Charnwood Borough Council elections

Charnwood Borough Council in Leicestershire, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 52 councillors have been elected from 28 wards.^[1] Throughout its history, the council has typically been controlled by the Conservative Party, although it was controlled by the Labour Party from 1995 to 1999 and was under no overall control from 1973 to 1976 and again from 1999 to 2007.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
No overall control	1973 - 1976
Conservative	1976 - 1995
Labour	1995 - 1999
No overall control	1999 - 2007
Conservative	2007–present

Council elections

Charnwood Borough Council election, 1973
Charnwood Borough Council election, 1976
Charnwood Borough Council election, 1979
Charnwood Borough Council election, 1983 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
Charnwood Borough Council election, 1987 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]
Charnwood Borough Council election, 1991
Charnwood Borough Council election, 1995
Charnwood Borough Council election, 1999
Charnwood Borough Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries)^[5]^[6]
Charnwood Borough Council election, 2007
Charnwood Borough Council election, 2011
Charnwood Borough Council election, 2015

Election results

	Overall control		Conservative		Labour		Lib Dem		BNP		Independent
2015	Conservative
2011	Conservative	33		16		1		1		1
2007	Conservative	32		13		5		1		1
2003	NOC	-		-		-		-		-
1999	NOC	-		-		-		-		-
1995	Labour	-		-		-		-		-
1991	Conservative	-		-		-		-		-
1987	Conservative	-		-		-		-		-
1983	Conservative	-		-		-		-		-
1979	Conservative	-		-		-		-		-
1976	Conservative	-		-		-		-		-
1973	NOC	-		-		-		-		-

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

By-election results

1995-1999

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

1999-2003

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 Democrat		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 Democrat		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

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 Democrat	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 Democrat	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

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

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 Democrat	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 Democratic	Kevan Christopher Stafford	85	9.4
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Atkins	26	2.9
Majority			427	47.28
Turnout			903

Shepshed West Ward by-election, 24 October 2013^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat	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 Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing	+15

References

↑ "About Charnwood – the Borough". Charnwood Borough Council. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
↑ "Charnwood". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
↑ The Borough of Charnwood (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980
↑ The Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire (County and District Boundaries) Order 1985
↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Charnwood (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ "Tories take Watlington". guardian.co.uk. 2002-10-11. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
↑ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Charnwood Borough Council. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
↑ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Charnwood Borough Council. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
↑ "Conservatives celebrate victory in Birstall by-election". Leicester Mercury. 2010-02-19. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
↑ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Charnwood Borough Council. 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2013-08-04.
↑ http://www.charnwood.gov.uk/files/documents/statement_of_persons_nominated_loughborough_hastings_ward/SOPN%20%284%29%20-%20Loughborough%20Hastings%20Ward.pdf
↑ http://www.charnwood.gov.uk/files/documents/statement_of_persons_nominated_shepshed_west_ward/SOPN%20-%20Shepshed%20West%20Ward.pdf
↑ https://www.charnwood.gov.uk/files/documents/declaration_of_results_birstall_wanlip_feb_20_2014/Declaration%20of%20results%20-%20Birstall%20Wanlip.pdf

By-election results

External links

Charnwood Borough Council

Council elections in Leicestershire

Leicestershire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

Blaby District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Charnwood Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Harborough District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Leicester City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1996 1998 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Melton Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

North West Leicestershire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Oadby and Wigston Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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