2023 Charnwood Borough Council election

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All 52 seats to Charnwood Borough Council 27 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Jonathan Morgan Jewel Miah Party Conservative Labour Leader's seat Sileby & Seagrave (defeated) Loughborough East Last election 37 seats, 71.1% 13 seats, 33.5% Seats won 23 20 Seat change 14 7 Popular vote 34,722 34,743 Percentage 38.8% 38.8% Swing 5.9% 5.3%   Third party Fourth party   Party Green Independent Last election 1 seat, 8.6% 1 seat, 1.8% Seats won 8 1 Seat change 7 Popular vote 15,731 572 Percentage 17.6% 0.6% Swing 9.0% 1.2%
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Charnwood Borough Council election
Leader before election Jonathan Morgan Conservative Leader after election Jewel Miah Labour No overall control

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

Prior to the election the council had been under Conservative majority control since 2007. The leader of the council was the Conservative group leader, Jonathan Morgan, who had led the council since 2017. The council went under no overall control at this election; the Conservatives lost their majority and Jonathan Morgan lost his seat.^[1][2]

A Labour minority administration formed after the election with informal support from the Greens. Labour group leader Jewel Miah was appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 22 May 2023.^[3]

2023 Charnwood Borough Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	46	23	0	5	14	44.2	38.8	34,722	–5.9
	Labour	52	20	5	0	7	38.5	38.8	34,743	+5.3
	Green	29	8	0	0	7	15.4	17.6	15,731	+9.0
	Independent	3	1	0	0		1.9	0.6	572	–1.2
	Liberal Democrats	14	0	0	0		0.0	3.0	2,658	–1.7
	Reform UK	6	0	0	0		0.0	1.1	1,028	N/A
	ADF	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	95	N/A

The results for each ward were as follows:^[4]

Anstey (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Deborah Taylor	998	54.0
	Conservative	Paul Baines	840	45.5
	Labour	Dave Berry	597	32.3
	Labour	Simon Alborn	501	27.1
	Green	Philip Mills	334	18.1
	Independent	Alan Chapman	272	14.7
Turnout			1,848	31.2
Registered electors			5,915
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Barrow upon Soar (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Claire Forrest	792	45.0
	Conservative	Hilary Fryer	745	42.3
	Conservative	Pauline Ranson	717	40.7
	Labour	David Brentnall	521	29.6
	Green	Paul Goodman	261	14.8
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Thornborow	164	9.3
	ADF	Caroline Simpson-Reynolds	95	5.4
Turnout			1,761	33.6
Registered electors			5,247
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Birstall East and Wanlip (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andy Dent	783	48.7
	Labour Co-op	Julie Palmer	657	40.9
	Conservative	Katie Seaton	647	40.2
	Labour Co-op	Jeff Cassidy	590	36.7
	Green	Pritesh Patel	265	16.5
Turnout			1,608	30.3
Registered electors			5,300
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Birstall West (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shona Rattray	1,036	53.4
	Conservative	Glenn Matthews	828	42.7
	Labour	Dave Thomas	749	38.6
	Labour	Andrea Scott	628	32.4
	Green	Mick Howkins	284	14.6
Turnout			1,939	34.7
Registered electors			5,584
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Dishley, Hathern and Thorpe Acre (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Roy Campsall	1,182	47.3
	Conservative	Sarah Monk	1,028	41.2
	Labour	Kanchan Jadeja	943	37.8
	Labour	Abe Khayer	876	35.1
	Labour	Adeola Obadina	796	31.9
	Green	David Kellock	558	22.3
	Reform UK	Martin Moreland	315	12.6
Turnout			2,497	35.9
Registered electors			6,957
	Independent win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Forest Bradgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Snartt	695	67.9
	Labour	Sue Munroe	203	19.8
	Green	Josephine Razzell	126	12.3
Majority			492	48.1
Turnout			1,025	41.3
Registered electors			2,481
	Conservative hold		Swing

Loughton Ashby (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie Bradshaw	890	59.5
	Labour	Ian Ashcroft	812	54.2
	Labour	Nathaniel Taylor	707	47.2
	Conservative	James Crowe	433	28.9
	Green	Sean Kerslake	367	24.5
	Conservative	Shazzadur Rahman	360	24.0
	Reform UK	Peter Morris	246	16.4
Turnout			1,497	25.5
Registered electors			5,874
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour win (new seat)

Loughborough East (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jewel Miah	1,455	62.0
	Labour	Louise Jones	1,367	58.2
	Labour	Colin Hamilton	1,322	56.3
	Green	Daisy Taylor	483	20.6
	Conservative	Will Hunt	477	20.3
	Independent	Sabbir Ahmed	300	12.8
	Liberal Democrats	Josh Nighingale	255	10.9
Turnout			2,347	28.1
Registered electors			8,365
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Loughborough Nanpatan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Smidowicz	593	45.5
	Labour	Sara Goodwin	542	41.6
	Green	John Barton	91	7.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Walker	77	5.9
Majority			51	3.9
Turnout			1,308	45.7
Registered electors			2,863
	Conservative hold		Swing

Loughton Outwoods and Shelthorpe (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Gray	1,475	52.2
	Labour	Beverley Gray	1,441	51.0
	Labour	Sarah Maynard	1,197	42.4
	Conservative	Richard Bailey	968	34.3
	Conservative	Terry Nicholson	896	31.7
	Conservative	Gopal Sharma	839	29.7
	Green	Alison Large	481	17.0
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Guerrero	288	10.2
	Reform UK	Jim Foxall	170	6.0
Turnout			2,824	34.6
Registered electors			8,153
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Loughborough Southfields (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Sarah Goode	717	52.0
	Labour Co-op	Rhys Cory-Lowsley	652	47.3
	Conservative	Ted Parton	573	41.6
	Conservative	Geoff Parsons	430	31.2
	Green	Andy Patrick	256	18.6
Turnout			1,378	33.0
Registered electors			4,174
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative

Loughborough Storer (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandie Forrest	589	58.7
	Labour	Jenni Tillotson	587	58.5
	Conservative	Judy Shields	249	24.8
	Green	Susan Warner	168	16.7
	Liberal Democrats	Cynthia Popley	132	13.1
Turnout			1,004	21.7
Registered electors			4,633
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Loughborough Woodthorpe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Birgitta Worrall	589	54.8
	Conservative	Chris Stewart	267	24.9
	Green	Rachel Baker	105	9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Graeme Smith	75	7.0
	Reform UK	Ben Asare	38	3.5
Majority			322	29.9
Turnout			1,078	34.3
Registered electors			3,144
	Labour win (new seat)

Mountsorrel (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Liz Blackshaw	853	52.7
	Conservative	Leigh Emmins	637	39.3
	Labour Co-op	Sebastian Russell-Smith	633	39.1
	Conservative	Simon Oates	567	35.0
	Green	Paul Masters	216	13.3
	Liberal Democrats	Marianne Gilbert	139	8.6
Turnout			1,620	28.4
Registered electors			5,706
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Quorn and Mountsorrel Castle (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Fox	933	45.9
	Conservative	Lee Westley	892	43.9
	Labour	Josh Clayton	712	35.1
	Labour	Chris Hughes	662	32.6
	Green	Steven Bellamy	317	15.6
	Liberal Democrats	Carolyn Thornborow	228	11.2
	Reform UK	Andy McWilliam	113	5.6
Turnout			2,031	35.9
Registered electors			5,662
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Rothley Brook (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Charles	1,097	54.1
	Conservative	Leon Hadji-Nikolaou	1,084	53.4
	Conservative	John Knight	959	47.3
	Labour	Richard Thornton	637	31.4
	Labour	David Edwards	584	28.8
	Labour	Emma Ward	571	28.1
	Green	David Cannon	463	22.8
Turnout			2,029	33.1
Registered electors			6,123
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Shepshed East (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Myriam Roberts	724	44.6
	Conservative	Robin Popley	649	40.0
	Conservative	Neal Bestwick	607	37.4
	Labour	Samanta Zubrute Clarke	575	35.4
	Green	Greg Simpson	256	15.8
	Liberal Democrats	Grantley Lycett	221	13.6
Turnout			1,623	27.1
Registered electors			5,999
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Shepshed West (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Lennie	767	47.1
	Conservative	David Northage	685	42.1
	Labour	Louise Taylor-Durant	622	38.2
	Conservative	Steven Springthorpe	550	33.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Popley	231	14.2
	Liberal Democrats	Katy Duncan	174	10.7
Turnout			1,628	28.5
Registered electors			5,720
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Sileby and Seagrave (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Geoff Lawrence	1,169	54.8
	Green	Faye Forde	1,132	53.0
	Green	Naomi Bottomley	1,128	52.8
	Conservative	Paula Dolby-Campbell	569	26.7
	Conservative	Jonathan Morgan	514	24.1
	Conservative	Sue Gerrard	463	21.7
	Labour Co-op	Valerie Marriott	361	16.9
	Labour Co-op	Kaisra Khan	343	16.1
	Labour Co-op	Max Hunt	314	14.7
	Liberal Democrats	Murray Sinclair	76	3.6
Turnout			2,135	29.7
Registered electors			7,196
	Green win (new seat)
	Green win (new seat)
	Green win (new seat)

South Charnwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Brookes	148	45.7
	Labour	David Young	130	40.1
	Green	Meg Isaac	46	14.2
Majority			18	5.6
Turnout			326	31.9
Registered electors			1,021
	Conservative win (new seat)

Syston (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Andrew Haynes	990	41.8
	Conservative	Sarah Braker	968	40.9
	Green	David Infield	926	39.1
	Conservative	Simon Bradshaw	918	38.8
	Green	Dave Isaac	888	37.5
	Conservative	Katrina Poland	706	29.8
	Labour	Emma Carter	387	16.4
	Labour	Daniel Baumann	373	15.8
	Labour	Deb Green	361	15.3
	Reform UK	Ian Hayes	146	6.2
Turnout			2,366	27.9
Registered electors			8,496
	Green win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Green win (new seat)

The Wolds

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jenny Bokor	511	47.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Sharpe	290	27.0
	Labour	Jim Clarke	159	14.8
	Green	Nigel Feetham	116	10.8
Majority			221	20.5
Turnout			1,081	41.9
Registered electors			2,578
	Conservative hold		Swing

Thurmaston (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brenda Seaton	1,216	53.6
	Conservative	Mark Lowe	1,177	51.9
	Conservative	Gina Jackson	1,135	50.0
	Labour	Claire Jackson	707	31.1
	Labour	Brendon Brockway	705	31.1
	Labour	Michael McPartland	602	26.5
	Liberal Democrats	Carolyn Brown	308	13.6
	Green	Louise Hall	277	12.2
Turnout			2,270	30.2
Registered electors			7,512
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Wreake Valley (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Laurie Needham	1,493	52.2
	Green	Sandra Woodward	1,274	44.5
	Green	Chris O'Neill	1,261	44.1
	Conservative	Daniel Grimley	1,185	41.4
	Conservative	James Poland	1,123	39.3
	Conservative	Anthea Byrne	1,027	35.9
	Labour	Gillian Adams	266	9.3
	Labour	Natalie Worth	252	8.8
	Labour	Pauline May	248	8.7
Turnout			2,860	33.5
Registered electors			8,550
	Green win (new seat)
	Green win (new seat)
	Green win (new seat)