2023 Harborough District Council election

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2023 Harborough District Council election
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All 34 seats to Harborough District Council
18 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
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LeaderPhillip KingPhil Knowles [1]
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election22 seats, 41.8%11 seats, 33.9%
Seats won1513
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 7Increase2.svg 2
Popular vote16,60317,526
Percentage34.1%36.0%
SwingDecrease2.svg 7.7%Increase2.svg 2.1%
 Third partyFourth party
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Party Labour Green
Last election1 seat, 15.3%0 seats, 4.7%
Seats won33
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Increase2.svg 3
Popular vote7,5116,345
Percentage15.4%13.0%
SwingIncrease2.svg 0.1%Increase2.svg 8.3%
Harborough UK ward map 2023.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Harborough District Council election
Leader before election

Phillip King
Conservative

Leader after election

Phil Knowles
Liberal Democrat
No overall control


The 2023 Harborough District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of the Harborough District Council in Leicestershire, England. [2] [3] [4] [5] It was held on the same day as other local elections across England.

Contents

The Conservative Party lost control of the council after losing seven seats in the election. [6] [7] After the elections the Conservative leader Phil King resigned. [8] A joint Liberal Democrat, Labour and Green administration took power at the first meeting of the newly elected council on 15 May 2023, with Phil Knowles becoming Leader. [9]

Results summary

2023 Harborough District Council election
PartyCandidatesSeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 311507Decrease2.svg 744.134.116,603–7.7
  Liberal Democrats 341342Increase2.svg 238.236.017,526+2.1
  Labour 26320Increase2.svg 28.815.47,511+0.1
  Green 30330Increase2.svg 38.813.06,345+8.3
  Independent 3000Steady2.svg0.01.2570–2.4
  Reform 1000Steady2.svg0.00.2110N/A

Ward results

Harborough District Council election result. [10]

Sitting councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).

Billesdon & Tilton

Billesdon & Tilton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sindy Modha* 377 50.5 −18.9
Liberal Democrats Ian Hill23831.9+7.1
Green Sarah Recordon13117.6New
Majority 13918.6−26.0
Turnout 74637−5
Conservative hold Swing -13.0

Bosworth

Bosworth
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Amanda Nunn* 443 52.5 −18.5
Labour Peter Houtman19623.2−5.8
Liberal Democrats John Wood10712.7New
Green Katherine Ruhl9811.6New
Majority 24729.3−12.7
Turnout 84434−0.6
Conservative hold Swing -6.3

Broughton Astley - Primethorpe & Sutton

Broughton Astley - Primethorpe & Sutton (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Dann* 465 48.7 −5.4
Conservative Clive Grafton-Reed 458 48.0 +3.0
Labour Sandra Parkinson18619.5−6.5
Liberal Democrats Joshua Graves17718.6N/A
Liberal Democrats David Beasley17318.1N/A
Labour Sue Maguire14715.4N/A
Green Mark Green12413.0−23.1
Green Gillian Buswell939.7N/A
Turnout 95426−4.5
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Broughton Astley South & Leire

Broughton Astley South & Leire (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joshua Worrell 479 44.9 ±0.0
Liberal Democrats Mark Graves* 459 43.1 −16.8
Liberal Democrats Janet Rogers40037.5N/A
Labour Julia Gardner17216.1−7.6
Labour Malcolm Maguire11210.5N/A
Green Christopher Cooper-Hayes767.1N/A
Green Adam Holmes625.8N/A
Turnout 1,06627
Conservative hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Dunton

Dunton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Neil Bannister* 526 62.5 −14.9
Labour Maria Lee19423.0+0.4
Liberal Democrats Colin Porter12114.4New
Majority 33239.5−15.3
Turnout 84141+4.0
Conservative hold Swing -7.6

Fleckney

Fleckney (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Bilbie* 613 41.4 −2.1
Liberal Democrats Alan Birch 504 34.1 +19.0
Conservative Andrea Charlton47131.8−12.3
Labour Brian Browne28419.2−0.8
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Stephenson25317.1N/A
Independent Charmaine Wood25317.1−27.0
Green Mandy Sanders23916.1N/A
Green Jessie Jenkins15810.7N/A
Turnout 1,48033−0.5
Conservative hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Glen

Glen (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Hallam* 864 58.3 +0.6
Conservative Rani Mahal* 758 51.1 +8.6
Liberal Democrats Mark Dilkes43629.4+10.7
Liberal Democrats Donna Barnett40527.3+13.1
Green Matthew Norton21614.6+0.7
Green Stephen Rankine17011.5N/A
Turnout 1,48234−5.7
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Kibworths

Kibworths (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Phil King* 951 44.7 −8.2
Conservative Robin Hollick* 945 44.4 −3.3
Conservative Simon Whelband* 801 37.7 −8.4
Liberal Democrats Chris Graves74435.0+5.8
Liberal Democrats Carol Weaver55826.2−4.8
Liberal Democrats James Lindsay51624.3N/A
Green Erika Cudworth47022.1N/A
Labour Elaine Carter39218.4−3.4
Green Debbie James29814.0N/A
Green Brian Thompson1868.7N/A
Turnout 2,12633−2.1
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Lubenham

Lubenham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jo Asher 391 46.2 +21.2
Conservative Paul Bremner*37444.2−16.0
Green Phil Harding819.6New
Majority 172.0N/A
Turnout 84639+1.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +18.6

Lutterworth East

Lutterworth East (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Gair 527 40.5 +7.0
Liberal Democrats Martin Sarfas* 497 38.2 +2.3
Conservative Laurence Sharma36728.2−6.9
Labour Edward MacIntyre35127.0−1.6
Liberal Democrats Mary Morgan23918.4−8.6
Green Douglas Taylor1269.7N/A
Reform Bill Piper1108.5N/A
Turnout 1,30134−3.2
Labour gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats hold

Lutterworth West

Lutterworth West (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Beadle* 684 47.5 +3.1
Labour Jim Knight 633 44.0 +15.9
Conservative Annette Willcox52736.6−14.5
Green Carl Tiivas22015.3N/A
Liberal Democrats Carol Mayne15210.6N/A
Liberal Democrats Sue Graves14510.1N/A
Turnout 1,43936−1.7
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Market Harborough - Great Bowden & Arden

Market Harborough - Great Bowden & Arden (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Phil Knowles* 899 52.4 −2.8
Liberal Democrats Buddy Anderson 740 43.1 N/A
Conservative Barry Champion*47427.6−6.3
Conservative Charles Hawes36021.0−11.1
Labour Andy Thomas28316.5−1.4
Labour David Wenn18210.6−4.4
Green Mary Morgan1579.2−16.7
Green Richard Ansell1448.4N/A
Turnout 1,71538+0.8
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Market Harborough - Little Bowden

Market Harborough - Little Bowden (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter James* 641 38.4 −12.9
Liberal Democrats Stuart Finan 587 35.1 N/A
Conservative Peter Critchley*50230.1−16.2
Conservative David Page46527.8−14.4
Labour Maria Panter27016.2−13.6
Labour Peter Whalen24514.7N/A
Independent Clare Bottle22213.3N/A
Green Daniella Orsini17210.3N/A
Green Carlos Bilbao Elguezabal1398.3N/A
Turnout 1,67039+4.4
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Market Harborough - Logan

Market Harborough - Logan (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Barbara Johnson* 804 51.0 +3.7
Liberal Democrats Geraldine Whitmore* 706 44.8 +6.0
Conservative Robin Cutforth46729.6−6.3
Conservative Sophie Smith34321.8N/A
Labour Louise Phipps21313.5N/A
Labour Rosemary Watson17210.9−1.2
Green Simon Shepley1328.4−15.4
Green Jennifer Wroath1117.0N/A
Independent Robin Lambert956.0−8.8
Turnout 1,57637−1.8
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Market Harborough - Welland

Market Harborough - Welland (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Daniel Woodiwiss 822 39.1 +7.6
Green Rose Foreman 661 31.4 N/A
Green Lynne Taylor 657 31.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Roger Dunton*64930.9−13.4
Liberal Democrats Jo Chambers58928.0−16.6
Conservative Corrine Green51424.5−9.4
Liberal Democrats Marion Lewis47222.5−4.1
Conservative Aiden Perks47122.4−5.4
Conservative Francesca McHugo44721.3N/A
Labour Marie Panter28713.7−5.7
Labour Angela Brown27713.2N/A
Labour Paul Gray26512.6−8.1
Turnout 2,10233−0.2
Green gain from Liberal Democrats
Green gain from Liberal Democrats
Green gain from Conservative

Misterton

Misterton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jonathan Bateman* 409 41.3 −11.1
Liberal Democrats Stephen Walkley37437.7−1.5
Labour Liz Marsh15015.1+6.6
Green Jonathan Hopkins585.9New
Majority 353.6−9.6
Turnout 99142+0.5
Conservative hold Swing -4.8

Nevill

Nevill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Rickman* 585 66.2 +2.3
Liberal Democrats Philip Kaufman18621.0−15.1
Green Suzanne Lloyd11312.8New
Majority 39945.2+17.4
Turnout 88439−9.3
Conservative hold Swing +8.7

Thurnby & Houghton

Thurnby & Houghton (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Simon Galton* 1,579 61.5 −11.1
Liberal Democrats Amanda Burrell* 1,357 52.9 −8.4
Liberal Democrats Peter Elliott* 1,319 51.4 −6.9
Conservative Riby Gill60723.7−6.9
Conservative Nic Olsen53720.9N/A
Conservative Zaheer Joossab48618.9N/A
Labour Carol Hopkinson36714.3+3.0
Labour Ahmad Khwaja35113.7+3.7
Labour Matt Smith34713.5N/A
Green Melanie Wakley1797.0N/A
Green Martyn Gower1746.8N/A
Turnout 2,56636−2.5
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Ullesthorpe

Ullesthorpe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rosita Page* 517 55.7 N/A
Labour Ian Millington22424.1New
Liberal Democrats John Gurnett10911.7New
Green Sarah Nimmo788.4New
Majority 29331.6N/A
Turnout 92839N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A

By-elections

Market Harborough - Logan

Market Harborough - Logan by-election: 17 July 2025
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Bremner 410 31.3 +4.0
Liberal Democrats Roger Dunton35527.1–19.9
Green Jake Bolton29022.2+14.5
Reform Jonathan Austin19014.5N/A
Labour Bridget Fitzpatrick443.4–9.0
Independent Robin Lambert100.8–4.8
Communist Peter Whalen90.7N/A
Majority 554.2N/A
Turnout 1,30929.4–7.6
Registered electors 4,459
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing Increase2.svg12.0

Fleckney

Fleckney by-election: 6 November 2025
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform Jonathan Austin 551 35.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Stephen Walkley45328.7+2.1
Conservative Peter Critchley41626.4–6.0
Green Jessie Jenkins1026.5–6.1
Labour Helen Morrison543.4–11.6
Majority 986.3N/A
Turnout 1,58032.2–0.8
Registered electors 4,906
Reform gain from Conservative

References

  1. ↑ Moorhouse, Sam (26 April 2023). "Harborough Liberal Democrats pledge to fill council service desks". Leicestershire Live. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  2. ↑ "Elections". Harborough District Council . Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "Election timetable in England". UK Government . Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  4. ↑ "Candidates announced for local elections across Harborough". Harborough FM . Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  5. ↑ "All the candidates standing in the local elections in the Harborough District Council area". Leicester Mercury . Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "Harborough election result". BBC News . Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  7. ↑ "Conservatives lose grip on Harborough District Council in 2023 election". Leicester Mercury . Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  8. ↑ "New Harborough Conservative group leader elected following defeat at local elections". Harborough Mail . 10 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  9. ↑ https://harboroughfm.co.uk/hfm-deal-struck-to-run-harborough-district-council/
  10. ↑ "District election results 2023". Harborough District Council . Retrieved 13 May 2023.
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