Anyone wanting to stand in the Borough and Parish elections in May will need to submit a nomination pack before 4pm on Wednesday 3rd April.
Completed nomination papers should be hand delivered to: Room 1, Civic Offices, Euclid Street, Swindon SN1 2JH
Candidates’ details will be published and contested areas announced on April 4th.
Polling Day is May 2nd from 7am-10pm.
The count and results will be on May 3, published at www.swindon.gov.uk and on the Council’s Social Media accounts. You can also follow live action from voting day and the count live on The Swindonian.
There will be one Councillor position at each of the following Borough Wards contested:
- Blunsdon & Highworth
- Central
- Chiseldon & Lawn
- Covingham & Dorcan
- Eastcott
- Gorse Hill & Pinehurst
- Haydon Wick
- Liden, Eldene & Park South
- Lydiard & Freshbrook
- Mannington & Western
- Old Town
- Penhill & Upper Stratton
- Priory Vale
- Rodbourne Cheney
- Shaw
- St Andrews
- St Margaret & South Marston
- Walcot & Park North
- Wroughton & Wichelstowe
If you are looking to enter a nomination for the Parish council here are how many will be elected in each Parish:
- Central Swindon South – Central Ward Five
- Central Swindon South – Eastcott Ward Five
- Central Swindon South – Lawn & Badbury Park Ward Three
- Central Swindon South – Old Town Ward Four
- Central Swindon South – Park South Ward Two
- Central Swindon South – Walcot & Park North Ward Four
- Chiseldon – Badbury Ward One
- Chiseldon – Chiseldon Ward Fourteen
- Haydon Wick – Haydon End Ward Nine
- Haydon Wick – Haydon Wick Ward Nine
- Highworth Fifteen
- Stratton St Margaret – Coleview Ward Three
- Stratton St Margaret – Lower Coleview Ward Three
- Stratton St Margaret – Lower Stratton Ward Six
- Stratton St Margaret – Merton Ward One
- Stratton St Margaret – Upper Stratton Ward Six
- West Swindon – Eastleaze & Shaw Ward One
- West Swindon – Freshbrook Ward Two
- West Swindon – Grange Park Ward Three
- West Swindon – Middleaze & Ramleaze Ward Two
- West Swindon – Peatmoor & Sparcells Ward Two
- West Swindon – Toothill Ward Three
- West Swindon – Westlea Ward Two
- Wroughton Fifteen
You can download the nomination papers from the Swindon Borough Council website here.
A full timetable of election dates can be found here.
