2023 Harborough District Council election

2023 Harborough District Council election
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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

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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

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Harborough District Council election result.[10]

Sitting councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).

Billesdon & Tilton

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  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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