Charnwood Borough Council Election Results since 1995

Current standings of the parties on Charnwood Borough Council:

Labour           29 
Conservative     16
Liberal Democrat  5
Independent       2

LABOUR MAJORITY CONTROL

About Charnwood Borough Council

For additional information the council has a Web Site [W]

This council covers the central northern part of Leicestershire between the northern boundary of the City of Leicester and the county boundary. The council covers the towns of Loughborough, Shepshed, Birstall and Syston and the towns and villages along the A6 such a Quorn, Barrow-upon-Soar and Sileby.

The Results

The 1995 and 1996 election results are shown for each ward, together with any by-elections. The council has been Labour controlled since 1979.

Key to abbrevations

Lab     Labour Party
LD      Liberal Democrat
C       Conservative Party
G       Green Party
Ind     Independent

ASHBY (2 seats)

4/5/95
LAB HOLD 2

K Brailsford    Lab    1020
J Hawks         Lab     980
C Harcourt      C       283
S McCracken     C       258

GARENDON (2 seats)

4/5/95
LAB HOLD 1 LAB GAIN 1 FROM CON

M Hunt          Lab    1606
C Harris        Lab    1597 
A Johnson       C       440
P Lewis         C       440
D Scott         LD      205
M Newton        LD      199

HATHERN (2 seats)

4/5/95
LAB HOLD 1 LAB GAIN 1 FROM CON

D Green         Lab    1246
W Muldoon       Lab    1133
J Hardwick      C       441
F Walker        C       390
S Coltman       LD      283 
D Higgins       LD      273

LEMYNGTON (2 seats)

4/5/95
LAB HOLD 2

A Dodd          Lab    1270
J Tormey        Lab     920
R Allen         C       181
C Jarvis        LD      156
S Chowdhury     LD      142
F Nagington     C       138
R Gupta         G       142
P Leicester     G       119

NANPANTAN (2 seats)

4/5/95
CON HOLD 2

M Barber        C       782
A Jervis        C       689
K Anthony       Lab     589
A Rushton       Lab     551
P Tyler         LD      281
V Lofts         LD      281

OUTWOODS (2 seats)

4/5/95
CON HOLD 1 LAB GAIN 1 FROM CON

A Kershaw       C       856
G Harris        Lab     738
P Yaffe         C       705
J Smith         Lab     666
A Thorpe        LD      315

STORER (2 seats)

4/5/95
LAB HOLD 2

A Duncan        Lab    1056
L Hawkes        Lab     994
F Harrison      C       266
L Parker        C       215
P Snow          G       116
S Warner        G       106

HASTINGS (2 seats)

4/5/95
LAB HOLD 2

M Jones         Lab    1639
I Thurlby       Lab    1274
J Harvey        C       239
R Oakley        C       189
S Shaw          LD      155
M Ali           LD      148

WOODTHORPE (2 seats)

4/5/95
LAB HOLD 2

A Tampion       Lab     887
T Yardley       Lab     848
R Barber        C       294

SOUTHFIELDS (2 seats)

4/5/95
LAB HOLD 1 LAB GAIN 1 FROM CON

J Vincent       Lab     850
C Macleod       Lab     821
M Jeffery       C       443
A Roberts       C       438
D Brass         LD      220
A O'Brien       LD      160
A Ward          G        84

SILEBY (2 seats)

4/5/95
LAB GAIN 2 FROM CON

A Reed          Lab    1202
R Trasler       Lab    1133
M Mason         C       605
J Harris        C       552
A Stanley       LD      335

(by-election)
26/6/97
LAB HOLD

Labour          Lab     874  68.3% (+12.2%)
Conservative    C       338  26.4%  (+1.2%)
Lib Dem         LD       68   5.3% (-10.8%)

                   maj. 536  41.9%
                Turnout: 24.3%

Swing: 5.5% Con to Lab

BRADGATE (3 seats)

4/5/95
CON HOLD 2 LIB DEM GAIN 1 FROM CON

C Brock         C      1107
F Hurst         C       968
G Moulds        LD      808
J Bryant        LD      672
A Braithwaite   Lab     610
C Housego       Lab     523
M Shuker        Lab     476

SHEPSHED WEST (2 seats)

4/5/95
LAB HOLD 2

J Powell        Lab    1249
M Newton        Lab    1196
C Radford       C       509
C Stinchcombe   C       379
J Popley        LD      274
G Lycett        LD      192

SHEPSHED EAST (2 seats)

4/5/95
LAB HOLD 1 LAB GAIN 1 FROM CON

G Perkins       Lab    1279
J White         Lab    1101
B Burr          C       524
N Hopkins       C       446
J George        LD      251

BARROW AND QUORN (3 seats)

4/5/95
CON HOLD 2 IND GAIN 1 FROM CON

B Henman        Ind    1548
R Shepherd      C      1135
J Walters       C      1111
P McCaig        C      1032
S Hollingsworth Lab     805
D Gough         Lab     791
C Walls         Lab     726
D Harvey        LD      526
R Bacon         LD      410
S Snowden       LD      342

Henman was a sitting Conservative councillor but stood as an independent in this election

MOUNTSORREL, ROTHLEY (3 seats)

4/5/95
CON HOLD 2 LAB GAIN 1 FROM CON

S Sibson        Lab     1231
J Moore         C       1146
J Tyrrell       C       1134
R Wilson        Lab     1071
E Stott         LD       447
M Mayes         LD       438

WOODHOUSE, SWITHLAND (1 seat)

4/5/95
IND GAIN FROM CON

W Greene        Ind     377
D Christie      C       288
P Hollingsworth Lab     204
                   maj.  89

Greene was the sitting Conservative councillor but stood as an independent in this election

WOLDS (1 seat)

4/5/95
CON HOLD

R Shields       C       406
B Griggs        LD      325
S Taylor        Lab     248
W Pickavant     Ind      48
                   maj.  81

THURMANSTON (3 seats)

4/5/95
LAB GAIN 3 FROM CON

D Knaggs        Lab    1256
J Knaggs        Lab    1200
S Rose          Lab    1132
W McCombe       C       783
S Campbell      C       715
D Moore         C       596
A Willmott      Ind     342

SIX HILLS (1 seat)

4/5/95
CON HOLD

J Bush          C       597
R Smith         Lab     394
                   maj. 203

THURCASTON (1 seat)

4/5/95
CON HOLD

N Bird          C       580
E Flavell       Lab     157
                   maj. 423

QUENIBOROUGH (1 seat)

4/5/95
CON HOLD

M Brayshaw      C       634
T Allen         Lab     349
                   maj. 285

SYSTON (3 seats)

4/5/95
LAB GAIN 3 FROM CON

H Bark          Lab    1367
R Marshall      Lab    1348
C Lovell        Lab    1306
G Thornton      C      1177
K Carnall       C       946
S Beane         C       910

EAST GOSCOTE (1 seat)

4/5/95
CON HOLD

R Jenkins       C       388
G Spooner       Lab     250
                   maj. 138

BIRSTALL STONEHILL (1 seat)

4/5/95
LIB DEM HOLD

R Wilson        LD      440
S Elliot-Fenton Lab     166
M Marks         C       156
                   maj. 274

BIRSTALL GOSCOTE (1 seat)

4/5/95
LIB DEM GAIN FROM CON

B Singleton     LD      510
E Murphy        C       352
T Hemmings      Lab     158
                   maj. 158

BIRSTALL NETHERHALL (1 seat)

4/5/95
CON GAIN FROM LIB DEM

K Grundy        C       380
R Kelham        LD      364
R Vincent       Lab      71
                   maj.  16

BIRSTALL RIVERSIDE (1 seat)

4/5/95
LIB DEM HOLD

M Ackroyd       LD      441
H Williams      Lab     147
B Popple        C       137
                   maj. 294

BIRSTALL GREENGATE (1 seat)

4/5/95
LIB DEM HOLD

A Stott         LD      689
W Bowes         Lab     171
                   maj. 518

Summary of Full Council election 4/5/95

Party             Votes   %   Candidates  Elected  Unopposed   Full    Votes per
                                                              Council  candidate
Labour           44,002   51.9    52      29 (+13)     -        29      842.3    
Conservative     27,398   34.5    48      16 (-16)     -        16      570.8
Liberal Democrat 10,282   12.2    30       5  (+1)     -         5      342.7
Independents      2,315    2.8     4       2  (+2)     -         0      578.8
Green               567    0.6     5       0  (-)      -         0      113.4

Turnout: N/A

LABOUR GAIN CONTROL FROM CON

Results from the Leicester Mercury 5/5/95 and 6/5/95

Commentary on 4/5/95 full council election

From the Leicester Mercury 5/5/95 and 6/5/95

5/5/95
Labour made a major breakthrough in Charnwood, previously domninated by the Conservatives who, until last night, held 32 of the 52 seats. Labour retained 15 and gained six more - four in Loughborough itself and won both in Sileby to bring their tally up to 21, while the Liberal Democrats picked one up in Bradgate.

The biggest shock result of the night was in the Loughborough Outwoods ward, ostensibly the strogest Tory bastion in the town, but which was surrendered by Conservative deputy group leader, Pennie Yaffe, to Labour's Geoffrey Harris.

6/5/95
Labour has gained complete control of Charnwood as the Tories were counted out, not one by one, but handfuuls.

Following Thursday night's more predictable counts - the exception being the ostensibly safe Tory seat in Loughborough's affluent Outwoods ward - the Friday counts turned the true-blues to a whiter shade of pale.

The previously Tory-domintaed three-seat Syston and Thurmaston wards fell to Labour, who also nicked another in Mountsorrel-Rothley, after a recount that took the final declaration to 2pm. At the end of the day, the political complexion of the council has changed dramatically. Labour now hold 29 seats, the Tory share has been halved from 32 to 16, the Liberal Democrats have upped their previous share from four to five, and the two disaffected Tories who stood as Independents against the offical candidates both won their seats in Barrow and Quorn and Woodhouse- Swithland.

Jublilant Labour group leader Councillor Mike Jones said, "I am confident that we will have no diffculty in running the council efficiently, effectively and in the best interests of the people of Charnwood."

The leader of the defeated Conservative group, Councillor Richard Shepherd, said, "The result is no reflection on some very good Conservative councillors who, sadly, have lost their seats. The electorate's response was to controversial national issues, which are out of their control."

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Information Supplier: Ian Ridley

Last Updated: Sept 1998