2026 elections - Rugby Borough Council

Candidates by borough council ward

Elections for the following Rugby Borough Council wards* take place on Thursday 7 May 2026.

Click on the links in the table below to view the candidates by council ward.

*Please note - in Bilton Ward, a by-election prompted by a recent resignation runs alongside the scheduled election, meaning voters can vote for two of the ten candidates listed on the ballot paper.

You can find your polling station on your polling card - or simply click on the link below to enter your postcode and find out where you're voting.

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Ward
Admirals and Cawston
Benn
Bilton
Coton and Boughton
Dunsmore
Eastlands
Hillmorton
New Bilton
Newbold and Brownsover
Paddox
Revel and Binley Woods
Rokeby and Overslade
Wolston and The Lawfords
Wolvey and Shilton

Admirals and Cawston Ward

Name of candidate	Party
CHASE, Lee	Liberal Democrats
GLOWACKI, Andrew	Reform UK
GREEN, Frank	Green Party
JERAMS, Robert Stanley	Conservative
LEE, Chris	Labour

Benn Ward

Name of candidate	Party
DOWNES, Sarah Catherine	Conservative
DUNNE, Angela Josephine	Green Party
HARRINGTON, Richard	Labour
MORAN, Rebecca Frances	Liberal Democrats
NORTHEY, Les	Reform UK

Bilton Ward

Please note - a by-election prompted by a recent resignation runs alongside the scheduled election, meaning voters can vote for two of the ten candidates listed below.

Name of candidate	Party
AWOTUNDE, Dapo	Conservative
BAINBRIDGE, Nicky	Liberal Democrats
BATES, Phil	Green Party
BEVIN, Robert	Labour
BURNS, Philip John	Labour
HART, Harriet Laura Beatrice	Green Party
KEELEY, Gareth	Reform UK
LAWRENCE, Toby James Patrick	Conservative
PARTRIDGE, John	Reform UK
PIMM, Stephen	Liberal Democrats

Coton and Boughton Ward

Name of candidate	Party
LIPOWSKA, Karolina	Conservative
LIVESEY, Alison Ann	Labour
PULLIN, Jamie	Reform UK
TAYLOR, Kay	Liberal Democrats
WOODING, Rowan	Green Party

Dunsmore Ward

Name of candidate	Party
BROWN, Elly	Labour
COSTELLO, Tom	Reform UK
FORD, Helen Rebecca	Green Party
HOGEA, Claude	Conservative
MISTRY, Umesh	Liberal Democrats

Eastlands Ward

Name of candidate	Party
ADEWUMI, Adewale	Labour
EDWARDS, Sam	Liberal Democrats
GRANGER, Rachel	Green Party
HOLDEN, Francis	Reform UK
WATSON-MERRET, Carolyn	Conservative

Hillmorton Ward

Name of candidate	Party
DOUGLAS, Julie	Liberal Democrats
KEDWARD, Devenne Taylor	Conservative
LINDEN, Alexander	Green Party
TAVERNER, Liam	Reform UK
YANKOVA, Vanya Dimitrova	Labour

New Bilton Ward

Name of candidate	Party
BEARNE, Andrew	Conservative
MORAN, James Robert	Liberal Democrats
SANDISON, Roy Leonard	Green Party
SONKO, Anne-Marie	Reform UK
THOMPSON, Angela Mary	Labour

Newbold and Brownsover Ward

Name of candidate	Party
CRESSWELL, Julian	Green Party
PAVIS, Alan Frederick	Labour
RABIN, Wayne David John	Conservative
SAXBY-EDWARDS, Victoria	Liberal Democrats
STEWART, Kyle	Reform UK

Paddox Ward

Name of candidate	Party
BALDWIN, Joel	Conservative
BEGGS, Bob	Green Party
GLOVER, Coreena	Reform UK
GORE, Mark William	Labour
NEW, Noreen	Liberal Democrats

Revel and Binley Woods Ward

Name of candidate	Party
FEENEY, Sarah Yvonne Elizabeth	Labour
GARCIA, Belinda	Conservative
HANNIGAN, Sean	Liberal Democrats
PICKUP, Maralyn	Green Party
RUCK, Pat	Reform UK

Rokeby and Overslade Ward

Name of candidate	Party
ANBARASU, Ara	Labour
DAVIS, Corissa	Liberal Democrats
DENYER, Kirsty Sarah Louise	Green Party
GLOVER, Dan	Reform UK
THOMAS, Heidi Maria	Conservative

Wolston and The Lawfords Ward

Name of candidate	Party
BHAMRA, Sat	Reform UK
BROAD, Wayne	Liberal Democrats
STEVENSON, Becca	Green Party
WARD, Simon	Conservative
WRIGHT, Adam	Labour

Wolvey and Shilton Ward

Name of candidate	Party
DOWNES, JP	Conservative
LEEDHAM, Deborah Anne	Labour
NEWSOME, Liam Keith	Green Party
O'BRIEN, Aidan Brook	Reform UK
TAFAZZAL, Hossain	Liberal Democrats

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