing=}}

Dallow ward was represented by three councillors prior to the boundary changes which took effect for this election. Immediately before the election it was represented by two Labour and one Liberal Democrat councillors, the latter being Abbas Hussain who defected from Labour shortly before the election.

=Farley=

{{Election box candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Javeria Hussain*

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{{Election box candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Mahmood Hussain*

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{{Election box candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Dave Taylor*

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|reg. electors =

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing

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=High Town=

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = James Taylor

|votes = 798

|percentage = 56.1

|change =

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Umme Ali*

|votes = 783

|percentage = 55.0

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = John French

|votes = 446

|percentage = 31.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Mohammed Shahid

|votes = 294

|percentage = 20.7

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Lesley Hill

|votes = 231

|percentage = 16.2

|change =

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,436

|percentage = 23.1

|change =

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{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 6,224

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing||winner=Labour Party (UK)||swing=}}

=Leagrave=

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Maria Lovell*

|votes = 1,020

|percentage = 55.1

|change =

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Francis Steer

|votes = 842

|percentage = 45.5

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Ifthekher Alom

|votes = 692

|percentage = 37.4

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Malik Nikyalvi

|votes = 465

|percentage = 25.1

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Reform UK

|candidate = James Fletcher

|votes = 224

|percentage = 12.1

|change =

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,860

|percentage = 27.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 6,863

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing||winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}

=Lewsey=

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Hazel Simmons*

|votes = 1,008

|percentage = 74.3

|change =

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Yarun Begum

|votes = 912

|percentage = 67.3

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Edward Carpenter

|votes = 272

|percentage = 20.1

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Afia Parveen

|votes = 142

|percentage = 10.5

|change =

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,366

|percentage = 22.0

|change =

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 6,215

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing||winner=Labour Party (UK)||swing=}}

=Northwell=

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Rob Roche*

|votes = 1,400

|percentage = 60.1

|change =

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Amy Nicholls*

|votes = 1,397

|percentage = 60.0

|change =

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Babatunde Ajisola

|votes = 1,306

|percentage = 56.1

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Philip Turner

|votes = 664

|percentage = 28.5

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Ash Ali

|votes = 520

|percentage = 22.3

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Shashi Rudrangi

|votes = 482

|percentage = 20.7

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Reform UK

|candidate = Jim Cohen

|votes = 231

|percentage = 9.9

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Anwar Hussain

|votes = 217

|percentage = 9.3

|change =

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 2,338

|percentage = 25.4

|change =

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{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 9,214

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=Labour Party (UK)|swing=}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|winner=Labour Party (UK)|}}

Prior to the election Northwell was represented by two councillors, one of whom (Anne Donelon) had been elected as Labour but subsequently left the party and sat as an independent.

=Poets=

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Jacqui Burnett*

|votes = 919

|percentage = 53.0

|change =

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Aslam Khan*

|votes = 866

|percentage = 49.9

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Taimoor Ali

|votes = 749

|percentage = 43.2

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Evaline Omondi

|votes = 692

|percentage = 39.9

|change =

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,752

|percentage = 30.2

|change =

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{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 5,803

}}

=Round Green=

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Gillian Fry

|votes = 910

|percentage = 48.6

|change =

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Zahoor Ahmed

|votes = 799

|percentage = 42.7

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Raja Khan

|votes = 785

|percentage = 41.9

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Yasmin Waheed*

|votes = 682

|percentage = 36.4

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Saiful Choudhury

|votes = 160

|percentage = 8.5

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Mohammed Shaikh

|votes = 136

|percentage = 7.3

|change =

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{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,884

|percentage = 29.3

|change =

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{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 6,433

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing

|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|loser = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|loser =

|swing =

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Prior to the election Round Green was represented by three councillors: two Liberal Democrats and one Labour.

=Saints=

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Saima Hussain*

|votes = 1,630

|percentage = 54.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Ghulam Abbas

|votes = 1,594

|percentage = 52.9

|change =

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Shahanara Naser

|votes = 1,525

|percentage = 50.6

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Anwar Malik

|votes = 1,202

|percentage = 39.9

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Summara Khurshid*

|votes = 1,187

|percentage = 39.4

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Baber Hussain

|votes = 1,078

|percentage = 35.8

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 3,052

|percentage = 35.4

|change =

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 8,615

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing||winner=Labour Party (UK)||}}

=South=

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Steve Stephens

|votes = 710

|percentage = 51.9

|change =

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Charmaine Isles

|votes = 645

|percentage = 47.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Deborah Abodunrin-Olokode

|votes = 602

|percentage = 44.0

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = David Agbley*

|votes = 589

|percentage = 43.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,378

|percentage = 22.9

|change =

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 6,025

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing

|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|loser = Labour Party (UK)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Labour Party (UK)

|loser =

|swing =

}}

=Stopsley=

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Richard Underwood*

|votes = 2,185

|percentage = 76.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = David Wynn*

|votes = 2,142

|percentage = 74.6

|change =

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Nigel Marshall

|votes = 2,137

|percentage = 74.4

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Shajarul Islam

|votes = 629

|percentage = 21.9

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Imtiaz Ahmed

|votes = 596

|percentage = 20.7

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Sadiqul Choudhury

|votes = 593

|percentage = 20.6

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 2,884

|percentage = 31.5

|change =

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 9,170

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing||winner=Liberal Democrats (UK)||swing=}}

=Sundon Park=

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Steve Moore*

|votes = 1,010

|percentage = 57.5

|change =

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Clive Mead*

|votes = 962

|percentage = 54.8

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Deanne Johnson

|votes = 722

|percentage = 41.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Masood Akhtar

|votes = 630

|percentage = 35.9

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,767

|percentage = 31.6

|change =

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 5,592

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing||winner=Liberal Democrats (UK)||swing=}}

=Vauxhall=

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Terry Keens*

|votes = 893

|percentage = 66.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Lee Bridgen*

|votes = 868

|percentage = 64.4

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Shana Begum

|votes = 422

|percentage = 31.3

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Bobby Thomas

|votes = 389

|percentage = 28.9

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,354

|percentage = 26.3

|change =

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 5,142

}}

=Wigmore=

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Claire Gallagher

|votes = 1,809

|percentage = 81.5

|change =

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Alan Skepelhorn*

|votes = 1,760

|percentage = 79.3

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Raja Ahmed*

|votes = 374

|percentage = 16.8

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Barnes Mayunga

|votes = 338

|percentage = 15.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 2,249

|percentage = 32.4

|change =

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 6,931

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing||winner=Liberal Democrats (UK)||swing=}}

Changes 2023–2027

=Affiliation changes=

Aslam Khan, elected for Labour, left the party in September 2023. He subsequently joined the Conservatives in October 2023.{{cite news |last1=Duncan |first1=Euan |title=Luton councillor who quit Labour party joins Conservatives |url=https://www.lutontoday.co.uk/news/politics/council/luton-councillor-who-quit-labour-party-joins-conservatives-4366459 |access-date=30 May 2024 |work=Luton Today |date=10 October 2023}}
Stuart Miller, elected as a Conservative, left the party to sit as an independent in March 2024.{{cite news |last1=Duncan |first1=Euan |title=Former Labour deputy leader of Luton Borough Council becomes interim leader of Conservative group |url=https://www.lutontoday.co.uk/news/politics/council/former-labour-deputy-leader-of-luton-borough-council-becomes-interim-leader-of-conservative-group-4554768 |access-date=30 May 2024 |work=Luton Today |date=14 March 2024}}

=By-elections=

{{Election box begin | title=Bardfield: 26 September 2024{{Cite web|url=https://www.luton.gov.uk/Council_government_and_democracy/Lists/LutonDocuments/PDF/Voting%20and%20elections/local-by-election-september-2024/certificate-of-result-barnfield-by-election-2024.pdf |title=Certificate of Result - Barnfield Ward |date=26 September 2024 |access-date=29 September 2024 |publisher=Luton Borough Council}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Anwar Malik

|votes = 1,169

|percentage = 63.5

|change = +11.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Karen Roy

|votes = 321

|percentage = 17.4

|change = –18.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Ash Ali

|votes = 209

|percentage = 11.4

|change = –0.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Edward Carpenter

|votes = 110

|percentage = 6.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Marc Scheimann

|votes = 32

|percentage = 1.7

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 848

|percentage = 46.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,848

|percentage = 19.8

|change = –16.3

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 9,353

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|loser =

|swing = {{increase}}15.1

}}

Barnfield by-election triggered by the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Jeff Petts.

{{Election box begin | title=Wigmore: 26 September 2024{{Cite web|url=https://www.luton.gov.uk/Council_government_and_democracy/Lists/LutonDocuments/PDF/Voting%20and%20elections/local-by-election-september-2024/certificate-of-result-wigmore-by-election-2024.pdf |title=Certificate of Result - Wigmore Ward |date=26 September 2024 |access-date=29 September 2024 |publisher=Luton Borough Council}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|candidate = Adrees Latif

|votes = 749

|percentage = 54.6

|change = –28.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Carolyn Cottier

|votes = 209

|percentage = 15.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Philip Turner

|votes = 151

|percentage = 11.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Farid Ahmed

|votes = 137

|percentage = 10.0

|change = –7.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Green Party of England and Wales

|candidate = Elissa Gordon

|votes = 125

|percentage = 9.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority

|votes = 540

|percentage = 39.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout

|votes = 1,371

|percentage = 19.5

|change = –12.9

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 7,053

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)

|loser =

|swing =

}}

Wigmore by-election triggered by the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Claire Gallagher.

References

Luton

2023

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