Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council Election Results since 1995

Current standings of the parties on Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council:

Liberal Democrat 17
Labour           13 
Conservative      4

Current Status:

NO OVERALL CONTROL

About Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council

This district covers the outer south-west portion of Leicestershire including the town of Hinckley near the county boundary. It extends east as far as the villages of Ratby and Groby close to the M1 near Leicester, although Blaby District must be crossed to get to Leicester itself. Other notable towns and villages in the District are Burbage, Barwell and Earl Shilton.

The council is elected once every four years. The next elections are due on the first Thursday of May 1999. The council has it's own web site [W]

The Results

All elections since 1995 are shown, including by-elections.

Key to abbrevations

C       Conservative Party
Ind     Independent
Lab     Labour Party
LD      Liberal Democrat

BARWELL (3 seats)

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

S Francks       Lab    1411
P Page          Lab    1254
A Wheeler       Lab    1230
J Russell       C       684
R Aldridge      C       636
D Astley        C       585
A Cooper        LD      266
M Gould         LD      236
P Gould         LD      222

BURBAGE (3 seats)

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

A Crabtree      LD     1361
E Atkin         C      1288 [1]
P Hall          LD     1249
M Bevins        C      1239
A Stevens       LD     1122
A Noon          C      1116
A MacQueen      Lab     855
P Kavanagh      Lab     799
I Wilcock       Lab     765

[1] E Atkin joined the Liberal Democrats in February 1998

CASTLE (3 seats)

4/5/95
LIB DEM HOLD 3

V Bill          LD     1175
G Cope          LD     1011
D Wood          LD      878
E Gabriel       Lab     683
N Payne         Lab     680
G Whyman        Lab     634
C Claridge      C       499
B Snow          C       491
G Rainford      C       489
C Parr          Ind     130

CLARENDON (3 seats)

4/5/95
LIB DEM HOLD 3

D Bill          LD     1390
K Lynch         LD     1121
G Payne         LD     1081
R Banks         Lab     749
M Mills         Lab     667
S Drodge        Lab     661
T Beck          C       375
K Brown         C       373
W Wonders       C       319

DE MONTFORT (3 seats)

4/5/95
LIB DEM GAIN 3 FROM CON

J White         LD     1202
W Moore         LD     1025
D Wright        LD     1006
G Johnson       C       929
P Wallace       C       892
C Oliver        C       836
V Mitchell      Lab     666
C Mitchell      Lab     665
G Francks       Lab     646

EARL SHILTON (3 seats)

4/5/95
LAB HOLD 3

D Bown          Lab    1758
J Bown          Lab    1566
R Ellis         Lab    1561
P Priestnall    C       610
G Redshaw       C       581
J Martin        C       513
C Tompkins      LD      492
D Inman         LD      418
G Pratt         LD      352

TRINITY (2 seats)

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

D Everitt       Lab     820
D Cope          LD      704
P Scola         LD      693
R Scarth        Lab     655 
M Gladman       C       198
R Shooter       C       163

MARKFIELD (2 seats)

4/5/95
LAB GAIN 2 FROM CON

L Neville       Lab     913
M Lay           Lab     902
M Browning      C       832
D Crane         C       710
E Scrine        LD      202
J Finney        LD      104

GROBY (2 seats)

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

A Howlett       Lab     903
C Dobbin        C       806               
M Halliday      C       750
F Mukaddam      Lab     734
M Lynch         LD      432
E Garbutt       LD      407

RATBY (1 seat)

4/5/95
LAB GAIN FROM CON

R Bennett       Lab     735
R Fraser        C       445
A Cruickshank   LD       91
                   maj. 290

BAGWORTH (1 seat)

4/5/95
LAB GAIN FROM CON

S Murphy        Lab     481
N McCausland    C       226
J Payne         LD       42
                   maj. 255

BARLESTONE, NAILSTONE AND OSBASTON (1 seat)

4/5/95
LIB DEM HOLD

W Crooks        LD      850
W Moore         Lab     348
J Crane         C       208
                   maj. 502

TWYCROSS AND SHACKERSTONE (1 seat)

4/5/95
CON HOLD

B Sutton        C       343
I Granger       Lab     149
M Richardson    LD       88
                   maj. 194

DESFORD AND PECKLETON (2 seats)

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

R Cole          LD      689
A Wainwright    C       641
R Camamile      C       619
R Dabell        LD      606
T Murray        Lab     511
A Furlong       Lab     447

NEWBOLD VERDON (1 seat)

4/5/95
LIB DEM HOLD

J Crooks        LD      755
D MacPhail      Lab     269
D Brooks        C       146
                   maj. 486

CADEBY, CARLTON AND MARKET BOSWORTH (1 seat)

4/5/95
LIB DEM GAIN FROM CON

A Goodwin       LD      N/A[1]
R Collett       C       293
P Cutress       Lab     280
                   maj. N/A[1]

[1] Source of results indicates winner but did not print the number of votes polled by the Liberal Democrat candidate.

SHEEPY AND WITHERLEY (1 seat)

4/5/95
CON HOLD

R Furniss       C       631
J Schwiening    Lab     272
M Shaw          LD      181
                   maj. 359

AMBIEN (1 seat)

4/5/95
LAB GAIN FROM CON

J French        Lab     400
P Wills         C       354
K Stephenson    LD      256
                   maj.  46

Summary of results 4/5/95 full council election

Party             Votes    %   Candidates   Elected  Unopposed  Full    Votes per
                                                               Council  candidate
Liberal Democrat 21,707[1] N/A     34      16 (+7)      -        16       657.8[1]
Labour           26,069    N/A     34      13 (+8)      -        13       766.7
Conservative     19,820    N/A     34       5 (-15)     -         5       582.9
Independents        130    N/A      1       0 (-)       -         0       130.0

[1] Does not include Liberal Democrat vote for Cadeby, Carlton and Market Bosworth ward. This was omitted in the source of results. The vote per candidate is based on the vote totals for the other 33 Liberal Democrat candidates.

Turnout: 43.6%

NOC GAIN FROM CON

Source of results: Leicester Mercury 5/5/95.

Commentary on 4/5/95 full council election

From the Leicester Mercury 5/5/95
Voters turned their backs on 19 years of Tory control and returned a hung council of 16 Liberal Democrats, 13 Labour members and just five Conservatives in a night of triumph, tears and turnarounds.
The mayor, Coun Pam Wills, was one of the Conservative casualties, ousted by Labour's absent John French, away in London sitting exams to become a barrister. Labour, previously with five seats - including one (Liberal) Democrat defector - also gleefully seized back old territories in Bagworth and Trinity, took all three in Barwell and took Ratby, Markfield and one in Groby for the first time.
But the (Liberal) Democrats will be meeting tomorrow to decide how to operate in their new majority party rule (sic), having grabbed extras in Burbage, Market Bosworth, De Montfort and - in one of the tightest contests on the night - Desford.

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Information Supplier: Ian Ridley

Last Updated: Sept 1998