Election Results and News for Covingham and Nythe Ward

The Conservative Group gained it's first seat in the ward back in May 2003 when Cllr Glenn Smith was elected stealing a seat from Labour.

Since then, Cllr Dale Heenan stole another seat in 2004 and in 2006, Cllr Phil Young became the newest addition of the team, turning the ward blue. Cllr Glenn Smith was re-elected overwhelmingly in 2007.

In addition in June 2004, the Conservatives took full control of Swindon Borough Council, now able to fully start the removal of 20 years of Labour's waste and mismanagement.

If you are interested in standing as a councillor either at the Borough or Parish level, please contact glenn@CovinghamAndNytheInTouch.com

Councillor Glenn Smith Re-Elected

Cllr Glenn Smith

 Result May 2007

With an exceptionly high turnout for a local election of 40.83%, Cllr Glenn Smith was overwhelming re-elected in May 2007 taking 54.2% of the vote.

"I would like to thank personally everyone who voted for me. This clearly gives me another mandate that listening to residents and working hard all year around is what the residents of Coleview, Covingham and Nythe want."

Glenn Smith - Conservative, 1497 votes 54.2%

Maureen Dilley - Labour, 643 votes 26.9%

Cynthia Desmond - UKIP, 323 votes 11.69%

David Pajak - Liberal Democrates, 199 votes 7.2%

Result May 2006

Cllr Phil Young with
Cllr Glenn Smith

Three years of hard work and effort within the ward paid on when Cllr Phil Young became the latest addition to the Conservative team, taking all three seats in the Covingham and Nythe ward Conservative.

Clearly a vindication of the Conservatives hard work and low Council Tax, the residents voted overwhelmingly for Phil, giving him a 400 vote majority.

Phil Young - Conservative 1526 Votes

Maureen Dilley - Labour 1126 Votes