2019 Blaby District Council election

2019 Blaby District Council election
2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)
All 39 seats to Blaby District Council
20 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Last election 29 seats, 60.6% 6 seats, 23.2% 4 seats, 13.4%
Seats won 25 6 6
Seat change Decrease 4 Steady Increase 2
Popular vote 17,449 6,776 6,621
Percentage 50.0% 19.4% 19.0%
Swing Decrease 10.6% Decrease 3.8% Increase 5.6%
  Fourth party Fifth party
  Blank Blank
Party Green Independent
Last election N/A N/A
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 3,026 1,035
Percentage 8.7% 3.0%
Swing N/A N/A
Results of the 2019 Blaby District Council election
Council control before election


Conservative

 Council control after election


Conservative

The 2019 Blaby District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Blaby District Council in England.[1] They were held on the same day as other local elections.

Results summary

Blaby District Council wards by party control 2020.

Election result

2019 Blaby District Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 37 25 0 4 Decrease 4 64.1 50.0 17,449 –10.6
  Labour 19 6 0 0 Steady 15.4 19.4 6,776 –3.8
  Liberal Democrats 10 6 2 0 Increase 2 15.4 19.0 6,621 +5.6
  Green 8 1 1 0 Increase 1 2.6 8.7 3,026 N/A
  Independent 4 1 1 0 Increase 1 2.6 3.0 1,035 N/A

Ward results

Blaby South

Blaby South[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Hartshorn 802 66.4
Liberal Democrats Antony Moseley 790 65.5
Conservative Marian Broomhead 397 32.9
Conservative Laurence Jackson 319 26.4
Turnout 1,229 31.7
Registered electors 3,878
Rejected ballots 22 1.8
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats hold

Cosby with South Whetstone

Cosby with South Whetstone[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Leslie Phillimore 766 58.6
Conservative Jane Wolfe 756 57.8
Green Martin Shaw 353 27.0
Labour Margaret Byrne 241 18.4
Labour Zachary Atkins 216 16.5
Turnout 1,325 32.3
Registered electors 4,098
Rejected ballots 18 1.4
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Countesthorpe

Countesthorpe[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Adrian Clifford 1,142 63.9
Conservative David Findlay 958 53.6
Conservative Shane Blackwell 840 47.0
Liberal Democrats Royston Bayliss 700 39.1
Liberal Democrats Charlotte Von Anrep 522 29.2
Liberal Democrats David Breese 480 26.8
Turnout 1,845 30.2
Registered electors 6,118
Rejected ballots 57 3.1
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Croft Hill

Croft Hill[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Freer 320 58.0
Green Christopher Holmes 149 27.0
Labour Neil Hallam 83 15.0
Turnout 570 30.0
Registered electors 1,898
Rejected ballots 18 3.2
Conservative hold Swing

Ellis

Ellis[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nicholas Chapman 682 61.7
Liberal Democrats Mathew Mortel 461 41.7
Conservative Graham Huss 442 40.0
Green Joseph Harper 352 31.9
Turnout 1,135 26.1
Registered electors 4,351
Rejected ballots 30 2.6
Conservative hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Enderby & St. John's

Enderby & St. John's[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Cheryl Cashmore 521 57.3
Conservative Helen Richardson 467 51.4
Labour Tracy Green 364 40.0
Labour Ann Malthouse 326 35.9
Turnout 954 23.9
Registered electors 3,996
Rejected ballots 45 4.7
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Fairestone

Fairestone[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lee Breckon 627 59.2
Conservative Roy Denney 535 50.5
Green Nicholas Cox 318 30.0
Labour Mary Kapadia 253 23.9
Liberal Democrats Iain Smith 193 18.2
Turnout 1,083 28.4
Registered electors 3,811
Rejected ballots 23 2.1
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Forest

Forest[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stuart Coar 676 50.1
Conservative David Clements 588 43.6
Independent Michael O'Hare 555 41.1
Green Bettina Atkinson 554 41.1
Conservative Richard Bowers 459 34.0
Turnout 1,357 23.4
Registered electors 5,808
Rejected ballots 8 0.6
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Independent gain from Conservative

Millfield

Millfield[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op William Wright 282 53.2
Conservative Anthony Cashmore 248 46.8
Turnout 542 27.0
Registered electors 2,011
Rejected ballots 12 2.2
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Muxloe

Muxloe[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Frost 740 65.3
Green Kirsteen Thomson 541 47.7
Conservative Anthony Greenwood 507 44.7
Turnout 1,146 34.0
Registered electors 3,368
Rejected ballots 13 1.1
Conservative hold
Green gain from Conservative

Narborough & Littlethorpe

Narborough & Littlethorpe[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Janet Forey 563 57.2
Conservative Trevor Matthews 462 47.0
Green Marek Turner 459 46.6
Turnout 1,009 25.0
Registered electors 4,039
Rejected ballots 25 2.5
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Normanton

Normanton[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margaret Wright 499 78.6
Labour Stephen Crane 136 21.4
Turnout 662 31.2
Registered electors 2,120
Rejected ballots 27 4.1
Conservative hold Swing

North Whetstone

North Whetstone[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sharon Coe 541 57.2
Conservative Mark Jackson 474 50.2
Labour Michael Bounds 238 25.2
Labour Stephen Cooper 195 20.6
Independent John Culshaw 135 14.3
Independent Danuta Jeeves 125 13.2
Turnout 954 24.0
Registered electors 3,977
Rejected ballots 9 0.9
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Pastures

Pastures[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel Grundy Unopposed
Conservative Terence Richardson Unopposed
Turnout – –
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Ravenhurst & Fosse

Ravenhurst & Fosse[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Samantha Maxwell 880 55.6
Labour Muhammad Aslam 847 53.5
Labour Phillex Moitt 839 53.0
Conservative Peter Wardrop 533 33.7
Conservative Neil Wright 451 28.5
Turnout 1,618 30.5
Registered electors 5,298
Rejected ballots 36 2.2
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Saxondale

Saxondale[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Welsh 910 56.2
Liberal Democrats Beverley Welsh 883 54.5
Liberal Democrats Christine Merrill 880 54.4
Labour Éanna Pemberton-Mee 395 24.4
Conservative Mason Cashmore 344 21.2
Conservative Susan Findlay 332 20.5
Labour Suresh Chauhan 227 14.0
Labour Alan Methven 214 13.2
Turnout 1,644 29.2
Registered electors 5,631
Rejected ballots 25 1.5
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Stanton & Flamville

Stanton & Flamville[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Iain Hewson Unopposed
Conservative Sheila Scott Unopposed
Conservative Deanne Woods Unopposed
Turnout – –
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Winstanley

Winstanley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alex Dewinter 471 37.6
Conservative Benjamin Taylor 435 34.7
Labour Tracey Shepherd 428 34.1
Conservative Elliot Conway 420 33.5
Conservative Richard Forrest 405 32.3
Green Christiane Startin-Lorent 300 23.9
Independent David Di Palma 220 17.5
Labour Sharon Betts 141 11.2
Turnout 1,280 24.5
Registered electors 5,223
Rejected ballots 26 2.0
Labour hold
Conservative hold
Labour hold

Changes 2019–2023

  • David Freer, elected as a Conservative councillor for Croft Hill in 2019, and Deanne Woods (later Deanne Freer), elected unopposed as a Conservative councillor for Stanton & Flamville in 2019, left the party to become Independent Members and form an Independent Group, reported to the council meeting of 20 September 2022.[2]
  • Sharon Coe, elected as a Conservative councillor for North Whetstone in 2019, resigned from the council in December 2022.[3] As the vacancy arose within six months of the next ordinary election, the seat was not filled by a by-election and remained vacant until the ward was abolished by the 2023 boundary changes.
  • David Clements, elected as a Conservative councillor for Forest in 2019, died on 30 December 2022 after 21 years as a councillor.[4] As with the North Whetstone vacancy, the seat was not filled by a by-election and remained vacant until the ward was abolished by the 2023 boundary changes.

By-elections

Millfield

Millfield by-election: 27 February 2020[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nick Brown 228 52.2 −1.0
Conservative Anthony Cashmore 188 43.0 −3.8
Green Christiane Startin-Lorent 21 4.8 New
Majority 40 9.2
Turnout 439 21.4
Registered electors 2,048
Rejected ballots 2 0.5
Labour hold

The by-election was triggered by the death of the sitting Labour councillor, William "Bill" Wright, following a period of illness.[6]

Stanton & Flamville

Stanton & Flamville by-election: 6 May 2021[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Shirley 1,651 62.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Luke Cousin 552 20.7 N/A
Labour Courtney Stephenson 265 9.9 N/A
Green Nicholas Cox 197 7.4 N/A
Majority 1,099 41.2
Turnout 2,692 39.1
Registered electors 6,885
Rejected ballots 27 1.0
Conservative hold

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the sitting Conservative councillor, Sheila Scott, who ceased to hold office on 6 March 2020.[8][9] The poll was delayed to the May 2021 elections, held nationally after the postponement of the previous year's local elections due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "Election of District Councillors for the Wards of Blaby District Council: Summary of Results" (PDF). blaby.gov.uk. 4 June 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 September 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Amendments to Appointments to Committees and Seat Allocations" (PDF). Blaby District Council. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
  3. ↑ "Amendment to Cabinet Executive Appointments and Scheme of Delegation" (PDF). Blaby District Council. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  4. ↑ "Councillor Database: David Clements from Blaby". UKPOL.CO.UK. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  5. ↑ "Declaration of Result of Poll: Millfield" (PDF). Blaby District Council. 27 February 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "Cllr Bill Wright". Braunstone Town Council. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  7. ↑ "Declaration of Result of Poll: Stanton & Flamville" (PDF). Blaby District Council. 7 May 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  8. ↑ "Councillor details - Councillor Sheila Scott". Blaby District Council. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  9. ↑ "Notice of Vacancy in Office of Councillor: Stanton and Flamville" (PDF). Blaby District Council. 20 May 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
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