1995 Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council election

Elections to Hinckley and Bosworth Council were held on 4 May 1995. The whole council was up for election. The Conservative Party lost overall control of the council. ^[1] The overall turnout was 43.6%.

Election Result

Hinckley & Bosworth Local Election Result 1995 ^[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	16	7	0	+7	47.1
	Labour	13	8	0	+8	38.2		26,069
	Conservative	5	0	15	-15	14.7		19,820
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0		130

Ward results

Ambien

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J French	400	39.6
	Conservative	P Wills	354	35.0
	Liberal Democrats	K Stephenson	256	25.3
Majority			46	4.6
Turnout			1,010
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Bagworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S Murphy	481	64.2
	Conservative	N McCausland	226	30.2
	Liberal Democrats	J Payne	42	5.6
Majority			255	34.0
Turnout			749
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Barlestone, Nailstone and Osbaston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	W Crooks	850	60.5
	Labour	W Moore	348	24.8
	Conservative	J Crane	208	14.8
Majority			502	35.7
Turnout			1,406
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Barwell (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	S Francks	1,411
	Labour	P Page	1,254
	Labour	A Wheeler	1,230
	Conservative	J Russell	684
	Conservative	R Aldridge	636
	Conservative	D Astley	585
	Liberal Democrats	A Cooper	266
	Liberal Democrats	M Gould	236
	Liberal Democrats	P Gould	222
Turnout			6,524
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Burbage (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	A Crabtree	1,361
	Conservative	E Atkin	1,288
	Liberal Democrats	P Hall	1,249
	Conservative	M Bevins	1,239
	Liberal Democrats	A Stevens	1,122
	Conservative	A Noon	1,116
	Labour	A MacQueen	855
	Labour	P Kavanagh	799
	Labour	I Wilcock	765
Turnout			9,794
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Cadeby, Carlton and Market Bosworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	A Goodwin	429	42.8
	Labour	R Collett	293	29.2
	Conservative	P Cutress	280	28.0
Majority			136	13.6
Turnout			1,002
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Castle (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	V Bill	1,175
	Liberal Democrats	G Cope	1,011
	Liberal Democrats	D Wood	878
	Labour	E Gabriel	683
	Labour	N Payne	680
	Labour	G Whyman	634
	Conservative	C Claridge	499
	Conservative	B Snow	491
	Conservative	G Rainford	489
	Independent	C Parr	130
Turnout			6,670
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Clarendon (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	D Bill	1,390
	Liberal Democrats	K Lynch	1,121
	Liberal Democrats	G Payne	1,081
	Labour	R Banks	749
	Labour	M Mills	667
	Labour	S Drodge	661
	Conservative	T Beck	375
	Conservative	K Brown	373
	Conservative	W Wonders	319
Turnout			6,736
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

De Montfort (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J White	1,202
	Liberal Democrats	W Moore	1,025
	Liberal Democrats	D Wright	1,006
	Conservative	G Johnson	929
	Conservative	P Wallace	892
	Conservative	C Oliver	836
	Labour	V Mitchell	666
	Labour	C Mitchell	666
	Labour	G Francks	646
Turnout			7,867
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Desford and Peckleton (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	R Cole	689
	Conservative	A Wainwright	641
	Conservative	R Camamile	619
	Liberal Democrats	R Dabell	606
	Labour	T Murray	511
	Labour	A Furlong	447
Turnout			3,513
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Earl Shilton (3)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D Bown	1,758
	Labour	J Bown	1,566
	Labour	R Ellis	1,561
	Conservative	P Priestnall	610
	Conservative	G Redshaw	581
	Conservative	J Martin	513
	Liberal Democrats	C Tompkins	492
	Liberal Democrats	D Inman	418
	Liberal Democrats	G Pratt	352
Turnout			7,851
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Groby (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A Howlett	903
	Conservative	C Dobbin	806
	Conservative	M Halliday	750
	Labour	F Mukaddam	734
	Liberal Democrats	M Lynch	432
	Liberal Democrats	E Garbutt	407
Turnout			4,032
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Markfield (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	L Neville	913
	Labour	M Lay	902
	Conservative	M Browning	832
	Conservative	D Crane	710
	Liberal Democrats	E Scrine	202
	Liberal Democrats	J Finney	104
Turnout			3,663
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Newbold Verdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J Crooks	755	64.5
	Labour	D MacPhail	269	23.0
	Conservative	D Brooks	146	12.5
Majority			486	41.5
Turnout			1,170
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ratby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R Bennett	735	57.8
	Conservative	R Fraser	445	35.0
	Liberal Democrats	A Cruickshank	91	7.2
Majority			290	22.8
Turnout			1,271
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Sheepy and Witherley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R Furniss	631	58.2
	Labour	J Schwiening	272	25.1
	Liberal Democrats	M Shaw	181	16.7
Majority			359	33.1
Turnout			580
	Conservative hold		Swing

Trinity (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D Everitt	820
	Liberal Democrats	D Cope	704
	Liberal Democrats	P Scola	693
	Labour	R Scarth	655
	Conservative	M Gladman	198
	Conservative	R Shooter	163
Turnout			3,233
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Twycross and Shackerstone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B Sutton	343	59.1
	Labour	I Granger	149	25.7
	Liberal Democrats	M Richardson	88	15.2
Majority			194	33.4
Turnout			580
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "ENGLAND Tories lose over 1,700 seats and have control of only 20 English councils - less than half the number now run by the Lib Dems". The Guardian. 6 May 1995. p. 10.