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]
Council elections
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- 1973 Charnwood Borough Council election
- 1976 Charnwood Borough Council election
- 1979 Charnwood Borough Council election
- 1983 Charnwood Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)[2]
- 1987 Charnwood Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[3]
- 1991 Charnwood Borough Council election
- 1995 Charnwood Borough Council election
- 1999 Charnwood Borough Council election
- 2003 Charnwood Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)[4][5]
- 2007 Charnwood Borough Council election
- 2011 Charnwood Borough Council election
- 2015 Charnwood Borough Council election
- 2019 Charnwood Borough Council election
- 2023 Charnwood Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)[1]
Election results
[edit]Overall control | Conservative | Labour | Lib Dem[a] | BNP | Independent | Green | |||||||
2023 | NOC | 23 | 20 | - | - | 1 | 8 | ||||||
2019 | Conservative | 37 | 13 | - | - | 1 | 1 | ||||||
2015 | Conservative | 41 | 9 | 1 | - | 1 | - | ||||||
2011 | Conservative | 33 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | ||||||
2007 | Conservative | 32 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | ||||||
2003 | NOC | 24 | 22 | 6 | - | - | - | ||||||
1999 | NOC | 24 | 21 | 6 | - | 1 | - | ||||||
1995 | Labour | 15 | 30 | 5 | - | 2 | - | ||||||
1991 | Conservative | 34 | 15 | 2 | - | 1 | - | ||||||
1987 | Conservative | 39 | 10 | 3 | - | - | - | ||||||
1983 | Conservative | 38 | 14 | - | - | - | - | ||||||
1979 | Conservative | 42 | 12 | 3 | - | 1 | - | ||||||
1976 | Conservative | 40 | 12 | 2 | - | 4 | - | ||||||
1973 | NOC | 29 | 13 | 5 | - | 11 | - |
- ^ 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
[edit]-
2023 results map
By-election results
[edit]1995-1999
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 874 | 68.3 | +1.8 | ||
Conservative | 338 | 26.4 | −7.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 68 | 5.3 | N/A | ||
Majority | 536 | 41.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,280 | 24.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.5 |
1999-2003
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 956 | 57.1 | +4.7 | ||
Labour | 462 | 27.6 | −1.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 257 | 15.3 | −3.6 | ||
Majority | 494 | 29.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,675 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 736 | 64.7 | +10.6 | ||
Conservative | 243 | 21.4 | −11.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 83 | 7.3 | −6.2 | ||
UKIP | 75 | 6.6 | +6.6 | ||
Majority | 493 | 43.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,137 | 20.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +10.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 557 | 53.3 | +14.5 | ||
Labour | 397 | 38.0 | −13.2 | ||
UKIP | 92 | 8.8 | N/A | ||
Majority | 160 | 15.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,046 | 19.0 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +13.9 |
2003-2007
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Neville Stork | 643 | 38.7 | −17.0 | |
BNP | Andrew Holders | 478 | 28.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | James Poland | 386 | 23.2 | −21.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Tyler | 155 | 9.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 165 | 9.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,662 | 33.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | −22.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mary Newton | 838 | 49.7 | +5.0 | |
Conservative | Robert Shields | 490 | 29.1 | −9.7 | |
BNP | Julia Green | 234 | 13.9 | −2.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Diane Horn | 107 | 6.4 | N/A | |
National Front | Andrew Holders | 16 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 348 | 20.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,685 | 35.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +7.4 |
2007-2011
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Iain Bentley | 674 | 47.7 | +2.8 | |
Labour | Hayley Winrow | 452 | 32.0 | N/A | |
BNP | Maurice Oatley | 288 | 20.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 222 | 15.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,414 | 26.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −17.4 |
2011-2015
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ted Parton | 538 | 48.5 | +11.3 | |
Labour | Mary Draycott | 516 | 46.6 | −3.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Diana Brass | 54 | 4.9 | −7.9 | |
Majority | 22 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,111 | 18.4 | −15.0 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +7.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sarah Dawn Maynard Smith | 554 | 61.4 | ||
Conservative | Judith Margaret Spence | 127 | 14.1 | ||
UKIP | Andy McWilliam | 111 | 12.3 | ||
British Democrats | Kevan Christopher Stafford | 85 | 9.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Simon Atkins | 26 | 2.9 | ||
Majority | 427 | 47.28 | |||
Turnout | 903 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Diane Jayne Horne | ||||
Labour | Jane Lennie | ||||
Conservative | Joan Tassell | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Death of Conservative Cllr Stuart Jones.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Simon Sansome | 508 | 39.4 | +15.2 | |
Conservative | Mary Allen | 419 | 32.4 | −15.0 | |
Labour | Marilyn Cowles | 355 | 27.5 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 89 | 7 | |||
Turnout | 1290 | 24.9 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | +15 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ralph Raven | 783 | 42.6 | −4.4 | |
UKIP | Tom Prior | 496 | 27.0 | +27.0 | |
Conservative | Hanif Asmal | 404 | 22.0 | −31.0 | |
British Democrats | Chris Canham | 95 | 5.2 | +5.2 | |
BNP | Stephen Denham | 58 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
Majority | 287 | 15.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,836 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
2015-2019
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roy Rollings | 772 | 41.3 | +2.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Sansome | 603 | 32.3 | −2.2 | |
Labour | Sanjay Gogia | 425 | 22.7 | −3.7 | |
Independent | Norman Cutting | 69 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
Majority | 169 | 9.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,869 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Huddlestone | 595 | 45.5 | +5.8 | |
Conservative | Russell Ford | 591 | 45.2 | +0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alex Guerrero | 93 | 7.1 | +7.1 | |
UKIP | Andy McWilliam | 29 | 2.2 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 4 | 0.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,308 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Colin Hamilton | 676 | |||
Labour | Mary Draycott | 648 | |||
Conservative | Jane Hunt | 228 | |||
UKIP | Simon Murray | 95 | |||
UKIP | Andy McWilliam | 79 | |||
Green | Lewis Wright | 73 | |||
Green | Mia Woolley | 58 | |||
Majority | 535 | ||||
Turnout | 1859 | 22.32% | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jane Hunt | 719 | 51.5 | −7.7 | |
Labour | Chris Hughes | 305 | 21.9 | −5.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Marianne Gilbert | 232 | 16.6 | +16.6 | |
UKIP | Andy McWilliam | 139 | 10.0 | −3.8 | |
Majority | 414 | 29.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,395 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Shona Rattray | 492 | 47.1 | +9.0 | |
Labour | Abe Khayer | 340 | 32.6 | +6.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Carolyn Thornborrow | 128 | 12.3 | −20.0 | |
UKIP | Norman Cutting | 50 | 4.8 | +4.8 | |
Green | Charlotte Clancy | 34 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 152 | 14.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,044 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Baines | 523 | 50.8 | +17.1 | |
Labour | Glyn McAllister | 507 | 49.2 | +33.6 | |
Majority | 16 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,030 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
2019-2023
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sue Gerrard | 406 | 44.7 | −6.4 | |
Green | Matthew Wise | 389 | 42.8 | +19.4 | |
Labour | Sharon Brown | 114 | 12.5 | −13.0 | |
Majority | 17 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 909 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Williams | 511 | 43.6 | +2.2 | |
Labour | Myriam Roberts | 316 | 26.9 | +0.8 | |
Green | John Hounsome | 302 | 25.7 | +14.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Katy Brookes-Duncan | 44 | 3.8 | −3.9 | |
Majority | 195 | 16.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,173 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Beverley Gray | 709 | |||
Labour | Catherine Gray | 654 | |||
Conservative | Christopher Stewart | 311 | |||
Independent | David Hayes | 149 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Alejandro Guerrero | 136 | |||
Green | Rachel Baker | 108 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Emmanuel Fantaisie | 104 | |||
Green | Faye Forde | 81 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "The Charnwood (Electoral Changes) Order 2022", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2022/809, retrieved 29 October 2023
- ^ The Borough of Charnwood (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980
- ^ The Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire (County and District Boundaries) Order 1985
- ^ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Charnwood (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
- ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Charnwood Borough Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ "Tories take Watlington". guardian.co.uk. 11 October 2002. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
- ^ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Charnwood Borough Council. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
- ^ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Charnwood Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
- ^ "Conservatives celebrate victory in Birstall by-election". Leicester Mercury. 19 February 2010. Archived from the original on 20 February 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
- ^ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Charnwood Borough Council. 13 September 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
- ^ "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED - Election of a Borough Councillor" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015.
- ^ "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED - Election of a Borough Councillor for Shepshed West Ward" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015.
- ^ "Declaration of Result of Poll - Election of a Borough Councillor for Birstall Wanlip" (PDF).
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Thurmaston Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Birstall Wanlip Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Loughborough Shelthorpe Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED - Election of Borough Councillors for Loughborough Hastings Ward" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2018.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Quorn and Mountsorrel Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Birstall Wanlip Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Anstey Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Syston West Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Shepshed West Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Loughborough Shelthorpe Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- By-election results Archived 2010-03-29 at the Wayback Machine