Oadby and Wigston Borough Council elections

Oadby and Wigston Borough Council elections are held every four years. Oadby and Wigston Borough Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Oadby and Wigston in Leicestershire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 26 councillors have been elected from 10 wards. ^{[1] [2]}

Council elections

• 1973 Oadby and Wigston Borough Council election
• 1976 Oadby and Wigston Borough Council election
• 1979 Oadby and Wigston Borough Council election (New ward boundaries) ^[3]
• 1980 Oadby and Wigston Borough Council election
• 1982 Oadby and Wigston Borough Council election
• 1983 Oadby and Wigston Borough Council election
• 1984 Oadby and Wigston Borough Council election
• 1986 Oadby and Wigston Borough Council election
• 1987 Oadby and Wigston Borough Council election
• 1988 Oadby and Wigston Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same) ^[4]
• 1990 Oadby and Wigston Borough Council election
• 1991 Oadby and Wigston Borough Council election ^[5]
• 1995 Oadby and Wigston Borough Council election
• 1999 Oadby and Wigston Borough Council election
• 2003 Oadby and Wigston Borough Council election (New ward boundaries) ^{[6] [7]}
• 2007 Oadby and Wigston Borough Council election
• 2011 Oadby and Wigston Borough Council election
• 2015 Oadby and Wigston Borough Council election
• 2019 Oadby and Wigston Borough Council election
• 2023 Oadby and Wigston Borough Council election

Election results

	Overall control		Lib Dem		Conservative		Labour
2023	Lib Dem	19		7		-
2019	Lib Dem	24		2		-
2015	Lib Dem	19		6		1
2011	Lib Dem	23		3		-
2007	Lib Dem	21		5		-
2003	Lib Dem	17		9		-

Results maps

• 
  2019 results map
• 
  2023 results map

By-election results

2003-2007

Meadowcroft By-Election 27 November 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		806	51.7	-6.4
	Liberal Democrats		754	48.3	+6.4
Majority			52	3.4
Turnout			1,560	32.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

2007-2011

Oadby Uplands By-Election 31 July 2008 ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Samia Haq	774	55.3	+1.0
	Conservative	Anne Bond	625	44.7	+16.4
Majority			149	10.6
Turnout			1,399	40.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2015-2019

Oadby Uplands By-election 21 September 2017 ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lily Kaufman	435
	Labour	Matthew Luke	384
	Conservative	Kamal Ghattoraya	295
Majority			51
Turnout			1114	32.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

2019-2023

Wigston Meadowcourt By-election 17 February 2022 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Liz Darling	883	63.4	+29.4
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Phipps	377	27.1	-24.6
	Green	Joshua Pearman	133	9.5	+9.5
Majority			506	36.3
Turnout			1,393
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

References

1. "The Borough of Oadby and Wigston (Electoral Changes) Order 2002", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2002/2889, retrieved 18 August 2022
2. "Warding Arrangements in the Borough". The Borough of Oadby and Wigston. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
3. The Borough of Oadby and Wigston (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
4. legislation.gov.uk - The Leicestershire (District Boundaries) Order 1987. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
5. legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Oadby and Wigston (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1987. Retrieved on 4 November 2015.
6. "Oadby & Wigston". BBC Online . Retrieved 6 August 2008.
7. legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Oadby and Wigston (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
8. "Oadby Uplands Ward By Election Result 31 July 2008". The Borough of Oadby and Wigston. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
9. "Election results". 8 October 2021.
10. "Local Elections Archive Project — Wigston Meadowcourt Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 1 September 2022.

• By-election results

External links

• Oadby and Wigston Borough Council