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2023 Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council election

The 2023 Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council election was held on 4 May 2023, to elect members of Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council in Leicestershire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.[1] All sixteen wards were for election, each with between one and three councillors to be elected.

2023 Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council election
← 2019 4 May 2023 2027 →
All 34 seats to Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council
18 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Leader Stuart Bray Richard Allen
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Seats before 21 9
Seats won 22 10
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 28,195 21,617
Percentage 48.0% 36.8%
Swing Increase 1.6% Increase 0.9%
  Third party Fourth party
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Leader Matthew Lay
Party Labour Independent
Seats before 2 2
Seats won 2 0
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 5,940 1,059
Percentage 10.1% 1.8%
Swing Decrease 4.2% Increase 1.1%
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council election
Leader before election

Stuart Bray
Liberal Democrats

Leader after election

Stuart Bray
Liberal Democrats

The Liberal Democrats retained control of the council.[2][3]

Summary

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Election result

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2023 Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council election[4]
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 29 22 1 0   1 64.7 48.0 28,195 +1.6
  Conservative 34 10 1 2   1 29.4 36.8 21,617 +0.9
  Labour 15 2 1 1   5.9 10.1 5,940 –4.2
  Green 4 0 0 0   0.0 1.8 1,076 +1.1
  Independent 4 0 0 0   0.0 1.8 1,059 +1.1
  Reform UK 4 0 0 0   0.0 1.2 680 N/A
  UKIP 1 0 0 0   0.0 0.2 144 –1.7

Results

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Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council election results.[5]

Sitting councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).

Ambien

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Ambien (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Miriam Surtees 631 66.4 +6.9
Liberal Democrats Genesta Cope 320 33.6 +18.3
Majority 311 32.8 −11.4
Turnout 951 32.6 −4.9
Conservative hold Swing -5.7

Barlestone, Nailstone & Osbaston

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Barlestone, Nailstone & Osbaston (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Bill Crooks* 783 84.0 +3.7
Conservative Madaleine Lee 149 16.0 +3.8
Majority 634 68.0 −0.1
Turnout 932 35.6 −6.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing 0.0

Barwell

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Barwell (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Simmons 606 36.7 +0.5
Labour Co-op Charlotte Green 597 36.1 +14.0
Conservative Hazel Smith* 593 35.9 −3.5
Labour Co-op Jim Buck 537 32.5 +10.1
Labour Co-op Robert Parkinson 532 32.2 +12.9
Conservative Connor Daldry 513 31.1 −4.1
Independent Michelle Nash 375 22.7 N/A
Independent Russ Roberts* 308 18.6 −17.6
Green Cassie Wells 263 15.9 N/A
Turnout 1,652 23.7 −4.1
Conservative hold
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Burbage Sketchley and Stretton

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Burbage Sketchley and Stretton (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Barry Walker* 1,534 59.2 +13.3
Liberal Democrats Richard Flemming 1,530 59.1 +13.1
Liberal Democrats Paul Williams* 1,496 57.8 +12.7
Conservative Shirley Iliffe 885 34.2 −6.2
Conservative Mary Sherwin 862 33.3 −6.4
Conservative Peter Wallace 801 30.9 −4.9
UKIP William Robinson 144 5.6 N/A
Turnout 2,590 32.4 −4.7
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
  • Richard Flemming was a member for Burbage St Catherines and Lash Hill from 2019 to 2023

Burbage St Catherines and Lash Hill

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Burbage St Catherines and Lash Hill (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Dawn Glenville* 847 56.9 +10.8
Liberal Democrats Pete Stead-Davis 779 52.4 +6.3
Conservative Mark Thomas 621 41.7 +6.2
Conservative Nick Nickerson 609 40.9 +2.2
Turnout 1,488 32.6 −1.2
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Cadeby, Carlton and Market Bosworth with Shackerstone

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Cadeby, Carlton and Market Bosworth with Shackerstone (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Maureen Cook* 610 50.2 −15.1
Liberal Democrats Andrew Tessier 480 39.5 +18.6
Labour Geoff Dams 125 10.3 −3.5
Majority 130 10.7 −33.7
Turnout 1,215 41.1 +2.3
Conservative hold Swing -16.8

Earl Shilton

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Earl Shilton (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Anna Weightman 789 36.4 +1.2
Conservative Richard Allen* 785 36.2 −5.0
Conservative Claire Allen* 783 36.1 −5.8
Liberal Democrats Ben Paczek 781 36.0 +1.2
Conservative Chris Ladkin* 763 35.2 −7.7
Liberal Democrats Patrick Weightman 688 31.7 −1.0
Labour Ivan Faver 358 16.5 −0.8
Labour Carole Sharma 351 16.2 ±0.0
Labour Andre Wheeler 324 14.9 −0.4
Green Rhiannon Carter 249 11.5 N/A
Reform UK Peter Chesire 173 8.0 N/A
Turnout 2,169 26.6 −0.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Groby

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Groby (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Martin Cartwright* 947 56.0 +4.2
Liberal Democrats Ted Hollick* 876 51.8 +2.9
Conservative Gary Richardson 617 36.5 −2.6
Conservative David Hyde 524 31.0 +0.7
Independent John Hagan 161 9.5 N/A
Reform UK Kim Robinson 93 5.5 N/A
Turnout 1,692 31.8 +0.1
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Hinckley Castle

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Hinckley Castle (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Stuart Bray* 861 61.5 +1.7
Liberal Democrats Linda Mullaney* 812 58.0 +2.0
Conservative John Brown 329 23.5 +0.5
Conservative Martin Leman 279 19.9 −1.2
Labour James Ross 223 15.9 −1.7
Labour Guy Macgregor-Devlin 219 15.7 +0.7
Turnout 1,399 27.7 −2.8
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Hinckley Clarendon

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Hinckley Clarendon (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Cathie Gibbens 1,146 62.6 −5.4
Liberal Democrats Ann Pendlebury* 1,120 61.1 +0.8
Liberal Democrats Keith Lynch* 1,076 58.7 +0.3
Conservative Lee Howard 341 18.6 −2.0
Conservative Victoria Stapleton 330 18.0 +3.7
Labour Paul Baddeley 324 17.7 +6.9
Conservative Del Young 309 16.9 −0.8
Independent Benn Moore 215 11.7 +5.2
Turnout 1,832 28.8 −3.2
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
  • David Bill (Liberal Democrats) retired at this election after representing the ward for 50 years since 1973

Hinckley De Montfort

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Hinckley De Montfort (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Mullaney* 1,597 58.6 −0.9
Liberal Democrats Lynda Hodgkins 1,478 54.2 +0.5
Liberal Democrats Scott Gibbens* 1,429 52.4 +1.9
Conservative Jan Kirby 839 30.8 +2.3
Conservative Jonny Bray 730 26.8 +2.0
Conservative Derek Roulston 703 25.8 +4.7
Labour James Davis 309 11.3 +3.6
Reform UK Andy Egginton 213 7.8 N/A
Reform UK Keith Silcock 201 7.4 N/A
Turnout 2,725 33.1 −4.0
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
  • Lynda Hodgkins was a member for Hinckley Trinity from 2019 to 2023

Hinckley Trinity

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Hinckley Trinity (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Cope* 874 69.4 +10.0
Liberal Democrats James Moore 734 58.3 +3.2
Conservative Amanda Hills 282 22.4 +4.7
Conservative Ronald Walker 241 19.1 +2.7
Labour Rosie Lythgoe-Cheetham 192 15.3 +6.2
Turnout 1,259 23.3 −2.3
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Markfield, Stanton and Fieldhead

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Markfield, Stanton and Fieldhead (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Christopher Lambert 797 47.8 −12.4
Conservative Claire Harris 779 46.7 +10.9
Labour Co-op Robert Martin 674 40.4 +0.9
Conservative Leigh Quilter 674 40.4 +17.0
Green Lisa Wren 195 11.7 N/A
Turnout 1,667 34.9 −3.6
Labour Co-op hold
Conservative gain from Labour Co-op

Newbold Verdon with Desford and Peckleton

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Newbold Verdon with Desford and Peckleton (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Joyce Crooks* 1,593 61.0 +6.1
Liberal Democrats Mark Bools* 1,525 58.4 +8.7
Liberal Democrats Robin Webber-Jones* 1,415 54.2 +11.1
Conservative Peter Bedford 1,034 39.6 +5.7
Conservative Ross Hills 913 35.0 +5.7
Conservative James Paterson 831 31.8 +4.6
Turnout 2,610 37.0 −3.1
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Ratby, Bagworth & Thornton

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Ratby, Bagworth & Thornton (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ozzy O'Shea* 1,062 64.1 −8.6
Conservative Christopher Boothby* 950 57.4 −3.5
Labour Ashley Martin 378 22.8 +3.0
Green Mark Wren 369 22.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats David Mullaney 163 9.8 −7.2
Liberal Democrats Noel Robinson 126 7.6 −2.7
Turnout 1,656 29.4 −3.0
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Twycross and Witherley with Sheepy

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Twycross and Witherley with Sheepy (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Sutton 639 61.7 +3.2
Liberal Democrats Robert Mayne 396 38.3 +19.5
Majority 243 23.4 −16.3
Turnout 1,035 40.7 +0.6
Conservative hold Swing -8.1

Changes 2023–2027

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  • Chris Boothby, elected as a Conservative, left the party to sit as an independent in May 2024.[6]
  • Charlotte Green, elected for Labour, joined the Liberal Democrats in May 2024.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Election timetable in England". UK Government. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Hinckley and Bosworth election result". BBC News. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  3. ^ Richardson, Hannah (5 May 2023). "Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council election result 2023 'rejection of Tories'". Leicestershire Live. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council download - Statement of persons nominated - borough and parish elections 2023 | My council | Elections and voting | Current elections". www.hinckley-bosworth.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Elections 2023". Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  6. ^ Boothroyd, David (10 May 2024). "Grand post-election roundup". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  7. ^ Boothroyd, David (31 May 2024). "Kingstanding still". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
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