CONSERVATIVE candidates across Swindon have been holding on to their seats.

In Shaw and Nine Elms, Nick Martin held on to his seat, in Moredon, Colin Lovell kept his place on the council and over in Freshbrook and Grange Park, Peter Greenhalgh also retained his ward.

Rex Barnett - who was elected for one year in 2007 - won for the Tories in Haydon Wick and Anthony Peake ensured that Highworth stayed blue with 1345 votes.

And in Toothill and Westlea, Nick Martin's wife Mary kept her seat too.