2023 Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council election
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The 2023 Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council election was held on 4 May 2023, to elect members of Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council in Leicestershire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.[1] All sixteen wards were for election, each with between one and three councillors to be elected.
The Liberal Democrats retained control of the council.[2][3]
Summary
[edit]Election result
[edit]2023 Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council election[4] | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Liberal Democrats | 29 | 22 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
64.7 | 48.0 | 28,195 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | 34 | 10 | 1 | 2 | ![]() |
29.4 | 36.8 | 21,617 | +0.9 | |
Labour | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ![]() |
5.9 | 10.1 | 5,940 | –4.2 | |
Green | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 1.8 | 1,076 | +1.1 | |
Independent | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 1.8 | 1,059 | +1.1 | |
Reform UK | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 1.2 | 680 | N/A | |
UKIP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.2 | 144 | –1.7 |
Results
[edit]Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council election results.[5]
Sitting councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).
Ambien
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Miriam Surtees | 631 | 66.4 | +6.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Genesta Cope | 320 | 33.6 | +18.3 | |
Majority | 311 | 32.8 | −11.4 | ||
Turnout | 951 | 32.6 | −4.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.7 |
Barlestone, Nailstone & Osbaston
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Bill Crooks* | 783 | 84.0 | +3.7 | |
Conservative | Madaleine Lee | 149 | 16.0 | +3.8 | |
Majority | 634 | 68.0 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 932 | 35.6 | −6.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 0.0 |
Barwell
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Simmons | 606 | 36.7 | +0.5 | |
Labour Co-op | Charlotte Green | 597 | 36.1 | +14.0 | |
Conservative | Hazel Smith* | 593 | 35.9 | −3.5 | |
Labour Co-op | Jim Buck | 537 | 32.5 | +10.1 | |
Labour Co-op | Robert Parkinson | 532 | 32.2 | +12.9 | |
Conservative | Connor Daldry | 513 | 31.1 | −4.1 | |
Independent | Michelle Nash | 375 | 22.7 | N/A | |
Independent | Russ Roberts* | 308 | 18.6 | −17.6 | |
Green | Cassie Wells | 263 | 15.9 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,652 | 23.7 | −4.1 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | |||||
Conservative hold |
Burbage Sketchley and Stretton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Barry Walker* | 1,534 | 59.2 | +13.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Flemming | 1,530 | 59.1 | +13.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Williams* | 1,496 | 57.8 | +12.7 | |
Conservative | Shirley Iliffe | 885 | 34.2 | −6.2 | |
Conservative | Mary Sherwin | 862 | 33.3 | −6.4 | |
Conservative | Peter Wallace | 801 | 30.9 | −4.9 | |
UKIP | William Robinson | 144 | 5.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,590 | 32.4 | −4.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
- Richard Flemming was a member for Burbage St Catherines and Lash Hill from 2019 to 2023
Burbage St Catherines and Lash Hill
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Dawn Glenville* | 847 | 56.9 | +10.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Pete Stead-Davis | 779 | 52.4 | +6.3 | |
Conservative | Mark Thomas | 621 | 41.7 | +6.2 | |
Conservative | Nick Nickerson | 609 | 40.9 | +2.2 | |
Turnout | 1,488 | 32.6 | −1.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Cadeby, Carlton and Market Bosworth with Shackerstone
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Maureen Cook* | 610 | 50.2 | −15.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Tessier | 480 | 39.5 | +18.6 | |
Labour | Geoff Dams | 125 | 10.3 | −3.5 | |
Majority | 130 | 10.7 | −33.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,215 | 41.1 | +2.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -16.8 |
Earl Shilton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Anna Weightman | 789 | 36.4 | +1.2 | |
Conservative | Richard Allen* | 785 | 36.2 | −5.0 | |
Conservative | Claire Allen* | 783 | 36.1 | −5.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ben Paczek | 781 | 36.0 | +1.2 | |
Conservative | Chris Ladkin* | 763 | 35.2 | −7.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Patrick Weightman | 688 | 31.7 | −1.0 | |
Labour | Ivan Faver | 358 | 16.5 | −0.8 | |
Labour | Carole Sharma | 351 | 16.2 | ±0.0 | |
Labour | Andre Wheeler | 324 | 14.9 | −0.4 | |
Green | Rhiannon Carter | 249 | 11.5 | N/A | |
Reform UK | Peter Chesire | 173 | 8.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,169 | 26.6 | −0.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Groby
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Martin Cartwright* | 947 | 56.0 | +4.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ted Hollick* | 876 | 51.8 | +2.9 | |
Conservative | Gary Richardson | 617 | 36.5 | −2.6 | |
Conservative | David Hyde | 524 | 31.0 | +0.7 | |
Independent | John Hagan | 161 | 9.5 | N/A | |
Reform UK | Kim Robinson | 93 | 5.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,692 | 31.8 | +0.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Hinckley Castle
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Stuart Bray* | 861 | 61.5 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Linda Mullaney* | 812 | 58.0 | +2.0 | |
Conservative | John Brown | 329 | 23.5 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | Martin Leman | 279 | 19.9 | −1.2 | |
Labour | James Ross | 223 | 15.9 | −1.7 | |
Labour | Guy Macgregor-Devlin | 219 | 15.7 | +0.7 | |
Turnout | 1,399 | 27.7 | −2.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Hinckley Clarendon
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Cathie Gibbens | 1,146 | 62.6 | −5.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ann Pendlebury* | 1,120 | 61.1 | +0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Keith Lynch* | 1,076 | 58.7 | +0.3 | |
Conservative | Lee Howard | 341 | 18.6 | −2.0 | |
Conservative | Victoria Stapleton | 330 | 18.0 | +3.7 | |
Labour | Paul Baddeley | 324 | 17.7 | +6.9 | |
Conservative | Del Young | 309 | 16.9 | −0.8 | |
Independent | Benn Moore | 215 | 11.7 | +5.2 | |
Turnout | 1,832 | 28.8 | −3.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
- David Bill (Liberal Democrats) retired at this election after representing the ward for 50 years since 1973
Hinckley De Montfort
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Michael Mullaney* | 1,597 | 58.6 | −0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lynda Hodgkins | 1,478 | 54.2 | +0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Scott Gibbens* | 1,429 | 52.4 | +1.9 | |
Conservative | Jan Kirby | 839 | 30.8 | +2.3 | |
Conservative | Jonny Bray | 730 | 26.8 | +2.0 | |
Conservative | Derek Roulston | 703 | 25.8 | +4.7 | |
Labour | James Davis | 309 | 11.3 | +3.6 | |
Reform UK | Andy Egginton | 213 | 7.8 | N/A | |
Reform UK | Keith Silcock | 201 | 7.4 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,725 | 33.1 | −4.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
- Lynda Hodgkins was a member for Hinckley Trinity from 2019 to 2023
Hinckley Trinity
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | David Cope* | 874 | 69.4 | +10.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Moore | 734 | 58.3 | +3.2 | |
Conservative | Amanda Hills | 282 | 22.4 | +4.7 | |
Conservative | Ronald Walker | 241 | 19.1 | +2.7 | |
Labour | Rosie Lythgoe-Cheetham | 192 | 15.3 | +6.2 | |
Turnout | 1,259 | 23.3 | −2.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Markfield, Stanton and Fieldhead
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Christopher Lambert | 797 | 47.8 | −12.4 | |
Conservative | Claire Harris | 779 | 46.7 | +10.9 | |
Labour Co-op | Robert Martin | 674 | 40.4 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | Leigh Quilter | 674 | 40.4 | +17.0 | |
Green | Lisa Wren | 195 | 11.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,667 | 34.9 | −3.6 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Labour Co-op |
Newbold Verdon with Desford and Peckleton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Joyce Crooks* | 1,593 | 61.0 | +6.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Bools* | 1,525 | 58.4 | +8.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robin Webber-Jones* | 1,415 | 54.2 | +11.1 | |
Conservative | Peter Bedford | 1,034 | 39.6 | +5.7 | |
Conservative | Ross Hills | 913 | 35.0 | +5.7 | |
Conservative | James Paterson | 831 | 31.8 | +4.6 | |
Turnout | 2,610 | 37.0 | −3.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Ratby, Bagworth & Thornton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ozzy O'Shea* | 1,062 | 64.1 | −8.6 | |
Conservative | Christopher Boothby* | 950 | 57.4 | −3.5 | |
Labour | Ashley Martin | 378 | 22.8 | +3.0 | |
Green | Mark Wren | 369 | 22.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | David Mullaney | 163 | 9.8 | −7.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Noel Robinson | 126 | 7.6 | −2.7 | |
Turnout | 1,656 | 29.4 | −3.0 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Twycross and Witherley with Sheepy
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Brian Sutton | 639 | 61.7 | +3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Mayne | 396 | 38.3 | +19.5 | |
Majority | 243 | 23.4 | −16.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,035 | 40.7 | +0.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -8.1 |
Changes 2023–2027
[edit]- Chris Boothby, elected as a Conservative, left the party to sit as an independent in May 2024.[6]
- Charlotte Green, elected for Labour, joined the Liberal Democrats in May 2024.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Election timetable in England". UK Government. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ "Hinckley and Bosworth election result". BBC News. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
- ^ Richardson, Hannah (5 May 2023). "Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council election result 2023 'rejection of Tories'". Leicestershire Live. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
- ^ "Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council download - Statement of persons nominated - borough and parish elections 2023 | My council | Elections and voting | Current elections". www.hinckley-bosworth.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ "Elections 2023". Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ^ Boothroyd, David (10 May 2024). "Grand post-election roundup". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ Boothroyd, David (31 May 2024). "Kingstanding still". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 12 July 2024.