2023 Melton Borough Council
4 May 2023
All 28 seats to Melton Borough Council
15 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Joe Orson Elaine Holmes Pip Allnatt
Party Conservative Independent Labour
Last election 22 seats, 59.7% 5 seats, 15.0% 0 seats, 7.4%
Seats before 19[lower-alpha 1] 8[lower-alpha 2] 0
Seats after 11 10 5
Seat change Decrease11 Increase5 Increase5
  Fourth party Fifth party
  Blank Blank
Party Green Liberal Democrats
Last election 1 seat, 14.3% 0 seats, 1.4%
Seats before 1 0
Seats after 1 1
Seat change Steady Increase1
Leader before election

Joe Orson
Conservative

 Leader after election

Pip Allnatt
Labour
No overall control

The 2023 Melton Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023, to elect all 28 members of Melton Borough Council in Leicestershire, England.

Summary

Following the results, the Conservatives lost the council to no overall control.[2] A Labour and independent coalition took control of the council, with Labour councillor Pip Allnatt being appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 24 May 2023.[3]

Overall results

The overall results were:[4]

Results[5]
Party Seats Change
Conservative Party 11 Decrease 11
Independents and Others 10 Increase 5
Labour Party 5 Increase 5
Green Party 1 Steady
Liberal Democrats 1 Increase 1

Ward results

The results for each ward were as follows. Sitting councillors standing for re-election are indicated with an asterisk (*).[6]

Asfordby

Asfordby (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Steven John Carter* 454
Green Charlotte Mary Pitt Miller 299
Conservative Ronald Anthony de Burle* 239
Conservative Nicholas Arthur Putname 218
Turnout 24.89%
Registered electors 2,885
Independent hold
Green gain from Conservative

Bottesford

Bottesford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Donald James Pritchett* 602
Labour James Miles Mason 506
Conservative Morgan Lawrence Platts Kilburn 447
Turnout 32.29%
Registered electors 3,255
Conservative gain from Independent
Labour gain from Conservative

Donald Pritchett had been elected as an independent in 2019 but joined the Conservatives in September 2021. Seat recorded here as a Conservative gain from independent to allow comparison with 2019 result.[7]

Croxton Kerrial

Croxton Kerrial
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Alan Henry Hewson* 289
Conservative Jack William Smith 231
Turnout 33.85%
Registered electors 1,551
Independent hold

Frisby on the Wreake

Frisby on the Wreake
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ronan William Joseph Browne* 465
Labour Gwyneth Margaret Clay 139
Independent Eric Gordon John Brown 103
Turnout 44.53%
Registered electors 1,599
Conservative hold

Gaddesby

Gaddesby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Howard Child* 431
Labour Adrienne Myfanwy Holland 146
Turnout 39.20%
Registered electors 1,477
Conservative hold

Long Clawson and Stathern

Long Clawson and Stathern (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher John Evans* 565 37 -10.6
Conservative Simon Gordon Theobald Orson 512
Labour Michael McQuillan 492 32.2 New
Independent Nicholas James Hall 469 30.8 -21.6
Independent Dawn Michelle Thompson-Birch 116
Independent Leigh Tracy Birch 73
Turnout 38.19%
Registered electors 3,490
Conservative gain from Independent
Conservative hold

Christopher Evans had been elected as an independent in 2019 but joined the Conservatives in November 2022. Seat recorded here as a Conservative gain from independent to allow comparison with 2019 result.[8] The other seat in Long Clawson is shown as a Conservative hold, although it had been vacant since August 2022 following the death of the previous holder, Mel Steadman.[1]

Melton Craven

Melton Craven (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Sharon Elizabeth Butcher 277
Conservative Ian Atherton 250
Independent Lee Thomas Freer 239
Conservative Jeanne-Marie Douglas* 237
Labour Timothy John Litt 229
Turnout 24.43%
Registered electors 2,869
Independent gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Melton Dorian

Melton Dorian (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sarah Anne Cox 402
Independent Marilyn Mary Gordon 305
Independent Patricia Cumbers* 300
Conservative Christopher Paul Gray 283
Independent Tracy Lorraine Beaken 277
Green Alastair James McQuillan 255
Conservative Julian Tarquin Lockwood 239
Conservative Simon James Thompson 234
Green Isabelle Jane Taylor 180
Turnout 22.84%
Registered electors 4,418
Labour gain from Conservative
Independent gain from Green
Independent gain from Conservative

Pat Cumbers had been elected as a Conservative in 2019 but left the party in November 2021 and became an independent. Seat recorded here as independent gain from Conservative to allow comparison with 2019 result.[9]

Melton Egerton

Melton Egerton (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Philip George Allnatt 278
Labour Michael Dennis Brown 260
Conservative Jason Lewis Sharman 179
Independent Peter Faulkner* 176
Independent Elaine Ann Faulkner 175
Conservative Jonathan Winters 172
Turnout 21.27%
Registered electors 3,060
Labour gain from Independent
Labour gain from Conservative

Melton Newport

Melton Newport (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Margaret Glancy* 629
Independent Simon Roy Lumley* 609
Conservative Timothy Webster* 459
Conservative Robert Austen Bindloss* 425
Labour Vanessa Jackson 413
Conservative Rebecca Smith* 404
Independent Bruce Christopher Midgley 336
Turnout 30.22%
Registered electors 4,448
Independent gain from Conservative
Independent gain from Conservative
Independent hold

Simon Lumley and Margaret Glancy had both been elected as Conservatives in 2019 but left the party in June 2020 and March 2023 respectively to become independents. Seats recorded here as independent gains from Conservative to allow comparison with 2019 result.[10][11]

Melton Sysonby

Melton Sysonby (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats James Brooker Adcock 461 28.5 New
Labour Helen Louise Cliff 457 28.2 +2.5
Conservative Sigrid Atherton* 438 27.0 -17.9
Conservative John Illingworth* 423
Conservative Jacob Nathaniel Wilkinson* 370
Independent Rachel Godber 261 16.33 New
Independent Craig William Digby 240
Independent Kenneth John Panter 177
Turnout 26.89%
Registered electors 4,362
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Melton Warwick

Melton Warwick (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alison Jacqueline Freer* 360
Independent Allen Thwaites 345
Conservative Stephen Ellis 337
Labour Susan Caroline Hammond 327
Turnout 30.73%
Registered electors 2,792
Conservative hold
Independent gain from Conservative

Old Dalby

Old Dalby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joseph Theobold Orson* 349
Independent Elaine Holmes* 179
Independent Steven James Cliff 88
Turnout 36.81%
Registered electors 1,676
Conservative hold

Somerby

Somerby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Leigh Higgins* 398
Conservative Vimbisayi Taruvinga 200
Liberal Democrats Hamish Joseph Cameron McAuley 113
Turnout 46.79%
Registered electors 1,528
Independent gain from Conservative

Leigh Higgins was elected as a Conservative in 2019, was expelled from the party in September 2021, appealed and was readmitted early in 2023, but resigned from the party in April 2023 to become an independent. Seat recorded here as independent gain from Conservative to allow comparison with 2019 result.[12]

Waltham on the Wolds

Waltham on the Wolds
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Richard Stuart Sharp 323
Conservative Benjamin P. A. Townley 196
Turnout 34.40%
Registered electors 1,526
Independent hold

Wymondham

Wymondham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Malise Charles Richard Graham* 302
Labour Graham Bett 119
Turnout 31.84%
Registered electors 1,341
Conservative hold

By-elections

Asfordby by-election, 2 November 2023
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Margaret Clay 163 34.1 N/A
Conservative Chris Gray 123 25.7 +1.6
Independent Peter Faulkner 100 20.9 N/A
Green Issy Taylor 92 19.2 –10.9
Turnout 478 16.8
Registered electors 2,845
Labour gain from Green

The Asfordby by-election was triggered by the resignation of Green councillor Charlie Pitt Miller.[13][4]

References

  1. ↑ Includes one vacant seat at Long Clawson and Stathern previously held by Conservative councillor Mel Steadman until her death in August 2022.[1]
  2. ↑ Of the eight independent councillors before the election, three sat with the Green councillor as the "Opposition" group, led by independent Elaine Holmes, the other five did not belong to a group.
  1. 1 2 Rennie, Nick (22 August 2022). "Tributes for Melton councillor after her death is announced". Melton Times. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  2. ↑ Kershaw, Tom (2023-05-04). "Melton Borough Council local election results 2023 in full". LeicestershireLive. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  3. ↑ Rennie, Nick (24 May 2023). "Melton Council elects new Labour councillor as leader". Melton Times. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Borough elections 4 May 2023". Melton Borough Council. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "Melton result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  6. ↑ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Melton Borough Council. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  7. ↑ Boothroyd, David (24 September 2021). "Many happy returns in Cambridgeshire". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  8. ↑ Boothroyd, David (25 November 2022). "Lib Dems back on the Island". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  9. ↑ Rennie, Nick (17 November 2021). ""We have been dumped like garbage"". Melton Times. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  10. ↑ Rennie, Nick (29 July 2020). "Investigation clears Melton councillor of making racist comments". Melton Times. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  11. ↑ Boothroyd, David (24 March 2023). "Tory hold in a rush in Northants". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  12. ↑ Rennie, Nick (5 April 2023). "Councillor pledge to stand against former Tory colleagues after bullying claims". Melton Times. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  13. ↑ Rennie, Nick (20 September 2023). "Melton's only Green borough councillor resigns". Melton Times. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
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