2023 Blaby District Council election

2023 Blaby District Council election
4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)
All 36 seats to Blaby District Council
19 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Terry Richardson Geoff Welsh Nick Brown
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour
Last election 25 seats, 50.0% 6 seats, 19.0% 6 seats, 19.4%
Seats before 23[a] 6 6
Seats after 19 9 6
Seat change Decrease 6 Increase 3 Steady
Popular vote 16,832 12,921 4,928
Percentage 42.0% 32.3% 12.3%
Swing Decrease 8.0% Increase 13.3% Decrease 7.1%
  Fourth party Fifth party
  Blank Blank
Party Green Independent
Last election 1 seat, 8.7% 1 seat, 3.0%
Seats before 1 3
Seats after 2 0
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease1
Popular vote 4,819 493
Percentage 12.0% 1.2%
Swing Increase 3.3% Decrease 1.8%
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Blaby District Council election
Leader before election

Terry Richardson
Conservative

 Leader after election

Terry Richardson
Conservative

The 2023 Blaby District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of the Blaby District Council in England.[3][4] They were held on the same day as other local elections.[5]

Boundary changes

On 5 July 2022, the Local Government Boundary Commission announced the completion of their review of Blaby's ward boundaries. The final recommendation reduced the number of councillors from 39 to 36 and the number of wards from 18 to 17. This consisted of three 3-member wards, thirteen 2-member wards and one single member ward. These proposals were approved by Parliament in December 2022 to come info force for the council elections held in May 2023.[6][7]

Results summary

The Conservative Party narrowly retained control of the council.[8]

2023 Blaby District Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 29[9] 19 0 6 Decrease 6 52.8 42.0 16,832 –8.0
  Liberal Democrats 26 9 4 0 Increase 4 25.0 32.3 12,921 +13.3
  Labour 15 6 1 0 Increase 1 16.7 12.3 4,928 –7.1
  Green 13 2 1 0 Increase 1 5.5 12.0 4,819 +3.3
  Independent 2 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 1.2 493 –1.8
  Reform 1 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.2 63 N/A

Ward results

The results of the election, by ward, were as follows.[10][11]

Blaby

Blaby (2 seats)[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Hartshorn* 847 59.1
Liberal Democrats Antony Moseley* 818 57.1
Conservative Marian Broomhead 458 32.0
Labour Barrie Palmer 256 17.9
Turnout 1,432 29.0
Registered electors 4,942
Rejected ballots 6 0.42
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Braunstone Millfield

Braunstone Millfield (2 seats)[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nick Brown 712 68.6
Labour Tracey Shepherd* 643 61.9
Green Eve Deakin 289 27.8
Turnout 1,038 26.2
Registered electors 3,964
Rejected ballots 28 2.7
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Braunstone Ravenhurst

Braunstone Ravenhurst (2 seats)[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Muhammad Aslam Unopposed
Labour Bob Waterton Unopposed
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Cosby and South Whetstone

Cosby & South Whetstone (2 seats)[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Les Phillimore* 710 56.3 –2.3
Conservative Jane Wolfe* 609 48.3 –9.5
Liberal Democrats Lauren O'Toole 367 29.1 N/A
Green Mike Jelfs 308 24.4 –2.6
Liberal Democrats Gareth Norman 262 20.8 N/A
Turnout 1,262 30.6 –1.7
Registered electors 4,129
Rejected ballots 7 0.55
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Countesthorpe

Countesthorpe (3 seats)[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Adrian Clifford* 966 49.0 –14.9
Liberal Democrats Royston Bayliss 866 43.9 +4.8
Liberal Democrats John Holdridge 850 43.1 +13.9
Conservative David Findlay* 793 40.2 –13.4
Liberal Democrats Brandyn Storey 769 39.0 +12.2
Conservative Shane Blackwell* 746 37.8 –9.2
Labour Leanne Lee 314 15.9 N/A
Turnout 1,972 32.2 +2.0
Registered electors 6,119
Rejected ballots 9 0.46
Conservative hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Enderby

Enderby (2 seats)[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Hannah Gill 552 40.9
Conservative Cheryl Cashmore* 487 36.1
Liberal Democrats Nick Holt 482 35.7
Conservative Helen Richardson 407 30.2
Labour Ann Malthouse 287 21.3
Labour Imran Uddin 173 12.8
Green David Gray 141 10.5
Turnout 1,349 28.4
Registered electors 4,758
Rejected ballots 6 0.44
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Fosse Highcross

Fosse Highcross (2 seats)[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ben Taylor* 735 55.7
Conservative Mike Shirley 715 54.2
Labour Laura Badland 351 26.6
Liberal Democrats Tony Greenwood 269 20.4
Green Joanne Deakin 251 19.0
Turnout 1,320 30.1
Registered electors 4,392
Rejected ballots 8 0.61
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Fosse Normanton

Fosse Normanton (1 seat)[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Maggie Wright* 379 60.2
Labour Steve Crane 170 27.0
Green Florence Turner 80 12.7
Majority 209 33.2
Turnout 630 28.7
Registered electors 2,198
Rejected ballots 1 0.16
Conservative win (new seat)

Fosse Stoney Cove

Fosse Stoney Cove (2 seats)[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Luke Cousin 616 47.1
Conservative Neil Wright 521 39.8
Liberal Democrats Eddie Larkin 503 38.4
Conservative Trevor Matthews* 498 38.0
Green Xeimon Parker-Cox 186 14.2
Turnout 1,309 28.3
Registered electors 4,631
Rejected ballots 9 0.69
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Glen Parva

Glen Parva (2 seats)[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Geoff Welsh* 681 61.7
Liberal Democrats Beverley Welsh* 658 59.6
Conservative Chloe Denton 279 25.3
Independent Richard Woolley 264 23.9
Turnout 1,104 25.5
Registered electors 4,335
Rejected ballots 10 0.91
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Glenfield Ellis

Glenfield Ellis (2 seats)[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nick Chapman* 586 53.3
Liberal Democrats Helen Gambardella 536 48.7
Liberal Democrats Iain Smith 496 45.1
Conservative Graham Huss 487 44.3
Turnout 1,100 26.6
Registered electors 4,143
Rejected ballots 9 0.82
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Glenfield Faire

Glenfield Faire (2 seats)[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lee Breckon* 606 56.7
Conservative Roy Denney* 538 50.3
Green Nick Cox 461 43.1
Green Mary Kapadia 407 38.1
Turnout 1,069 26.3
Registered electors 4,068
Rejected ballots 12 1.12
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Kirby Muxloe

Kirby Muxloe (2 seats)[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Tony Deakin 859 59.9
Green Roger Stead 811 56.6
Conservative Chris Frost* 539 37.6
Conservative Apostolos Nakas 387 27.0
Liberal Democrats Ayo Ojo 147 10.3
Turnout 1,433 33.9
Registered electors 4,233
Rejected ballots 3 0.21
Green win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)

Leicester Forest and Lubbesthorpe

Leicester Forest & Lubbesthorpe (3 seats)[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stuart Coar* 623 45.0
Conservative Matt Tomeo 545 39.4
Conservative Dillan Shikotra 540 39.0
Liberal Democrats Mat Mortel 498 36.0
Liberal Democrats Sue Jordan 493 35.6
Liberal Democrats Kelvin Jordan 418 30.2
Green Steven Travis 267 19.3
Independent Michael O'Hare* 229 16.5
Turnout 1,384 23.7
Registered electors 5,838
Rejected ballots 5 0.36
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Narborough and Littlethorpe

Narborough & Littlethorpe (3 seats)[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Janet Forey* 853 47.3 –9.9
Conservative Terry Richardson* 851 47.2 +0.2
Conservative Nigel Grundy* 799 44.3 N/A
Green Eleanor Turner 559 31.0 –15.6
Labour Marion Waterton 513 28.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Charlotte Von Anrep 493 27.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Alistair Mattinson 492 27.3 N/A
Turnout 1,802 27.5 +2.5
Registered electors 6,544
Rejected ballots 6 0.33
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative win (new seat)

North Whetstone

North Whetstone (2 seats)[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Jackson* 390 39.4 –10.8
Conservative Susan Findlay 385 38.9 –18.3
Liberal Democrats Andrew Savage 278 28.1 N/A
Labour Michael Bounds 267 27.0 +1.8
Labour Lisa Pendery-Hunt 241 24.4 +3.8
Liberal Democrats Glynn Smith 233 23.6 N/A
Reform Danuta Jeeves 63 6.4 N/A
Turnout 989 22.9 –1.1
Registered electors 4,313
Rejected ballots 4 0.4
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Thorpe Astley and St Mary's

Thorpe Astley & St Mary's (2 seats)[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alex DeWinter* 531 45.7
Labour Becca Lunn 470 40.5
Conservative Richard Forrest 398 34.3
Green Steven Smith 200 17.2
Liberal Democrats Kulwinder Gill 160 13.8
Liberal Democrats Callistus Fonjong 137 11.8
Turnout 1,161 23.7
Registered electors 4,904
Rejected ballots 15 1.29
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Changes 2023–2027

  • Maggie Wright, elected as a Conservative councillor for Fosse Normanton in 2023 and the council's former deputy leader, refused to back the nomination of Ben Taylor as the new Conservative leader in May 2025 and left the party to sit as an independent.[29]

By-elections

Glen Parva

Glen Parva by-election: 21 December 2023[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ande Savage 438 60.1 New
Conservative Shane Blackwell 141 19.3 New
Labour Laura Badland 102 14.0 New
Green Mike Jelfs 43 5.9 New
Majority 297 40.7
Turnout 729 16.8 −8.7
Registered electors 4,334
Rejected ballots 5 0.69
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +4.0

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the sitting Liberal Democrat councillor, Geoff Welsh, who had also been the Leicestershire County Councillor for the Blaby and Glen Parva division since 2013. Welsh, who had served in local government for 30 years, said he was stepping down for health reasons.[31][32]

Glen Parva (2025)

Glen Parva by-election: 1 May 2025[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform John Bloxham 571 43.0 New
Liberal Democrats Yashmeet Bhamra 460 34.7 New
Conservative Shane Blackwell 145 10.9 New
Labour Anna Parrish 77 5.8 New
Green Eleanor Turner 70 5.3 New
Majority 111 8.4
Turnout 1,327 30.35
Registered electors 4,372
Rejected ballots 4 0.30
Reform gain from Liberal Democrats

The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the sitting Liberal Democrat councillor, Beverley "Bev" Welsh.[34] The poll was held on the same day as the Leicestershire County Council election.

References

  1. ↑ Includes two vacant seats previously held by Conservatives: North Whetstone, held by Sharon Coe until her resignation in December 2022,[1] and Forest, held by David Clements until his death on 30 December 2022.[2]
  1. ↑ Boothroyd, David (16 December 2022). "When in Rome, do as the Andoverians do". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  2. ↑ "Printed minutes, Council, 31 January 2023" (PDF). Blaby District Council. p. 115. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
  3. ↑ "Elections May 2023". Blaby District Council. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  4. ↑ "Election timetable in England". UK Government. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  5. ↑ Moorhouse, Sam (5 May 2023). "Blaby District Council Election Results 2023". LeicestershireLive. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  6. ↑ "Electoral boundaries". Blaby District Council. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  7. ↑ "Blaby District Council receives 'new political map' as ward boundaries drawn". Community News. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  8. ↑ "Blaby result – Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  9. ↑ "All the candidates up for local elections for Blaby District Council this May". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  10. ↑ "Election results by wards". Blaby District Council. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  11. ↑ "Blaby District Council local election results 2023 in full as they happen". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  12. ↑ Smith, Julia (5 May 2023). "Election of a District Councillor for Blaby" (PDF). Blaby District Council. Returning Officer, Council Offices, Narborough, Leicestershire.
  13. ↑ Smith, Julia (5 May 2023). "Election of a District Councillor for Braunstone Millfield" (PDF). Blaby District Council. Returning Officer, Council Offices, Narborough, Leicestershire.
  14. ↑ Smith, Julia (5 May 2023). "Election of District Councillors for Braunstone Ravenhurst" (PDF). Blaby District Council. Returning Officer, Council Offices, Narborough, Leicestershire.
  15. ↑ Smith, Julia (5 May 2023). "Election of a District Councillor for Cosby & South Whetstone" (PDF). Blaby District Council. Returning Officer, Council Offices, Narborough, Leicestershire.
  16. ↑ Smith, Julia (5 May 2023). "Election of a District Councillor for Countesthorpe" (PDF). Blaby District Council. Returning Officer, Council Offices, Narborough, Leicestershire.
  17. ↑ Smith, Julia (5 May 2023). "Election of a District Councillor for Enderby" (PDF). Blaby District Council. Returning Officer, Council Offices, Narborough, Leicestershire.
  18. ↑ Smith, Julia (5 May 2023). "Election of a District Councillor for Fosse Highcross" (PDF). Blaby District Council. Returning Officer, Council Offices, Narborough, Leicestershire.
  19. ↑ Smith, Julia (5 May 2023). "Election of a District Councillor for Fosse Normanton" (PDF). Blaby District Council. Returning Officer, Council Offices, Narborough, Leicestershire.
  20. ↑ Smith, Julia (5 May 2023). "Election of a District Councillor for Fosse Stoney Cove" (PDF). Blaby District Council. Returning Officer, Council Offices, Narborough, Leicestershire.
  21. ↑ Smith, Julia (5 May 2023). "Election of a District Councillor for Glen Parva" (PDF). Blaby District Council. Returning Officer, Council Offices, Narborough, Leicestershire.
  22. ↑ Smith, Julia (5 May 2023). "Election of a District Councillor for Glenfield Ellis" (PDF). Blaby District Council. Returning Officer, Council Offices, Narborough, Leicestershire.
  23. ↑ Smith, Julia (5 May 2023). "Election of a District Councillor for Glenfield Faire" (PDF). Blaby District Council. Returning Officer, Council Offices, Narborough, Leicestershire.
  24. ↑ Smith, Julia (5 May 2023). "Election of a District Councillor for Kirby Muxloe" (PDF). Blaby District Council. Returning Officer, Council Offices, Narborough, Leicestershire.
  25. ↑ Smith, Julia (5 May 2023). "Election of a District Councillor for Leicester Forest & Lubbesthorpe" (PDF). Blaby District Council. Returning Officer, Council Offices, Narborough, Leicestershire.
  26. ↑ Smith, Julia (5 May 2023). "Election of a District Councillor for Narborough & Littlethorpe" (PDF). Blaby District Council. Returning Officer, Council Offices, Narborough, Leicestershire.
  27. ↑ Smith, Julia (5 May 2023). "Election of a District Councillor for North Whetstone" (PDF). Blaby District Council. Returning Officer, Council Offices, Narborough, Leicestershire.
  28. ↑ Smith, Julia (5 May 2023). "Election of a District Councillor for Thorpe Astley & St Mary's" (PDF). Blaby District Council. Returning Officer, Council Offices, Narborough, Leicestershire.
  29. ↑ Rushin, Tess (29 May 2025). "Blaby councillor breaks ranks and refuses to support new leader". Leicester News. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
  30. ↑ Smith, Julia (21 December 2023). "Declaration of Result of Poll: Glen Parva" (PDF). Blaby District Council. Returning Officer, Council Offices, Narborough, Leicestershire.
  31. ↑ "By-election date announced for December". Leicestershire County Council. 16 November 2023. Archived from the original on 6 December 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
  32. ↑ "Glen Parva councillor resigns triggering Christmas elections". BBC News. 17 November 2023. Archived from the original on 17 November 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
  33. ↑ Smith, Julia (2 May 2025). "Declaration of Result of Poll: Glen Parva" (PDF). Blaby District Council. Returning Officer, Council Offices, Narborough, Leicestershire.
  34. ↑ "Notice of Vacancy in Office of District Councillor: District Ward of Glen Parva" (PDF). Blaby District Council. 17 March 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
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