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All 34 seats to Harborough District Council 18 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Winner of each seat at the 2023 Harborough District Council election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2023 Harborough District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of the Harborough District Council in Leicestershire, England.[2][3][4][5] It was held on the same day as other local elections across England.
The Conservative Party lost control of the council after losing seven seats in the election.[6][7] After the elections the Conservative leader Phil King resigned.[8] A joint Liberal Democrat, Labour and Green administration took power at the first meeting of the newly elected council on 15 May 2023, with Phil Knowles becoming Leader.[9]
Results summary
[edit]2023 Harborough District Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Conservative | 31 | 15 | 0 | 7 | ![]() |
44.1 | 34.1 | 16,603 | –7.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | 34 | 13 | 4 | 2 | ![]() |
38.2 | 36.0 | 17,526 | +2.1 | |
Labour | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
8.8 | 15.4 | 7,511 | +0.1 | |
Green | 30 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
8.8 | 13.0 | 6,345 | +8.3 | |
Independent | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 1.2 | 570 | –2.4 | |
Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.2 | 110 | N/A |
Ward results
[edit]Harborough District Council election result.[10]
Sitting councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).
Billesdon & Tilton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sindy Modha* | 377 | 50.5 | −18.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Hill | 238 | 31.9 | +7.1 | |
Green | Sarah Recordon | 131 | 17.6 | New | |
Majority | 139 | 18.6 | −26.0 | ||
Turnout | 746 | 37 | −5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -13.0 |
Bosworth
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Amanda Nunn* | 443 | 52.5 | −18.5 | |
Labour | Peter Houtman | 196 | 23.2 | −5.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Wood | 107 | 12.7 | New | |
Green | Katherine Ruhl | 98 | 11.6 | New | |
Majority | 247 | 29.3 | −12.7 | ||
Turnout | 844 | 34 | −0.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -6.3 |
Broughton Astley - Primethorpe & Sutton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Paul Dann* | 465 | 48.7 | −5.4 | |
Conservative | Clive Grafton-Reed | 458 | 48.0 | +3.0 | |
Labour | Sandra Parkinson | 186 | 19.5 | −6.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Joshua Graves | 177 | 18.6 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | David Beasley | 173 | 18.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Sue Maguire | 147 | 15.4 | N/A | |
Green | Mark Green | 124 | 13.0 | −23.1 | |
Green | Gillian Buswell | 93 | 9.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 954 | 26 | −4.5 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Broughton Astley South & Leire
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Joshua Worrell | 479 | 44.9 | ±0.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Graves* | 459 | 43.1 | −16.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Janet Rogers | 400 | 37.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Julia Gardner | 172 | 16.1 | −7.6 | |
Labour | Malcolm Maguire | 112 | 10.5 | N/A | |
Green | Christopher Cooper-Hayes | 76 | 7.1 | N/A | |
Green | Adam Holmes | 62 | 5.8 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,066 | 27 | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Dunton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Neil Bannister* | 526 | 62.5 | −14.9 | |
Labour | Maria Lee | 194 | 23.0 | +0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Colin Porter | 121 | 14.4 | New | |
Majority | 332 | 39.5 | −15.3 | ||
Turnout | 841 | 41 | +4.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -7.6 |
Fleckney
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stephen Bilbie* | 613 | 41.4 | −2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Birch | 504 | 34.1 | +19.0 | |
Conservative | Andrea Charlton | 471 | 31.8 | −12.3 | |
Labour | Brian Browne | 284 | 19.2 | −0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jeffrey Stephenson | 253 | 17.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Charmaine Wood | 253 | 17.1 | −27.0 | |
Green | Mandy Sanders | 239 | 16.1 | N/A | |
Green | Jessie Jenkins | 158 | 10.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,480 | 33 | −0.5 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Glen
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | James Hallam* | 864 | 58.3 | +0.6 | |
Conservative | Rani Mahal* | 758 | 51.1 | +8.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Dilkes | 436 | 29.4 | +10.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Donna Barnett | 405 | 27.3 | +13.1 | |
Green | Matthew Norton | 216 | 14.6 | +0.7 | |
Green | Stephen Rankine | 170 | 11.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,482 | 34 | −5.7 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Kibworths
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Phil King* | 951 | 44.7 | −8.2 | |
Conservative | Robin Hollick* | 945 | 44.4 | −3.3 | |
Conservative | Simon Whelband* | 801 | 37.7 | −8.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Graves | 744 | 35.0 | +5.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Carol Weaver | 558 | 26.2 | −4.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Lindsay | 516 | 24.3 | N/A | |
Green | Erika Cudworth | 470 | 22.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Elaine Carter | 392 | 18.4 | −3.4 | |
Green | Debbie James | 298 | 14.0 | N/A | |
Green | Brian Thompson | 186 | 8.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,126 | 33 | −2.1 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Lubenham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Jo Asher | 391 | 46.2 | +21.2 | |
Conservative | Paul Bremner* | 374 | 44.2 | −16.0 | |
Green | Phil Harding | 81 | 9.6 | New | |
Majority | 17 | 2.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 846 | 39 | +1.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | +18.6 |
Lutterworth East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | David Gair | 527 | 40.5 | +7.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Sarfas* | 497 | 38.2 | +2.3 | |
Conservative | Laurence Sharma | 367 | 28.2 | −6.9 | |
Labour | Edward MacIntyre | 351 | 27.0 | −1.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mary Morgan | 239 | 18.4 | −8.6 | |
Green | Douglas Taylor | 126 | 9.7 | N/A | |
Reform UK | Bill Piper | 110 | 8.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,301 | 34 | −3.2 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Lutterworth West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paul Beadle* | 684 | 47.5 | +3.1 | |
Labour | Jim Knight | 633 | 44.0 | +15.9 | |
Conservative | Annette Willcox | 527 | 36.6 | −14.5 | |
Green | Carl Tiivas | 220 | 15.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Carol Mayne | 152 | 10.6 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Sue Graves | 145 | 10.1 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,439 | 36 | −1.7 | ||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Market Harborough - Great Bowden & Arden
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Phil Knowles* | 899 | 52.4 | −2.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Buddy Anderson | 740 | 43.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Barry Champion* | 474 | 27.6 | −6.3 | |
Conservative | Charles Hawes | 360 | 21.0 | −11.1 | |
Labour | Andy Thomas | 283 | 16.5 | −1.4 | |
Labour | David Wenn | 182 | 10.6 | −4.4 | |
Green | Mary Morgan | 157 | 9.2 | −16.7 | |
Green | Richard Ansell | 144 | 8.4 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,715 | 38 | +0.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Market Harborough - Little Bowden
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Peter James* | 641 | 38.4 | −12.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stuart Finan | 587 | 35.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Peter Critchley* | 502 | 30.1 | −16.2 | |
Conservative | David Page | 465 | 27.8 | −14.4 | |
Labour | Maria Panter | 270 | 16.2 | −13.6 | |
Labour | Peter Whalen | 245 | 14.7 | N/A | |
Independent | Clare Bottle | 222 | 13.3 | N/A | |
Green | Daniella Orsini | 172 | 10.3 | N/A | |
Green | Carlos Bilbao Elguezabal | 139 | 8.3 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,670 | 39 | +4.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Market Harborough - Logan
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Barbara Johnson* | 804 | 51.0 | +3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Geraldine Whitmore* | 706 | 44.8 | +6.0 | |
Conservative | Robin Cutforth | 467 | 29.6 | −6.3 | |
Conservative | Sophie Smith | 343 | 21.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Louise Phipps | 213 | 13.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Rosemary Watson | 172 | 10.9 | −1.2 | |
Green | Simon Shepley | 132 | 8.4 | −15.4 | |
Green | Jennifer Wroath | 111 | 7.0 | N/A | |
Independent | Robin Lambert | 95 | 6.0 | −8.8 | |
Turnout | 1,576 | 37 | −1.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Market Harborough - Welland
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Daniel Woodiwiss | 822 | 39.1 | +7.6 | |
Green | Rose Foreman | 661 | 31.4 | N/A | |
Green | Lynne Taylor | 657 | 31.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Roger Dunton* | 649 | 30.9 | −13.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jo Chambers | 589 | 28.0 | −16.6 | |
Conservative | Corrine Green | 514 | 24.5 | −9.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Marion Lewis | 472 | 22.5 | −4.1 | |
Conservative | Aiden Perks | 471 | 22.4 | −5.4 | |
Conservative | Francesca McHugo | 447 | 21.3 | N/A | |
Labour | Marie Panter | 287 | 13.7 | −5.7 | |
Labour | Angela Brown | 277 | 13.2 | N/A | |
Labour | Paul Gray | 265 | 12.6 | −8.1 | |
Turnout | 2,102 | 33 | −0.2 | ||
Green gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
Green gain from Liberal Democrats | |||||
Green gain from Conservative |
Misterton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jonathan Bateman* | 409 | 41.3 | −11.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Walkley | 374 | 37.7 | −1.5 | |
Labour | Liz Marsh | 150 | 15.1 | +6.6 | |
Green | Jonathan Hopkins | 58 | 5.9 | New | |
Majority | 35 | 3.6 | −9.6 | ||
Turnout | 991 | 42 | +0.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.8 |
Nevill
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Rickman* | 585 | 66.2 | +2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip Kaufman | 186 | 21.0 | −15.1 | |
Green | Suzanne Lloyd | 113 | 12.8 | New | |
Majority | 399 | 45.2 | +17.4 | ||
Turnout | 884 | 39 | −9.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +8.7 |
Thurnby & Houghton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Simon Galton* | 1,579 | 61.5 | −11.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Amanda Burrell* | 1,357 | 52.9 | −8.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Elliott* | 1,319 | 51.4 | −6.9 | |
Conservative | Riby Gill | 607 | 23.7 | −6.9 | |
Conservative | Nic Olsen | 537 | 20.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Zaheer Joossab | 486 | 18.9 | N/A | |
Labour | Carol Hopkinson | 367 | 14.3 | +3.0 | |
Labour | Ahmad Khwaja | 351 | 13.7 | +3.7 | |
Labour | Matt Smith | 347 | 13.5 | N/A | |
Green | Melanie Wakley | 179 | 7.0 | N/A | |
Green | Martyn Gower | 174 | 6.8 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,566 | 36 | −2.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Ullesthorpe
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Rosita Page* | 517 | 55.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Ian Millington | 224 | 24.1 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | John Gurnett | 109 | 11.7 | New | |
Green | Sarah Nimmo | 78 | 8.4 | New | |
Majority | 293 | 31.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 928 | 39 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
References
[edit]- ^ Moorhouse, Sam (26 April 2023). "Harborough Liberal Democrats pledge to fill council service desks". Leicestershire Live. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
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- ^ "Candidates announced for local elections across Harborough". Harborough FM. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ "All the candidates standing in the local elections in the Harborough District Council area". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- ^ "Harborough election result". BBC News. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ^ "Conservatives lose grip on Harborough District Council in 2023 election". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ^ "New Harborough Conservative group leader elected following defeat at local elections". Harborough Mail. 10 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
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