2023 Harborough District Council election

2023 Harborough District Council election

4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)
All 34 seats to Harborough District Council 18 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Phillip King Phil Knowles Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Last election 22 seats, 41.8% 11 seats, 33.9% Seats won 15 13 Seat change 7 2 Popular vote 16,603 17,526 Percentage 34.1% 36.0% Swing 7.7% 2.1%   Third party Fourth party   Party Labour Green Last election 1 seat, 15.3% 0 seats, 4.7% Seats won 3 3 Seat change 2 3 Popular vote 7,511 6,345 Percentage 15.4% 13.0% Swing 0.1% 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 Democrats

The 2023 Harborough District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of the Harborough District Council in Leicestershire, England. 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. After the elections the Conservative leader Phil King resigned. 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.

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.

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		N/A
	Conservative	Clive Grafton-Reed	458		N/A
	Labour	Sandra Parkinson	186		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Joshua Graves	177		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David Beasley	173		N/A
	Labour	Sue Maguire	147		N/A
	Green	Mark Green	124		N/A
	Green	Gillian Buswell	93		N/A
Turnout				26	−4.5
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Broughton Astley South & Leire

Broughton Astley South & Leire (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joshua Worrell	479		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Graves*	459		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Rogers	400		N/A
	Labour	Julia Gardner	172		N/A
	Labour	Malcolm Maguire	112		N/A
	Green	Christopher Cooper-Hayes	76		N/A
	Green	Adam Holmes	62		N/A
Turnout				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		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Birch	504		N/A
	Conservative	Andrea Charlton	471		N/A
	Labour	Brian Browne	284		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jeffrey Stephenson	253		N/A
	Independent	Charmaine Wood	253		N/A
	Green	Mandy Sanders	239		N/A
	Green	Jessie Jenkins	158		N/A
Turnout				33	−0.5
	Conservative hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Glen

Glen (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Hallam*	864		N/A
	Conservative	Rani Mahal*	758		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Dilkes	436		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Donna Barnett	405		N/A
	Green	Matthew Norton	216		N/A
	Green	Stephen Rankine	170		N/A
Turnout				34	−5.7
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Kibworths

Kibworths (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phil King*	951		N/A
	Conservative	Robin Hollick*	945		N/A
	Conservative	Simon Whelband*	801		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Graves	744		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Weaver	558		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	James Lindsay	516		N/A
	Green	Erika Cudworth	470		N/A
	Labour	Elaine Carter	392		N/A
	Green	Debbie James	298		N/A
	Green	Brian Thompson	186		N/A
Turnout				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		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Sarfas*	497		N/A
	Conservative	Laurence Sharma	367		N/A
	Labour	Edward MacIntyre	351		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Morgan	239		N/A
	Green	Douglas Taylor	126		N/A
	Reform UK	Bill Piper	110		N/A
Turnout				34	−3.2
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats hold

Lutterworth West

Lutterworth West (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Beadle*	684		N/A
	Labour	Jim Knight	633		N/A
	Conservative	Annette Willcox	527		N/A
	Green	Carl Tiivas	220		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Mayne	152		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Graves	145		N/A
Turnout				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		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Buddy Anderson	740		N/A
	Conservative	Barry Champion*	474		N/A
	Conservative	Charles Hawes	360		N/A
	Labour	Andy Thomas	283		N/A
	Labour	David Wenn	182		N/A
	Green	Mary Morgan	157		N/A
	Green	Richard Ansell	144		N/A
Turnout				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		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Finan	587		N/A
	Conservative	Peter Critchley*	502		N/A
	Conservative	David Page	465		N/A
	Labour	Maria Panter	270		N/A
	Labour	Peter Whalen	245		N/A
	Independent	Clare Bottle	222		N/A
	Green	Daniella Orsini	172		N/A
	Green	Carlos Bilbao Elguezabal	139		N/A
Turnout				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		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Geraldine Whitmore*	706		N/A
	Conservative	Robin Cutforth	467		N/A
	Conservative	Sophie Smith	343		N/A
	Labour	Louise Phipps	213		N/A
	Labour	Rosemary Watson	172		N/A
	Green	Simon Shepley	132		N/A
	Green	Jennifer Wroath	111		N/A
	Independent	Robin Lambert	95		N/A
Turnout				37	−1.8
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Market Harborough - Welland

Market Harborough - Welland (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Daniel Woodiwiss	822		N/A
	Green	Rose Foreman	661		N/A
	Green	Lynne Taylor	657		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Dunton*	649		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jo Chambers	589		N/A
	Conservative	Corrine Green	514		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Marion Lewis	472		N/A
	Conservative	Aiden Perks	471		N/A
	Conservative	Francesca McHugo	447		N/A
	Labour	Marie Panter	287		N/A
	Labour	Angela Brown	277		N/A
	Labour	Paul Gray	265		N/A
Turnout				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		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Burrell*	1,357		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Elliott*	1,319		N/A
	Conservative	Riby Gill	607		N/A
	Conservative	Nic Olsen	537		N/A
	Conservative	Zaheer Joossab	486		N/A
	Labour	Carol Hopkinson	367		N/A
	Labour	Ahmad Khwaja	351		N/A
	Labour	Matt Smith	347		N/A
	Green	Melanie Wakley	179		N/A
	Green	Martyn Gower	174		N/A
Turnout				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