2009 Leicestershire County Council election

Elections to Leicestershire County Council took place on 4 June 2009, having been delayed from 7 May, in order to coincide with elections to the European Parliament. A total of 55 councillors were elected from 52 electoral divisions across the county's 7 districts. The Conservatives held control of the council and increased their majority from 5 to 17 seats after gaining many seats from Labour who lost 70% of their seats. The BNP fielded many more candidates than at the last election which caused their vote share to increase dramatically.

2009 Leicestershire County Council election

5 June 2009
All 55 seats to Leicestershire County Council 28 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Last election 30 12 Seats before 31 11 Seats won 36 14 Seat change 6 2 Popular vote 96,123 58,814 Percentage 44.3 27.1 Swing 2.6 1.4   Third party Fourth party   Party Labour BNP Last election 13 0 Seats before 12 0 Seats won 4 1 Seat change 9 1 Popular vote 33,549 26,279 Percentage 15.5 12.1 Swing 10.5 10.9
Map showing the results of the 2009 Leicestershire County Council elections.
Party before election Conservative Elected Party Conservative

Results

Leicestershire County Council election, 2009

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	36	7	1	+6	65.5	44.3	96,123	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	14	3	1	+2	25.5	27.1	58,814	−1.4
	Labour	4	0	9	−9	7.2	15.5	33,549	−10.5
	BNP	1	1	0	+1	1.8	12.1	26,279	+10.9
	Independent	0	0	0	±0	0.0	0.9	1,941	−1.4
	English Democrat	0	0	0	±0	0.0	0.1	436	New

Division results

Results for individual divisions are shown below. They have been divided into their respective Districts or Boroughs and listed alphabetically.

District of Blaby

Blaby and Glen Parva (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Bailey	1,949	54.1	+3.7
	Conservative	Marian Broomhead	960	26.7	−3.8
	BNP	Roy Dodge	455	12.6	N/A
	Labour	Gary Jacques	238	6.6	−12.5
Turnout			3,602	38.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+3.8

Braunstone Town (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jo Fox	1,214	37.7	−9.9
	Conservative	Damian Stuart	1,045	32.5	−1.1
	BNP	Gary Reynolds	547	17.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Felicity Pollard	412	12.8	−6.0
Turnout			3,218	38.3
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.4

Cosby and Countesthorpe (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Jennings	2,097	57.9	+7.8
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Welsh	597	16.5	−8.7
	Labour	Michael Howkins	488	13.5	−11.2
	BNP	Martin Brown	442	12.2	N/A
Turnout			3,624	40.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+8.3

Enderby Meridian (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jackie Dickinson	1,543	53.4	+16.5
	Labour	Bill Wright	720	24.9	−10.7
	BNP	Michael Robinson	626	21.7	+14.2
Turnout			2,889	32.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+13.6

Glenfields (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Page	1,253	39.9	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Springthorpe	1,161	37.0	+6.7
	BNP	John Walton	505	16.1	+11.7
	Labour	David Hodgen	218	6.9	−16.3
Turnout			3,137	40.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.8

Kirby Muxloe and Leicester Forest East (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Parsons	2,122	59.2	+5.2
	Labour	Malcolm Fox	502	14.0	−11.6
	Liberal Democrats	David Pollard	488	13.6	−1.7
	BNP	Paul Preston	474	13.2	+8.1
Turnout			3,586	40.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+8.4

Narborough and Whetstone (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry Garner	1,960	54.4	+10.8
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Dilks	628	17.4	±0.0
	BNP	Kerri Sharpe	532	14.8	N/A
	Labour	David Hodgen	483	13.4	−12.3
Turnout			3,603	35.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.4

Stanton Croft and Normanton (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ernie White	2,197	57.2	−9.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Searle	768	20.0	N/A
	BNP	Maurice Collett	506	13.2	N/A
	Labour	Sandra Parkinson	368	9.6	−24.0
Turnout			3,839	40.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	−14.6

Borough of Charnwood

Birstall (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Wilson	1,489	36.9	−24.0
	Conservative	Stuart Jones	1,442	35.7	−3.4
	BNP	Peter Cheeseman	644	15.9	N/A
	Labour	Claire Poole	464	11.5	N/A
Turnout			4,039	42.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	−10.3

Bradgate (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Snartt	2,475	57.9	+5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Welsh	1,259	29.5	−11.2
	BNP	James Taylor	538	12.6	+5.3
Turnout			4,272	44.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+8.6

Loughborough East (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jewel Miah	1,597	48.8	−7.2
	Conservative	Jenny Bokor	674	20.6	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Maden	572	17.5	+1.5
	BNP	Kevan Stafford	432	13.2	N/A
Turnout			3,275	35.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.8

Loughborough North (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Betty Newton	1,321	40.1	−1.1
	Conservative	Jane Hunt	1,035	31.4	+0.8
	BNP	Julia Green	506	15.4	+11.2
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Horn	432	13.1	−10.9
Turnout			3,294	33.2
	Labour hold		Swing	−1.0

Loughborough North West (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Max Hunt	1,408	44.0	−2.7
	Conservative	David Goss	884	27.6	−4.5
	Independent	Roy Campsall	625	19.5	N/A
	BNP	Gavin Leist	281	8.8	N/A
Turnout			3,198	33.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.9

Loughborough South (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Slater	1,289	36.1	+2.9
	Labour	Neville Stork	1,264	35.4	−3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Kershaw	573	16.1	−5.4
	BNP	Michael Pickering	442	12.4	N/A
Turnout			3,568	32.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	−3.1

Loughborough South West (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Lewis	1,947	50.3	+6.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Walker	1,034	26.7	−2.3
	Labour	David Goss	617	15.9	−6.2
	BNP	Christopher Canham	272	7.0	N/A
Turnout			3,870	42.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.5

Quorn and Barrow (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Kershaw	1,983	53.3	+8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Coltman	662	17.8	−4.4
	Labour	Sandie Forrest	619	16.6	−12.7
	BNP	Maurice Oatley	459	12.3	+8.6
Turnout			3,723	41.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.5

Rothley and Mountsorrel (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Osborne	1,878	51.7	+5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ted Smith	664	18.3	+1.7
	BNP	Carol Collett	650	17.9	+11.6
	Labour	Justin Smith	443	12.2	−19.0
Turnout			3,635	38.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.1

Shepshed (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christine Radford	1,466	32.9	−3.9
	Labour	Kevin Parker	1,123	25.2	−17.7
	Liberal Democrats	Cynthia Popley	1,094	24.5	+4.2
	BNP	Edmond Thomson	778	17.4	N/A
Turnout			4,461	41.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	−6.9

Sileby and the Wolds (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Shepherd	1,795	52.1	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Collingswood	724	21.0	+0.3
	BNP	Stephen Denham	497	14.4	N/A
	Labour	Ivor Perry	431	12.5	−16.0
Turnout			3,447	40.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.5

Syston Fosse (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dave Houseman	1,714	56.3	+5.5
	BNP	Catherine Duffy	779	25.6	+14.9
	Labour	Terry Bark	549	18.0	−20.5
Turnout			3,042	36.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−4.7

Syston Ridgeway (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Preston	1,688	52.6	−2.8
	BNP	John Hurst	621	19.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Henry	558	17.4	+1.6
	Labour	Mike McLoughlin	341	10.6	−18.1
Turnout			3,208	39.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.5

The Conservative councillor for Syston Ridgeway died on Thursday 18 August 2011. A by-election was held on 3 November 2011 and was won by Stephen John Hampson.

Thurmaston (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Harley	1,322	48.9	+7.6
	Labour	Steve Brown	593	21.9	−14.3
	BNP	John Hurst	529	19.6	+12.6
	Liberal Democrats	Bernard Singleton	260	9.6	−1.9
Turnout			2,704	36.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+11.0