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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]
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.
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Oadby and Wigston Borough Council election, 2023 | |||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Votes | |||||||||||||
Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % | |||||||
Liberal Democrats | 26 | 19 | 0 | 5 | ![]() | 73.1% | 51.1% | 18,320 | ![]() | ||||||
Conservative | 26 | 7 | 5 | 0 | ![]() | 26.9% | 44.4% | 15,909 | ![]() | ||||||
Labour | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0% | 4.4% | 1,605 | ![]() |
Source: [7]
Sitting councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Jeffrey Kaufman* | 792 | 59.1 | -17.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Latif Darr* | 736 | 54.9 | -16.7 | |
Conservative | Rakesh Chander | 531 | 39.6 | +14.3 | |
Conservative | Mohammad Alam | 471 | 35.1 | +17.9 | |
Turnout | 1,341 | 43 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 3178 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 Durrani | 651 | 41.0 | -5.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jaspal Singh Kang | 636 | 40.0 | -6.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Bartfield | 565 | 35.6 | -5.7 | |
Labour | Nigel Smith | 269 | 16.9 | New | |
Turnout | 1,589 | 36.23 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 3886 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ![]() | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Ian Ridley* | 525 | 41.8 | -4.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jasvir Kaur Chohan | 491 | 39.1 | -8.8 | |
Conservative | Aman Singh Thind | 488 | 38.9 | +12.5 | |
Conservative | Marcus Solanki | 479 | 38.1 | +10.4 | |
Labour | Rumman Ahmed | 226 | 18.0 | -5.7 | |
Labour | John Britten | 226 | 18.0 | -4.6 | |
Majority | 1,256 | 36.35 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 1,218 | 36.35 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Samia Haq* | 616 | 38.6 | -2.4 | |
Conservative | Rupa Joshi | 545 | 34.1 | +3.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Victor Kaufman | 530 | 33.2 | -5.2 | |
Conservative | Mohammed Boodhoo | 529 | 33.1 | +5.0 | |
Labour | Hajira Piranie | 457 | 28.6 | +0.4 | |
Labour | Justine Mercer | 427 | 26.8 | +0.9 | |
Turnout | 1,596 | 46.89 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Dean Gamble* | 707 | 54.1 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Santokh Singh Athwal | 680 | 52.0 | +5.7 | |
Conservative | Dilip Dave | 556 | 42.5 | +6.1 | |
Conservative | Harrinder Singh Rai | 532 | 40.7 | +13.4 | |
Turnout | 1,308 | 36.86 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 Darling | 601 | 44.2 | +19.7 | |
Conservative | Karen Stokes | 580 | 42.6 | +18.9 | |
Conservative | Tony Stokes | 561 | 41.2 | +18.6 | |
Turnout | 1,361 | 30.57 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 McGee | 515 | 34.5 | +13.7 | |
Conservative | Claire Wills | 503 | 33.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Julian Tibbets | 481 | 32.2 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,493 | 44.69 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 Agar | 478 | 33.7 | +11.9 | |
Conservative | Mirza Junak | 396 | 27.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Shantilal Nandha | 388 | 27.4 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,418 | 38.15 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 Phipps | 531 | 31.1 | -21.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Loydall* | 520 | 30.5 | -24.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael White | 479 | 28.1 | -24.2 | |
Turnout | 1,707 | 45.53 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ![]() | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 Darling | 637 | 39.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Mukesh Dave | 630 | 39.3 | +16.6 | |
Conservative | Matthew Ford | 618 | 38.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,602 | 45.03 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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