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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 48.7 −5.4
Conservative Clive Grafton-Reed 458 48.0 +3.0
Labour Sandra Parkinson 186 19.5 −6.5
Liberal Democrats Joshua Graves 177 18.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats David Beasley 173 18.1 N/A
Labour Sue Maguire 147 15.4 N/A
Green Mark Green 124 13.0 −23.1
Green Gillian Buswell 93 9.7 N/A
Turnout 954 26 −4.5
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Broughton Astley South & Leire

Broughton Astley South & Leire (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joshua Worrell 479 44.9 ±0.0
Liberal Democrats Mark Graves* 459 43.1 −16.8
Liberal Democrats Janet Rogers 400 37.5 N/A
Labour Julia Gardner 172 16.1 −7.6
Labour Malcolm Maguire 112 10.5 N/A
Green Christopher Cooper-Hayes 76 7.1 N/A
Green Adam Holmes 62 5.8 N/A
Turnout 1,066 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 41.4 −2.1
Liberal Democrats Alan Birch 504 34.1 +19.0
Conservative Andrea Charlton 471 31.8 −12.3
Labour Brian Browne 284 19.2 −0.8
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Stephenson 253 17.1 N/A
Independent Charmaine Wood 253 17.1 −27.0
Green Mandy Sanders 239 16.1 N/A
Green Jessie Jenkins 158 10.7 N/A
Turnout 1,480 33 −0.5
Conservative hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Glen

Glen (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Hallam* 864 58.3 +0.6
Conservative Rani Mahal* 758 51.1 +8.6
Liberal Democrats Mark Dilkes 436 29.4 +10.7
Liberal Democrats Donna Barnett 405 27.3 +13.1
Green Matthew Norton 216 14.6 +0.7
Green Stephen Rankine 170 11.5 N/A
Turnout 1,482 34 −5.7
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Kibworths

Kibworths (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Phil King* 951 44.7 −8.2
Conservative Robin Hollick* 945 44.4 −3.3
Conservative Simon Whelband* 801 37.7 −8.4
Liberal Democrats Chris Graves 744 35.0 +5.8
Liberal Democrats Carol Weaver 558 26.2 −4.8
Liberal Democrats James Lindsay 516 24.3 N/A
Green Erika Cudworth 470 22.1 N/A
Labour Elaine Carter 392 18.4 −3.4
Green Debbie James 298 14.0 N/A
Green Brian Thompson 186 8.7 N/A
Turnout 2,126 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 40.5 +7.0
Liberal Democrats Martin Sarfas* 497 38.2 +2.3
Conservative Laurence Sharma 367 28.2 −6.9
Labour Edward MacIntyre 351 27.0 −1.6
Liberal Democrats Mary Morgan 239 18.4 −8.6
Green Douglas Taylor 126 9.7 N/A
Reform UK Bill Piper 110 8.5 N/A
Turnout 1,301 34 −3.2
Labour gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats hold

Lutterworth West

Lutterworth West (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Beadle* 684 47.5 +3.1
Labour Jim Knight 633 44.0 +15.9
Conservative Annette Willcox 527 36.6 −14.5
Green Carl Tiivas 220 15.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Carol Mayne 152 10.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Sue Graves 145 10.1 N/A
Turnout 1,439 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 52.4 −2.8
Liberal Democrats Buddy Anderson 740 43.1 N/A
Conservative Barry Champion* 474 27.6 −6.3
Conservative Charles Hawes 360 21.0 −11.1
Labour Andy Thomas 283 16.5 −1.4
Labour David Wenn 182 10.6 −4.4
Green Mary Morgan 157 9.2 −16.7
Green Richard Ansell 144 8.4 N/A
Turnout 1,715 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 38.4 −12.9
Liberal Democrats Stuart Finan 587 35.1 N/A
Conservative Peter Critchley* 502 30.1 −16.2
Conservative David Page 465 27.8 −14.4
Labour Maria Panter 270 16.2 −13.6
Labour Peter Whalen 245 14.7 N/A
Independent Clare Bottle 222 13.3 N/A
Green Daniella Orsini 172 10.3 N/A
Green Carlos Bilbao Elguezabal 139 8.3 N/A
Turnout 1,670 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 51.0 +3.7
Liberal Democrats Geraldine Whitmore* 706 44.8 +6.0
Conservative Robin Cutforth 467 29.6 −6.3
Conservative Sophie Smith 343 21.8 N/A
Labour Louise Phipps 213 13.5 N/A
Labour Rosemary Watson 172 10.9 −1.2
Green Simon Shepley 132 8.4 −15.4
Green Jennifer Wroath 111 7.0 N/A
Independent Robin Lambert 95 6.0 −8.8
Turnout 1,576 37 −1.8
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Market Harborough - Welland

Market Harborough - Welland (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Daniel Woodiwiss 822 39.1 +7.6
Green Rose Foreman 661 31.4 N/A
Green Lynne Taylor 657 31.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Roger Dunton* 649 30.9 −13.4
Liberal Democrats Jo Chambers 589 28.0 −16.6
Conservative Corrine Green 514 24.5 −9.4
Liberal Democrats Marion Lewis 472 22.5 −4.1
Conservative Aiden Perks 471 22.4 −5.4
Conservative Francesca McHugo 447 21.3 N/A
Labour Marie Panter 287 13.7 −5.7
Labour Angela Brown 277 13.2 N/A
Labour Paul Gray 265 12.6 −8.1
Turnout 2,102 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 61.5 −11.1
Liberal Democrats Amanda Burrell* 1,357 52.9 −8.4
Liberal Democrats Peter Elliott* 1,319 51.4 −6.9
Conservative Riby Gill 607 23.7 −6.9
Conservative Nic Olsen 537 20.9 N/A
Conservative Zaheer Joossab 486 18.9 N/A
Labour Carol Hopkinson 367 14.3 +3.0
Labour Ahmad Khwaja 351 13.7 +3.7
Labour Matt Smith 347 13.5 N/A
Green Melanie Wakley 179 7.0 N/A
Green Martyn Gower 174 6.8 N/A
Turnout 2,566 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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