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{{Short description|Local government elections in Leicestershire, England}}
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'''Charnwood Borough Council elections''' are held every four years. Charnwood Borough Council is the local authority for the [[non-metropolitan district]] of [[Borough of Charnwood|Charnwood]] in [[Leicestershire]], [[England]]. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 52 [[Councillor#United Kingdom|councillors]] have been elected from 28 [[Wards of the United Kingdom|wards]].<ref name=about>{{cite web| url = http://www.charnwood.gov.uk/pages/living | title = About Charnwood – the Borough | accessdate = 2010-02-07 | publisher = Charnwood Borough Council}}</ref> New ward boundaries will come into effect for the 2023 election.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Charnwood (Electoral Changes) Order 2022|year=2022|number=809|accessdate=18 August 2022}}</ref>
'''Charnwood Borough Council elections''' are held every four years. Charnwood Borough Council is the local authority for the [[non-metropolitan district]] of [[Borough of Charnwood|Charnwood]] in [[Leicestershire]], England. Since the last boundary changes in 2023 the council has comprised 52 [[councillor]]s, representing 24 [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|wards]], with each ward electing one, two or three councillors.<ref name=2022order/>

==Political control==
The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:<ref>{{cite web |title=Compositions calculator |url=https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/?page_id=3825 |website=The Elections Centre |access-date=10 August 2022}}</ref><ref name=gain>{{cite news| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2007/councils/html/31uc.stm | title = Charnwood | accessdate = 2010-02-07 | work = [[BBC News Online]]}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan=2|Party in control || Years
|-
| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} || 1973–1976
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || 1976–1995
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}} || 1995–1999
|-
| {{Party name with colour|No overall control}} || 1999–2007
|-
| {{Party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || 2007–present
|}

===Leadership===
The [[leader of the council|leaders of the council]] since 2010 have been:<ref>{{cite web |title=Council minutes |url=https://charnwood.moderngov.co.uk/mgCalendarMonthView.aspx?GL=1&bcr=1 |website=Charnwood Borough Council |access-date=18 August 2022}}</ref>

{| class=wikitable
! Councillor !! colspan=2|Party !! From !! To
|-
| David Slater<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rush |first1=Andy |title=Tributes paid after former council leader David Slater passes away |url=https://www.loughboroughecho.net/news/local-news/tributes-paid-after-former-council-14593777 |access-date=18 August 2022 |work=Loughborough Echo |date=30 April 2018}}</ref> || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|2010 || align=right|6 Nov 2017
|-
| Jonathan Morgan<ref>{{cite news |last1=Coleman |first1=Liam |title=New leader of Charnwood Borough Council chosen |url=https://www.loughboroughecho.net/news/local-news/new-leader-charnwood-borough-council-13846677 |access-date=18 August 2022 |work=Loughborough Echo |date=2 November 2017}}</ref> || {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}} || align=right|6 Nov 2017 || align=right|
|}


==Council elections==
==Council elections==
[[File:Charnwood Borough Council Election Map 2019.png|300px|thumb|right|Charnwood Borough Council wards by party control 2019.]]
[[File:Charnwood UK ward map 2023.svg|300px|thumb|right|Charnwood Borough Council wards by party control 2023.]]
*[[1973 Charnwood Borough Council election]]
*[[1973 Charnwood Borough Council election]]
*[[1976 Charnwood Borough Council election]]
*[[1976 Charnwood Borough Council election]]
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*[[2015 Charnwood Borough Council election]]
*[[2015 Charnwood Borough Council election]]
*[[2019 Charnwood Borough Council election]]
*[[2019 Charnwood Borough Council election]]
*[[2023 Charnwood Borough Council election]] (New ward boundaries)<ref name=2022order>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Charnwood (Electoral Changes) Order 2022|year=2022|number=809|access-date=29 October 2023}}</ref>


==Election results==
==Election results==
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| width=87 align="center" | '''[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]'''
| width=87 align="center" | '''[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]'''
!style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}; width: 4px;" |
!style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}; width: 4px;" |
| width=87 align="center" | '''[[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Lib Dem]]'''
| width=87 align="center" | '''[[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Lib Dem]]'''{{efn|[[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] in 1973, 1976, and 1979, [[SDP–Liberal Alliance]] in 1983 and 1987.}}
!style="background-color: {{party color|British National Party}}; width: 4px;" |
!style="background-color: {{party color|British National Party}}; width: 4px;" |
| width=87 align="center" | '''[[British National Party|BNP]]'''
| width=87 align="center" | '''[[British National Party|BNP]]'''
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!style="background-color: {{party color|Green Party of England and Wales}}; width: 4px;" |
!style="background-color: {{party color|Green Party of England and Wales}}; width: 4px;" |
| width=87 align="center" | '''[[Green Party of England and Wales|Green]]'''
| width=87 align="center" | '''[[Green Party of England and Wales|Green]]'''
|-
| [[2023 Charnwood Borough Council election|2023]]
| style="background:#000000; color:white" | NOC
| colspan=2 align="center" | 23
| colspan=2 align="center" | 20
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | 1
| colspan=2 align="center" | 8
|-
|-
| [[2019 Charnwood Borough Council election|2019]]
| [[2019 Charnwood Borough Council election|2019]]
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| [[2003 Charnwood Borough Council election|2003]]
| [[2003 Charnwood Borough Council election|2003]]
| style="background:#000000; color:white" | NOC
| style="background:#000000; color:white" | NOC
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | 24
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | 22
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | 6
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
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| 1999
| 1999
| style="background:#000000; color:white" | NOC
| style="background:#000000; color:white" | NOC
| colspan=2 align="center" | 24
| colspan=2 align="center" | 21
| colspan=2 align="center" | 6
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | 1
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
|-
|-
| 1995
| 1995
| style="background:#cc0000; color:white" | Labour
| style="background:#cc0000; color:white" | Labour
| colspan=2 align="center" | 15
| colspan=2 align="center" style="background:#F8C1BE" | 30
| colspan=2 align="center" | 5
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" style="background:#F8C1BE" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | 2
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
|-
|-
| 1991
| 1991
| style="background:#0087DC; color:white" | Conservative
| style="background:#0087DC; color:white" | Conservative
| colspan=2 align="center" style="background:#B3E0FF" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" style="background:#B3E0FF" | 34
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | 15
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | 2
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | 1
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
|-
|-
| 1987
| 1987
| style="background:#0087DC; color:white" | Conservative
| style="background:#0087DC; color:white" | Conservative
| colspan=2 align="center" style="background:#B3E0FF" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" style="background:#B3E0FF" | 39
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | 10
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | 3
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
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| 1983
| 1983
| style="background:#0087DC; color:white" | Conservative
| style="background:#0087DC; color:white" | Conservative
| colspan=2 align="center" style="background:#B3E0FF" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" style="background:#B3E0FF" | 38
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | 14
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
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| 1979
| 1979
| style="background:#0087DC; color:white" | Conservative
| style="background:#0087DC; color:white" | Conservative
| colspan=2 align="center" style="background:#B3E0FF" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" style="background:#B3E0FF" | 42
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | 12
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | 3
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | 1
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
|-
|-
| 1976
| 1976
| style="background:#0087DC; color:white" | Conservative
| style="background:#0087DC; color:white" | Conservative
| colspan=2 align="center" style="background:#B3E0FF" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" style="background:#B3E0FF" | 40
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | 12
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | 2
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | 4
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
|-
|-
| 1973
| 1973
| style="background:#000000; color:white" | NOC
| style="background:#000000; color:white" | NOC
| colspan=2 align="center" | 29
| colspan=2 align="center" | 13
| colspan=2 align="center" | 5
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | 11
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
| colspan=2 align="center" | -
|-
|-
|}
|}
{{notelist}}
Source:<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rallings |first1=Colin |last2=Thrasher |first2=Michael |title=Charnwood Borough Council Election Results 1973-2011 |url=http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Charnwood-1973-2011.pdf |website=Elections Centre |access-date=23 August 2022}}</ref>


A dash indicates that the results for a particular election are not available, or that a party did not stand in an election.
A dash indicates that the results for a particular election are not available, or that a party did not stand in an election.

==Results maps==
<gallery>
File:Charnwood UK ward map 2023.svg|2023 results map
</gallery>


==By-election results==
==By-election results==
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===2011-2017===
===2011-2015===
{{Election box begin | title=Loughborough Southfields By-Election, September 13 2012<ref name=Southfields>{{cite web| url = http://www.charnwood.gov.uk/files/documents/declaration_of_result_loughborough_southfields_ward_september_2012/Declaration%20of%20Result.pdf | title = Declaration of result of poll | accessdate = 2013-08-04 | date = 2012-09-13 | publisher = Charnwood Borough Council}}</ref>}}
{{Election box begin | title=Loughborough Southfields By-Election, September 13 2012<ref name=Southfields>{{cite web| url = http://www.charnwood.gov.uk/files/documents/declaration_of_result_loughborough_southfields_ward_september_2012/Declaration%20of%20Result.pdf | title = Declaration of result of poll | accessdate = 2013-08-04 | date = 2012-09-13 | publisher = Charnwood Borough Council}}</ref>}}
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{{Election box begin| title= Loughborough Hastings Ward by-election, 24 October 2013<ref>http://www.charnwood.gov.uk/files/documents/statement_of_persons_nominated_loughborough_hastings_ward/SOPN%20%284%29%20-%20Loughborough%20Hastings%20Ward.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>}}
{{Election box begin| title= Loughborough Hastings Ward by-election, 24 October 2013<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.charnwood.gov.uk/files/documents/statement_of_persons_nominated_loughborough_hastings_ward/SOPN%20%284%29%20-%20Loughborough%20Hastings%20Ward.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923202337/http://www.charnwood.gov.uk/files/documents/statement_of_persons_nominated_loughborough_hastings_ward/SOPN%20(4)%20-%20Loughborough%20Hastings%20Ward.pdf | archive-date=2015-09-23 | title=STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED - Election of a Borough Councillor}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|party = Labour Party (UK)
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{{Election box begin| title= Shepshed West Ward by-election, 24 October 2013<ref>http://www.charnwood.gov.uk/files/documents/statement_of_persons_nominated_shepshed_west_ward/SOPN%20-%20Shepshed%20West%20Ward.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>}}
{{Election box begin| title= Shepshed West Ward by-election, 24 October 2013<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.charnwood.gov.uk/files/documents/statement_of_persons_nominated_shepshed_west_ward/SOPN%20-%20Shepshed%20West%20Ward.pdf | title=STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED - Election of a Borough Councillor for Shepshed West Ward | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923202339/http://www.charnwood.gov.uk/files/documents/statement_of_persons_nominated_shepshed_west_ward/SOPN%20-%20Shepshed%20West%20Ward.pdf | archive-date=2015-09-23}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
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''Death of [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] Cllr Stuart Jones.''
''Death of [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] Cllr Stuart Jones.''
{{Election box begin| title=Birstall Wanlip By-Election, 20 February 2014<ref>https://www.charnwood.gov.uk/files/documents/declaration_of_results_birstall_wanlip_feb_20_2014/Declaration%20of%20results%20-%20Birstall%20Wanlip.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>}}
{{Election box begin| title=Birstall Wanlip By-Election, 20 February 2014<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.charnwood.gov.uk/files/documents/declaration_of_results_birstall_wanlip_feb_20_2014/Declaration%20of%20results%20-%20Birstall%20Wanlip.pdf | title=Declaration of Result of Poll - Election of a Borough Councillor for Birstall Wanlip}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
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|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
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{{Election box begin| title= Loughborough Hastings Ward by-election, 26 October 2017<ref>http://www.charnwood.gov.uk/files/documents/statement_of_persons_nominated_loughborough_hastings_ward/SOPN%20-%20Shepshed%20West%20Ward.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>}}
{{Election box begin| title=Thurmaston By-Election, 31 July 2014<ref>{{cite web |title=Local Elections Archive Project — Thurmaston Ward |url=https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/ward/7534/#2014-07-31 |website=www.andrewteale.me.uk |access-date=23 August 2022}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Ralph Raven
|votes = 783
|percentage = 42.6
|change = -4.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Tom Prior
|votes = 496
|percentage = 27.0
|change = +27.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Hanif Asmal
|votes = 404
|percentage = 22.0
|change = -31.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = British Democratic Party (2013)
|candidate = Chris Canham
|votes = 95
|percentage = 5.2
|change = +5.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = British National Party
|candidate = Stephen Denham
|votes = 58
|percentage = 3.2
|change = +3.2
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 287
|percentage = 15.6
|change =
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|votes = 1,836
|percentage =
|change =
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|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
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===2015-2019===
{{Election box begin| title= Birstall Wanlip by-election, 4 May 2017<ref>{{cite web |title=Local Elections Archive Project — Birstall Wanlip Ward |url=https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/ward/7510/#2017-05-04 |website=www.andrewteale.me.uk |access-date=23 August 2022}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Roy Rollings
|votes = 772
|percentage = 41.3
|change = +2.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Simon Sansome
|votes = 603
|percentage = 32.3
|change = -2.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Sanjay Gogia
|votes = 425
|percentage = 22.7
|change = -3.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Norman Cutting
|votes = 69
|percentage = 3.7
|change = +3.7
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{{Election box majority
|votes = 169
|percentage = 9.0
|change =
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|votes = 1,869
|percentage =
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
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{{Election box begin| title= Loughborough Shelthorpe by-election, 3 August 2017<ref>{{cite web |title=Local Elections Archive Project — Loughborough Shelthorpe Ward |url=https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/ward/7521/#2017-08-03 |website=www.andrewteale.me.uk |access-date=23 August 2022}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Richard Huddlestone
|votes = 595
|percentage = 45.5
|change = +5.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Russell Ford
|votes = 591
|percentage = 45.2
|change = +0.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Alex Guerrero
|votes = 93
|percentage = 7.1
|change = +7.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Andy McWilliam
|votes = 29
|percentage = 2.2
|change = +2.2
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|votes = 4
|percentage = 0.3
|change =
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|votes = 1,308
|percentage =
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{{Election box begin| title= Loughborough Hastings Ward by-election, 26 October 2017<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.charnwood.gov.uk/files/documents/statement_of_persons_nominated_loughborough_hastings_ward/SOPN%20-%20Shepshed%20West%20Ward.pdf | title=STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED - Election of Borough Councillors for Loughborough Hastings Ward | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808234126/http://www.charnwood.gov.uk/files/documents/statement_of_persons_nominated_loughborough_hastings_ward/SOPN%20-%20Shepshed%20West%20Ward.pdf | archive-date=2018-08-08}}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
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|party = Labour Party (UK)
|party = Labour Party (UK)
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|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
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|swing = -23%
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{{Election box begin| title= Quorn and Mountsorrel by-election, 21 June 2018<ref>{{cite web |title=Local Elections Archive Project — Quorn and Mountsorrel Ward |url=https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/ward/7526/#2018-06-21 |website=www.andrewteale.me.uk |access-date=23 August 2022}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jane Hunt
|votes = 719
|percentage = 51.5
|change = -7.7
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Chris Hughes
|votes = 305
|percentage = 21.9
|change = -5.1
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Marianne Gilbert
|votes = 232
|percentage = 16.6
|change = +16.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Andy McWilliam
|votes = 139
|percentage = 10.0
|change = -3.8
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{{Election box majority
|votes = 414
|percentage = 29.7
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,395
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
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{{Election box begin| title= Birstall Wanlip by-election, 13 September 2018<ref>{{cite web |title=Local Elections Archive Project — Birstall Wanlip Ward |url=https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/ward/7510/#2018-09-13 |website=www.andrewteale.me.uk |access-date=23 August 2022}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Shona Rattray
|votes = 492
|percentage = 47.1
|change = +9.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Abe Khayer
|votes = 340
|percentage = 32.6
|change = +6.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Carolyn Thornborrow
|votes = 128
|percentage = 12.3
|change = -20.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Norman Cutting
|votes = 50
|percentage = 4.8
|change = +4.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Charlotte Clancy
|votes = 34
|percentage = 3.3
|change = +3.3
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 152
|percentage = 14.6
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,044
|percentage =
|change =
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box begin| title= Anstey by-election, 20 December 2018<ref>{{cite web |title=Local Elections Archive Project — Anstey Ward |url=https://www.andrewteale.me.uk/leap/ward/7508/#2018-12-20 |website=www.andrewteale.me.uk |access-date=23 August 2022}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Paul Baines
|votes = 523
|percentage = 50.8
|change = +17.1
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===2019-2023===
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link
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|candidate = Ian Williams
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|percentage = 43.6
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|candidate = Myriam Roberts
|votes = 316
|percentage = 26.9
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|candidate = John Hounsome
|votes = 302
|percentage = 25.7
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===2023-2027===
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|candidate = Daisy Taylor
|votes = 510
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|candidate = Pauline Ranson
|votes = 398
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link
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|candidate = Steve Bellamy
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|candidate = Pete Morris
|votes = 297
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|candidate = Sue Gerrard
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|votes = 70
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Charnwood Borough Council elections are held every four years. Charnwood Borough Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Charnwood in Leicestershire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2023 the council has comprised 52 councillors, representing 24 wards, with each ward electing one, two or three councillors.[1]

Council elections

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Charnwood Borough Council wards by party control 2023.

Election results

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Overall control Conservative Labour Lib Dem[a] BNP Independent Green
2023 NOC 23 20 - - 1 8
2019 Conservative 37 13 - - 1 1
2015 Conservative 41 9 1 - 1 -
2011 Conservative 33 16 1 1 1 -
2007 Conservative 32 13 5 1 1 -
2003 NOC 24 22 6 - - -
1999 NOC 24 21 6 - 1 -
1995 Labour 15 30 5 - 2 -
1991 Conservative 34 15 2 - 1 -
1987 Conservative 39 10 3 - - -
1983 Conservative 38 14 - - - -
1979 Conservative 42 12 3 - 1 -
1976 Conservative 40 12 2 - 4 -
1973 NOC 29 13 5 - 11 -
  1. ^ Liberal in 1973, 1976, and 1979, SDP–Liberal Alliance in 1983 and 1987.

Source:[6]

A dash indicates that the results for a particular election are not available, or that a party did not stand in an election.

Results maps

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  • 2023 results map
    2023 results map

By-election results

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1995-1999

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Sileby By-Election, 26 June 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 874 68.3 +1.8
Conservative 338 26.4 −7.1
Liberal Democrats 68 5.3 N/A
Majority 536 41.9
Turnout 1,280 24.3
Labour hold Swing +4.5

1999-2003

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Barrow Upon Soar Quordon By-Election, 28 June 2001
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 956 57.1 +4.7
Labour 462 27.6 −1.1
Liberal Democrats 257 15.3 −3.6
Majority 494 29.5
Turnout 1,675
Conservative hold Swing +2.9
Hathern By-Election, 10 October 2002[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 736 64.7 +10.6
Conservative 243 21.4 −11.1
Liberal Democrats 83 7.3 −6.2
UKIP 75 6.6 +6.6
Majority 493 43.3
Turnout 1,137 20.2
Labour hold Swing +10.9
Sileby By-Election, 12 December 2002
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 557 53.3 +14.5
Labour 397 38.0 −13.2
UKIP 92 8.8 N/A
Majority 160 15.3
Turnout 1,046 19.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +13.9

2003-2007

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Loughborough Shelthorpe By-Election, 5 October 2006[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Neville Stork 643 38.7 −17.0
BNP Andrew Holders 478 28.8 N/A
Conservative James Poland 386 23.2 −21.1
Liberal Democrats Paul Tyler 155 9.3 N/A
Majority 165 9.9
Turnout 1,662 33.5
Labour hold Swing −22.9
Loughborough Dishley and Hathern By-Election, 23 October 2008[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Newton 838 49.7 +5.0
Conservative Robert Shields 490 29.1 −9.7
BNP Julia Green 234 13.9 −2.6
Liberal Democrats Diane Horn 107 6.4 N/A
National Front Andrew Holders 16 0.9 N/A
Majority 348 20.6
Turnout 1,685 35.5
Labour hold Swing +7.4

2007-2011

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Birstall Watermead By-Election, 18 February 2010[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Iain Bentley 674 47.7 +2.8
Labour Hayley Winrow 452 32.0 N/A
BNP Maurice Oatley 288 20.4 N/A
Majority 222 15.7
Turnout 1,414 26.9
Conservative hold Swing −17.4

2011-2015

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Loughborough Southfields By-Election, September 13 2012[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ted Parton 538 48.5 +11.3
Labour Mary Draycott 516 46.6 −3.4
Liberal Democrats Diana Brass 54 4.9 −7.9
Majority 22 1.9
Turnout 1,111 18.4 −15.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +7.4
Loughborough Hastings Ward by-election, 24 October 2013[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sarah Dawn Maynard Smith 554 61.4
Conservative Judith Margaret Spence 127 14.1
UKIP Andy McWilliam 111 12.3
British Democrats Kevan Christopher Stafford 85 9.4
Liberal Democrats Simon Atkins 26 2.9
Majority 427 47.28
Turnout 903
Shepshed West Ward by-election, 24 October 2013[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Diane Jayne Horne
Labour Jane Lennie
Conservative Joan Tassell
Majority
Turnout

Death of Conservative Cllr Stuart Jones.

Birstall Wanlip By-Election, 20 February 2014[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Simon Sansome 508 39.4 +15.2
Conservative Mary Allen 419 32.4 −15.0
Labour Marilyn Cowles 355 27.5 −0.1
Majority 89 7
Turnout 1290 24.9
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing +15
Thurmaston By-Election, 31 July 2014[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ralph Raven 783 42.6 −4.4
UKIP Tom Prior 496 27.0 +27.0
Conservative Hanif Asmal 404 22.0 −31.0
British Democrats Chris Canham 95 5.2 +5.2
BNP Stephen Denham 58 3.2 +3.2
Majority 287 15.6
Turnout 1,836
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

2015-2019

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Birstall Wanlip by-election, 4 May 2017[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roy Rollings 772 41.3 +2.2
Liberal Democrats Simon Sansome 603 32.3 −2.2
Labour Sanjay Gogia 425 22.7 −3.7
Independent Norman Cutting 69 3.7 +3.7
Majority 169 9.0
Turnout 1,869
Conservative hold Swing
Loughborough Shelthorpe by-election, 3 August 2017[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Huddlestone 595 45.5 +5.8
Conservative Russell Ford 591 45.2 +0.1
Liberal Democrats Alex Guerrero 93 7.1 +7.1
UKIP Andy McWilliam 29 2.2 +2.2
Majority 4 0.3
Turnout 1,308
Labour hold Swing
Loughborough Hastings Ward by-election, 26 October 2017[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Colin Hamilton 676
Labour Mary Draycott 648
Conservative Jane Hunt 228
UKIP Simon Murray 95
UKIP Andy McWilliam 79
Green Lewis Wright 73
Green Mia Woolley 58
Majority 535
Turnout 1859 22.32%
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Quorn and Mountsorrel by-election, 21 June 2018[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jane Hunt 719 51.5 −7.7
Labour Chris Hughes 305 21.9 −5.1
Liberal Democrats Marianne Gilbert 232 16.6 +16.6
UKIP Andy McWilliam 139 10.0 −3.8
Majority 414 29.7
Turnout 1,395
Conservative hold Swing
Birstall Wanlip by-election, 13 September 2018[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Shona Rattray 492 47.1 +9.0
Labour Abe Khayer 340 32.6 +6.2
Liberal Democrats Carolyn Thornborrow 128 12.3 −20.0
UKIP Norman Cutting 50 4.8 +4.8
Green Charlotte Clancy 34 3.3 +3.3
Majority 152 14.6
Turnout 1,044
Conservative hold Swing
Anstey by-election, 20 December 2018[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Baines 523 50.8 +17.1
Labour Glyn McAllister 507 49.2 +33.6
Majority 16 1.6
Turnout 1,030
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2019-2023

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Syston West by-election, 3 October 2019[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sue Gerrard 406 44.7 −6.4
Green Matthew Wise 389 42.8 +19.4
Labour Sharon Brown 114 12.5 −13.0
Majority 17 1.9
Turnout 909
Conservative hold Swing
Shepshed West by-election, 23 September 2021[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian Williams 511 43.6 +2.2
Labour Myriam Roberts 316 26.9 +0.8
Green John Hounsome 302 25.7 +14.3
Liberal Democrats Katy Brookes-Duncan 44 3.8 −3.9
Majority 195 16.6
Turnout 1,173
Conservative hold Swing
Loughborough Shelthorpe by-election, 20 January 2022[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Beverley Gray 709
Labour Catherine Gray 654
Conservative Christopher Stewart 311
Independent David Hayes 149
Liberal Democrats Alejandro Guerrero 136
Green Rachel Baker 108
Liberal Democrats Emmanuel Fantaisie 104
Green Faye Forde 81
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

2023-2027

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Loughborough East by-election, 2 May 2024[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Louise Taylor-Durrant 1,489 62.1
Green Daisy Taylor 510 21.3
Conservative Pauline Ranson 398 16.6
Majority 979 40.8
Turnout 2,397
Labour hold Swing
Sileby and Seagrave by-election, 31 October 2024[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Steve Bellamy 752 52.9
Reform UK Pete Morris 297 20.9
Conservative Sue Gerrard 302 18.4
Labour Kaisra Khan 70 4.9
Liberal Democrats Alistair Duffy 40 2.8
Majority 455 32.0
Turnout 1,461
Green hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ a b "The Charnwood (Electoral Changes) Order 2022", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2022/809, retrieved 29 October 2023
  2. ^ The Borough of Charnwood (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980
  3. ^ The Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire (County and District Boundaries) Order 1985
  4. ^ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
  5. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Charnwood (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  6. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Charnwood Borough Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Tories take Watlington". guardian.co.uk. 11 October 2002. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
  8. ^ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Charnwood Borough Council. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
  9. ^ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Charnwood Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
  10. ^ "Conservatives celebrate victory in Birstall by-election". Leicester Mercury. 19 February 2010. Archived from the original on 20 February 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
  11. ^ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Charnwood Borough Council. 13 September 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  12. ^ "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED - Election of a Borough Councillor" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015.
  13. ^ "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED - Election of a Borough Councillor for Shepshed West Ward" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015.
  14. ^ "Declaration of Result of Poll - Election of a Borough Councillor for Birstall Wanlip" (PDF).
  15. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Thurmaston Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  16. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Birstall Wanlip Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  17. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Loughborough Shelthorpe Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  18. ^ "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED - Election of Borough Councillors for Loughborough Hastings Ward" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2018.
  19. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Quorn and Mountsorrel Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  20. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Birstall Wanlip Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  21. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Anstey Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  22. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Syston West Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  23. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Shepshed West Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  24. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Loughborough Shelthorpe Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  25. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Loughborough East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  26. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Sileby and Seagrave Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
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