2023 North West Leicestershire District Council election

2023 North West Leicestershire District Council

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All 38 seats to North West Leicestershire District Council 20 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Sean Sheahan Richard Blunt Michael Wyatt Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Last election 10 seats, 33.0% 20 seats, 45.1% 4 seats, 12.3% Seats before 8 22 4 Seats after 17 12 5 Seat change 7 8 1 Popular vote 9,618 10,344 3,217 Percentage 37.7% 40.6% 12.6% Swing 4.7% 4.5% 0.3%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Independent Green Last election 3 seats, 3.9% 1 seat, 1.7% Seats before 3 1 Seats after 4 0 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 1,645 565 Percentage 6.5% 2.2% Swing 2.6% 0.5%
Winner of each seat at the 2023 North West Leicestershire District Council election
Leader before election Richard Blunt Conservative Leader after election Richard Blunt Conservative No overall control

The 2023 North West Leicestershire District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 38 members of North West Leicestershire District Council in Leicestershire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

Following the results, the Conservatives lost the council to no overall control.^[1] Labour won most seats, but fell three seats short of a majority. An alliance of the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and two of the independent councillors subsequently formed. With exactly half the council's seats the alliance did not have a majority either, but was able to form an administration on receiving the chair's casting vote at the annual council meeting on 22 May 2023. Conservative leader Richard Blunt therefore retained his position as leader of the council.^[2]

2023 North West Leicestershire District Council election[3]
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	38	12	2	10	8	31.6	40.6	10,344	-4.5
	Labour	38	17	9	2	7	44.7	37.7	9,618	+4.7
	Liberal Democrats	29	5	1	0	1	13.2	12.6	3,217	+0.3
	Independent	8	4	2	1	1	10.5	6.5	1,645	+2.6
	Green	4	0	0	1	1	0.0	2.2	565	+0.5
	Reform UK	2	0	0	0		0.0	0.4	113	n/a

The results for each ward were as follows. An asterisk (*) indicates a sitting councillor standing for re-election.^[4]

Appleby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Blunt*	457	61.2	+2.7
	Labour	Jennifer Ruth Sawyer	194	26.0	+9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Rita Bradbury	96	12.9	−2.3
Turnout				37.49
Registered electors			2,019
	Conservative hold

Ashby Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth James Horn (Kenny Horn)	523	49.5	+6.7
	Green	Carl Cheswick Benfield*	397	37.6	−5.4
	Labour	Alan George Clark	137	13.0	−1.1
Turnout				44.55
Registered electors			2,384
	Conservative gain from Green

Ashby Holywell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Avril Wilson	439	51.8	+19.3
	Conservative	Roger David Bayliss*	351	41.4	−11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Yorick Lynch	57	6.7	−8.3
Turnout				34.28
Registered electors			2,474
	Labour gain from Conservative

Ashby Ivanhoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Jane Parle	426	45.0	−0.1
	Conservative	Gillian Sarah Hoult* (Gill Hoult)	302	31.9	−23.0
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Cooper	152	16.1	N/A
	Green	Elisabeth Joyce Bray	66	7.0	N/A
Turnout				37.24
Registered electors			2,554
	Labour gain from Conservative

Gill Hoult was the sitting councillor for Blackfordby prior to the election.^[5]

Ashby Money Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Murrae John Blair-Park	392	50.6	+11.1
	Conservative	Daniel Anthony Harrison* (Dan Harrison)	340	43.9	−16.6
	Reform UK	Gareth Clive Bott	42	5.4	N/A
Turnout				33.93
Registered electors			2,302
	Labour gain from Conservative

Ashby Willesley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Norman Bigby*	456	59.1	+5.6
	Conservative	John Paul Deakin	316	40.9	−5.6
Turnout				38.08
Registered electors			2,051
	Labour hold

Ashby Woulds

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Douglas McKenzie Cooper (Doug Cooper)	327	54.0	+15.4
	Conservative	John Kevan Bridges*	221	36.5	−24.9
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Burton	57	9.4	N/A
Turnout				27.98
Registered electors			2,180
	Labour gain from Conservative

Bardon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Morgan Burke	246	42.2	−5.9
	Labour	Paul Sebastian Congiu	178	30.5	+12.1
	Conservative	Leon Duncan Carl Spence	159	27.3	+7.4
Turnout				25.98
Registered electors			2,248
	Liberal Democrats hold

Blackfordby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Christopher Woodman*	422	52.2	−1.2
	Labour	Michelle Marie Holdcroft	332	41.0	−5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Sargent	55	6.8	N/A
Turnout				33.43
Registered electors			2,441
	Conservative hold

Andrew Woodman was the sitting councillor for Measham North prior to the election.^[5]

Broom Leys

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lee Windram	290	38.2	+0.9
	Conservative	Claire Gillard	286	37.6	−2.1
	Labour	Anne Marion Donegan	184	24.2	+1.2
Turnout				37.65
Registered electors			2,029
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Castle Donington Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Anthony Charles Saffell* (Tony Saffell)	254	43.6	−1.7
	Conservative	David John Geraint Jones (Geraint Jones)	135	23.2	−1.2
	Labour	Laurie Isabel Redfern Andrade	135	23.2	−7.1
	Green	Stephanie Mee	34	5.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Wyatt	25	4.3	N/A
Turnout				28.36
Registered electors			2,063
	Independent hold

Castle Donington Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rachel Canny*	440	67.5	−0.6
	Conservative	Stanley James Hoult* (Jim Hoult)	114	17.5	−5.3
	Labour	Orest Peter Mulka	98	15.0	+5.9
Turnout				34.53
Registered electors			1,897
	Independent hold

Jim Hoult was the sitting councillor for Ashby Ivanhoe prior to the election.^[5]

Castle Donington Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alison Morley	189	40.5	−13.9
	Independent	Mark David Rogers	144	30.8	N/A
	Conservative	Roisin Elizabeth Spence	134	28.7	−16.9
Turnout				23.89
Registered electors			1,980
	Labour hold

Castle Rock

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Barry Wyatt*	346	47.0	−14.7
	Conservative	Gurkirat Sandhu (Kirat Sandhu)	265	36.0	+12.6
	Labour	Olivia Kathleen Andrade	125	17.0	+2.1
Turnout				34.05
Registered electors			2,176
	Liberal Democrats hold

Coalville East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Marie French*	229	36.8	−7.7
	Labour	Carissma Griffiths	201	32.3	+7.9
	Conservative	Clare Elizabeth Spence (Clare Elizabeth Watson-Spence)	193	31.0	−0.1
Turnout				31.49
Registered electors			1,985
	Liberal Democrats hold

Coalville West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Kenneth Charles Legrys*	212	50.7	+5.7
	Conservative	William Mark Evans	77	18.4	−4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Briers	69	16.5	−16.0
	Independent	Zoe Howard	60	14.4	N/A
Turnout				22.44
Registered electors			1,867
	Labour hold

Daleacre Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carol Ann Sewell*	328	60.7	+7.3
	Conservative	Daniel Walton	144	26.7	−19.9
	Green	Paul Anthony Turner	68	12.6	N/A
Turnout				28.53
Registered electors			1,903
	Labour hold

Ellistown and Battleflat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Merrie*	282	54.9	+7.0
	Labour	Aisha Ali	156	30.4	+11.2
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Windram	76	14.8	+3.5
Turnout				25.18
Registered electors			2,049
	Conservative hold

Greenhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jake Windram*	221	46.0	+7.1
	Labour	Ronnie Christopher Adams	163	34.0	+3.3
	Conservative	Paula Diane Purver	96	20.0	+10.4
Turnout				23.29
Registered electors			2,095
	Liberal Democrats hold

Hermitage

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Barker	262	44.4	−2.3
	Conservative	Stuart Gillard*	175	29.7	−23.6
	Independent	Graham Ronald Partner	94	15.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Moira Elizabeth Lynch	59	10.0	N/A
Turnout				31.79
Registered electors			1,862
	Labour gain from Conservative

Holly Hayes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Clive Gillard* (Tony Gillard)	325	50.9	−10.7
	Labour	Ian Michael Hurst	255	39.9	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Leah Furborough	59	9.2	N/A
Turnout				33.2
Registered electors			1,940
	Conservative hold

Hugglestone St John's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Russell Johnson*	256	34.2	−14.8
	Labour	Nathan Aaron Keightley	247	33.0	−16.0
	Conservative	Kevin Morrell	195	26.1	−8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Dean Briers	50	6.7	−9.5
Turnout				28.18
Registered electors			2,658
	Independent gain from Labour

Russell Johnson had been elected in 2019 as a Labour councillor, but left the party to sit as an independent earlier in 2023.^[6] Seat shown as independent gain from Labour to allowing for comparison with 2019 results.

Hugglestone St Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Theresa Elizabeth Perpetua Eynon* (Terri Eynon)	342	47.4	+9.5
	Conservative	Craig Andrew Smith	270	37.4	+2.8
	Reform UK	Watts Gaynor	71	9.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Barney	39	5.4	−22.1
Turnout				31.57
Registered electors			2,287
	Labour hold

Ibstock East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jennifer Gail Simmons* (Jenny Simmons)	228	47.0	+14.8
	Labour	Joseph Rowan Wood (Joe Wood)	198	40.8	−1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Reed-Barney	59	12.2	N/A
Turnout				26.12
Registered electors			1,868
	Conservative gain from Labour

Jenny Simmons was the sitting councillor, having won the seat from Labour in a by-election in 2021. Recorded here as Conservative gain from Labour to compare with previous whole council election in 2019.

Ibstock West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon David Lambeth	252	43.8	+8.8
	Conservative	John Andrew Clarke*	244	42.4	−22.6
	Liberal Democrats	George Bradbury	79	13.7	N/A
Turnout				24.59
Registered electors			2,342
	Labour gain from Conservative

Kegworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Raymond Sutton (Ray Sutton)	283	45.4	N/A
	Labour	John Saunders	160	25.6	−9.5
	Conservative	Bertie Harrison-Rushton*	154	24.7	−40.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Fletcher	27	4.3	N/A
Turnout				35.67
Registered electors			1,758
	Independent gain from Conservative

Long Whatton and Diseworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas James Rushton* (Nick Rushton)	563	60.1	+2.8
	Labour	Robert Allan Haskins (Bob Haskins)	305	32.6	−10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Nicole Windram	69	7.4	N/A
Turnout				44.33
Registered electors			2,143
	Conservative hold

Measham North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Lees	388	56.1	+11.0
	Labour	Richard Anthony Moore	304	43.9	+8.5
Turnout				33.03
Registered electors			2,110
	Conservative hold

Measham South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sean David Sheahan*	319	63.0	+18.0
	Conservative	John Geoffrey Coxon	187	37.0	+13.0
Turnout				24.99
Registered electors			2,065
	Labour hold

Oakthorpe and Donisthorpe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Terence Ball (Mike Ball)	336	53.4	−8.3
	Labour	Oluwadamilola Yetunde Ojuri (Damilola Ojuri)	224	35.6	−2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Thorley	69	11.0	N/A
Turnout				28.54
Registered electors			2,218
	Conservative hold

Ravenstone and Packington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Smith*	511	55.7	−3.4
	Labour	Thomas Eynon Legrys	253	27.6	+11.7
	Liberal Democrats	Paris Holliday	153	16.7	−8.3
Turnout				37.32
Registered electors			2,476
	Conservative hold

Sence Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Guy Leonard Rogers	338	50.8	+11.4
	Conservative	Virginio Richichi* (Virge Richichi)	275	41.3	−19.3
	Liberal Democrats	Peggy Wyatt	53	8.0	N/A
Turnout				28.63
Registered electors			2,354
	Labour gain from Conservative

Snibston North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur John Geary* (John Geary)	210	43.2	+17.2
	Conservative	Elliott Gerrald Charles Allman*	157	32.3	+6.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Wyatt	119	24.5	+2.2
Turnout				24.25
Registered electors			2,012
	Labour gain from Independent

John Geary was the sitting councillor for Snibston South prior to this election. Elliott Allman had been elected as an independent in 2019 but joined the Conservatives in 2020. Seat shown as Labour gain from independent to allow comparison with 2019 results.^[7]

Snibston South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	June Pratt (June Page)	225	51.8	+18.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Paul Holliday (Paul Holliday)	133	30.6	+5.1
	Conservative	Brian Joseph Beggan	76	17.5	±0.0
Turnout				22.7
Registered electors			1,965
	Labour hold

Thornborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Moult	363	46.2	+7.4
	Conservative	Louise Ann Gillard*	309	39.3	−9.6
	Independent	Harold Smith (John Smith)	114	14.5	+2.2
Turnout				39.63
Registered electors			2,011
	Labour gain from Conservative

Thringstone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Burton Everitt* (Dave Everitt)	289	52.5	−4.0
	Conservative	Joseph Russell Boam	226	41.1	−2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Turner	35	6.4	N/A
Turnout				27.48
Registered electors			2,020
	Labour hold

Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Russell Antony Boam*	419	54.9	−5.9
	Labour	Ian Maskery	193	25.3	+5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Andrew Tyler	151	19.8	+0.6
Turnout				34.19
Registered electors			2,264
	Conservative hold

Worthington and Breedon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Raymond Leslie Morris* (Ray Morris)	489	58.2	−8.3
	Labour	Gregory Vincent Parle	207	24.6	+6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Danielle Lycett	144	17.1	+1.4
Turnout				33.86
Registered electors			2,487
	Conservative hold

Snibston South: 2 May 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Catherine Beech	222	51.3	−0.5
	Independent	Dan Roberts	121	27.9	New
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Holliday	71	16.4	−14.2
	Green	Greg Simpson	19	4.4	New
Majority			101	23.4	N/A
Turnout			434	21.6	−1.1
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

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