Charnwood Council - Wards and Councillors

District council · East Midlands · 52 seats in 24 wards · All seats elected every four years · Next election 6 May 2027

Labour run Charnwood Council as a minority administration. The council has 52 councillors in 24 wards. Seats by party: Conservative 22, Labour 20, Green 7, Other 3. The next election is on 6 May 2027.

A government plan to replace the councils in this area with two unitary councils was paused for review on 7 September 2026. Elections due in May 2027 will go ahead on existing council boundaries. Source

Control

Seats by party

Labour (Minority)

52 seats - 27 for a majority

Labour 20Conservative 22Green 7Other 3

Seat changes since the 4 May 2023 election Other +2 Conservative −1 Green −1

Vote share at the 4 May 2023 election (52 seats, all wards)

ShareSeats won

Conservative36.5%23

Labour33.2%20

Green19.1%8

Lib Dem5.2%0

Other3.9%1

Reform2.1%0

Next election

6 May 2027

all 52 seats up, then every four years

Largest party

Conservative 22

5 short of the 27 needed for a majority

Closest result

Mountsorrel

Conservative won the last seat by 4 votes over Labour, 4 May 2023

Latest by-election

Wreake Valley

Conservative gain from Green, 17 September 2026 (3 since 2021)

Constituencies

3 overlap

2024Now

Voted Leave in 2016

54%

GB 52%

Wards

Who holds each ward

LabourConservativeGreenIndependent

Coloured by the party holding most of the ward's seats today; where seats are split evenly, by the party with the higher share at the last election.

All 24 wards

Councillors and last results

Select a ward for its full results, candidates and last by-election.

Ward and councillors	Last election
Anstey Paul Baines, Deborah Taylor	4 May 2023 Conservative 45.3% lead 18.2 pts
Barrow upon Soar Claire Forrest, Hilary Fryer	4 May 2023 Labour 38.5% lead 2.3 pts
Birstall East & Wanlip Andy Dent, Julie Palmer	4 May 2023 Conservative 45.9% lead 7.4 pts
Birstall West Shona Rattray, Glenn Matthews	4 May 2023 Conservative 50.1% lead 13.9 pts
Dishley, Hathern & Thorpe Acre Sarah Monk, Kanchan Jadeja, Roy Campsall	4 May 2023 Independent 29.4% lead 3.9 pts
Forest Bradgate David Snartt	4 May 2023 Conservative 67.9% lead 48.1 pts
Loughborough Ashby Nathaniel Taylor, Ian Ashcroft, Julie Bradshaw	4 May 2023 Labour 46.0% lead 23.6 pts
Loughborough East Jewel Miah, Colin Hamilton, Louise Granger	4 May 2023 Labour 49.0% lead 32.7 pts
Loughborough Nanpantan Margaret Smidowicz	4 May 2023 Conservative 45.5% lead 3.9 pts
Loughborough Outwoods & Shelthorpe Anne Gray, Beverley Gray, Sarah Maynard	4 May 2023 Labour 43.6% lead 15.0 pts
Loughborough Southfields Rhys Cory-Lowsley, Sarah Goode	4 May 2023 Labour 46.4% lead 9.3 pts
Loughborough Storer Jenni Tillotson, Sandie Forrest	4 May 2023 Labour 51.8% lead 29.9 pts
Loughborough Woodthorpe Birgitta Worrall	4 May 2023 Labour 54.8% lead 29.9 pts
Mountsorrel Liz Blackshaw, Leigh Harper-Davies	4 May 2023 Labour 46.2% lead 11.7 pts
Quorn & Mountsorrel Castle Lee Westley, Sarah Fox	4 May 2023 Conservative 40.5% lead 9.6 pts
Rothley Brook Leon Hadji-Nikolaou, John Knight, Mark Charles	4 May 2023 Conservative 49.9% lead 20.9 pts
Shepshed East Myriam Roberts, Robin Popley	4 May 2023 Labour 39.1% lead 4.0 pts
Shepshed West David Northage, Jane Lennie	4 May 2023 Labour 45.6% lead 4.9 pts
Sileby & Seagrave Geoff Lawrence, Naomi Bottomley, Steve Bellamy	4 May 2023 Green 53.7% lead 27.5 pts
South Charnwood Matthew Brookes	4 May 2023 Conservative 45.7% lead 5.6 pts
Syston Sarah Braker, Andy Haynes, David Infield	4 May 2023 Green 39.7% lead 0.8 pts
The Wolds Jenny Bokor	4 May 2023 Conservative 47.5% lead 20.5 pts
Thurmaston Brenda Seaton, Gina Jackson, Mark Lowe	4 May 2023 Conservative 48.5% lead 20.3 pts
Wreake Valley Chris O'Neill, Sandra Woodward, James Poland	4 May 2023 Green 50.7% lead 10.4 pts

Anstey

Deborah Taylor ConservativePaul Baines Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Conservative45.3%

Labour27.1%

Green15.2%

Independent12.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Deborah Taylor Elected	Conservative	998
Paul Richard Baines Elected	Conservative	840
Dave Berry	Labour	597
Simon Jonathon Alborn	Labour	501
Philip Mills	Green	334
Alan Grant Chapman	Independent	272

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Barrow upon Soar

Claire Forrest LabourHilary Fryer Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Labour38.5%

Conservative36.2%

Green12.7%

Lib Dem8.0%

Alliance for Democracy and Freedom4.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Claire Elizabeth Forrest Elected	Labour	792
Hilary Jean Fryer Elected	Conservative	745
Pauline Ranson	Conservative	717
David Brentnall	Labour	521
Paul Justin Goodman	Green	261
Philip Thornborow	Lib Dem	164
Caroline Simpson-Reynolds	Alliance for Democracy and Freedom	95

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Birstall East & Wanlip

Andy Dent ConservativeJulie Palmer Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Conservative45.9%

Labour38.5%

Green15.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Andy Dent Elected	Conservative	783
Julie Palmer Elected	Labour	657
Katie Elizabeth Seaton	Conservative	647
Jeff Cassidy	Labour	590
Pritesh Patel	Green	265

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Birstall West

Glenn Matthews ConservativeShona Rattray Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Conservative50.1%

Labour36.2%

Green13.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Shona Rattray Elected	Conservative	1,036
Glenn Matthews Elected	Conservative	828
Dave Thomas	Labour	749
Andrea Christine Scott	Labour	628
Mick Howkins	Green	284

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Dishley, Hathern & Thorpe Acre

Kanchan Jadeja LabourRoy Campsall IndependentSarah Monk Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Independent29.4%

Conservative25.5%

Labour23.4%

Green13.9%

Reform7.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Roy Campsall Elected	Independent	1,182
Sarah Louise Monk Elected	Conservative	1,028
Kanchan Jadeja Elected	Labour	943
Abe Khayer	Labour	876
Adeola Obadina	Labour	796
David Neil Kellock	Green	558
Martin Shaun Moreland	Reform	315

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Forest Bradgate

David Snartt Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Conservative67.9%

Labour19.8%

Green12.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
David Snartt Elected	Conservative	695	67.9%
Sue Munroe	Labour	203	19.8%
Josephine Razzell	Green	126	12.3%

Loughborough Ashby

Ian Ashcroft LabourJulie Bradshaw LabourNathaniel Taylor Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Labour46.0%

Conservative22.4%

Green19.0%

Reform12.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Julie Anne Mary Bradshaw Elected	Labour	890
Ian Anthony Ashcroft Elected	Labour	812
Nathaniel Taylor Elected	Labour	707
James Paul Samuel Crowe	Conservative	433
Sean Peter Kerslake	Green	367
Shazzadur Rahman	Conservative	360
Pete Morris	Reform	246

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Loughborough East

Colin Hamilton LabourJewel Miah LabourLouise Granger Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Labour49.0%

Green16.3%

Conservative16.1%

Independent10.1%

Lib Dem8.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Jewel Miah Elected	Labour	1,455
Louise Jones Elected	Labour	1,367
Colin James Hamilton Elected	Labour	1,322
Daisy Judith Taylor	Green	483
Will Hunt	Conservative	477
Sabbir Ahmed	Independent	300
Josh Nightingale	Lib Dem	255

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Last by-election, 2 May 2024

Labour62.1%

Green21.3%

Conservative16.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Louise Taylor-Durant Elected	Labour	1,489	62.1%
Daisy Judith Taylor	Green	510	21.3%
Pauline Ranson	Conservative	398	16.6%

Loughborough Nanpantan

Margaret Smidowicz Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Conservative45.5%

Labour41.6%

Green7.0%

Lib Dem5.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Margaret Smidowicz Elected	Conservative	593	45.5%
Sara Goodwin	Labour	543	41.6%
John Paul Barton	Green	91	7.0%
Dave Walker	Lib Dem	77	5.9%

Loughborough Outwoods & Shelthorpe

Anne Gray LabourBeverley Gray LabourSarah Maynard Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Labour43.6%

Conservative28.6%

Green14.2%

Lib Dem8.5%

Reform5.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Anne Gray Elected	Labour	1,475
Beverley Gray Elected	Labour	1,441
Sarah Dawn Maynard Elected	Labour	1,197
Richard George Bailey	Conservative	968
Terry Nicholson	Conservative	896
Gopal Sharma	Conservative	839
Alison Claire Large	Green	481
Alex Guerrero	Lib Dem	288
Jim Foxall	Reform	170

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Loughborough Southfields

Rhys Cory-Lowsley LabourSarah Goode Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Labour46.4%

Conservative37.1%

Green16.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sarah Goode Elected	Labour	717
Rhys Cory-Lowsley Elected	Labour	652
Ted Parton	Conservative	573
Geoffrey Parsons	Conservative	430
Andy Patrick	Green	256

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Loughborough Storer

Jenni Tillotson LabourSandie Forrest Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Labour51.8%

Conservative21.9%

Green14.8%

Lib Dem11.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sandie Forrest Elected	Labour	589
Jenni Tillotson Elected	Labour	587
Judy Shields	Conservative	249
Susan Lyn Warner	Green	168
Cynthia Popley	Lib Dem	132

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Loughborough Woodthorpe

Birgitta Worrall Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Labour54.8%

Conservative24.9%

Green9.8%

Lib Dem7.0%

Reform3.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Birgitta Worrall Elected	Labour	589	54.8%
Chris Stewart	Conservative	267	24.9%
Rachel Anne Baker	Green	105	9.8%
Graeme Smith	Lib Dem	75	7.0%
Ben Asare	Reform	38	3.5%

Mountsorrel

Leigh Harper-Davies ConservativeLiz Blackshaw Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Labour46.2%

Conservative34.5%

Green11.7%

Lib Dem7.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Liz Blackshaw Elected	Labour	853
Leigh Emmins Elected	Conservative	637
Sebastian Russell-Smith	Labour	633
Simon John Oates	Conservative	567
Paul Stewart John Masters	Green	216
Marianne Gilbert	Lib Dem	139

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Quorn & Mountsorrel Castle

Lee Westley IndependentSarah Fox Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Conservative40.5%

Labour30.9%

Green13.8%

Lib Dem9.9%

Reform4.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sarah Fox Elected	Conservative	933
Lee Westley Elected	Conservative	892
Josh Clayton	Labour	712
Chris Hughes	Labour	662
Steven Paul Bellamy	Green	317
Carolyn Thornborow	Lib Dem	228
Andy McWilliam	Reform	113

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Rothley Brook

John Knight ConservativeLeon Hadji-Nikolaou ConservativeMark Charles Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Conservative49.9%

Labour29.0%

Green21.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Mark Roger Charles Elected	Conservative	1,097
Leon Hadji-Nikolaou Elected	Conservative	1,084
John Richard Knight Elected	Conservative	959
Richard Jonathan Thornton	Labour	637
David William Edwards	Labour	584
Emma Ward	Labour	571
David Cannon	Green	463

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Shepshed East

Myriam Roberts LabourRobin Popley Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Labour39.1%

Conservative35.1%

Green13.8%

Lib Dem11.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Myriam Roberts Elected	Labour	724
Robin Popley Elected	Conservative	649
Neal Bestwick	Conservative	607
Samanta Zubrute Clarke	Labour	575
Greg Simpson	Green	256
Grantley Walter Lycett	Lib Dem	221

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Shepshed West

David Northage ConservativeJane Lennie Labour

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Labour45.6%

Conservative40.7%

Lib Dem13.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Jane Lennie Elected	Labour	767
David Northage Elected	Conservative	685
Louise Taylor-Durant	Labour	622
Steven Springthorpe	Conservative	550
John Drummond Popley	Lib Dem	231
Katy Brookes-Duncan	Lib Dem	174

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Sileby & Seagrave

Geoff Lawrence GreenNaomi Bottomley GreenSteve Bellamy Green

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Green53.7%

Conservative26.2%

Labour16.6%

Lib Dem3.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Geoff Lawrence Elected	Green	1,169
Faye Forde Elected	Green	1,132
Naomi Eleanor Bottomley Elected	Green	1,128
Paula Jane Dolby-Campbell	Conservative	569
Jonathan Morgan	Conservative	514
Sue Gerrard	Conservative	463
Valerie Susan Marriott	Labour	361
Kaisra Manzur Khan	Labour	343
Max Hunt	Labour	314
Murray Alexander Sinclair	Lib Dem	76

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Last by-election, 31 October 2024

Green52.9%

Reform20.9%

Conservative18.4%

Labour4.9%

Lib Dem2.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Steve Bellamy Elected	Green	752	52.9%
Pete Morris	Reform	297	20.9%
Sue Gerrard	Conservative	262	18.4%
Kaisra Manzur Khan	Labour	70	4.9%
Alistair Paul Duffy	Lib Dem	40	2.8%

South Charnwood

Matthew Brookes Independent

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Conservative45.7%

Labour40.1%

Green14.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Matthew Dean Brookes Elected	Conservative	148	45.7%
David John Young	Labour	130	40.1%
Meg Isaac	Green	46	14.2%

Syston

Andy Haynes GreenDavid Infield GreenSarah Braker Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Green39.7%

Conservative38.9%

Labour15.5%

Reform5.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Andrew Haynes Elected	Green	990
Sarah Katherine Braker Elected	Conservative	968
David Graham Infield Elected	Green	926
Simon John Bradshaw	Conservative	918
Dave Isaac	Green	888
Katrina Jean Elizabeth Lavina Velma Hilda Rosa Poland	Conservative	706
Emma Jayne Carter	Labour	387
Daniel Kenneth Baumann	Labour	373
Deb Green	Labour	361
Ian Hayes	Reform	146

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

The Wolds

Jenny Bokor Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Conservative47.5%

Lib Dem27.0%

Labour14.8%

Green10.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Jenny Bokor Elected	Conservative	511	47.5%
Ian Robert Sharpe	Lib Dem	290	27.0%
Jim Clarke	Labour	159	14.8%
Nigel Feetham	Green	116	10.8%

Thurmaston

Brenda Seaton ConservativeGina Jackson ConservativeMark Lowe Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Conservative48.5%

Labour28.2%

Lib Dem12.3%

Green11.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Brenda Seaton Elected	Conservative	1,216
Gina Jackson Elected	Conservative	1,135
Mark David Lowe Elected	Conservative	1,117
Claire Jackson	Labour	707
Brendon Brockway	Labour	705
Michael McPartland	Labour	602
Carolyn Susan Brown	Lib Dem	308
Louise Mary Hall	Green	277

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Wreake Valley

Chris O'Neill GreenJames Poland ConservativeSandra Woodward Green

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Green50.7%

Conservative40.3%

Labour9.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Laurie Needham Elected	Green	1,493
Sandra Carol Woodward Elected	Green	1,274
Chris O'Neill Elected	Green	1,261
Daniel John Grimley	Conservative	1,185
James Mark Poland	Conservative	1,123
Anthea Patricia Byrne	Conservative	1,027
Gillian Adams	Labour	266
Natalie Sarah Worth	Labour	252
Pauline Louise May	Labour	248

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Last by-election, 17 September 2026

Conservative48.2%

Reform31.2%

Green16.4%

Labour3.1%

Lib Dem1.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
James Mark Poland Elected	Conservative	1,091	48.2%
Michael Kenneth Slade	Reform	706	31.2%
Hamzah Irfan Sheikh	Green	372	16.4%
Jay Dyas	Labour	69	3.1%
Murray Alexander Sinclair	Lib Dem	24	1.1%

Councillors

Changed party since the election

2 councillors now sit for a different party from the one they were elected for.

Ward	Councillor	Elected as	Now
Quorn & Mountsorrel Castle	Lee Westley	Conservative 2023	Independent
South Charnwood	Matthew Brookes	Conservative 2023	Independent

By-elections

Every council by-election since 2021

3 by-elections since July 2021, 1 of them gains.

Date	Ward	Result	Winner's share
17 September 2026	Wreake Valley	Conservative gain from Green	48.2%
31 October 2024	Sileby & Seagrave	Green hold	52.9%
9 May 2024	Loughborough East	Labour hold	62.1%

Parliament

Parliamentary constituencies

Constituency	Share of council	2024 winner	Projected now
Loughborough	55%	Labour	Labour 32%
Melton and Syston	24%	Conservative	Conservative 38%
Mid Leicestershire	22%	Conservative	Conservative 34%

Share of the council: the proportion of its census neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs) in each seat. The projection is PollCheck's demographic model at current polling, not a forecast.

People

Who lives in Charnwood

183,968 residents in 73,785 households

Voted Leave in 2016

54% 2 above GB

Degree or higher

33% 1 below GB

No qualifications

16% 2 below GB

Own their home

70% 9 above GB

Rent from a council or housing association

12% 5 below GB

Rent privately

17% 3 below GB

Aged 15 to 34

34% 3 above GB

Aged 65 and over

22% same as GB

GB figure. 2021 Census (Scotland: 2022): age as a share of residents aged 15 and over, qualifications of residents aged 16 and over, housing as a share of households. Leave: 2016 EU referendum, Electoral Commission results by counting area.

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Closest on the measures above: the 2016 Leave vote, age, qualifications and housing. Maps show which party holds each ward.

Sources

Sources and method

Seat totals and control: PollCheck council control tracker. Councillors: Open Council Data (CC BY-SA 4.0). Election results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), with some vote counts from DCLEAPIL, Leman (2025) (CC BY-SA 4.0), and corrections checked against councils' official declarations. Ward boundaries: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Census: Office for National Statistics and National Records of Scotland.

Councillor lists and DCLEAPIL-derived vote counts on this page are available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

In wards electing more than one councillor, a party's share counts only its leading candidate (the Rallings and Thrasher method). Independents count individually. The lead is the gap between the top two parties' shares.