2023 Harborough District Council election

2023 Harborough District Council election
All 34 seats to Harborough District Council; 18 seats needed for a majority
	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

2023 Harborough District Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	31	15	0	7	7	44.1	34.1	16,603	–7.7
	Liberal Democrats	34	13	4	2	2	38.2	36.0	17,526	+2.1
	Labour	26	3	2	0	2	8.8	15.4	7,511	+0.1
	Green	30	3	3	0	3	8.8	13.0	6,345	+8.3
	Independent	3	0	0	0		0.0	1.2	570	–2.4
	Reform UK	1	0	0	0		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

^ Moorhouse, Sam (26 April 2023). "Harborough Liberal Democrats pledge to fill council service desks". Leicestershire Live. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
^ "Elections". Harborough District Council. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
^ "Election timetable in England". UK Government. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
^ "Candidates announced for local elections across Harborough". Harborough FM. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
^ "All the candidates standing in the local elections in the Harborough District Council area". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
^ "Harborough election result". BBC News. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
^ "Conservatives lose grip on Harborough District Council in 2023 election". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
^ "New Harborough Conservative group leader elected following defeat at local elections". Harborough Mail. 10 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
^ https://harboroughfm.co.uk/hfm-deal-struck-to-run-harborough-district-council/
^ "District election results 2023". Harborough District Council. Retrieved 13 May 2023.

[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] ttps://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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