A total of 239 candidates are standing across 25 wards for 57 council seats. The vote will take place under new ward boundaries and as a whole council election, meaning every seat is up at once rather than the usual elections by thirds.
That alone makes this one of the most significant local elections in recent years.
Labour, the Conservatives and Reform UK have each fielded a full slate of 57 candidates, contesting every available seat in the borough. The Green Party is standing 38 candidates, the Liberal Democrats 25, and Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, 5.
The numbers immediately point to differing ambitions.
Labour and the Conservatives are fighting for control of the council. Reform is attempting to establish a borough-wide presence rather than targeting isolated wards.
The Greens are concentrating on selected areas, while the Liberal Democrats are being more selective still. TUSC’s limited slate suggests a focused intervention rather than a push for broad representation.
This is not a typical Swindon local election.
New ward boundaries mean comparisons with previous results are imperfect. Voters are effectively choosing a council under a redesigned electoral map.
That creates uncertainty for every party.
Several wards stand out as potential battlegrounds based on the breadth of candidates standing.
Old Town and Lawn has full Labour, Conservative and Reform slates, alongside strong Green representation and a Liberal Democrat candidate. The crowded field makes it one of the most competitive looking contests on the map.
Priory Vale also features Labour, Conservatives and Reform running full slates, with the Greens and Liberal Democrats present. The range of parties suggests it will be closely fought.
Queen’s Park includes candidates from Labour, Conservatives, Greens, Reform, the Liberal Democrats and TUSC. Such a broad line-up often signals that parties believe there are votes to be won.
Wroughton and Wichelstowe is similarly contested by Labour, Conservatives, Reform, Greens and Liberal Democrats. It is unlikely to be overlooked by any serious campaign.
St Andrews East, and St Andrews West and Tadpole, also feature candidates from the main parties and Reform, with additional smaller-party presence. Demographics, turnout and organisation may prove decisive in such areas.
Overall, the candidate numbers show sharply contrasting strategies.
Labour and the Conservatives are contesting every corner of the borough. Reform is maximising visibility across Swindon.
The Greens and Liberal Democrats are focusing resources where they believe they can be most effective.
The publication of the candidate list is more than a procedural step. It offers the first clear indication of how each party views the electoral map and where this election could ultimately be won or lost.
With new boundaries, multi-member wards and a full council vote, organisation on the ground may prove just as important as party branding.
Full candidate list
Badbury Park, Eldene & Liden
Rebecca Banwell-Moore, Labour and Co-operative Party
Emma Jane Brits, Green Party
Martin Paul Costello, Reform UK
Marianne Le Coyte Grinney, Labour and Co-operative Party
Mike Davies, Labour and Co-operative Party
Sally Ann Hawson, Conservative Party Candidate
Zachary Jay Hawson, Conservative Party Candidate
Simon Lee Howard, Reform UK
Gerald Alan Rogers, Reform UK
Adrian Mark Russell, Green Party
Malcolm Charles Salmon, Liberal Democrats
Bazil Stanley Solomon, Conservative Party Candidate
Blunsdon
Luke Dennis George Bennett, Reform uk
Andrew Donald Day, Green Party
Jessica Frankopan, Liberal Democrats
Nick Gardiner, The Conservative Party Candidate
Steffen Rick, Labour and Co-operative Party
Broadgreen
Adorabelle Amaral-Shaikh, Labour and Co-operative Party
Stephen Alec Booth, Reform UK
Domingos Seby Dias, Labour and Co-operative Party
Md Abdul Hamid, Green Party
Anabelle Patricia Pegado, Conservative Party Candidate
Marcus James Phillips, Reform UK
Marek Sarnowski, Liberal Democrats
Miguel Vintur Fernandes, Conservative Party Candidate
Chiseldon & Ridgeway
Steve Allsopp, Labour Party
Bryan Charles Davis, Reform UK
Matt Hinton, Conservative Party Candidate
Liz Mearns, Liberal Democrats
Calum James Andrew Murphy, Liberal Democrats
Ayesha Noureen, Reform UK
Haydar Pacci, Labour Party
Adrian Mark Rogers, Green Party
Gary Sumner, Conservative Party Candidate
Covingham & Nythe
Zohaib Ali Khan, Labour Party
Scott Hunter, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Jim Morrish, Liberal Democrats
Barbara Parry, Conservative Party Candidate
Kevin Parry, Conservative Party Candidate
Michelle Ellen Read, Reform UK
Casey Richard Sherwood, Reform UK
Tomas Silberberg, Labour Party
Gorse Hill
Princia Jenovi Fernandes, Labour and Co-operative Party
Kayum Miah, Green Party
Chichi Morris, Conservative Party Candidate
Hannah Pajak, Liberal Democrats
Corey Thomas Reeds, Reform UK
Haydon Wick
James Samuel Head, Reform UK
Anthony James Hedges, Reform UK
John Dennis Jackson, Conservative Party Candidate
Leigh John Jackson, Conservative Party Candidate
Phil Norris, Liberal Democrats
Sudha Sri Nukana, Conservative Party Candidate
Leroy Sheldon Roberts, Labour and Co-operative Party
Paul Rostron, Reform UK
Steven James Michael Trafford, Green Party
Ravi Venkatesh, Labour and Co-operative Party
Stanka Wilson, Labour and Co-operative Party
Highworth
Craig Robert Chafer, Reform UK
Stephen Alexander Crocker, Liberal Democrats
Tyler James Gutteridge, Labour and Co-operative Party
Owen Mervyn John Hall, Green Party
Vijay Kumar Manro, Conservative Party Candidate
Ewan Nicholas, Labour and Co-operative Party
Tony Trinder, Reform UK
Steve Weisinger, Conservative Party Candidate
Kingshill
Srinivasu Anupindi, Conservative Party Candidate
Daphne Nneka Chikwere, Reform UK
Nima Eftekhari, Conservative Party Candidate
Janine Howarth, Labour and Co-operative Party
Marcus John Kittridge, Green Party
Rosie Leather, Green Party
Peter Major, Reform UK
Jamie Charles Taylor, Liberal Democrats
Chris Watts, Labour and Co-operative Party
Lower Stratton
Justin Bandi, Reform UK
Josh Barclay, Green Party
Lynda Marian Comber, Liberal Democrats
Andrew James Cripps, Reform UK
Mustafa Dayan, Labour Party
Marco Di Pinto, Conservative Party Candidate
James Keith Jackson Faulkner, Reform UK
Dave Graves, Labour Party
Cesar Hernandez Martinez, Labour Party
Roger Arthur Smith, Conservative Party Candidate
Tom Smith, Conservative Party Candidate
Lydiard, Freshbrook & Toothill
Jai Bhatoolaul, Green Party
Luke Eric Dawson, Conservative Party Candidate
Anna Delvecchio-John, Labour and Co-operative Party
Joel Fletcher-Swindlehurst, Conservative Party Candidate
Matthew John Goulding, Reform UK
Leon Grother, Labour and Co-operative Party
Glynis Susan Hales, Green Party
Colin Peter Lovell, Reform UK
Fraser McCormick, Liberal Democrats
Jane Milner-Barry, Labour and Co-operative Party
Rob Pettefar, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Sarah Sawyer, Green Party
Caryl Sydney-Smith, Conservative Party Candidate
Cathy Williamson, Reform UK
Old Town & Lawn
Vince Ayris, Conservative Party Candidate
Andy Bentley, Green Party
Lawrence William Elliott, Conservative Party Candidate
Bhawna Goyal, Conservative Party Candidate
Peter Nathaniel Hebden, Green Party
Neil Lawrence Hopkins, Labour and Co-operative Party
Bill Hughes, Green Party
Beverley Jane Lewis, Reform UK
Mark William Lewis, Reform UK
Jim Robbins, Labour and Co-operative Party
Ciaran Lloyd Skinner, Liberal Democrats
Richard Norman Symonds, Reform UK
Nadine Watts, Labour and Co-operative Party
Parks
Jocelina D’Souza, Labour Party
Sara Jane Godwin, Reform UK
Gyan Prasad Gurung, Conservative Party Candidate
Stephen Frank Halden, Reform UK
Maggie Hathaway-Mills, Liberal Democrats
Jamal Miah, Labour and Co-operative Party
Charli Nettle, Green Party
Dev Patel, Conservative Party Candidate
Penhill & Pinehurst
Sandra Rose Absalom, Labour and Co-operative Party
John Ballman, Labour and Co-operative Party
Mark Alexander Bogard, Reform UK
Rouchell Cardoso, Conservative Party Candidate
Adam Ieuan John, Conservative Party Candidate
Howard John March, Green Party
Martyn Graham Pearce, Reform UK
Elly Taylor, Green Party
Priory Vale
Junab Ali, Labour and Co-operative Party
Rajhia Ali, Labour and Co-operative Party
Adam Brookman, Reform UK
Jim Coupland, Liberal Democrats
Ian Edwards, Green Party
Chris Stephen Fulgoni, Reform UK
Rob Heath, Green Party
Alex Hughes, Conservative Party Candidate
Brooke Linnet, Green Party
Vinay Manro, Conservative Party Candidate
Paul David Park, Labour and Co-operative Party
Leanne Elizabeth Stevenson, Conservative Party Candidate
Ravi Kant Tiwari, Reform UK
Queen’s Park
Repi Begum, Green Party
Tom Butcher, Green Party
Livio Joe Camelo, Conservative Party Candidate
Shad Chokdar, Green Party
Paul John Collis, Reform UK
Inacio Vitorio Da Silva, Conservative Party Candidate
Paul Dixon, Labour and Co-operative Party
Martin George England, Reform UK
Jenny Jefferies, Conservative Party Candidate
Abdel Musa, Liberal Democrats
Mary Quate, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Terrence David Reynolds, Reform UK
Imtiyaz Shaikh, Labour and Co-operative Party
Marina Strinkovsky, Labour and Co-operative Party
Rodbourne Cheney
Niyi Adekoya, Conservative Party Candidate
Lawrence Rudyard Davies, Reform UK
Joy Grotzinger, Labour and Co-operative Party
Grant William Holman, Green Party
Christopher Michael Mahon, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Zoe Claire McCormick, Liberal Democrats
Derek James O’Hanlon, Reform UK
Bose Patrick-Okoh, Conservative Party Candidate
Thomas James Smith, Labour and Co-operative Party
Rodbourne Ferndale & Western
Vanessa Susan Boyd, Reform UK
Kaine Collins, Conservative Party Candidate
Ana Rosada Fernandes, Labour and Co-operative Party
Richard McGilvray Forbes, Reform UK
Paul Timothy Glover, Reform UK
Jim Grant, Labour and Co-operative Party
Alexandra Petrache, Green Party
Caitlin Grace Pinks, Green Party
Kevin David Small, Labour and Co-operative Party
Bhagyesh Soni, Conservative Party Candidate
James Simon Tansey, Green Party
Natasha Vas, Conservative Party Candidate
Shaw & Westlea
Matt Barnes, Green Party
Darren John Neil Chappell, Reform UK
Ed Colton, Green Party
James Ellrington Farr, Liberal Democrats
Suresh Gattapur, Conservative Party Candidate
Allan Crawford Gibson, Reform UK
Fay Howard, Labour and Co-operative Party
Rose Llewellyn, Labour and Co-operative Party
Josh Owen, Labour and Co-operative Party
Glyn Arthur Pullen, Reform UK
Nandini Singh, Conservative Party Candidate
Keith Robert Williams, Conservative Party Candidate
South Marston
Eddie Costello, Reform UK
David Martin McCabe, Liberal Democrats
Javes Rodrigues, Labour Party
Matthew Thomas Vallender, The Conservative Party Candidate
St Andrews East
Jake Edward Chandler, Conservative Party Candidate
Daniel Kenneth Marland, Reform UK
Chris Payne, Green Party
Carol Hannah Shelley, Labour and Co-operative Party
Simon John Shelley, Labour and Co-operative Party
Kate Tomlinson, Conservative Party Candidate
Brigid Anne Watkis, Reform UK
St Andrews West & Tadpole
Cherie Adams, Conservative Party Candidate
Daniel Adams, Conservative Party Candidate
Syed Atif Ali Shah Bukhari, Green Party
Theresa Denise Draper, Labour and Co-operative Party
Marjorie Olive Jefferies, Reform UK
Jason John Mills, Labour and Co-operative Party
Dawn Pajak, Liberal Democrats
Vincent Elwyn Williams, Reform UK
Upper Stratton
Laura Janine Butcher, Green Party
Claire Crilly, Labour and Co-operative Party
David-Oladapo Ibitoye, Conservative Party Candidate
Ola Ibitoye, Conservative Party Candidate
Mark James Ratcliffe, Reform UK
Ben Scott, Liberal Democrats
Gordon Slade, Reform UK
Dezzy Stott, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Danial Pascoal Vales, Labour and Co-operative Party
Walcot
Abdul Amin, Labour and Co-operative Party
Emma Bushell, Labour and Co-operative Party
Michael James Dickinson, Liberal Democrats
John Lenton, Conservative Party Candidate
Unni Nair, Reform UK
Terry Nicholls, Reform UK
Jane Elizabeth Parsons-Hann, Green Party
William James Sumner, Conservative Party Candidate
Wroughton & Wichelstowe
Martin John Barrett, Liberal Democrats
Gayle Elaine Cook, Conservative Party Candidate
Matty Courtliff, Conservative Party Candidate
Robbie Neil Easter, Green Party
Sam James, Labour Party
Peter Kramer, Labour Party
Ela Maksudova, Liberal Democrats
Thomas Gary Samson Marshall, Reform UK
Ben Michalek, Reform UK
Victor Onyia, Labour Party
Stan Pajak, Liberal Democrats
Artemis Jessica Pink, Green Party
Matthew John Smith, Conservative Party Candidate
Geoff Thompson, Reform UK
