Oadby and Wigston Council - Wards and Councillors

District council · East Midlands · 26 seats in 10 wards · All seats elected every four years · Next election 6 May 2027

Liberal Democrats have a majority on Oadby and Wigston Council. The council has 26 councillors in 10 wards. Seats by party: Lib Dem 16, Other 5, Conservative 5. 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

Liberal Democrats (Majority)

26 seats - 14 for a majority

Conservative 5Lib Dem 16Other 5

Seat changes since the 4 May 2023 election Other +5 Conservative −2 Lib Dem −3

Vote share at the 4 May 2023 election (26 seats, all wards)

ShareSeats won

Lib Dem49.6%19

Conservative43.4%7

Labour7.0%0

Next election

6 May 2027

all 26 seats up, then every four years

Largest party

Lib Dem 16

majority of 6; 14 needed

Closest result

Oadby St Peter's

Lib Dem won the last seat by 3 votes over Conservative, 4 May 2023

Constituencies

1 overlap

2024Now

Voted Leave in 2016

55%

GB 52%

Wards

Who holds each ward

ConservativeLib DemIndependent

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 10 wards

Councillors and last results

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

Ward and councillors	Last election
Oadby Brocks Hill Latif Darr, Jeffrey Kaufman	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 59.7% lead 19.4 pts
Oadby Grange Naveed Alam, Kamal Ghattoraya, Pritibala Joshi	4 May 2023 Conservative 45.1% lead 6.3 pts
Oadby St Peter's Ian Ridley, Jasvir Chohan	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 42.4% lead 3.0 pts
Oadby Uplands Rupa Joshi, Samia Haq	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 38.1% lead 4.4 pts
Oadby Woodlands Santokh Athwal, Dean Gamble	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 56.0% lead 12.0 pts
South Wigston Richard Morris, Rosemarie Adams, Carl Walter	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 53.3% lead 6.6 pts
Wigston All Saints Gary Hunt, Lee Bentley, Michael Charlesworth	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 64.0% lead 28.0 pts
Wigston Fields Kevin Loydall, Carl Martin, Bill Boulter	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 65.6% lead 31.2 pts
Wigston Meadowcourt Liz Darling, John Ford, Colin Gore	4 May 2023 Conservative 67.8% lead 35.6 pts
Wigston St Wolstan's Linda Broadley, Frank Broadley, Clare Kozlowski	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 58.2% lead 16.4 pts

Oadby Brocks Hill

Jeffrey Kaufman Lib DemLatif Darr Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem59.7%

Conservative40.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Jeffrey Kaufman Elected	Lib Dem	342
Mohammed Latif Darr Elected	Lib Dem	286
Rakesh Chander	Conservative	231
Mohammad Alam	Conservative	171

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Oadby Grange

Kamal Ghattoraya ConservativeNaveed Alam ConservativePritibala Joshi Independent

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Conservative45.1%

Lib Dem38.8%

Labour16.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Naveed Alam Elected	Conservative	757
Kamal Ghattoraya Elected	Conservative	673
Priti Joshi Elected	Conservative	672
Moin Durrani	Lib Dem	651
Jaspal Singh Kang	Lib Dem	636
Richard Edward Bartfield	Lib Dem	565
Nigel Smith	Labour	269

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Oadby St Peter's

Ian Ridley Lib DemJasvir Chohan Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem42.4%

Conservative39.4%

Labour18.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ian Keith Ridley Elected	Lib Dem	525
Jasvir Kaur Chohan Elected	Lib Dem	491
Aman Singh Thind	Conservative	488
Marcus Jayant Solanki	Conservative	479
John Anthony Britten	Labour	226
Rumman Tabassum Syeda Ahmed	Labour	226

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Oadby Uplands

Rupa Joshi IndependentSamia Haq Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem38.1%

Conservative33.7%

Labour28.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Samia Zuffar Haq Elected	Lib Dem	616
Rupa Joshi Elected	Conservative	545
Victor Richard Kaufman	Lib Dem	530
Salim Boodhoo	Conservative	529
Hajira Hanif Piranie	Labour	457
Justine Elizabeth Mercer	Labour	427

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Oadby Woodlands

Dean Gamble Lib DemSantokh Athwal Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem56.0%

Conservative44.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Dean Adam Gamble Elected	Lib Dem	707
Santokh Singh Athwal Elected	Lib Dem	680
Dilip Dave	Conservative	556
Harrinder Singh Rai	Conservative	532

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

South Wigston

Carl Walter Lib DemRichard Morris Lib DemRosemarie Adams Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Lib Dem53.3%

Conservative46.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Rosemarie Helen Adams Elected	Lib Dem	685
Carl Andrew Melvin Walter Elected	Lib Dem	645
Richard Edward Rue Morris Elected	Lib Dem	619
Yvonne Blanche Darling	Conservative	601
Tony Stokes	Conservative	580
Karen Marie Stokes	Conservative	561

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Wigston All Saints

Gary Hunt Lib DemLee Bentley Lib DemMichael Charlesworth Independent

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Lib Dem64.0%

Conservative36.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Michael Henry Charlesworth Elected	Lib Dem	916
Lee Andrew Bentley Elected	Lib Dem	905
Gary Glendon Hunt Elected	Lib Dem	863
Michael McGee	Conservative	515
Claire Irene Wills	Conservative	503
Julian David Tibbetts	Conservative	481

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Wigston Fields

Bill Boulter Lib DemCarl Martin Lib DemKevin Loydall Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Lib Dem65.6%

Conservative34.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Bill Boulter Elected	Lib Dem	910
Kevin John Loydall Elected	Lib Dem	888
Carl James Richard Martin Elected	Lib Dem	830
Nick Agar	Conservative	478
Mirza Juhaidul Kabir Junak	Conservative	396
Shantilal Nandha	Conservative	388

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Wigston Meadowcourt

Colin Gore ConservativeJohn Ford ConservativeLiz Darling Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Conservative67.8%

Lib Dem32.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Liz Darling Elected	Conservative	1,117
Colin Spencer Gore Elected	Conservative	1,091
John Keith Ford Elected	Conservative	1,080
Michael Owen Phipps	Lib Dem	531
David William Loydall	Lib Dem	520
Michael Tony White	Lib Dem	479

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Wigston St Wolstan's

Clare Kozlowski Lib DemFrank Broadley IndependentLinda Broadley Independent

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (3 seats)

Lib Dem58.2%

Conservative41.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Linda Margaret Broadley Elected	Lib Dem	888
Frank Stephen Broadley Elected	Lib Dem	876
Clare Denise Kozlowski Elected	Lib Dem	836
Alex Darling	Conservative	637
Mukesh Maganlal Dave	Conservative	630
Matthew Leigh Ford	Conservative	618

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Councillors

Changed party since the election

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

Ward	Councillor	Elected as	Now
Oadby Uplands	Rupa Joshi	Conservative 2023	Independent
Wigston All Saints	Michael Charlesworth	Lib Dem 2023	Independent
Wigston St Wolstan's	Frank Broadley	Lib Dem 2023	Independent
Wigston St Wolstan's	Linda Broadley	Lib Dem 2023	Independent

Parliament

Parliamentary constituencies

Constituency	Share of council	2024 winner	Projected now
Harborough, Oadby and Wigston	100%	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 Oadby and Wigston

57,751 residents in 22,614 households

Voted Leave in 2016

55% 3 above GB

Degree or higher

32% 2 below GB

No qualifications

19% 1 above GB

Own their home

75% 14 above GB

Rent from a council or housing association

8% 9 below GB

Rent privately

16% 4 below GB

Aged 15 to 34

29% 2 below GB

Aged 65 and over

26% 4 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.

Similar

Councils most like this one

GedlingLabour (Majority)BroxtoweIndependent / Independent Coalition BlabyConservative (Minority)Hinckley and BosworthLiberal Democrats (Majority)South DerbyshireLabour (Majority)

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.