1995 Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council election

Elections to Hinckley and Bosworth Council were held on 4 May 1995. The whole council was up for election. The Conservative Party lost overall control of the council.^[1] The overall turnout was 43.6%.

Election Result

Hinckley & Bosworth Local Election Result 1995^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes
Liberal Democrats	16	7	0	+7	47.1
Labour	13	8	0	+8	38.2	26,069
Conservative	5	0	15	-15	14.7	19,820
Independent	0	0	0	0	0	130

Ward results

Ambien
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J French	400	39.6
	Conservative	P Wills	354	35.0
	Liberal Democrats	K Stephenson	256	25.3
Majority			46	4.6
Turnout			1,010
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Bagworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	S Murphy	481	64.2
	Conservative	N McCausland	226	30.2
	Liberal Democrats	J Payne	42	5.6
Majority			255	34.0
Turnout			749
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Barlestone, Nailstone and Osbaston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	W Crooks	850	60.5
	Labour	W Moore	348	24.8
	Conservative	J Crane	208	14.8
Majority			502	35.7
Turnout			1,406
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Barwell (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	S Francks	1,411
	Labour	P Page	1,254
	Labour	A Wheeler	1,230
	Conservative	J Russell	684
	Conservative	R Aldridge	636
	Conservative	D Astley	585
	Liberal Democrats	A Cooper	266
	Liberal Democrats	M Gould	236
	Liberal Democrats	P Gould	222
Turnout			6,524
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Burbage (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	A Crabtree	1,361
	Conservative	E Atkin	1,288
	Liberal Democrats	P Hall	1,249
	Conservative	M Bevins	1,239
	Liberal Democrats	A Stevens	1,122
	Conservative	A Noon	1,116
	Labour	A MacQueen	855
	Labour	P Kavanagh	799
	Labour	I Wilcock	765
Turnout			9,794
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Cadeby, Carlton and Market Bosworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	A Goodwin	429	42.8
	Labour	R Collett	293	29.2
	Conservative	P Cutress	280	28.0
Majority			136	13.6
Turnout			1,002
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Castle (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	V Bill	1,175
	Liberal Democrats	G Cope	1,011
	Liberal Democrats	D Wood	878
	Labour	E Gabriel	683
	Labour	N Payne	680
	Labour	G Whyman	634
	Conservative	C Claridge	499
	Conservative	B Snow	491
	Conservative	G Rainford	489
	Independent	C Parr	130
Turnout			6,670
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Clarendon (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	D Bill	1,390
	Liberal Democrats	K Lynch	1,121
	Liberal Democrats	G Payne	1,081
	Labour	R Banks	749
	Labour	M Mills	667
	Labour	S Drodge	661
	Conservative	T Beck	375
	Conservative	K Brown	373
	Conservative	W Wonders	319
Turnout			6,736
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

De Montfort (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	J White	1,202
	Liberal Democrats	W Moore	1,025
	Liberal Democrats	D Wright	1,006
	Conservative	G Johnson	929
	Conservative	P Wallace	892
	Conservative	C Oliver	836
	Labour	V Mitchell	666
	Labour	C Mitchell	666
	Labour	G Francks	646
Turnout			7,867
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Desford and Peckleton (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	R Cole	689
	Conservative	A Wainwright	641
	Conservative	R Camamile	619
	Liberal Democrats	R Dabell	606
	Labour	T Murray	511
	Labour	A Furlong	447
Turnout			3,513
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Earl Shilton (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	D Bown	1,758
	Labour	J Bown	1,566
	Labour	R Ellis	1,561
	Conservative	P Priestnall	610
	Conservative	G Redshaw	581
	Conservative	J Martin	513
	Liberal Democrats	C Tompkins	492
	Liberal Democrats	D Inman	418
	Liberal Democrats	G Pratt	352
Turnout			7,851
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Groby (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	A Howlett	903
	Conservative	C Dobbin	806
	Conservative	M Halliday	750
	Labour	F Mukaddam	734
	Liberal Democrats	M Lynch	432
	Liberal Democrats	E Garbutt	407
Turnout			4,032
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Markfield (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	L Neville	913
	Labour	M Lay	902
	Conservative	M Browning	832
	Conservative	D Crane	710
	Liberal Democrats	E Scrine	202
	Liberal Democrats	J Finney	104
Turnout			3,663
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Newbold Verdon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	J Crooks	755	64.5
	Labour	D MacPhail	269	23.0
	Conservative	D Brooks	146	12.5
Majority			486	41.5
Turnout			1,170
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ratby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R Bennett	735	57.8
	Conservative	R Fraser	445	35.0
	Liberal Democrats	A Cruickshank	91	7.2
Majority			290	22.8
Turnout			1,271
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Sheepy and Witherley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R Furniss	631	58.2
	Labour	J Schwiening	272	25.1
	Liberal Democrats	M Shaw	181	16.7
Majority			359	33.1
Turnout			580
	Conservative hold		Swing

Trinity (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	D Everitt	820
	Liberal Democrats	D Cope	704
	Liberal Democrats	P Scola	693
	Labour	R Scarth	655
	Conservative	M Gladman	198
	Conservative	R Shooter	163
Turnout			3,233
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Twycross and Shackerstone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	B Sutton	343	59.1
	Labour	I Granger	149	25.7
	Liberal Democrats	M Richardson	88	15.2
Majority			194	33.4
Turnout			580
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ ^a ^b "ENGLAND Tories lose over 1,700 seats and have control of only 20 English councils - less than half the number now run by the Lib Dems". The Guardian. 6 May 1995. p. 10.

[control-1] "ENGLAND Tories lose over 1,700 seats and have control of only 20 English councils - less than half the number now run by the Lib Dems". The Guardian. 6 May 1995. p. 10.

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