Melton Borough Council elections

Melton Borough Council elections are held every four years. Melton Borough Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Melton in Leicestershire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 28 councillors have been elected from 16 wards. ^[1]

Council elections

• 1973 Melton Borough Council election
• 1976 Melton Borough Council election
• 1979 Melton Borough Council election (New ward boundaries) ^[2]
• 1983 Melton Borough Council election
• 1987 Melton Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same) ^[3]
• 1991 Melton Borough Council election
• 1995 Melton Borough Council election
• 1999 Melton Borough Council election
• 2003 Melton Borough Council election (New ward boundaries) ^[4]
• 2007 Melton Borough Council election
• 2011 Melton Borough Council election
• 2015 Melton Borough Council election
• 2019 Melton Borough Council election
• 2023 Melton Borough Council election

Election results

	Overall control		Conservative		Labour		Green		Liberal Democrats		Independent
2023	NOC	11		5		1		1		10
2019	Conservative	22		-		1				5
2015	Conservative	26		-		-				2
2011	Conservative	19		7		-				2
2007	Conservative	20		3		-				5
2003	Conservative	19		4		-				5

Results maps

• 
  2003 results map
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  2007 results map
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  2011 results map
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  2015 results map
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  2019 results map
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  2023 results map

By-election results

2003-2007

Melton Sysonby By-Election 11 March 2004 ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		361	45.9	−6.5
	Labour		238	30.2	−0.2
	Independent		188	23.9	+23.9
Majority			123	15.6
Turnout			787
	Conservative hold		Swing

Melton Craven By-Election 26 August 2004 ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent		304	43.9	+43.9
	Conservative		251	36.3	+17.3
	Labour		137	19.8	+3.8
Majority			53	7.7
Turnout			692
	Independent hold		Swing

Melton Dorian By-Election 26 August 2004 ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		397	60.0	+27.2
	Labour		140	21.1	−2.8
	Independent		125	18.9	+18.9
Majority			257	38.8
Turnout			662

2007-2011

Melton Egerton By-Election 4 September 2008 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		314	43.2	−4.8
	BNP		236	32.5	+4.5
	Conservative		177	24.3	+0.2
Majority			78	10.7
Turnout			727
	Labour hold		Swing

Long Clawson and Stathern By-Election 26 March 2009 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		463	50.7	−6.9
	Independent		231	25.3	+25.3
	BNP		120	13.1	+13.1
	Labour		100	10.9	+10.9
Majority			232	25.4
Turnout			914
	Conservative hold		Swing

2011-2015

Frisby-on-the-Wreake By-Election 15 December 2011 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Edward Hutchinson	212	38.5	+38.5
	Conservative	Leigh Higgins	187	34.0	−37.0
	Labour	Shaheer Mohammed	89	16.2	−12.8
	Independent	Mark Twittey	62	11.3	+11.3
Majority			25	4.5
Turnout			550
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Melton Egerton By-Election 15 November 2012 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mark Twittey	253	43.8	+43.8
	Labour	Mike Brown	232	40.2	−0.3
	Conservative	Paul Phizacklea	92	15.9	−17.4
Majority			21	3.6
Turnout			577
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing

Asfordby By-Election 27 November 2014 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronnie de Burle	265	54.3	+16.2
	Labour	Michael Blase	129	26.4	−7.7
	UKIP	Sacha Barnes	94	19.3	+19.3
Majority			136	27.9
Turnout			488
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

2015-2019

Melton Egerton By-Election 5 May 2016 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michael Blase	255	38.7	+7.2
	Conservative	Maddie Smith	158	24.0	−11.0
	UKIP	John Scutter	136	20.6	+20.6
	Independent	Marilyn Gordon	70	10.6	+10.6
	Independent	Andrea Lovegrove	40	6.1	+6.1
Majority			97	14.7
Turnout			659
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Melton Egerton By-Election 4 May 2017 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Faulkner	356	52.7	+17.7
	Labour	Mike Brown	320	47.3	+15.8
Majority			36	5.3
Turnout			676
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Melton Sysonby By-Election 4 May 2017 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alison Freer-Jones	799	68.7	+36.2
	Labour	Vanessa Jackson	364	31.3	+10.0
Majority			435	37.4
Turnout			1,163
	Conservative hold		Swing

2019-2023

Melton Dorian By-Election 11 November 2021 ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Timothy Webster	362	56.0	+3.9
	Labour	Sarah Cox	284	44.0	+44.0
Majority			78	12.1
Turnout			646
	Conservative hold		Swing

Melton Sysonby By-Election 31 March 2022 ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Siggy Atherton	396	53.2	+8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Adcock	183	24.6	+24.6
	Labour	Pip Allnatt	165	22.2	−3.5
Majority			213	28.6
Turnout			744
	Conservative hold		Swing

2023-2027

Asfordby By-Election 2 November 2023 ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Clay	163	34.1
	Conservative	Chris Gray	123	25.7
	Independent	Peter Faulkner	100	20.9
	Green	Issy Taylor	92	19.2
Majority			40	8.4
Turnout			478
	Labour gain from Green		Swing

Wymondham By-Election 23 May 2024 ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Chubb	233	65.6	−6.1
	Independent	Samantha Seaward	122	34.4	+34.4
Majority			111	31.2
Turnout			355
	Conservative hold		Swing

Croxton Kerrial By-Election 1 May 2025 ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elaine Holmes	329	52.6	+8.2
	Independent	Max Clift	296	47.4	+47.4
Majority			33	5.2
Turnout			625
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

References

1. "The Borough of Melton (Electoral Changes) Order 2002", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2002/2599, retrieved 18 August 2022
2. The Borough of Melton (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
3. The Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire (County and District Boundaries) Order 1985
4. legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Melton (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
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