2023 Harborough District Council election
4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)
All 34 seats to Harborough District Council
18 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Leader Phillip King Phil Knowles[1]
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election 22 seats, 41.8% 11 seats, 33.9%
Seats won 15 13
Seat change Decrease 7 Increase 2
Popular vote 16,603 17,526
Percentage 34.1% 36.0%
Swing Decrease 7.7% Increase 2.1%
  Third party Fourth party
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Party Labour Green
Last election 1 seat, 15.3% 0 seats, 4.7%
Seats won 3 3
Seat change Increase 2 Increase 3
Popular vote 7,511 6,345
Percentage 15.4% 13.0%
Swing Increase 0.1% Increase 8.3%
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Harborough District Council election
Leader before election

Phillip King
Conservative

 Leader after election

Phil Knowles
Liberal Democrat
No overall control


The 2023 Harborough District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of the Harborough District Council in Leicestershire, England.[2][3][4][5] It was held on the same day as other local elections across England.

The Conservative Party lost control of the council after losing seven seats in the election.[6][7] After the elections the Conservative leader Phil King resigned.[8] A joint Liberal Democrat, Labour and Green administration took power at the first meeting of the newly elected council on 15 May 2023, with Phil Knowles becoming Leader.[9]

Results summary

2023 Harborough District Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 31 15 0 7 Decrease 7 44.1 34.1 16,603 –7.7
  Liberal Democrats 34 13 4 2 Increase 2 38.2 36.0 17,526 +2.1
  Labour 26 3 2 0 Increase 2 8.8 15.4 7,511 +0.1
  Green 30 3 3 0 Increase 3 8.8 13.0 6,345 +8.3
  Independent 3 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 1.2 570 –2.4
  Reform UK 1 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.2 110 N/A

Ward results

Harborough District Council election result.[10]

Sitting councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).

Billesdon & Tilton

Billesdon & Tilton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sindy Modha* 377 50.5 -18.9
Liberal Democrats Ian Hill 238 31.9 +7.1
Green Sarah Recordon 131 17.6 New
Majority 139 18.6 -26.0
Turnout 746 37 -5
Conservative hold Swing -13.0

Bosworth

Bosworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Amanda Nunn* 443 52.5 -18.5
Labour Peter Houtman 196 23.2 -5.8
Liberal Democrats John Wood 107 12.7 New
Green Katherine Ruhl 98 11.6 New
Majority 247 29.3 -12.7
Turnout 844 34 -0.6
Conservative hold Swing -6.3

Broughton Astley - Primethorpe & Sutton

Broughton Astley - Primethorpe & Sutton (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Dann* 465 N/A
Conservative Clive Grafton-Reed 458 N/A
Labour Sandra Parkinson 186 N/A
Liberal Democrats Joshua Graves 177 N/A
Liberal Democrats David Beasley 173 N/A
Labour Sue Maguire 147 N/A
Green Mark Green 124 N/A
Green Gillian Buswell 93 N/A
Turnout 26 -4.5
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Broughton Astley South & Leire

Broughton Astley South & Leire (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joshua Worrell 479 N/A
Liberal Democrats Mark Graves* 459 N/A
Liberal Democrats Janet Rogers 400 N/A
Labour Julia Gardner 172 N/A
Labour Malcolm Maguire 112 N/A
Green Christopher Cooper-Hayes 76 N/A
Green Adam Holmes 62 N/A
Turnout 27
Conservative hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Dunton

Dunton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Neil Bannister* 526 62.5 -14.9
Labour Maria Lee 194 23.0 +0.4
Liberal Democrats Colin Porter 121 14.4 New
Majority 332 39.5 -15.3
Turnout 841 41 +4.0
Conservative hold Swing -7.6

Fleckney

Fleckney (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Bilbie* 613 N/A
Liberal Democrats Alan Birch 504 N/A
Conservative Andrea Charlton 471 N/A
Labour Brian Browne 284 N/A
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Stephenson 253 N/A
Independent Charmaine Wood 253 N/A
Green Mandy Sanders 239 N/A
Green Jessie Jenkins 158 N/A
Turnout 33 -0.5
Conservative hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Glen

Glen (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Hallam* 864 N/A
Conservative Rani Mahal* 758 N/A
Liberal Democrats Mark Dilkes 436 N/A
Liberal Democrats Donna Barnett 405 N/A
Green Matthew Norton 216 N/A
Green Stephen Rankine 170 N/A
Turnout 34 -5.7
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Kibworths

Kibworths (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Phil King* 951 N/A
Conservative Robin Hollick* 945 N/A
Conservative Simon Whelband* 801 N/A
Liberal Democrats Chris Graves 744 N/A
Liberal Democrats Carol Weaver 558 N/A
Liberal Democrats James Lindsay 516 N/A
Green Erika Cudworth 470 N/A
Labour Elaine Carter 392 N/A
Green Debbie James 298 N/A
Green Brian Thompson 186 N/A
Turnout 33 -2.1
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Lubenham

Lubenham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jo Asher 391 46.2 +21.2
Conservative Paul Bremner* 374 44.2 -16.0
Green Phil Harding 81 9.6 New
Majority 17 2.0 N/A
Turnout 846 39 +1.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +18.6

Lutterworth East

Lutterworth East (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Gair 527 N/A
Liberal Democrats Martin Sarfas* 497 N/A
Conservative Laurence Sharma 367 N/A
Labour Edward MacIntyre 351 N/A
Liberal Democrats Mary Morgan 239 N/A
Green Douglas Taylor 126 N/A
Reform UK Bill Piper 110 N/A
Turnout 34 -3.2
Labour gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats hold

Lutterworth West

Lutterworth West (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Beadle* 684 N/A
Labour Jim Knight 633 N/A
Conservative Annette Willcox 527 N/A
Green Carl Tiivas 220 N/A
Liberal Democrats Carol Mayne 152 N/A
Liberal Democrats Sue Graves 145 N/A
Turnout 36 -1.7
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Market Harborough - Great Bowden & Arden

Market Harborough - Great Bowden & Arden (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Phil Knowles* 899 N/A
Liberal Democrats Buddy Anderson 740 N/A
Conservative Barry Champion* 474 N/A
Conservative Charles Hawes 360 N/A
Labour Andy Thomas 283 N/A
Labour David Wenn 182 N/A
Green Mary Morgan 157 N/A
Green Richard Ansell 144 N/A
Turnout 38 +0.8
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Market Harborough - Little Bowden

Market Harborough - Little Bowden (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Peter James* 641 N/A
Liberal Democrats Stuart Finan 587 N/A
Conservative Peter Critchley* 502 N/A
Conservative David Page 465 N/A
Labour Maria Panter 270 N/A
Labour Peter Whalen 245 N/A
Independent Clare Bottle 222 N/A
Green Daniella Orsini 172 N/A
Green Carlos Bilbao Elguezabal 139 N/A
Turnout 39 +4.4
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Market Harborough - Logan

Market Harborough - Logan (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Barbara Johnson* 804 N/A
Liberal Democrats Geraldine Whitmore* 706 N/A
Conservative Robin Cutforth 467 N/A
Conservative Sophie Smith 343 N/A
Labour Louise Phipps 213 N/A
Labour Rosemary Watson 172 N/A
Green Simon Shepley 132 N/A
Green Jennifer Wroath 111 N/A
Independent Robin Lambert 95 N/A
Turnout 37 -1.8
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Market Harborough - Welland

Market Harborough - Welland (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Daniel Woodiwiss 822 N/A
Green Rose Foreman 661 N/A
Green Lynne Taylor 657 N/A
Liberal Democrats Roger Dunton* 649 N/A
Liberal Democrats Jo Chambers 589 N/A
Conservative Corrine Green 514 N/A
Liberal Democrats Marion Lewis 472 N/A
Conservative Aiden Perks 471 N/A
Conservative Francesca McHugo 447 N/A
Labour Marie Panter 287 N/A
Labour Angela Brown 277 N/A
Labour Paul Gray 265 N/A
Turnout 33 -0.2
Green gain from Liberal Democrats
Green gain from Liberal Democrats
Green gain from Conservative

Misterton

Misterton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jonathan Bateman* 409 41.3 -11.1
Liberal Democrats Stephen Walkley 374 37.7 -1.5
Labour Liz Marsh 150 15.1 +6.6
Green Jonathan Hopkins 58 5.9 New
Majority 35 3.6 -9.6
Turnout 991 42 +0.5
Conservative hold Swing -4.8

Nevill

Nevill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Rickman* 585 66.2 +2.3
Liberal Democrats Philip Kaufman 186 21.0 -15.1
Green Suzanne Lloyd 113 12.8 New
Majority 399 45.2 +17.4
Turnout 884 39 -9.3
Conservative hold Swing +8.7

Thurnby & Houghton

Thurnby & Houghton (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Simon Galton* 1,579 N/A
Liberal Democrats Amanda Burrell* 1,357 N/A
Liberal Democrats Peter Elliott* 1,319 N/A
Conservative Riby Gill 607 N/A
Conservative Nic Olsen 537 N/A
Conservative Zaheer Joossab 486 N/A
Labour Carol Hopkinson 367 N/A
Labour Ahmad Khwaja 351 N/A
Labour Matt Smith 347 N/A
Green Melanie Wakley 179 N/A
Green Martyn Gower 174 N/A
Turnout 36 -2.5
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Ullesthorpe

Ullesthorpe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rosita Page* 517 55.7 N/A
Labour Ian Millington 224 24.1 New
Liberal Democrats John Gurnett 109 11.7 New
Green Sarah Nimmo 78 8.4 New
Majority 293 31.6 N/A
Turnout 928 39 N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A

References

  1. ↑ Moorhouse, Sam (26 April 2023). "Harborough Liberal Democrats pledge to fill council service desks". Leicestershire Live. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  2. ↑ "Elections". Harborough District Council. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "Election timetable in England". UK Government. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  4. ↑ "Candidates announced for local elections across Harborough". Harborough FM. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  5. ↑ "All the candidates standing in the local elections in the Harborough District Council area". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "Harborough election result". BBC News. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  7. ↑ "Conservatives lose grip on Harborough District Council in 2023 election". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  8. ↑ "New Harborough Conservative group leader elected following defeat at local elections". Harborough Mail. 10 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  9. ↑ https://harboroughfm.co.uk/hfm-deal-struck-to-run-harborough-district-council/
  10. ↑ "District election results 2023". Harborough District Council. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
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