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2023 North West Leicestershire District Council

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All 38 seats to North West Leicestershire District Council 20 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Sean Sheahan Richard Blunt Michael Wyatt Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Last election 10 seats, 33.0% 20 seats, 45.1% 4 seats, 12.3% Seats before 8 22 4 Seats after 17 12 5 Seat change 7 8 1 Popular vote 9,618 10,344 3,217 Percentage 37.7% 40.6% 12.6% Swing 4.7% 4.5% 0.3%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Independent Green Last election 3 seats, 3.9% 1 seat, 1.7% Seats before 3 1 Seats after 4 0 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 1,645 565 Percentage 6.5% 2.2% Swing 2.6% 0.5%
Winner of each seat at the 2023 North West Leicestershire District Council election
Leader before election Richard Blunt Conservative Leader after election Richard Blunt Conservative No overall control

The 2023 North West Leicestershire District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 38 members of North West Leicestershire District Council in Leicestershire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

Summary

Overview

Following the results, the Conservatives lost the council to no overall control. Labour won most seats, but fell three seats short of a majority. An alliance of the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and two of the independent councillors subsequently formed. With exactly half the council's seats the alliance did not have a majority either, but was able to form an administration on receiving the chair's casting vote at the annual council meeting on 22 May 2023. Conservative leader Richard Blunt therefore retained his position as leader of the council.

Election result

2023 North West Leicestershire District Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	38	12	2	10	8	31.6	40.6	10,344	-4.5
	Labour	38	17	9	2	7	44.7	37.7	9,618	+4.7
	Liberal Democrats	29	5	1	0	1	13.2	12.6	3,217	+0.3
	Independent	8	4	2	1	1	10.5	6.5	1,645	+2.6
	Green	4	0	0	1	1	0.0	2.2	565	+0.5
	Reform UK	2	0	0	0		0.0	0.4	113	n/a

Ward results

The results for each ward were as follows. An asterisk (*) indicates a sitting councillor standing for re-election.

Appleby

Ashby Castle

Ashby Holywell

Ashby Ivanhoe

Gill Hoult was the sitting councillor for Blackfordby prior to the election.

Ashby Money Hill

Ashby Willesley

Ashby Woulds

Bardon

Blackfordby

Andrew Woodman was the sitting councillor for Measham North prior to the election.

Broom Leys

Castle Donington Castle

Castle Donington Central

Jim Hoult was the sitting councillor for Ashby Ivanhoe prior to the election.

Castle Donington Park

Castle Rock

Coalville East

Coalville West

Daleacre Hill

Ellistown and Battleflat

Greenhill

Hermitage

Holly Hayes

Hugglestone St John's

Russell Johnson had been elected in 2019 as a Labour councillor, but left the party to sit as an independent earlier in 2023. Seat shown as independent gain from Labour to allowing for comparison with 2019 results.

Hugglestone St Mary's

Ibstock East

Jenny Simmons was the sitting councillor, having won the seat from Labour in a by-election in 2021. Recorded here as Conservative gain from Labour to compare with previous whole council election in 2019.

Ibstock West

Kegworth

Long Whatton and Diseworth

Measham North

Measham South

Oakthorpe and Donisthorpe

Ravenstone and Packington

Sence Valley

Snibston North

John Geary was the sitting councillor for Snibston South prior to this election. Elliott Allman had been elected as an independent in 2019 but joined the Conservatives in 2020. Seat shown as Labour gain from independent to allow comparison with 2019 results.

Snibston South

Thornborough

Thringstone

Valley

Worthington and Breedon

By-elections

Snibston South

References

1. Richardson, Hannah (2023-05-05). "Full council election result for North West Leicestershire". LeicestershireLive. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
2. Hill, Graham (23 May 2023). "Conservative alliance sees Blunt re-elected as council leader - as Labour's Sheahan highlights 'fragile' arrangement". Coalville Nub News. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
3. "Elections 2023: North West Leicestershire election result". BBC News. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
4. "Election results 2023". North West Leicestershire District Council. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
5. ^ "Your councillors". North West Leicestershire District Council. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
6. Boothroyd, David (3 March 2023). "Greens afloat in Cinque Port". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
7. Hill, Graham (3 September 2020). "District Councillor Allman crosses floor to join Conservative with focus on Coalville's future". Coalville Nub News. Retrieved 1 November 2023.

See also

• North West Leicestershire District Council elections

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