2023 Blaby District Council election

2023 Blaby District Council election
All 36 seats to Blaby District Council; 19 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 2023 Blaby District Council election
Leader before election; Terry Richardson; Conservative	Leader after election ; Terry Richardson; Conservative

The 2023 Blaby District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of the Blaby District Council in England.^[3]^[4] They were held on the same day as other local elections.^[5]

Boundary changes[edit]

On 5 July 2022, the Local Government Boundary Commission announced the completion of their review of Blaby's ward boundaries. The final recommendation reduced the number of councillors from 39 to 36 and the number of wards from 18 to 17. This consisted of three 3-member wards, thirteen 2-member wards and one single member ward. These proposals were approved by Parliament in December 2022 to come info force for the council elections held in May 2023.^[6]^[7]

Results summary[edit]

The Conservative Party narrowly retained control of the council.^[8]

2023 Blaby District Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	29^[9]	19	0	6	6	52.8	42.0	16,832	–8.0
	Liberal Democrats	26	9	4	0	4	25.0	32.3	12,921	+13.3
	Labour	15	6	1	0	1	16.7	12.3	4,928	–7.1
	Green	13	2	1	0	1	5.5	12.0	4,819	+3.3
	Independent	2	0	0	0		0.0	1.2	493	–1.8
	Reform UK	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	63	N/A

Ward results[edit]

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Blaby[edit]

Blaby (2 seats)^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Hartshorn*	847	59.1
	Liberal Democrats	Antony Moseley*	818	57.1
	Conservative	Marian Broomhead	458	32.0
	Labour	Barrie Palmer	256	17.9
Turnout			1,432	29.0
Registered electors			4,942
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Braunstone Millfield[edit]

Braunstone Millfield (2 seats)^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Nick Brown	712	68.6
	Labour	Tracey Shepherd*	643	61.9
	Green	Eve Deakin	289	27.8
Turnout			1,038	26.2
Registered electors			3,964
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Braunstone Ravenhurst[edit]

Braunstone Ravenhurst (2 seats)^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Muhammad Aslam	Unopposed
	Labour	Bob Waterton	Unopposed
Registered electors			?
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Cosby and South Whetstone[edit]

Cosby & South Whetstone (2 seats)^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Les Phillimore*	710	56.3	–2.3
	Conservative	Jane Wolfe*	609	48.3	–9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Lauren O'Toole	367	29.1	N/A
	Green	Mike Jelfs	308	24.4	–2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Norman	262	20.8	N/A
Turnout			1,262	30.6	–1.7
Registered electors			4,129
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Countesthorpe[edit]

Countesthorpe (3 seats)^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adrian Clifford*	966	49.0	–14.9
	Liberal Democrats	Royston Bayliss	866	43.9	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Holdridge	850	43.1	+13.9
	Conservative	David Findlay*	795	40.3	–13.3
	Liberal Democrats	Brandyn Storey	769	39.0	+12.2
	Conservative	Shane Blackwell*	746	37.8	–9.2
	Labour	Leanne Lee	314	15.9	N/A
Turnout			1,972	32.2	+2.0
Registered electors			6,119
	Conservative hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Enderby[edit]

Enderby (2 seats)^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Hannah Gill	552	40.9
	Conservative	Cheryl Cashmore*	487	36.1
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Holt	482	35.7
	Conservative	Helen Richardson	407	30.2
	Labour	Ann Malthouse	287	21.3
	Labour	Imran Uddin	173	12.8
	Green	David Gray	141	10.5
Turnout			1,349	28.4
Registered electors			4,758
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Fosse Highcross[edit]

Fosse Highcross (2 seats)^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ben Taylor*	735	55.7
	Conservative	Mike Shirley	715	54.2
	Labour	Laura Badland	351	26.6
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Greenwood	269	20.4
	Green	Jeanne Deakin	251	19.0
Turnout			1,320	30.1
Registered electors			4,392
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Fosse Normanton[edit]

Fosse Normanton (1 seat)^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Maggie Wright*	379	60.3
	Labour	Steve Crane	170	27.0
	Green	Florence Turner	80	12.7
Majority			209	33.3
Turnout			629	28.6
Registered electors			2,198
	Conservative win (new seat)

Fosse Stoney Cove[edit]

Fosse Stoney Cove (2 seats)^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Luke Cousin	616	47.1
	Conservative	Neil Wright	521	39.8
	Liberal Democrats	Eddie Larkin	503	38.4
	Conservative	Trevor Matthews*	498	38.0
	Green	Xeimon Parker-Cox	186	14.2
Turnout			1,309	28.3
Registered electors			4,631
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Glen Parva[edit]

Glen Parva (2 seats)^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Geoff Welsh*	681	61.7
	Liberal Democrats	Beverley Welsh*	658	59.6
	Conservative	Chloe Denton	279	25.3
	Independent	Richard Woolley	264	23.9
Turnout			1,104	25.5
Registered electors			4,335
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Glenfield Ellis[edit]

Glenfield Ellis (2 seats)^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nick Chapman*	586	53.3
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Gambardella	536	48.7
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Smith	496	45.1
	Conservative	Graham Huss	487	44.3
Turnout			1,100	26.6
Registered electors			4,143
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Glenfield Faire[edit]

Glenfield Faire (2 seats)^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lee Breckon*	606	56.7
	Conservative	Roy Denney*	538	50.3
	Green	Nick Cox	461	43.1
	Green	Mary Kapadia	407	38.1
Turnout			1,069	26.3
Registered electors			4,068
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Kirby Muxloe[edit]

Kirby Muxloe (2 seats)^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Tony Deakin	859	59.9
	Green	Roger Stead	811	56.6
	Conservative	Chris Frost*	539	37.6
	Conservative	Apostolos Nakas	387	27.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ayo Ojo	147	10.3
Turnout			1,433	33.9
Registered electors			4,233
	Green win (new seat)
	Green win (new seat)

Leicester Forest and Lubbesthorpe[edit]

Leicester Forest & Lubbesthorpe (3 seats)^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stuart Coar*	623	45.0
	Conservative	Matt Tomeo	545	39.4
	Conservative	Dillan Shikotra	540	39.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mat Mortel	498	36.0
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Jordan	493	35.6
	Liberal Democrats	Kelvin Jordan	418	30.2
	Green	Steven Travis	267	19.3
	Independent	Michael O'Hare*	229	16.5
Turnout			1,384	23.7
Registered electors			5,838
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Narborough and Littlethorpe[edit]

Narborough & Littlethorpe (3 seats)^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Janet Forey*	853	47.3	–9.9
	Conservative	Terry Richardson*	851	47.2	+0.2
	Conservative	Nigel Grundy*	799	44.3	*N/A*
	Green	Eleanor Turner	559	31.0	–15.6
	Labour	Marion Waterton	513	28.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Charlotte Von Anrep	493	27.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Alistair Mattinson	492	27.3	N/A
Turnout			1,802	27.5	+2.5
Registered electors			6,544
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative win (new seat)

North Whetstone[edit]

North Whetstone (2 seats)^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Jackson*	390	39.4	–10.8
	Conservative	Susan Findlay	385	38.9	–18.3
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Savage	278	28.1	N/A
	Labour	Michael Bounds	267	27.0	+1.8
	Labour	Lisa Pendery-Hunt	241	24.4	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Glynn Smith	233	23.6	N/A
	Reform UK	Danuta Jeeves	63	6.4	N/A
Turnout			989	22.9	–1.1
Registered electors			4,313
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Thorpe Astley and St Mary's[edit]

Thorpe Astley & St Mary's (2 seats)^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alex DeWinter*	531	45.7
	Labour	Becca Lunn	470	40.5
	Conservative	Richard Forrest	398	34.3
	Green	Steven Smith	200	17.2
	Liberal Democrats	Kulwinder Gill	160	13.8
	Liberal Democrats	Callistus Fonjong	137	11.8
Turnout			1,161	23.7
Registered electors			4,904
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

By-elections[edit]

Glen Parva[edit]

Glen Parva: 21 December 2023
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ande Savage	438	60.6	+4.5
	Conservative	Shane Blackwell	141	19.4	-3.6
	Labour	Laura Badland	102	14.1	New
	Green	Mike Jelfs	43	5.9	New
Majority			297	41.2	N/A
Turnout			724	16.8	-8.7
Registered electors			4,334
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+4.0

References[edit]

^ Includes two vacant seats previously held by Conservatives: North Whetstone, held by Sharon Coe until her resignation in December 2022,^[1] and Forest, held by David Clements until his resignation in February 2023.^[2]

^ Boothroyd, David (16 December 2022). "When in Rome, do as the Andoverians do". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
^ Boothroyd, David (3 February 2023). "Bristol fashion now wearing Green". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
^ "Elections May 2023". Blaby District Council. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
^ "Election timetable in England". UK Government. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
^ Moorhouse, Sam (5 May 2023). "Blaby District Council Election Results 2023". LeicestershireLive. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
^ "Electoral boundaries". Blaby District Council. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
^ "Blaby District Council receives 'new political map' as ward boundaries drawn". Community News. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
^ "Blaby result – Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
^ "All the candidates up for local elections for Blaby District Council this May". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
^ "Election results by wards". Blaby District Council. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
^ "Blaby District Council local election results 2023 in full as they happen". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
^ https://www.blaby.gov.uk/media/4h0kpuoe/district-result-blaby.pdf
^ https://www.blaby.gov.uk/media/5qhmtjwj/district-result-braunstone-millfield.pdf
^ https://www.blaby.gov.uk/media/ce1fbh4x/notice-of-uncontested-election-blaby-district-council.pdf
^ https://www.blaby.gov.uk/media/zpceyqbo/district-result-cosby-south-whetstone.pdf
^ https://www.blaby.gov.uk/media/pzsbeihv/district-result-countesthorpe.pdf
^ https://www.blaby.gov.uk/media/s2an4rke/district-result-enderby.pdf
^ https://www.blaby.gov.uk/media/zpzlmu4b/district-result-fosse-highcross.pdf
^ https://www.blaby.gov.uk/media/dx3mlqwk/district-result-fosse-normanton.pdf
^ https://www.blaby.gov.uk/media/4hhb5gp2/district-result-fosse-stoney-cove.pdf
^ https://www.blaby.gov.uk/media/ioansau4/district-result-glen-parva.pdf
^ https://www.blaby.gov.uk/media/2vmbyqwc/district-result-glenfield-ellis.pdf
^ https://www.blaby.gov.uk/media/mibjgvwj/district-result-glenfield-faire.pdf
^ https://www.blaby.gov.uk/media/sxblktvp/district-result-kirby-muxloe.pdf
^ https://www.blaby.gov.uk/media/pnhn4dut/district-result-leicester-forest-lubbesthorpe.pdf
^ https://www.blaby.gov.uk/media/er2ljurp/district-result-narborough-littlethorpe.pdf
^ https://www.blaby.gov.uk/media/y53dp1a3/district-result-north-whetstone.pdf
^ https://www.blaby.gov.uk/media/0voemptc/district-result-thorpe-astley-st-mary-s.pdf

[3] Includes two vacant seats previously held by Conservatives: North Whetstone, held by Sharon Coe until her resignation in December 2022,^[1] and Forest, held by David Clements until his resignation in February 2023.^[2]

[1] Boothroyd, David (16 December 2022). "When in Rome, do as the Andoverians do". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 26 October 2023.

[2] Boothroyd, David (3 February 2023). "Bristol fashion now wearing Green". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 26 October 2023.

[4] "Elections May 2023". Blaby District Council. Retrieved 7 April 2023.

[5] "Election timetable in England". UK Government. Retrieved 10 April 2023.

[6] Moorhouse, Sam (5 May 2023). "Blaby District Council Election Results 2023". LeicestershireLive. Retrieved 7 May 2023.

[7] "Electoral boundaries". Blaby District Council. Retrieved 7 April 2023.

[8] "Blaby District Council receives 'new political map' as ward boundaries drawn". Community News. Retrieved 28 April 2023.

[9] "Blaby result – Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2023.

[10] "All the candidates up for local elections for Blaby District Council this May". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 28 April 2023.

[11] "Election results by wards". Blaby District Council. Retrieved 9 May 2023.

[12] "Blaby District Council local election results 2023 in full as they happen". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 9 May 2023.

[13] ttps://www.blaby.gov.uk/media/4h0kpuoe/district-result-blaby.pdf

[14] ttps://www.blaby.gov.uk/media/5qhmtjwj/district-result-braunstone-millfield.pdf

[15] ttps://www.blaby.gov.uk/media/ce1fbh4x/notice-of-uncontested-election-blaby-district-council.pdf

[16] ttps://www.blaby.gov.uk/media/zpceyqbo/district-result-cosby-south-whetstone.pdf

[17] ttps://www.blaby.gov.uk/media/pzsbeihv/district-result-countesthorpe.pdf

[18] ttps://www.blaby.gov.uk/media/s2an4rke/district-result-enderby.pdf

[19] ttps://www.blaby.gov.uk/media/zpzlmu4b/district-result-fosse-highcross.pdf

[20] ttps://www.blaby.gov.uk/media/dx3mlqwk/district-result-fosse-normanton.pdf

[21] ttps://www.blaby.gov.uk/media/4hhb5gp2/district-result-fosse-stoney-cove.pdf

[22] ttps://www.blaby.gov.uk/media/ioansau4/district-result-glen-parva.pdf

[23] ttps://www.blaby.gov.uk/media/2vmbyqwc/district-result-glenfield-ellis.pdf

[24] ttps://www.blaby.gov.uk/media/mibjgvwj/district-result-glenfield-faire.pdf

[25] ttps://www.blaby.gov.uk/media/sxblktvp/district-result-kirby-muxloe.pdf

[26] ttps://www.blaby.gov.uk/media/pnhn4dut/district-result-leicester-forest-lubbesthorpe.pdf

[27] ttps://www.blaby.gov.uk/media/er2ljurp/district-result-narborough-littlethorpe.pdf

[28] ttps://www.blaby.gov.uk/media/y53dp1a3/district-result-north-whetstone.pdf

[29] ttps://www.blaby.gov.uk/media/0voemptc/district-result-thorpe-astley-st-mary-s.pdf

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