# 2019 Luton Borough Council election

The 2019 Luton Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Luton Borough Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.

## Results summary

2019 Luton Borough Council election :
| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 48 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 66.7 | 56.7 | 55,649 | +3.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | 19 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | 17.2 | 16,944 | +2.7 |
| Conservative | 43 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8.3 | 19.2 | 18,897 | –8.3 |
| Independent | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 3.9 | 3,796 | +3.8 |
| UKIP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1,440 | –2.1 |
| Best4Luton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 1.1 | 1,057 | N/A |
| Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.5 | 445 | –0.3 |

## Ward results
### Barnfield

Barnfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Franks | 1,194 | 54.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Amjid Ali | 970 | 44.5 |
| | Labour | Haleema Ali | 662 | 30.4 |
| | Labour | Fahim Qureshi | 607 | 27.9 |
| | Conservative | Dean Garrett | 348 | 16.0 |
| | Conservative | Asif Choudhery | 330 | 15.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,179 | 37.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | |

### Biscot

Biscot :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Kashif Choudry | 2,006 | 55.7 | |
| | Labour | Abid Hussain | 1,981 | 55.0 | |
| | Labour | Saima Hussain | 1,909 | 53.0 | |
| | Independent | Fazilat Ali-Khan | 1,089 | 30.2 | New |
| | Independent | Shana Begum | 1,026 | 28.5 | New |
| | Liberal Democrats | Usman Hussain | 552 | 15.3 | |
| | Conservative | Grace Froggatt | 281 | 7.8 | |
| | Conservative | Mohammed Nisar | 194 | 5.4 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,601 | 35.8 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Bramingham

Bramingham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Glbert Campbell | 904 | 54.8 |
| | Conservative | John Young | 884 | 53.6 |
| | Labour | Desmond Billington | 606 | 36.7 |
| | Labour | Tunde Ajisola | 570 | 34.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,650 | 29.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Challney

Challney :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Tom Shaw | 1,940 | 69.2 |
| | Labour | Tahir Malik | 1,790 | 63.8 |
| | Labour | Khtija Malik | 1,785 | 63.6 |
| | Conservative | Fathima Kauser | 503 | 17.9 |
| | Conservative | Gulraiz Khan | 453 | 16.1 |
| | UKIP | Alan Usher | 347 | 12.4 |
| | Conservative | Mohammad Zia | 347 | 12.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,805 | 29.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Crawley

Crawley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Terry Keens | 885 | 52.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lee Bridgen | 881 | 52.4 |
| | Labour | James Taylor | 428 | 25.5 |
| | Labour | Fatima Begum | 422 | 25.1 |
| | Conservative | Anwar Hussain | 274 | 16.3 |
| | Conservative | Alan Hamilton | 206 | 12.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,681 | 30.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Dallow

Dallow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Hannah Adrees | 2,606 | 73.7 | |
| | Labour | Abbas Hussain | 2,338 | 66.2 | |
| | Labour | Raja Ahmed | 2,311 | 65.4 | |
| | Independent | Mohammad Ashraf | 801 | 22.7 | New |
| | Conservative | Ehtisham Qureshi | 515 | 14.6 | |
| | Conservative | Mohammad Azad | 462 | 13.1 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,534 | 34.1 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Farley

Farley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | David Taylor | 1,348 | 67.9 |
| | Labour | Sian Timoney | 1,307 | 65.9 |
| | Labour | Mahmood Hussain | 1,304 | 65.7 |
| | Conservative | Kevin Drew | 459 | 23.1 |
| | Conservative | Shyamal Roy | 328 | 16.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,984 | 23.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### High Town

High Town :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Rachel Hopkins | 950 | 65.7 | |
| | Labour | Andy Malcolm | 898 | 62.1 | |
| | Conservative | Kevin McLean-Mair | 262 | 18.1 | |
| | Independent | Joseph Daniels | 196 | 13.5 | New |
| | Conservative | Solomon Muchai | 191 | 13.2 | |
| | Best4Luton | Jay Silva | 150 | 10.4 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,447 | 23.0 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Icknield

Icknield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Jeffrey Petts | 822 | 42.1 |
| | Conservative | Michael Garrett | 803 | 41.2 |
| | Labour | Asif Masood | 787 | 40.3 |
| | Labour | Asma Rathore | 663 | 34.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Yvonne Edmunds | 251 | 12.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julia Mead | 221 | 11.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,951 | 32.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Leagrave

Leagrave :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Maria Lovell | 1,297 | 59.8 |
| | Labour | Waheed Akbar | 1,234 | 56.9 |
| | Labour | Sameera Saleem | 1,120 | 51.6 |
| | Conservative | Susan Garrett | 669 | 30.8 |
| | Conservative | Richard Joyce | 575 | 26.5 |
| | Conservative | Mahrban Khan | 510 | 23.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,170 | 24.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Lewsey

Lewsey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Hazel Simmons | 1,316 | 60.9 |
| | Labour | Jacqui Burnett | 1,235 | 57.1 |
| | Labour | Aslam Khan | 1,121 | 51.9 |
| | Conservative | Adrian Noller | 480 | 22.2 |
| | UKIP | Paul Noble | 454 | 21.0 |
| | Conservative | Vahid Zubari | 444 | 20.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,162 | 23.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Limbury

Limbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Amy Nicholls | 980 | 51.6 | |
| | Labour | Robert Roche | 898 | 47.2 | |
| | Conservative | Aziz Ambia | 665 | 35.0 | |
| | Conservative | Heather Baker | 583 | 30.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Richardson | 181 | 9.5 | New |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sidney Rutstein | 137 | 7.2 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,901 | 31.5 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Northwell

Northwell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Anne Donelon | 897 | 67.6 | |
| | Labour | Yasmin Waheed | 764 | 57.6 | |
| | Conservative | Deloris Campbell | 323 | 24.4 | |
| | Conservative | Susan Patel | 245 | 18.5 | |
| | Independent | Mahmoona Rasool | 99 | 7.5 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,326 | 23.4 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Round Green

Round Green :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mark Rivers | 989 | 37.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Chapman | 917 | 35.0 | |
| | Labour | Tahmina Saleem | 913 | 34.9 | |
| | Labour | Irak Chowdhury | 900 | 34.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Daniel Willis | 841 | 32.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steve Moore | 752 | 28.7 | |
| | Best4Luton | John French | 471 | 18.0 | New |
| | Conservative | John Baker | 464 | 17.7 | |
| | Conservative | Phil Turner | 415 | 15.9 | |
| | Conservative | Mohammad Arif | 300 | 11.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,617 | 30.3 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Saints

Saints :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Javed Hussain | 2,460 | 72.3 |
| | Labour | Summara Khurshid | 2,370 | 69.6 |
| | Labour | Ghulam Javed | 2,364 | 69.4 |
| | Conservative | Raja Saleem | 731 | 21.5 |
| | Conservative | Salma Nasir | 715 | 21.0 |
| | Conservative | Syed Abid | 668 | 19.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,404 | 34.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### South

South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Paul Castleman | 938 | 53.9 | |
| | Labour | David Agbley | 813 | 46.8 | |
| | Labour Co-op | Javeria Hussain | 710 | 40.8 | |
| | Green | Marc Scheimann | 445 | 25.6 | |
| | Conservative | Morel Bernard | 373 | 21.4 | |
| | UKIP | Tim James | 339 | 19.5 | New |
| | Conservative | Mohammed Islam | 316 | 18.2 | |
| | Independent | Conor Clarke | 259 | 14.9 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,739 | 17.1 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | | |

### Stopsley

Stopsley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Underwood | 1,320 | 68.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Wynn | 1,267 | 65.3 |
| | Conservative | Gordon Shrosbree | 333 | 17.2 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Simons | 295 | 15.2 |
| | Labour | Abbi Adeyemi | 247 | 12.7 |
| | Labour | Urmila Afroz | 247 | 12.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,941 | 35.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Sundon Park

Sundon Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anna Pedersen | 927 | 50.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Clive Mead | 867 | 46.8 |
| | Labour | Martin Rodgers | 694 | 37.4 |
| | Labour | Sasha Smith | 605 | 32.6 |
| | Conservative | Michael Glover | 234 | 12.6 |
| | Conservative | Claire Shrosbree | 177 | 9.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,854 | 31.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | |

### Wigmore

Wigmore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Chapman | 1,658 | 56.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Diane Moles | 1,569 | 53.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Skepelhorn | 1,554 | 52.5 | |
| | Labour | Markus Keaney | 497 | 16.8 | |
| | Labour | Sara Miah | 454 | 15.3 | |
| | Best4Luton | Carolyn Cottier | 436 | 14.7 | New |
| | Independent | Marco Suadoni | 425 | 14.4 | New |
| | Labour | Mominur Murad | 412 | 13.9 | |
| | Conservative | Grahame Mackay | 324 | 10.9 | |
| | UKIP | Lance Richardson | 300 | 10.1 | |
| | Conservative | Sam Deekue | 259 | 8.7 | |
| | Conservative | Yasin Rehman | 233 | 7.9 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,961 | 34.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

## Changes 2019–2023

Jeff Petts, elected as a Conservative councillor, joined the Liberal Democrats in December 2021.
Abbas Hussain, elected as a Labour councillor, had the Labour whip withdrawn in 2022. He subsequently sat as an independent councillor until January 2023, when he joined the Liberal Democrats.
In March 2023, three Labour councillors who were not re-selected to be Labour candidates at the 2023 election left the party; two (Ghulam Javed and Summara Khurshid) joined the Liberal Democrats and one (Anne Donelon) sat as an independent.
By-elections between the 2019 and 2023 elections were as follows:

### Icknield

Icknield: 26 September 2019 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Asif Masood | 585 | 36.7 | |
| | Conservative | John Baker | 563 | 35.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steve Moore | 407 | 25.6 | |
| | Green | Marc Scheimann | 37 | 2.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 22 | 1.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,592 | 27.2 | −5.4 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### High Town

High Town: 6 May 2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Umme Ali | 717 | 48.3 | −12.7 |
| | Conservative | Shakaina Khan | 327 | 22.0 | +5.2 |
| | Green | Lyn Bliss | 202 | 13.6 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nigel Marshall | 202 | 13.6 | N/A |
| | Communist | Markus Kearney | 36 | 2.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 390 | 26.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,484 | 23.0 | – |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 9.0 | |

### Round Green

Round Green: 6 May 2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steve Moore | 1,041 | 38.5 | +6.2 |
| | Labour | Fatima Begum | 910 | 33.7 | −1.1 |
| | Conservative | Phil Turner | 520 | 19.2 | +2.9 |
| | Green | James Cullinane | 173 | 6.4 | N/A |
| | Independent | Marc Scheimann | 60 | 2.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 131 | 4.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,704 | 31.4 | +1.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | 3.7 | |

### South

South: 28 October 2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Fatima Begum | 547 | 44.1 | −9.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nigel Marshall | 332 | 26.8 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Abid Aziz | 198 | 16.0 | −5.4 |
| | Independent | Marc Scheimann | 134 | 10.8 | N/A |
| | Communist | Markus Keaney | 28 | 2.3 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 215 | 17.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,239 | 12.0 | −5.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Dallow

Dallow: 4 August 2022 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alia Khan | 1,486 | 53.6 | −20.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Basharat Hussain | 1,076 | 38.8 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Malik Nikyalvi | 154 | 5.6 | −17.1 |
| | Independent | Marc Scheimann | 58 | 2.1 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 410 | 14.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,774 | 26.9 | −7.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |