Charnwood Borough Council elections

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Charnwood Borough Council elections are held every four years. Charnwood Borough Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Charnwood in Leicestershire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2023 the council has comprised 52 councillors, representing 24 wards, with each ward electing one, two or three councillors. [1]

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Council elections

Charnwood Borough Council wards by party control 2023. Charnwood UK ward map 2023.svg
Charnwood Borough Council wards by party control 2023.

Election results

Overall control Conservative Labour Lib Dem [a] BNP Independent Green
2023 NOC2320--18
2019 Conservative3713--11
2015 Conservative4191-1-
2011 Conservative3316111-
2007 Conservative3213511-
2003 NOC24226---
1999NOC24216-1-
1995Labour15305-2-
1991Conservative34152-1-
1987Conservative39103---
1983Conservative3814----
1979Conservative42123-1-
1976Conservative40122-4-
1973NOC29135-11-
  1. ↑ Liberal in 1973, 1976, and 1979, SDP–Liberal Alliance in 1983 and 1987.

Source: [6]

A dash indicates that the results for a particular election are not available, or that a party did not stand in an election.

Results maps

By-election results

1995-1999

Sileby By-Election, 26 June 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 87468.3+1.8
Conservative 33826.4−7.1
Liberal Democrats 685.3N/A
Majority53641.9
Turnout 1,28024.3
Labour hold Swing +4.5

1999-2003

Barrow Upon Soar Quordon By-Election, 28 June 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 95657.1+4.7
Labour 46227.6−1.1
Liberal Democrats 25715.3−3.6
Majority49429.5
Turnout 1,675
Conservative hold Swing +2.9
Hathern By-Election, 10 October 2002 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 73664.7+10.6
Conservative 24321.4−11.1
Liberal Democrats 837.3−6.2
UKIP 756.6+6.6
Majority49343.3
Turnout 1,13720.2
Labour hold Swing +10.9
Sileby By-Election, 12 December 2002
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 55753.3+14.5
Labour 39738.0−13.2
UKIP 928.8N/A
Majority16015.3
Turnout 1,04619.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +13.9

2003-2007

Loughborough Shelthorpe By-Election, 5 October 2006 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Neville Stork64338.7−17.0
BNP Andrew Holders47828.8N/A
Conservative James Poland38623.2−21.1
Liberal Democrats Paul Tyler1559.3N/A
Majority1659.9
Turnout 1,66233.5
Labour hold Swing −22.9
Loughborough Dishley and Hathern By-Election, 23 October 2008 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Newton83849.7+5.0
Conservative Robert Shields49029.1−9.7
BNP Julia Green23413.9−2.6
Liberal Democrats Diane Horn1076.4N/A
National Front Andrew Holders160.9N/A
Majority34820.6
Turnout 1,68535.5
Labour hold Swing +7.4

2007-2011

Birstall Watermead By-Election, 18 February 2010 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Iain Bentley67447.7+2.8
Labour Hayley Winrow45232.0N/A
BNP Maurice Oatley28820.4N/A
Majority22215.7
Turnout 1,41426.9
Conservative hold Swing −17.4

2011-2015

Loughborough Southfields By-Election, September 13 2012 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ted Parton53848.5+11.3
Labour Mary Draycott51646.6−3.4
Liberal Democrats Diana Brass544.9−7.9
Majority221.9
Turnout 1,11118.4−15.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +7.4
Loughborough Hastings Ward by-election, 24 October 2013 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sarah Dawn Maynard Smith55461.4
Conservative Judith Margaret Spence12714.1
UKIP Andy McWilliam11112.3
British Democrats Kevan Christopher Stafford859.4
Liberal Democrats Simon Atkins262.9
Majority42747.28
Turnout 903
Shepshed West Ward by-election, 24 October 2013 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Diane Jayne Horne
Labour Jane Lennie
Conservative Joan Tassell
Majority
Turnout

Death of Conservative Cllr Stuart Jones.

Birstall Wanlip By-Election, 20 February 2014 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Simon Sansome50839.4+15.2
Conservative Mary Allen41932.4−15.0
Labour Marilyn Cowles35527.5−0.1
Majority897
Turnout 129024.9
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +15
Thurmaston By-Election, 31 July 2014 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ralph Raven 783 42.6 −4.4
UKIP Tom Prior49627.0+27.0
Conservative Hanif Asmal40422.0−31.0
British Democrats Chris Canham955.2+5.2
BNP Stephen Denham583.2+3.2
Majority28715.6
Turnout 1,836
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

2015-2019

Birstall Wanlip by-election, 4 May 2017 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roy Rollings 772 41.3 +2.2
Liberal Democrats Simon Sansome60332.3−2.2
Labour Sanjay Gogia42522.7−3.7
Independent Norman Cutting693.7+3.7
Majority1699.0
Turnout 1,869
Conservative hold Swing
Loughborough Shelthorpe by-election, 3 August 2017 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Huddlestone 595 45.5 +5.8
Conservative Russell Ford59145.2+0.1
Liberal Democrats Alex Guerrero937.1+7.1
UKIP Andy McWilliam292.2+2.2
Majority40.3
Turnout 1,308
Labour hold Swing
Loughborough Hastings Ward by-election, 26 October 2017 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Colin Hamilton676
Labour Mary Draycott648
Conservative Jane Hunt228
UKIP Simon Murray95
UKIP Andy McWilliam79
Green Lewis Wright73
Green Mia Woolley58
Majority535
Turnout 185922.32%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Quorn and Mountsorrel by-election, 21 June 2018 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jane Hunt 719 51.5 −7.7
Labour Chris Hughes30521.9−5.1
Liberal Democrats Marianne Gilbert23216.6+16.6
UKIP Andy McWilliam13910.0−3.8
Majority41429.7
Turnout 1,395
Conservative hold Swing
Birstall Wanlip by-election, 13 September 2018 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Shona Rattray 492 47.1 +9.0
Labour Abe Khayer34032.6+6.2
Liberal Democrats Carolyn Thornborrow12812.3−20.0
UKIP Norman Cutting504.8+4.8
Green Charlotte Clancy343.3+3.3
Majority15214.6
Turnout 1,044
Conservative hold Swing
Anstey by-election, 20 December 2018 [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Baines 523 50.8 +17.1
Labour Glyn McAllister50749.2+33.6
Majority161.6
Turnout 1,030
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2019-2023

Syston West by-election, 3 October 2019 [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sue Gerrard 406 44.7 −6.4
Green Matthew Wise38942.8+19.4
Labour Sharon Brown11412.5−13.0
Majority171.9
Turnout 909
Conservative hold Swing
Shepshed West by-election, 23 September 2021 [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Williams 511 43.6 +2.2
Labour Myriam Roberts31626.9+0.8
Green John Hounsome30225.7+14.3
Liberal Democrats Katy Brookes-Duncan443.8−3.9
Majority19516.6
Turnout 1,173
Conservative hold Swing
Loughborough Shelthorpe by-election, 20 January 2022 [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Beverley Gray 709
Labour Catherine Gray 654
Conservative Christopher Stewart311
Independent David Hayes149
Liberal Democrats Alejandro Guerrero136
Green Rachel Baker108
Liberal Democrats Emmanuel Fantaisie104
Green Faye Forde81
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

2023-2027

Loughborough East by-election, 2 May 2024 [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Louise Taylor-Durrant 1,489 62.1
Green Daisy Taylor51021.3
Conservative Pauline Ranson39816.6
Majority97940.8
Turnout 2,397
Labour hold Swing
Sileby and Seagrave by-election, 31 October 2024 [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Steve Bellamy 752 52.9
Reform UK Pete Morris29720.9
Conservative Sue Gerrard30218.4
Labour Kaisra Khan704.9
Liberal Democrats Alistair Duffy402.8
Majority45532.0
Turnout 1,461
Green hold Swing

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  2. ↑ The Borough of Charnwood (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980
  3. ↑ The Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire (County and District Boundaries) Order 1985
  4. ↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online . Retrieved 7 February 2010.
  5. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Charnwood (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  6. ↑ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Charnwood Borough Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "Tories take Watlington". guardian.co.uk . 11 October 2002. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
  8. ↑ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Charnwood Borough Council. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
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  12. ↑ "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED - Election of a Borough Councillor" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015.
  13. ↑ "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED - Election of a Borough Councillor for Shepshed West Ward" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015.
  14. ↑ "Declaration of Result of Poll - Election of a Borough Councillor for Birstall Wanlip" (PDF).
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  17. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Loughborough Shelthorpe Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
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