2023 Oadby and Wigston Borough Council election

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2023 Oadby and Wigston Borough Council election
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All 26 seats to Oadby and Wigston
14 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
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LeaderSamia HaqPriti Joshi
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Last election24 seats, 66.7%2 seats, 25.0%
Seats before224
Seats after197
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 5Increase2.svg 5
Popular vote18,32015,909
Percentage51.1%44.4%
SwingDecrease2.svg15.6%Increase2.svg19.4%
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Map of the results of the election by ward
Leader before election

Samia Haq
Liberal Democrats

Leader after election

Samia Haq
Liberal Democrats

The 2023 Oadby and Wigston Borough Council election was held on 4 May 2023 to elect all 28 members of Oadby and Wigston Borough Council in Leicestershire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England. [1] [2] [3]

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All wards were up for election, each with 2 or 3 councillors to be elected. The Liberal Democrats were defending control of the council, having won 24 of 26 seats at the previous election. [4] The previous leader of the council, John Boyce, stood down as leader two weeks before the election, having decided not to stand for re-election. He had been in the post for 17 years. He was replaced by Samia Haq. [5] [6]

The Liberal Democrats retained their majority at the election.

Results summary

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Oadby and Wigston Borough Council election, 2023
PartyCandidatesVotes
StoodElectedGainedUnseatedNet % of total %No.Net %
  Liberal Democrats 261905Decrease2.svg 573.1%51.1%18,320Decrease2.svg 16%
  Conservative 26750Increase2.svg 526.9%44.4%15,909Increase2.svg 19.6%
  Labour 5000Steady2.svg0%4.4%1,605Decrease2.svg 3.2%

Ward results

Source: [7]

Ward boundaries Oadby and Wigston Borough Council wards.svg
Ward boundaries

Sitting councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).

Oadby Brocks Hill

Oadby Brocks Hill (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Kaufman* 792 59.1 -17.0
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Latif Darr* 736 54.9 -16.7
Conservative Rakesh Chander53139.6+14.3
Conservative Mohammad Alam47135.1+17.9
Turnout 1,34143Decrease2.svg
Registered electors 3178
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease2.svg
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

These figures are updated. On 15 May 2023 the council announced that the Returning Officer had identified an administrative error in the results published on 5 May for the Oadby Brocks Hill ward. [8] The originally published figures were: Kaufman 342, Darr 286, Chandar 231, Alam 171.

Oadby Grange

Oadby Grange (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Naveed Alam* 757 47.6 +0.8
Conservative Kamal Ghattoraya* 673 42.4 -7.7
Conservative Priti Joshi* 672 42.3 -10.0
Liberal Democrats Moin Durrani65141.0-5.8
Liberal Democrats Jaspal Singh Kang63640.0-6.7
Liberal Democrats Richard Bartfield56535.6-5.7
Labour Nigel Smith26916.9New
Turnout 1,58936.23Increase2.svg 0.7
Registered electors 3886
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing Increase2.svg 0.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Oadby St Peter's

Oadby St Peter's (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ian Ridley* 525 41.8 -4.0
Liberal Democrats Jasvir Kaur Chohan 491 39.1 -8.8
Conservative Aman Singh Thind48838.9+12.5
Conservative Marcus Solanki47938.1+10.4
Labour Rumman Ahmed22618.0-5.7
Labour John Britten22618.0-4.6
Majority1,25636.35
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease2.svg 9.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Turnout 1,21836.35

Oadby Uplands

Oadby Uplands (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Samia Haq* 616 38.6 -2.4
Conservative Rupa Joshi 545 34.1 +3.3
Liberal Democrats Victor Kaufman53033.2-5.2
Conservative Mohammed Boodhoo52933.1+5.0
Labour Hajira Piranie45728.6+0.4
Labour Justine Mercer42726.8+0.9
Turnout 1,59646.89
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease2.svg 4.2
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Oadby Woodlands

Oadby Woodlands (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Dean Gamble*707 54.1 +1.7
Liberal Democrats Santokh Singh Athwal680 52.0 +5.7
Conservative Dilip Dave55642.5+6.1
Conservative Harrinder Singh Rai53240.7+13.4
Turnout 1,30836.86
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase2.svg 3.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

South Wigston

South Wigston (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Rosemarie Adams* 685 50.3 -4.9
Liberal Democrats Carl Walter 645 47.4 -4.1
Liberal Democrats Richard Morris* 619 45.5 -3.0
Conservative Yvonne Darling60144.2+19.7
Conservative Karen Stokes58042.6+18.9
Conservative Tony Stokes56141.2+18.6
Turnout 1,36130.57
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease2.svg 12.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Wigston All Saints

Wigston All Saints (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Charlesworth* 916 61.4 -11.8
Liberal Democrats Lee Bentley* 905 60.6 -15.3
Liberal Democrats Gary Hunt 863 57.8 -16.5
Conservative Michael McGee51534.5+13.7
Conservative Claire Wills50333.7N/A
Conservative Julian Tibbets48132.2N/A
Turnout 1,49344.69
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease2.svg 27.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Wigston Fields

Wigston Fields (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Bill Boulter* 910 64.2 -13.1
Liberal Democrats Kevin Loydall* 888 62.6 -11.0
Liberal Democrats Carl Martin 830 58.5 -19.7
Conservative Nick Agar47833.7+11.9
Conservative Mirza Junak39627.9N/A
Conservative Shantilal Nandha38827.4N/A
Turnout 1,41838.15
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease2.svg 23.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Wigston Meadowcourt

Wigston Meadowcourt (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Liz Darling 1,117 65.4 +29.2
Conservative Colin Gore 1,091 63.9 +31.1
Conservative John Ford 1,080 63.3 +34.9
Liberal Democrats Michael Phipps53131.1-21.8
Liberal Democrats David Loydall*52030.5-24.5
Liberal Democrats Michael White47928.1-24.2
Turnout 1,70745.53
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing Increase2.svg 29.7
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Wigston St Wolstan's

Wigston St Wolstan's (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Linda Broadley* 888 55.4 -24.5
Liberal Democrats Frank Broadley* 876 54.7 -25.3
Liberal Democrats Clare Koslowski* 836 54.7 -21.0
Conservative Alex Darling63739.8N/A
Conservative Mukesh Dave63039.3+16.6
Conservative Matthew Ford61838.6N/A
Turnout 1,60245.03
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease2.svg 33.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

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