Harborough District Council elections

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Harborough District Council elections are generally held every four years. Harborough District Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Harborough in Leicestershire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2019, 34 councillors have been elected from 19 wards. [1]

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Council elections

Election results

Overall control Conservative Lib Dem Labour Green Independent
2023No overall control151333-
2019 Conservative22111--
2015 Conservative298---

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

Glen By-Election 19 June 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 54452.7-4.4
Liberal Democrats 33932.8+32.8
Labour 14914.4-28.6
Majority20519.9
Turnout 1,03233.0
Conservative hold Swing
Kibworth By-Election 16 April 1998
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 73350.2+43.9
Conservative 50034.3+11.7
Independent 1198.2-49.7
Independent 664.5+4.5
Majority23315.9
Turnout 1,41834.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing

1999-2003

Market Harborough North By-Election 13 July 2000
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 69055.1-3.7
Conservative 56244.9+13.0
Majority12810.2
Turnout 1,25231.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Broughton By-Election 7 June 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 2,25561.3+3.1
Labour 1,42637.7-3.1
Majority82923.6
Turnout 3,681
Conservative hold Swing
Glen By-Election 7 June 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 54948.3-10.4
Liberal Democrats 36732.3+32.3
Labour 22119.4-21.9
Majority18216.0
Turnout 1,137
Conservative hold Swing
Gilmorton By-Election 2 May 2002
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 39746.7+4.5
Liberal Democrats 37443.9-3.2
Labour 809.4-1.3
Majority232.8
Turnout 85155.0
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2003-2007

Market Harborough Logan By-Election 19 August 2004 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Carol LoGalbo61551.9-7.8
Conservative Robert Brewer57048.1+7.8
Majority453.8
Turnout 1,18533.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Misterton By-Election 16 March 2006 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Everett42557.6-16.9
Liberal Democrats Stephen Walkley26636.0+36.0
Labour Elaine Carter476.4-19.1
Majority15921.6
Turnout 73837.9
Conservative hold Swing

2007-2011

Broughton Astley - Broughton By-Election 4 September 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Chris Goldenunopposed
Conservative hold Swing
Market Harborough Welland By-Election 10 September 2009 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Colin Davies60054.8+7.1
Conservative Barry Champion37334.1+5.3
BNP Geoffrey Dickens12211.1+11.1
Majority22720.7
Turnout 1,09522.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Great Bowden and Arden By-Election 28 January 2010 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Phil Knowles96661.8+12.1
Conservative Barry Champion59838.2-12.1
Majority36823.6
Turnout 1,56424.9
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

2011-2015

Thurnby and Houghton By-Election 2 May 2013 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Elliott1,34163.1-2.1
Conservative Simon Whelband78536.9+2.1
Majority55626.2
Turnout 2,126
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Bosworth By-Election 7 November 2013 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lesley Bowles25954.2-21.2
Liberal Democrats Annette Deacon11423.8+23.8
UKIP Bill Piper10522.0+22.0
Majority14530.3
Turnout 478
Conservative hold Swing

2015-2019

Market Harborough—Logan By-Election 10 December 2015 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Barbara Johnson40245.2+9.0
Conservative Paul Bremner30334.0-1.4
Labour Anne Pridmore829.2-5.9
Green Darren Woodiwiss566.3-7.1
UKIP Robert Davison475.3+5.3
Majority9911.1
Turnout 890
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Misterton By-Election 17 November 2016 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jonathan Bateman25750.4-24.7
Labour Liz Marsh11923.3-1.6
Liberal Democrats Martin Sarfas7715.1+15.1
UKIP Bill Piper5711.2+11.2
Majority13827.1
Turnout 510
Conservative hold Swing

2019-2023

Market Harborough - Little Bowden By-Election 6 May 2021 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Critchley72740.9+4.5
Liberal Democrats James Ward50728.5-11.8
Labour Maria Panter21312.0-11.4
Women's Equality Clare Bottle1498.4+8.4
Green Mary Morgan1226.9+6.9
Independent Robin Lambert613.4+3.4
Majority22012.4
Turnout 1,779
Conservative hold Swing
Market Harborough - Logan By-Election 29 September 2022 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Geraldine Whitmore58245.7+10.4
Conservative Robin Cutsforth38230.0+3.2
Labour Maria Panter25019.6+10.6
Independent Robin Lambert604.7-6.4
Majority20015.7
Turnout 1,274
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

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