Leicestershire County Council - Wards and Councillors

County council · East Midlands · 55 seats in 53 divisions · All seats elected every four years · Next election 3 May 2029

Reform UK run Leicestershire County Council as a minority administration. The council has 55 councillors in 53 divisions. Seats by party: Reform 23, Conservative 15, Lib Dem 11, Labour 3, Restore Britain 1, Other 1, Green 1. The next election is on 3 May 2029.

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

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Seats by party

Reform UK (Minority)

55 seats - 28 for a majority

Reform 23Labour 3Conservative 15Lib Dem 11Green 1Restore Britain 1Other 1

Seat changes since the 1 May 2025 election Labour +1 Restore Britain +1 Reform −2

Vote share at the 1 May 2025 election (55 seats, all wards)

ShareSeats won

Reform33.0%25

Conservative28.4%15

Lib Dem15.8%11

Labour11.9%2

Green8.9%1

Other2.1%1

Next election

3 May 2029

all 55 seats up, then every four years

Largest party

Reform 23

5 short of the 28 needed for a majority

Closest result

Market Harborough West & Foxton

Conservative won by 19 votes over Green, 1 May 2025

Latest by-election

Shepshed

Labour gain from Reform, 15 October 2026 (4 since 2021)

Constituencies

8 overlap

2024Now

Voted Leave in 2016

57%

GB 52%

Wards

Who holds each ward

LabourConservativeLib DemReformGreenRestore BritainIndependent

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 53 divisions

Councillors and last results

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

Ward and councillors	Last election
Ashby de la Zouch Dan Harrison	1 May 2025 Reform 39.3% lead 16.0 pts
Belvoir Bryan Lovegrove	1 May 2025 Conservative 44.2% lead 16.0 pts
Birstall Daniel Grimley	1 May 2025 Conservative 40.8% lead 14.1 pts
Blaby & Glen Parva John Bloxham	1 May 2025 Reform 44.1% lead 8.3 pts
Bradgate Deborah Taylor	1 May 2025 Conservative 48.7% lead 19.4 pts
Braunstone Kim Robinson	1 May 2025 Reform 35.4% lead 4.4 pts
Broughton Astley Bill Piper	1 May 2025 Reform 37.5% lead 7.9 pts
Bruntingthorpe Harrison Fowler	1 May 2025 Reform 34.2% lead 3.1 pts
Burbage Barry Walker	1 May 2025 Lib Dem 38.5% lead 9.7 pts
Castle Donington & Kegworth Charles Pugsley	1 May 2025 Reform 35.1% lead 13.9 pts
Coalville North Craig Smith	1 May 2025 Conservative 41.3% lead 5.8 pts
Coalville South Paul Harrison	1 May 2025 Reform 44.8% lead 22.4 pts
Cosby & Countesthorpe Graham Cooke	1 May 2025 Reform 38.1% lead 8.4 pts
De Montfort Michael Mullaney	1 May 2025 Lib Dem 49.5% lead 22.6 pts
Earl Shilton Martin England	1 May 2025 Reform 40.1% lead 11.6 pts
East Wigston Michael Charlesworth	1 May 2025 Independent 32.1% lead 5.9 pts
Enderby & Lubbesthorpe Nicholas Holt	1 May 2025 Lib Dem 31.4% lead 5.2 pts
Forest & Measham Adam Tilbury	1 May 2025 Reform 45.4% lead 19.9 pts
Gartree Phil King	1 May 2025 Conservative 47.5% lead 22.2 pts
Glenfields, Kirby Muxloe & Leicester Forests Nick Chapman, Kevin Crook	1 May 2025 Conservative 35.1% lead 3.9 pts
Groby & Ratby Ozzy O'Shea	1 May 2025 Conservative 50.7% lead 22.5 pts
Hollycroft Ann Pendlebury	1 May 2025 Lib Dem 46.7% lead 13.0 pts
Ibstock & Appleby Virge Richichi	1 May 2025 Reform 49.3% lead 23.7 pts
Launde Simon Galton	1 May 2025 Lib Dem 42.5% lead 17.5 pts
Loughborough East Jewel Miah	1 May 2025 Labour 43.2% lead 17.7 pts
Loughborough North Peter Morris	1 May 2025 Reform 39.0% lead 13.5 pts
Loughborough North West Andrew Hamilton-Gray	1 May 2025 Reform 39.6% lead 6.4 pts
Loughborough South Beverley Gray	1 May 2025 Labour 36.3% lead 7.3 pts
Loughborough South West Richard Bailey	1 May 2025 Conservative 31.7% lead 2.9 pts
Lutterworth Rosita Page	1 May 2025 Conservative 36.3% lead 1.9 pts
Mallory Mark Bools	1 May 2025 Lib Dem 37.1% lead 3.7 pts
Market Bosworth Joshua Melen	1 May 2025 Conservative 37.8% lead 2.8 pts
Market Harborough East Sarah Hill	1 May 2025 Lib Dem 32.2% lead 3.3 pts
Market Harborough West & Foxton David Page	1 May 2025 Conservative 24.8% lead 0.5 pts
Markfield, Desford & Thornton Charles Whitford	1 May 2025 Reform 35.8% lead 3.9 pts
Melton East Andrew Innes	1 May 2025 Reform 32.7% lead 3.1 pts
Melton West Kerry Knight	1 May 2025 Reform 37.8% lead 16.9 pts
Melton Wolds Joe Orson	1 May 2025 Conservative 38.7% lead 10.6 pts
Narborough & Whetstone Dee North	1 May 2025 Reform 42.3% lead 17.8 pts
North Wigston Linda Broadley	1 May 2025 Lib Dem 32.4% lead 5.2 pts
Oadby Moinuddin Durrani, Dean Gamble	1 May 2025 Lib Dem 42.6% lead 17.2 pts
Quorn & Barrow Paul Rudkin	1 May 2025 Reform 34.0% lead 4.5 pts
Rothley & Mountsorrel Linda Danks	1 May 2025 Reform 36.3% lead 10.1 pts
Shepshed Jane Lennie	1 May 2025 Reform 44.9% lead 19.5 pts
Sileby & The Wolds Naomi Bottomley	1 May 2025 Green 39.4% lead 7.0 pts
South & West Wigston John McDonald	1 May 2025 Reform 38.3% lead 12.1 pts
St Marys Stuart Bray	1 May 2025 Lib Dem 44.8% lead 14.7 pts
Stoney Stanton & Croft Carl Abbott	1 May 2025 Reform 40.0% lead 8.1 pts
Syston Fosse James Poland	1 May 2025 Conservative 40.6% lead 11.9 pts
Syston Ridgeway Simon Bradshaw	1 May 2025 Conservative 32.8% lead 2.4 pts
Thurmaston Ridgemere Brenda Seaton	1 May 2025 Conservative 45.9% lead 14.7 pts
Valley Michael Squires	1 May 2025 Reform 36.2% lead 7.4 pts
Whitwick Joseph Boam	1 May 2025 Reform 44.8% lead 16.4 pts

Ashby de la Zouch

Dan Harrison Reform

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Reform39.3%

Labour23.3%

Conservative17.9%

Lib Dem11.2%

Green8.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Dan Harrison Elected	Reform	1,457	39.3%
Damilola Ojuri	Labour	864	23.3%
Raymond Leslie Morris	Conservative	665	17.9%
Martin Cooper	Lib Dem	416	11.2%
Drew Timms	Green	306	8.3%

Belvoir

Bryan Lovegrove Conservative

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Conservative44.2%

Reform28.2%

Labour12.0%

Green6.6%

Lib Dem6.1%

Independent2.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Bryan John Lovegrove Elected	Conservative	1,629	44.2%
Dennis Alfred Pengelly	Reform	1,040	28.2%
Jim Mason	Labour	441	12.0%
David Cannon	Green	245	6.6%
Richard Edward Bartfield	Lib Dem	225	6.1%
Sam Seaward	Independent	106	2.9%

Birstall

Daniel Grimley Conservative

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Conservative40.8%

Reform26.7%

Labour20.5%

Green7.2%

Lib Dem4.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Daniel John Grimley Elected	Conservative	1,433	40.8%
Michael Kerchey	Reform	938	26.7%
Julie Palmer	Labour	720	20.5%
Paul Stewart John Masters	Green	254	7.2%
Kelvin John Jordan	Lib Dem	168	4.8%

Blaby & Glen Parva

John Bloxham Reform

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Reform44.1%

Lib Dem35.8%

Conservative10.4%

Green4.9%

Labour4.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
John Andrew Bloxham Elected	Reform	1,366	44.1%
Sue Jordan	Lib Dem	1,110	35.8%
Marian Gail Broomhead	Conservative	321	10.4%
Eleanor Turner	Green	153	4.9%
Anna Nesfield Parrish	Labour	147	4.7%

Bradgate

Deborah Taylor Conservative

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Conservative48.7%

Reform29.3%

Labour10.1%

Green7.9%

Lib Dem4.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Deborah Taylor Elected	Conservative	1,898	48.7%
Reita Kerr	Reform	1,143	29.3%
Rhys Cory-Lowsley	Labour	392	10.1%
Sandra Carol Woodward	Green	306	7.9%
Nigel Oxford	Lib Dem	158	4.1%

Braunstone

Kim Robinson Reform

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Reform35.4%

Conservative31.0%

Labour22.8%

Green5.9%

Lib Dem4.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Kim Paul Robinson Elected	Reform	965	35.4%
Iain Macfarlane Hewson	Conservative	843	31.0%
Tracey Shepherd	Labour	621	22.8%
Mary Doreen Kapadia	Green	160	5.9%
Antony Robert Moseley	Lib Dem	134	4.9%

Broughton Astley

Bill Piper Reform

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Reform37.5%

Conservative29.6%

Lib Dem22.1%

Labour6.6%

Green4.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Bill Piper Elected	Reform	1,164	37.5%
Neil Bannister	Conservative	918	29.6%
Mark Simon Graves	Lib Dem	684	22.1%
Sandra Parkinson	Labour	206	6.6%
Dannielle Bonham	Green	130	4.2%

Bruntingthorpe

Harrison Fowler Reform

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Reform34.2%

Conservative31.1%

Lib Dem21.0%

Labour6.9%

Green6.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Harrison Fowler Elected	Reform	1,493	34.2%
Jonathan Francis Bateman	Conservative	1,359	31.1%
Stephen Walkley	Lib Dem	918	21.0%
Paul MacIntyre	Labour	301	6.9%
Mandy Sanders	Green	298	6.8%

Burbage

Barry Walker Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Lib Dem38.5%

Reform28.8%

Conservative24.2%

Labour4.5%

Green4.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Barry Richard Walker Elected	Lib Dem	1,266	38.5%
John Richard Haynes	Reform	947	28.8%
Madaleine Lee	Conservative	796	24.2%
James Edward Michael Ross	Labour	147	4.5%
Rhiannon April Carter	Green	135	4.1%

Castle Donington & Kegworth

Charles Pugsley Reform

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Reform35.1%

Independent21.2%

Conservative18.6%

Labour10.7%

Lib Dem8.5%

Green3.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Charles Andrew Frank Puglsey Elected	Reform	1,146	35.1%
Ray Sutton	Independent	691	21.2%
Ted Parton	Conservative	606	18.6%
Alison Morley	Labour	348	10.7%
Ian Richard Bradley	Lib Dem	279	8.5%
Jessie Cooke	Green	120	3.7%
Tarnia Anne Wilson	Animal Welfare Party	76	2.3%

Coalville North

Craig Smith Conservative

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Conservative41.3%

Reform35.5%

Labour14.0%

Lib Dem5.0%

Green4.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Craig Andrew Smith Elected	Conservative	1,280	41.3%
Elliott G C Allman	Reform	1,100	35.5%
Rebecca Pawley	Labour	433	14.0%
Amanda Briers	Lib Dem	155	5.0%
David Neil Kellock	Green	130	4.2%

Coalville South

Paul Harrison Reform

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Reform44.8%

Lib Dem22.4%

Conservative16.8%

Labour10.5%

Green5.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Paul Harrison Elected	Reform	1,611	44.8%
Michael Wyatt	Lib Dem	807	22.4%
Aimee Garner	Conservative	606	16.8%
Carissma Griffiths	Labour	378	10.5%
Robert James Clarke	Green	197	5.5%

Cosby & Countesthorpe

Graham Cooke Reform

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Reform38.1%

Conservative29.7%

Lib Dem20.5%

Labour6.2%

Green5.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Graham Cooke Elected	Reform	1,333	38.1%
Les Phillimore	Conservative	1,039	29.7%
Royston Oliver Charles Bayliss	Lib Dem	718	20.5%
Callum Michael Parrish	Labour	218	6.2%
Guy Walsh	Green	194	5.5%

De Montfort

Michael Mullaney Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Lib Dem49.5%

Reform26.9%

Conservative15.1%

Labour4.2%

Green2.6%

Independent1.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Michael Timothy Mullaney Elected	Lib Dem	1,653	49.5%
Craig Harwood	Reform	900	26.9%
Robert Ashman	Conservative	505	15.1%
James William Davis	Labour	139	4.2%
Sarah Helen Nimmo	Green	86	2.6%
Andy Egginton	Independent	58	1.7%

Earl Shilton

Martin England Reform

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Reform40.1%

Lib Dem28.5%

Conservative20.4%

Labour5.0%

Green4.0%

Independent1.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Martin Richard England Elected	Reform	1,191	40.1%
Patrick Weightman	Lib Dem	846	28.5%
Richard George Allen	Conservative	607	20.4%
Paul Neil Gurney	Labour	147	5.0%
Cassie Wells	Green	119	4.0%
Tom Smith	Independent	41	1.4%
Dee Deighton	Independent	18	0.6%

East Wigston

Michael Charlesworth Independent

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Independent32.1%

Reform26.2%

Conservative19.1%

Lib Dem15.0%

Labour4.1%

Green3.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Michael Henry Charlesworth Elected	Independent	1,099	32.1%
Don Edward Purver Howat	Reform	897	26.2%
Liz Darling	Conservative	652	19.1%
Lee Andrew Bentley	Lib Dem	512	15.0%
Bridget Fitzpatrick	Labour	142	4.1%
Samuel Robert Hilton	Green	120	3.5%

Enderby & Lubbesthorpe

Nicholas Holt Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Lib Dem31.4%

Reform26.2%

Conservative22.1%

Labour15.7%

Green4.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Nick Holt Elected	Lib Dem	802	31.4%
Moin Siddiqui	Reform	668	26.2%
David John Findlay	Conservative	564	22.1%
Ravinder Kaur	Labour	400	15.7%
Florence Eleanor Turner	Green	119	4.7%

Forest & Measham

Adam Tilbury Reform

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Reform45.4%

Conservative25.5%

Labour20.4%

Lib Dem4.6%

Green4.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Adam Rowland Tilbury Elected	Reform	1,353	45.4%
Andrew Christopher Woodman	Conservative	759	25.5%
Michelle Holdcroft	Labour	609	20.4%
David Wyatt	Lib Dem	136	4.6%
Pritesh Patel	Green	124	4.2%

Gartree

Phil King Conservative

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Conservative47.5%

Reform25.3%

Green12.3%

Lib Dem9.3%

Labour5.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Phil King Elected	Conservative	1,832	47.5%
Jonny Austin	Reform	976	25.3%
Debbie Anne Louise James	Green	475	12.3%
James Francis Lindsay	Lib Dem	360	9.3%
Leigh Wiseman	Labour	213	5.5%

Glenfields, Kirby Muxloe & Leicester Forests

Kevin Crook ReformNick Chapman Conservative

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025 (2 seats)

Conservative35.1%

Reform31.2%

Green21.0%

Labour7.9%

Lib Dem4.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Nick Chapman Elected	Conservative	1,953
Kevin Paul Crook Elected	Reform	1,733
Lee Martin Breckon	Conservative	1,705
Josh Walden	Reform	1,589
Tony Deakin	Green	1,165
Nick Cox	Green	1,086
Malcolm Francis Fox	Labour	440
Shabbir Aslam	Labour	410
Iain Edward Cameron Smith	Lib Dem	266
Eddie Pop Larkin	Lib Dem	166

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Groby & Ratby

Ozzy O'Shea Conservative

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Conservative50.7%

Reform28.2%

Lib Dem12.4%

Labour4.3%

Green4.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Ozzy O'Shea Elected	Conservative	1,582	50.7%
Kev Pym	Reform	880	28.2%
Martin Brett Cartwright	Lib Dem	388	12.4%
Lee Perkins	Labour	135	4.3%
Sarah Linnett	Green	134	4.3%

Hollycroft

Ann Pendlebury Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Lib Dem46.7%

Reform33.7%

Conservative11.8%

Labour4.3%

Green2.3%

Independent0.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Ann Pendlebury Elected	Lib Dem	1,372	46.7%
Harry Masters	Reform	991	33.7%
Connor Jordan Harris	Conservative	347	11.8%
Lesley Ann Panton	Labour	125	4.3%
Richard John Ansell	Green	69	2.3%
Julie Randles	Independent	19	0.6%
Noel Charles Cook	Alliance for Democracy and Freedom	14	0.5%

Ibstock & Appleby

Virge Richichi Reform

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Reform49.3%

Conservative25.6%

Labour13.9%

Green5.9%

Lib Dem5.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Virge Richichi Elected	Reform	1,699	49.3%
Jenny Simmons	Conservative	884	25.6%
Simon David Lambeth	Labour	478	13.9%
David John Robert Morgan	Green	202	5.9%
Lee Windram	Lib Dem	184	5.3%

Launde

Simon Galton Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Lib Dem42.5%

Conservative25.0%

Reform24.2%

Labour4.3%

Green4.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Simon James Galton Elected	Lib Dem	1,732	42.5%
Jack Thomas Crankshaw	Conservative	1,017	25.0%
Nigel Paul Clarke	Reform	986	24.2%
Colleen Marie Cassidy	Labour	175	4.3%
Melanie Jayne Wakley	Green	162	4.0%

Loughborough East

Jewel Miah Labour

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Labour43.2%

Reform25.5%

Conservative14.8%

Green12.3%

Lib Dem4.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Jewel Miah Elected	Labour	1,017	43.2%
Jonathan David Clarson	Reform	600	25.5%
Geoffrey Parsons	Conservative	348	14.8%
Daisy Judith Taylor	Green	289	12.3%
Andrew Willig	Lib Dem	98	4.2%

Loughborough North

Peter Morris Reform

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Reform39.0%

Labour25.5%

Conservative22.6%

Green7.4%

Lib Dem5.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Pete Morris Elected	Reform	1,040	39.0%
Sarah Dawn Maynard	Labour	678	25.5%
Sarah Louise Monk	Conservative	602	22.6%
Sean Peter Kerslake	Green	196	7.4%
Murray Alexander Sinclair	Lib Dem	148	5.6%

Loughborough North West

Andrew Hamilton-Gray Reform

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Reform39.6%

Labour33.2%

Conservative16.5%

Green7.2%

Lib Dem3.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Andrew Charles Hamilton-Gray Elected	Reform	857	39.6%
Max Hunt	Labour	719	33.2%
Tim Whitehead	Conservative	357	16.5%
Paul Justin Goodman	Green	155	7.2%
Jim Murcott	Lib Dem	76	3.5%

Loughborough South

Beverley Gray Labour

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Labour36.3%

Reform29.0%

Conservative18.3%

Green10.5%

Lib Dem5.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Beverley Gray Elected	Labour	854	36.3%
Ed Foxall	Reform	681	29.0%
Harry Hughes-Slattery	Conservative	431	18.3%
Rachel Anne Baker	Green	248	10.5%
Alex Guerrero	Lib Dem	137	5.8%

Loughborough South West

Richard Bailey Conservative

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Conservative31.7%

Labour28.8%

Reform23.5%

Green9.1%

Lib Dem7.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Richard George Bailey Elected	Conservative	1,144	31.7%
Sara Goodwin	Labour	1,040	28.8%
Jim Foxall	Reform	849	23.5%
John Paul Barton	Green	328	9.1%
Dave Walker	Lib Dem	253	7.0%

Lutterworth

Rosita Page Conservative

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Conservative36.3%

Reform34.4%

Labour17.7%

Green6.7%

Lib Dem5.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Rosita Page Elected	Conservative	1,317	36.3%
Martin Sarfas	Reform	1,250	34.4%
Martin Cullen	Labour	642	17.7%
Carl Albert Tiivas	Green	242	6.7%
Asit Sodha	Lib Dem	182	5.0%

Mallory

Mark Bools Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Lib Dem37.1%

Reform33.4%

Conservative21.7%

Labour3.9%

Green3.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Mark Bools Elected	Lib Dem	1,179	37.1%
Joel Hollowell	Reform	1,063	33.4%
James Michael Paterson	Conservative	690	21.7%
Andre Wheeler	Labour	124	3.9%
Jim Buck	Green	124	3.9%

Market Bosworth

Joshua Melen Conservative

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Conservative37.8%

Reform35.0%

Lib Dem16.4%

Labour5.6%

Green5.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Joshua Melen Elected	Conservative	1,357	37.8%
Tony Birch	Reform	1,255	35.0%
Bill Crooks	Lib Dem	590	16.4%
Carole Anne Cecelia Sharma	Labour	202	5.6%
Alec Duthie	Green	183	5.1%

Market Harborough East

Sarah Hill Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Lib Dem32.2%

Conservative28.9%

Reform23.0%

Labour8.0%

Green7.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Sarah Hill Elected	Lib Dem	1,335	32.2%
Barry Champion	Conservative	1,199	28.9%
Barry Reginald George Walton	Reform	956	23.0%
Maria Panter	Labour	331	8.0%
Mary Scott Morgan	Green	328	7.9%

Market Harborough West & Foxton

David Page Conservative

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Conservative24.8%

Green24.3%

Reform22.7%

Lib Dem18.7%

Labour8.7%

Communist Party of Britain0.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
David John Page Elected	Conservative	1,008	24.8%
Darren Neil Woodiwiss	Green	989	24.3%
Nick Hatfield	Reform	924	22.7%
Jo Asher	Lib Dem	760	18.7%
Mark Panter	Labour	353	8.7%
Peter Whalen	Communist Party of Britain	31	0.8%

Markfield, Desford & Thornton

Charles Whitford Restore Britain

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Reform35.8%

Conservative31.9%

Lib Dem15.6%

Labour10.6%

Green6.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Charles Whitford Elected	Reform	1,244	35.8%
Claire Stacey Harris	Conservative	1,110	31.9%
Joyce Crooks	Lib Dem	541	15.6%
Geoffrey Robertson Dams	Labour	367	10.6%
Matthew Lee Widdowson	Green	216	6.2%

Melton East

Andrew Innes Reform

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Reform32.7%

Conservative29.6%

Labour17.4%

Independent9.1%

Green7.9%

Lib Dem3.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Andrew Colin Gordon Innes Elected	Reform	1,090	32.7%
Pam Posnett	Conservative	989	29.6%
Helen Cliff	Labour	581	17.4%
Allen Thwaites	Independent	305	9.1%
Alastair McQuillan	Green	263	7.9%
Ian Keith Ridley	Lib Dem	108	3.2%

Melton West

Kerry Knight Reform

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Reform37.8%

Independent20.9%

Conservative17.8%

Labour10.0%

Green8.0%

Independent3.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Kerry Lyn Knight Elected	Reform	1,017	37.8%
Sharon Brown	Independent	563	20.9%
Roma Frisby	Conservative	480	17.8%
Nick Flatt	Labour	269	10.0%
Jack Walker	Green	215	8.0%
Marilyn Mary Gordon	Independent	84	3.1%
Victor Richard Kaufman	Lib Dem	64	2.4%

Melton Wolds

Joe Orson Conservative

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Conservative38.7%

Reform28.1%

Independent11.2%

Green8.0%

Labour7.4%

Lib Dem5.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Joe Orson Elected	Conservative	1,321	38.7%
James Patrick Donovan	Reform	958	28.1%
Steve Carter	Independent	382	11.2%
Martyn John Gower	Green	272	8.0%
Jim Clarke	Labour	251	7.4%
Alan Rodenby	Lib Dem	192	5.6%
Malcolm Stephen Smith	Alliance for Democracy and Freedom	34	1.0%

Narborough & Whetstone

Dee North Reform

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Reform42.3%

Conservative24.5%

Green14.8%

Labour8.8%

Lib Dem7.9%

Independent1.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Andrew Peter Thorp Elected	Reform	1,403	42.3%
Nigel Grundy	Conservative	812	24.5%
Mike Jelfs	Green	492	14.8%
Lisa Jane Pendery-Hunt	Labour	291	8.8%
Ande Savage	Lib Dem	261	7.9%
Danuta Bernadette Jeeves	Independent	56	1.7%

Last by-election, 16 April 2026

Reform33.0%

Conservative29.6%

Green28.2%

Lib Dem4.3%

Labour4.0%

Advance UK0.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Dee North Elected	Reform	1,033	33.0%
Les Phillimore	Conservative	927	29.6%
Mike Jelfs	Green	884	28.2%
Ande Savage	Lib Dem	134	4.3%
Lisa Jane Pendery-Hunt	Labour	124	4.0%
Martin Garfoot	Advance UK	28	0.9%

North Wigston

Linda Broadley Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Lib Dem32.4%

Reform27.2%

Conservative25.3%

Labour7.9%

Green7.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Linda Margaret Broadley Elected	Lib Dem	882	32.4%
John Ball	Reform	740	27.2%
Kartik Naresh Kavi	Conservative	690	25.3%
Jay Dyas	Labour	214	7.9%
Ahmed Khwaja	Green	199	7.3%

Oadby

Dean Gamble Lib DemMoinuddin Durrani Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025 (2 seats)

Lib Dem42.6%

Conservative25.4%

Reform16.5%

Labour8.4%

Green7.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Moin Durrani Elected	Lib Dem	2,456
Dean Adam Gamble Elected	Lib Dem	2,445
Salim Boodhoo	Conservative	1,467
Harry Rai	Conservative	1,314
Mark James Hunt	Reform	953
Duncan William Thompson	Reform	743
Matthew William Luke	Labour	486
William John Pugsley	Labour	427
Bethan Lucy Painter	Green	408
Doreen Elaine Shipton	Green	342

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Quorn & Barrow

Paul Rudkin Reform

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Reform34.0%

Conservative29.5%

Labour21.1%

Green9.4%

Lib Dem5.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Paul John Rudkin Elected	Reform	1,316	34.0%
Hilary Jean Fryer	Conservative	1,143	29.5%
Phil Walden	Labour	815	21.1%
Richard John Horrocks	Green	365	9.4%
Carolyn Thornborow	Lib Dem	230	5.9%

Rothley & Mountsorrel

Linda Danks Reform

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Reform36.3%

Conservative26.2%

Labour22.7%

Lib Dem8.1%

Green6.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Linda Danks Elected	Reform	1,217	36.3%
Leon Hadji-Nikolaou	Conservative	878	26.2%
Liz Blackshaw	Labour	760	22.7%
Alistair Paul Duffy	Lib Dem	272	8.1%
David Rigby Isaac	Green	223	6.7%

Shepshed

Jane Lennie Labour

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Reform44.9%

Conservative25.4%

Labour17.9%

Lib Dem6.7%

Green5.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Helen Butler Elected	Reform	1,859	44.9%
Christine Radford	Conservative	1,054	25.4%
Jane Lennie	Labour	742	17.9%
Katy Brookes-Duncan	Lib Dem	276	6.7%
Kelly Swann	Green	211	5.1%

Last by-election, 15 October 2026

Labour32.8%

Reform31.3%

Conservative23.1%

Restore Britain6.4%

Lib Dem3.2%

Green3.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Jane Lennie Elected	Labour	1,163	32.8%
Stuart Brian Wood	Reform	1,110	31.3%
Sarah Louise Monk	Conservative	819	23.1%
Alec McKenzie	Restore Britain	228	6.4%
Katy Brookes-Duncan	Lib Dem	115	3.2%
David Neil Kellock	Green	112	3.2%

Sileby & The Wolds

Naomi Bottomley Green

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Green39.4%

Reform32.4%

Conservative19.2%

Labour5.9%

Lib Dem3.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Naomi Eleanor Bottomley Elected	Green	1,335	39.4%
Roger Michael Bacon	Reform	1,098	32.4%
Jenny Bokor	Conservative	652	19.2%
Kaisra Manzur Khan	Labour	199	5.9%
Ian Robert Sharpe	Lib Dem	104	3.1%

South & West Wigston

John McDonald Reform

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Reform38.3%

Lib Dem26.2%

Conservative22.6%

Green7.0%

Labour5.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
John Mulhearn McDonald Elected	Reform	908	38.3%
Bill Boulter	Lib Dem	621	26.2%
John Keith Ford	Conservative	535	22.6%
James Bayliss	Green	166	7.0%
Eileen Mary Pott	Labour	141	5.9%

St Marys

Stuart Bray Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Lib Dem44.8%

Reform30.1%

Conservative13.9%

Labour5.1%

Green4.7%

Independent1.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Stuart Lee Bray Elected	Lib Dem	1,113	44.8%
Andy Ellis	Reform	747	30.1%
Cal Antliff	Conservative	346	13.9%
Eamonn Gabriel	Labour	126	5.1%
Rebecca Linnett	Green	117	4.7%
Benn Gerald Leslie Moore	Independent	28	1.1%
Steve Proctor	Independent	8	0.3%

Stoney Stanton & Croft

Carl Abbott Reform

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Reform40.0%

Conservative31.9%

Lib Dem12.7%

Labour9.9%

Green5.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Carl Walter Abbott Elected	Reform	1,352	40.0%
Ben Taylor	Conservative	1,077	31.9%
Matt Wright	Lib Dem	428	12.7%
Laura Badland	Labour	333	9.9%
Xeimon Zak George Parker-Cox	Green	186	5.5%

Syston Fosse

James Poland Conservative

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Conservative40.6%

Reform28.7%

Green28.0%

Labour2.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
James Mark Poland Elected	Conservative	1,297	40.6%
Kieran Phillip Taylor	Reform	915	28.7%
Laurie Needham	Green	894	28.0%
Michael Francis McLoughlin	Labour	86	2.7%

Syston Ridgeway

Simon Bradshaw Conservative

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Conservative32.8%

Reform30.4%

Green30.2%

Labour4.4%

Lib Dem2.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Simon John Bradshaw Elected	Conservative	896	32.8%
Ian Hayes	Reform	831	30.4%
Rebekka Helen Yates	Green	825	30.2%
David Brentnall	Labour	120	4.4%
Marianne Gilbert	Lib Dem	59	2.2%

Thurmaston Ridgemere

Brenda Seaton Conservative

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Conservative45.9%

Reform31.2%

Labour11.5%

Green6.2%

Lib Dem5.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Brenda Seaton Elected	Conservative	1,197	45.9%
Chris Gibson	Reform	814	31.2%
Roger Smith	Labour	299	11.5%
Wendy Hardy	Green	163	6.2%
Nitesh Pravin Dave	Lib Dem	136	5.2%

Valley

Michael Squires Reform

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Reform36.2%

Conservative28.8%

Green16.9%

Labour10.6%

Lib Dem5.0%

Independent2.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Michael Squires Elected	Reform	1,467	36.2%
Nick Rushton	Conservative	1,166	28.8%
Carl Benfield	Green	684	16.9%
Greg Parle	Labour	431	10.6%
Paul Tyler	Lib Dem	203	5.0%
Siobhan Dillon	Independent	99	2.4%

Whitwick

Joseph Boam Reform

Last scheduled election, 1 May 2025

Reform44.8%

Conservative28.4%

Labour17.1%

Lib Dem4.9%

Green4.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Joseph Russell Boam Elected	Reform	1,601	44.8%
Tony Gillard	Conservative	1,016	28.4%
Peter Moult	Labour	612	17.1%
Morgan Burke	Lib Dem	174	4.9%
James William Unwin	Green	172	4.8%

Councillors

Changed party since the election

1 councillor now sit for a different party from the one they were elected for.

Ward	Councillor	Elected as	Now
Markfield, Desford & Thornton	Charles Whitford	Reform 2025	Restore Britain

By-elections

Every council by-election since 2021

4 by-elections since July 2021, 2 of them gains.

Date	Ward	Result	Winner's share
15 October 2026	Shepshed	Labour gain from Reform	32.8%
16 April 2026	Narborough & Whetstone	Reform hold	33.0%
9 May 2024	Burbage	Lib Dem gain from Conservative
22 December 2023	Blaby	Lib Dem hold

Parliament

Parliamentary constituencies

Constituency	Share of council	2024 winner	Projected now
Harborough, Oadby and Wigston	15%	Conservative	Conservative 34%
Mid Leicestershire	15%	Conservative	Conservative 34%
Hinckley and Bosworth	14%	Conservative	Conservative 39%
North West Leicestershire	14%	Labour	Conservative 28%
Loughborough	14%	Labour	Labour 32%
South Leicestershire	13%	Conservative	Conservative 38%
Melton and Syston	13%	Conservative	Conservative 38%
Rutland and Stamford	2%	Conservative	Conservative 39%

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 Leicestershire

712,359 residents in 296,382 households

Voted Leave in 2016

57% 5 above GB

Degree or higher

32% 2 below GB

No qualifications

17% 1 below GB

Own their home

73% 12 above GB

Rent from a council or housing association

10% 7 below GB

Rent privately

15% 5 below GB

Aged 15 to 34

28% 3 below GB

Aged 65 and over

25% 3 above 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.