2009 Leicestershire County Council election

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2009 Leicestershire County Council election
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 20055 June 2009 2013  

All 55 seats to Leicestershire County Council
28 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election3012
Seats before3111
Seats won3614
Seat changeIncrease2.svg6Increase2.svg2
Popular vote96,12358,814
Percentage44.327.1
SwingIncrease2.svg2.6Decrease2.svg1.4

 Third partyFourth party
 
Party Labour BNP
Last election130
Seats before120
Seats won41
Seat changeDecrease2.svg9Increase2.svg1
Popular vote33,54926,279
Percentage15.512.1
SwingDecrease2.svg10.5Increase2.svg10.9

LCC 2009 Election Map.png
Map showing the results of the 2009 Leicestershire County Council elections.

Party before election

Conservative

Elected Party

Conservative

Elections to Leicestershire County Council took place on 4 June 2009, [1] having been delayed from 7 May, in order to coincide with elections to the European Parliament. A total of 55 councillors were elected from 52 electoral divisions across the county's 7 districts. The Conservatives held control of the council and increased their majority from 5 to 17 seats after gaining many seats from Labour who lost 70% of their seats. The BNP fielded many more candidates than at the last election which caused their vote share to increase dramatically.

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Results

Leicestershire County Council election, 2009
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 3671+665.544.396,123+2.6
  Liberal Democrats 1431+225.527.158,814−1.4
  Labour 409−97.215.533,549−10.5
  BNP 110+11.812.126,279+10.9
  Independent 000±00.00.91,941−1.4
  English Democrat 000±00.00.1436New

Division results

Results for individual divisions are shown below. [2] They have been divided into their respective Districts or Boroughs and listed alphabetically.

District of Blaby

Blaby and Glen Parva (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Bailey1,94954.1+3.7
Conservative Marian Broomhead96026.7−3.8
BNP Roy Dodge45512.6N/A
Labour Gary Jacques2386.6−12.5
Turnout 3,60238.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +3.8
Braunstone Town (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jo Fox1,21437.7−9.9
Conservative Damian Stuart1,04532.5−1.1
BNP Gary Reynolds54717.0N/A
Liberal Democrats Felicity Pollard41212.8−6.0
Turnout 3,21838.3
Labour hold Swing −4.4
Cosby and Countesthorpe (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Jennings2,09757.9+7.8
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Welsh59716.5−8.7
Labour Michael Howkins48813.5−11.2
BNP Martin Brown44212.2N/A
Turnout 3,62440.4
Conservative hold Swing +8.3
Enderby Meridian (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jackie Dickinson1,54353.4+16.5
Labour Bill Wright72024.9−10.7
BNP Michael Robinson62621.7+14.2
Turnout 2,88932.2
Conservative hold Swing +13.6
Glenfields (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Page1,25339.9+1.1
Liberal Democrats John Springthorpe1,16137.0+6.7
BNP John Walton50516.1+11.7
Labour David Hodgen2186.9−16.3
Turnout 3,13740.2
Conservative hold Swing −2.8
Kirby Muxloe and Leicester Forest East (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Parsons2,12259.2+5.2
Labour Malcolm Fox50214.0−11.6
Liberal Democrats David Pollard48813.6−1.7
BNP Paul Preston47413.2+8.1
Turnout 3,58640.7
Conservative hold Swing +8.4
Narborough and Whetstone (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barry Garner1,96054.4+10.8
Liberal Democrats Alex Dilks62817.4±0.0
BNP Kerri Sharpe53214.8N/A
Labour David Hodgen48313.4−12.3
Turnout 3,60335.1
Conservative hold Swing +5.4
Stanton Croft and Normanton (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ernie White2,19757.2−9.2
Liberal Democrats David Searle76820.0N/A
BNP Maurice Collett50613.2N/A
Labour Sandra Parkinson3689.6−24.0
Turnout 3,83940.5
Conservative hold Swing −14.6

Borough of Charnwood

Birstall (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Roger Wilson1,48936.9−24.0
Conservative Stuart Jones1,44235.7−3.4
BNP Peter Cheeseman64415.9N/A
Labour Claire Poole46411.5N/A
Turnout 4,03942.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing −10.3
Bradgate (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Snartt2,47557.9+5.9
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Welsh1,25929.5−11.2
BNP James Taylor53812.6+5.3
Turnout 4,27244.5
Conservative hold Swing +8.6
Loughborough East (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jewel Miah1,59748.8−7.2
Conservative Jenny Bokor67420.6+0.4
Liberal Democrats Christopher Maden57217.5+1.5
BNP Kevan Stafford43213.2N/A
Turnout 3,27535.0
Labour hold Swing −3.8
Loughborough North (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Betty Newton1,32140.1−1.1
Conservative Jane Hunt1,03531.4+0.8
BNP Julia Green50615.4+11.2
Liberal Democrats Diane Horn43213.1−10.9
Turnout 3,29433.2
Labour hold Swing −1.0
Loughborough North West (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Max Hunt1,40844.0−2.7
Conservative David Goss88427.6−4.5
Independent Roy Campsall62519.5N/A
BNP Gavin Leist2818.8N/A
Turnout 3,19833.0
Labour hold Swing +0.9
Loughborough South (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Slater1,28936.1+2.9
Labour Neville Stork1,26435.4−3.2
Liberal Democrats Roy Kershaw57316.1−5.4
BNP Michael Pickering44212.4N/A
Turnout 3,56832.5
Conservative gain from Labour Swing −3.1
Loughborough South West (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Lewis1,94750.3+6.7
Liberal Democrats David Walker1,03426.7−2.3
Labour David Goss61715.9−6.2
BNP Christopher Canham2727.0N/A
Turnout 3,87042.2
Conservative hold Swing +4.5
Quorn and Barrow (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tony Kershaw1,98353.3+8.5
Liberal Democrats Stephen Coltman66217.8−4.4
Labour Sandie Forrest61916.6−12.7
BNP Maurice Oatley45912.3+8.6
Turnout 3,72341.6
Conservative hold Swing +6.5
Rothley and Mountsorrel (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Osborne1,87851.7+5.8
Liberal Democrats Ted Smith66418.3+1.7
BNP Carol Collett65017.9+11.6
Labour Justin Smith44312.2−19.0
Turnout 3,63538.7
Conservative hold Swing +2.1
Shepshed (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christine Radford1,46632.9−3.9
Labour Kevin Parker1,12325.2−17.7
Liberal Democrats Cynthia Popley1,09424.5+4.2
BNP Edmond Thomson77817.4N/A
Turnout 4,46141.2
Conservative gain from Labour Swing −6.9
Sileby and the Wolds (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Shepherd1,79552.1+1.3
Liberal Democrats Peter Collingswood72421.0+0.3
BNP Stephen Denham49714.4N/A
Labour Ivor Perry43112.5−16.0
Turnout 3,44740.3
Conservative hold Swing +0.5
Syston Fosse (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dave Houseman1,71456.3+5.5
BNP Catherine Duffy77925.6+14.9
Labour Terry Bark54918.0−20.5
Turnout 3,04236.2
Conservative hold Swing −4.7
Syston Ridgeway (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Preston1,68852.6−2.8
BNP John Hurst62119.4N/A
Liberal Democrats Fiona Henry55817.4+1.6
Labour Mike McLoughlin34110.6−18.1
Turnout 3,20839.7
Conservative hold Swing +0.5

The Conservative councillor for Syston Ridgeway died on Thursday 18 August 2011. A by-election was held on 3 November 2011 and was won by Stephen John Hampson.

Thurmaston (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Harley1,32248.9+7.6
Labour Steve Brown59321.9−14.3
BNP John Hurst52919.6+12.6
Liberal Democrats Bernard Singleton2609.6−1.9
Turnout 2,70436.9
Conservative hold Swing +11.0

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