2023 Oadby and Wigston Borough Council election

4 May 2023
All 26 seats to Oadby and Wigston 14 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Samia Haq Priti Joshi Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Last election 24 seats, 66.7% 2 seats, 25.0% Seats before 22 4 Seats after 19 7 Seat change 5 5 Popular vote 18,320 15,909 Percentage 51.1% 44.4% Swing 15.6% 19.4%
Map of the results of the election by ward
Leader before election Samia Haq Liberal Democrats Leader after election Samia Haq Liberal Democrats

The 2023 Oadby and Wigston Borough Council election was held on 4 May 2023 to elect all 28 members of Oadby and Wigston Borough Council in Leicestershire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.^[1][2][3]

All wards were up for election, each with 2 or 3 councillors to be elected. The Liberal Democrats were defending control of the council, having won 24 of 26 seats at the previous election.^[4] The previous leader of the council, John Boyce, stood down as leader two weeks before the election, having decided not to stand for re-election. He had been in the post for 17 years. He was replaced by Samia Haq.^[5][6]

The Liberal Democrats retained their majority at the election.

Results summary

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Oadby and Wigston Borough Council election, 2023
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Liberal Democrats	26	19	0	5	5	73.1%	51.1%	18,320	16%
	Conservative	26	7	5	0	5	26.9%	44.4%	15,909	19.6%
	Labour	5	0	0	0		0%	4.4%	1,605	3.2%

Ward results

Source:^[7]

Ward boundaries

Sitting councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).

Oadby Brocks Hill

Oadby Brocks Hill (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jeffrey Kaufman*	792
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Latif Darr*	736
	Conservative	Rakesh Chander	531
	Conservative	Mohammad Alam	471
Turnout			2530	43
Registered electors			3178
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

These figures are updated. On 15 May 2023 the council announced that the Returning Officer had identified an administrative error in the results published on 5 May for the Oadby Brocks Hill ward.^[8] The originally published figures were: Kaufman 342, Darr 286, Chandar 231, Alam 171.

Oadby Grange

Oadby Grange (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Naveed Alam*	757	49.8	2.4
	Conservative	Kamal Ghattoraya*	673
	Conservative	Priti Joshi*	672
	Liberal Democrats	Moin Durrani	651	43.9	3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jaspal Singh Kang	636
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Bartfield	565
	Labour	Nigel Smith	269	6.7%	New
Turnout			1,408	36.23	0.7
Registered electors			3886
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Oadby St Peter's

Oadby St Peter's (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Ridley*	525	41.7	6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jasvir Kaur Chohan	491
	Conservative	Aman Singh Thind	488	39.7	11.9
	Conservative	Marcus Solanki	479
	Labour	Rumman Ahmed	226	18.6	5.3
	Labour	John Britten	226
Majority			1,218	36.35
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	9.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
Turnout			1,218	36.35

Oadby Uplands

Oadby Uplands (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Samia Haq*	616	36.9	4.4
	Conservative	Rupa Joshi	545	34.6	4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Victor Kaufman	530
	Conservative	Mohammed Boodhoo	529
	Labour	Hajira Piranie	457	28.5	0.4
	Labour	Justine Mercer	427
Turnout			1,552	46.89
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	4.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Oadby Woodlands

Oadby Woodlands (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dean Gamble*	707	56.0	3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Santokh Singh Athwal	680
	Conservative	Dilip Dave	556	44.0	3.5
	Conservative	Harrinder Singh Rai	532
Turnout			1,238	36.86
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	3.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

South Wigston

South Wigston (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemarie Adams*	685	52.8	1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Carl Walter	645
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Morris*	619
	Conservative	Yvonne Darling	601	47.2	22.3
	Conservative	Karen Stokes	580
	Conservative	Tony Stokes	561
Turnout			1,845	30.57
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	12.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wigston All Saints

Wigston All Saints (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Charlesworth*	916	64.2	27.3
	Liberal Democrats	Lee Bentley*	905
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Hunt	863
	Conservative	Michael McGee	515	35.8	27.3
	Conservative	Claire Wills	503
	Conservative	Julian Tibbets	481
Turnout			2,092	44.69
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	27.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wigston Fields

Wigston Fields (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Boulter*	910	67.6%	23.7
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Loydall*	888
	Liberal Democrats	Carl Martin	830
	Conservative	Nick Agar	478	32.4%	23.7
	Conservative	Mirza Junak	396
	Conservative	Shantilal Nandha	388
Turnout			1,945	38.15
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	23.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wigston Meadowcourt

Wigston Meadowcourt (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Liz Darling	1,117	68.2	32.5
	Conservative	Colin Gore	1,091
	Conservative	John Ford	1,080
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Phipps	531	31.8	26.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Loydall*	520
	Liberal Democrats	Michael White	479
Turnout			2,409	45.53
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	29.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Wigston St Wolstan's

Wigston St Wolstan's (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Broadley*	888	58.0	33.2
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Broadley*	876
	Liberal Democrats	Clare Koslowski*	836
	Conservative	Alex Darling	637	42.0	33.2
	Conservative	Mukesh Dave	630
	Conservative	Matthew Ford	618
Turnout			2,243	45.03
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	33.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

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