# 2009 Leicestershire County Council election

Elections to Leicestershire County Council took place on 4 June 2009, having been delayed from 7 May, in order to coincide with elections to the European Parliament. A total of 55 councillors were elected from 52 electoral divisions across the county's 7 districts. The Conservatives held control of the council and increased their majority from 5 to 17 seats after gaining many seats from Labour who lost 70% of their seats. The BNP fielded many more candidates than at the last election which caused their vote share to increase dramatically.

## Results

Leicestershire County Council election, 2009 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 36 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 65.5 | 44.3 | 96,123 | +2.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | 14 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 25.5 | 27.1 | 58,814 | −1.4 |
| Labour | 4 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 7.2 | 15.5 | 33,549 | −10.5 |
| BNP | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 1.8 | 12.1 | 26,279 | +10.9 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | ±0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 1,941 | −1.4 |
| English Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | ±0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 436 | New |

## Division results

Results for individual divisions are shown below. They have been divided into their respective Districts or Boroughs and listed alphabetically.

### District of Blaby

Blaby and Glen Parva (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Bailey | 1,949 | 54.1 | +3.7 |
| | Conservative | Marian Broomhead | 960 | 26.7 | −3.8 |
| | BNP | Roy Dodge | 455 | 12.6 | N/A |
| | Labour | Gary Jacques | 238 | 6.6 | −12.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,602 | 38.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +3.8 | |
Braunstone Town (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jo Fox | 1,214 | 37.7 | −9.9 |
| | Conservative | Damian Stuart | 1,045 | 32.5 | −1.1 |
| | BNP | Gary Reynolds | 547 | 17.0 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Felicity Pollard | 412 | 12.8 | −6.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,218 | 38.3 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −4.4 | |
Cosby and Countesthorpe (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Jennings | 2,097 | 57.9 | +7.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Welsh | 597 | 16.5 | −8.7 |
| | Labour | Michael Howkins | 488 | 13.5 | −11.2 |
| | BNP | Martin Brown | 442 | 12.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,624 | 40.4 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +8.3 | |
Enderby Meridian (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jackie Dickinson | 1,543 | 53.4 | +16.5 |
| | Labour | Bill Wright | 720 | 24.9 | −10.7 |
| | BNP | Michael Robinson | 626 | 21.7 | +14.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,889 | 32.2 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +13.6 | |
Glenfields (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Brian Page | 1,253 | 39.9 | +1.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Springthorpe | 1,161 | 37.0 | +6.7 |
| | BNP | John Walton | 505 | 16.1 | +11.7 |
| | Labour | David Hodgen | 218 | 6.9 | −16.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,137 | 40.2 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −2.8 | |
Kirby Muxloe and Leicester Forest East (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Parsons | 2,122 | 59.2 | +5.2 |
| | Labour | Malcolm Fox | 502 | 14.0 | −11.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Pollard | 488 | 13.6 | −1.7 |
| | BNP | Paul Preston | 474 | 13.2 | +8.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,586 | 40.7 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +8.4 | |
Narborough and Whetstone (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Barry Garner | 1,960 | 54.4 | +10.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alex Dilks | 628 | 17.4 | ±0.0 |
| | BNP | Kerri Sharpe | 532 | 14.8 | N/A |
| | Labour | David Hodgen | 483 | 13.4 | −12.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,603 | 35.1 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +5.4 | |
Stanton Croft and Normanton (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ernie White | 2,197 | 57.2 | −9.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Searle | 768 | 20.0 | N/A |
| | BNP | Maurice Collett | 506 | 13.2 | N/A |
| | Labour | Sandra Parkinson | 368 | 9.6 | −24.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,839 | 40.5 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −14.6 | |

### Borough of Charnwood

Birstall (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Wilson | 1,489 | 36.9 | −24.0 |
| | Conservative | Stuart Jones | 1,442 | 35.7 | −3.4 |
| | BNP | Peter Cheeseman | 644 | 15.9 | N/A |
| | Labour | Claire Poole | 464 | 11.5 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,039 | 42.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | −10.3 | |
Bradgate (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Snartt | 2,475 | 57.9 | +5.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Welsh | 1,259 | 29.5 | −11.2 |
| | BNP | James Taylor | 538 | 12.6 | +5.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,272 | 44.5 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +8.6 | |
Loughborough East (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jewel Miah | 1,597 | 48.8 | −7.2 |
| | Conservative | Jenny Bokor | 674 | 20.6 | +0.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Maden | 572 | 17.5 | +1.5 |
| | BNP | Kevan Stafford | 432 | 13.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,275 | 35.0 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −3.8 | |
Loughborough North (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Betty Newton | 1,321 | 40.1 | −1.1 |
| | Conservative | Jane Hunt | 1,035 | 31.4 | +0.8 |
| | BNP | Julia Green | 506 | 15.4 | +11.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Diane Horn | 432 | 13.1 | −10.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,294 | 33.2 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | −1.0 | |
Loughborough North West (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Max Hunt | 1,408 | 44.0 | −2.7 |
| | Conservative | David Goss | 884 | 27.6 | −4.5 |
| | Independent | Roy Campsall | 625 | 19.5 | N/A |
| | BNP | Gavin Leist | 281 | 8.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,198 | 33.0 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +0.9 | |
Loughborough South (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Slater | 1,289 | 36.1 | +2.9 |
| | Labour | Neville Stork | 1,264 | 35.4 | −3.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roy Kershaw | 573 | 16.1 | −5.4 |
| | BNP | Michael Pickering | 442 | 12.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,568 | 32.5 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | −3.1 | |
Loughborough South West (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Lewis | 1,947 | 50.3 | +6.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Walker | 1,034 | 26.7 | −2.3 |
| | Labour | David Goss | 617 | 15.9 | −6.2 |
| | BNP | Christopher Canham | 272 | 7.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,870 | 42.2 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +4.5 | |
Quorn and Barrow (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Tony Kershaw | 1,983 | 53.3 | +8.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Coltman | 662 | 17.8 | −4.4 |
| | Labour | Sandie Forrest | 619 | 16.6 | −12.7 |
| | BNP | Maurice Oatley | 459 | 12.3 | +8.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,723 | 41.6 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +6.5 | |
Rothley and Mountsorrel (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Osborne | 1,878 | 51.7 | +5.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ted Smith | 664 | 18.3 | +1.7 |
| | BNP | Carol Collett | 650 | 17.9 | +11.6 |
| | Labour | Justin Smith | 443 | 12.2 | −19.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,635 | 38.7 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +2.1 | |
Shepshed (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Christine Radford | 1,466 | 32.9 | −3.9 |
| | Labour | Kevin Parker | 1,123 | 25.2 | −17.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Cynthia Popley | 1,094 | 24.5 | +4.2 |
| | BNP | Edmond Thomson | 778 | 17.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,461 | 41.2 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | −6.9 | |
Sileby and the Wolds (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard Shepherd | 1,795 | 52.1 | +1.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Collingswood | 724 | 21.0 | +0.3 |
| | BNP | Stephen Denham | 497 | 14.4 | N/A |
| | Labour | Ivor Perry | 431 | 12.5 | −16.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,447 | 40.3 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +0.5 | |
Syston Fosse (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Dave Houseman | 1,714 | 56.3 | +5.5 |
| | BNP | Catherine Duffy | 779 | 25.6 | +14.9 |
| | Labour | Terry Bark | 549 | 18.0 | −20.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,042 | 36.2 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | −4.7 | |
Syston Ridgeway (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Michael Preston | 1,688 | 52.6 | −2.8 |
| | BNP | John Hurst | 621 | 19.4 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Fiona Henry | 558 | 17.4 | +1.6 |
| | Labour | Mike McLoughlin | 341 | 10.6 | −18.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,208 | 39.7 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +0.5 | |
The Conservative councillor for Syston Ridgeway died on Thursday 18 August 2011. A by-election was held on 3 November 2011 and was won by Stephen John Hampson.
Thurmaston (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Paul Harley | 1,322 | 48.9 | +7.6 |
| | Labour | Steve Brown | 593 | 21.9 | −14.3 |
| | BNP | John Hurst | 529 | 19.6 | +12.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bernard Singleton | 260 | 9.6 | −1.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,704 | 36.9 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | +11.0 | |