Charnwood Borough Council elections

Charnwood Borough Council in Leicestershire, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 52 councillors have been elected from 28 wards.^[1] Throughout its history, the council has typically been controlled by the Conservative Party, although it was controlled by the Labour Party from 1995 to 1999 and was under no overall control from 1973 to 1976 and again from 1999 to 2007.

Political control[]

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
No overall control	1973 - 1976
Conservative	1976 - 1995
Labour	1995 - 1999
No overall control	1999 - 2007
Conservative	2007–present

Council elections[]

Charnwood Borough Council wards by party control 2019.

(New ward boundaries)^[3]
(Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]
(New ward boundaries)^[5]^[6]
2011 Charnwood Borough Council election
2015 Charnwood Borough Council election
2019 Charnwood Borough Council election

Election results[]

	Overall control		Conservative		Labour		Lib Dem		BNP		Independent		Green
2019	Conservative	37		13		-		-		1		1
2015	Conservative	41		9		1		-		1		-
2011	Conservative	33		16		1		1		1		-
	Conservative	32		13		5		1		1		-
	NOC	-		-		-		-		-		-
1999	NOC	-		-		-		-		-		-
1995	Labour	-		-		-		-		-		-
1991	Conservative	-		-		-		-		-		-
1987	Conservative	-		-		-		-		-		-
1983	Conservative	-		-		-		-		-		-
1979	Conservative	-		-		-		-		-		-
1976	Conservative	-		-		-		-		-		-
1973	NOC	-		-		-		-		-		-

A dash indicates that the results for a particular election are not available, or that a party did not stand in an election.

By-election results[]

1995-1999[]

Sileby By-Election, 26 June 1997
Party		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[]

Barrow Upon Soar Quordon By-Election, 28 June 2001
Party		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

Hathern By-Election, 10 October 2002^[7]
Party		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

Sileby By-Election, 12 December 2002
Party		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[]

Loughborough Shelthorpe By-Election, 5 October 2006^[8]
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

Loughborough Dishley and Hathern By-Election, 23 October 2008^[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[]

Birstall Watermead By-Election, 18 February 2010^[10]
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

2011-2017[]

Loughborough Southfields By-Election, September 13 2012^[11]
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

Loughborough Hastings Ward by-election, 24 October 2013^[12]
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 Democratic	Kevan Christopher Stafford	85	9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Atkins	26	2.9
Majority			427	47.28
Turnout			903

Shepshed West Ward by-election, 24 October 2013^[13]
Party		Candidate
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Jayne Horne
	Labour	Jane Lennie
	Conservative	Joan Tassell
Majority
Turnout

Death of Conservative Cllr Stuart Jones.

Birstall Wanlip By-Election, 20 February 2014^[14]
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

Loughborough Hastings Ward by-election, 26 October 2017^[15]
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	-23%

References[]

^ "About Charnwood – the Borough". Charnwood Borough Council. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
^ "Charnwood". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
^ The Borough of Charnwood (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980
^ The Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire (County and District Boundaries) Order 1985
^ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Charnwood (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
^ "Tories take Watlington". guardian.co.uk. 2002-10-11. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
^ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Charnwood Borough Council. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
^ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Charnwood Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-30. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
^ "Conservatives celebrate victory in Birstall by-election". Leicester Mercury. 2010-02-19. Archived from the original on 2010-02-20. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
^ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Charnwood Borough Council. 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2013-08-04.
^ http://www.charnwood.gov.uk/files/documents/statement_of_persons_nominated_loughborough_hastings_ward/SOPN%20%284%29%20-%20Loughborough%20Hastings%20Ward.pdf
^ http://www.charnwood.gov.uk/files/documents/statement_of_persons_nominated_shepshed_west_ward/SOPN%20-%20Shepshed%20West%20Ward.pdf
^ https://www.charnwood.gov.uk/files/documents/declaration_of_results_birstall_wanlip_feb_20_2014/Declaration%20of%20results%20-%20Birstall%20Wanlip.pdf
^ http://www.charnwood.gov.uk/files/documents/statement_of_persons_nominated_loughborough_hastings_ward/SOPN%20-%20Shepshed%20West%20Ward.pdf

By-election results Archived 2010-03-29 at the Wayback Machine

External links[]

Charnwood Borough Council

[about-1] "About Charnwood – the Borough". Charnwood Borough Council. Retrieved 2010-02-07.

[gain-2] "Charnwood". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-02-07.

[3] The Borough of Charnwood (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980

[4] The Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire (County and District Boundaries) Order 1985

[change-5] "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-02-07.

[6] slation.gov.uk - The Borough of Charnwood (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.

[watlington-7] "Tories take Watlington". guardian.co.uk. 2002-10-11. Retrieved 2010-02-07.

[shelthorpe-8] "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Charnwood Borough Council. Retrieved 2010-02-07.

[dishley-9] "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Charnwood Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-30. Retrieved 2010-02-07.

[birstall-10] "Conservatives celebrate victory in Birstall by-election". Leicester Mercury. 2010-02-19. Archived from the original on 2010-02-20. Retrieved 2010-02-19.

[Southfields-11] "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Charnwood Borough Council. 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2013-08-04.

[12] ttp://www.charnwood.gov.uk/files/documents/statement_of_persons_nominated_loughborough_hastings_ward/SOPN%20%284%29%20-%20Loughborough%20Hastings%20Ward.pdf

[13] ttp://www.charnwood.gov.uk/files/documents/statement_of_persons_nominated_shepshed_west_ward/SOPN%20-%20Shepshed%20West%20Ward.pdf

[14] ttps://www.charnwood.gov.uk/files/documents/declaration_of_results_birstall_wanlip_feb_20_2014/Declaration%20of%20results%20-%20Birstall%20Wanlip.pdf

[15] ttp://www.charnwood.gov.uk/files/documents/statement_of_persons_nominated_loughborough_hastings_ward/SOPN%20-%20Shepshed%20West%20Ward.pdf

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