# 2015 North West Leicestershire District Council election

Elections to elect all members of the North West Leicestershire District Council took place on 7 May 2015, simultaneously with a general election, held as one of the English local elections of that year.
At the request of the previous administration, a boundary review took place during 2014 with a view to make every ward represented by one councillor. The total number of councillors remained at 38, meaning that the final proposals from the Local Government Boundary Commission for England replaced 20 single-, double- and triple-member wards with 38, single-member.
The local Conservative governing group increased their previous majority of two gained at the previous election. The Labour Party were the only other party fielding a full slate of 38 candidates, the first time since the election four council terms ago. Five independent candidates stood, two of whom were successfully returned. Local Liberal Democrats taking in 16 candidates had one councillor before the election, who was returned (re-elected) and made no gains.
In groups or individuals not seeing any councillors returned in this election UKIP fielded their first candidates since 2007, standing in 14 seats. The Green Party stood one candidate in the Kegworth ward. One candidate from the British Democratic Party presented himself for election.

## Results

Note that the changes shown reflect an unchanged council size. They may be influenced by an unpredictable effect of the Boundary Commission for England aligning electorate size to the extent of wards (the body responsible for updating boundaries on demographic change to avoid the gradual natural onset of malapportionment). This change moved all areas of the district to single-councillor representation.
North West Leicestershire District Council election, 2015 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % |
| Conservative | 25 | N/A | N/A | +4 | 65.7 |
| Labour | 10 | N/A | N/A | -6 | 26.3 |
| Independent | 2 | N/A | N/A | +2 | 5.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 2.6 |
| UKIP | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0.0 |
| Green | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0.0 |
| British Democrats | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0.0 |

### Ward by ward

Candidates marked by an asterisk (*) are incumbent councillors. Not all seats are new as some single-member wards have remained unchanged from the previous election.
Appleby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard Blunt * | 980 | | |
| | Labour | Joe Wain | 403 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 573 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 78.43 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Ashby Castle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Coxon * | 1147 | | |
| | Labour | Martin Walton | 439 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 708 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 79.07 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Ashby Holywell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Roger Bayliss * | 669 | | |
| | Labour | Margaret Austin-Mills | 466 | | |
| | UKIP | Steph Whiten | 232 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vivienne Brooks | 86 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 203 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 72.45 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Ashby Ivanhoe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jim Hoult * | 752 | | |
| | Labour Co-op | Josh Mills | 615 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 137 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 72.56 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Ashby Money Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Graham Allman * | 720 | | |
| | Labour | Dave Whetton | 429 | | |
| | UKIP | Gareth Bott | 202 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 299 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 78.39 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Ashby Willesley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Geraint Jones * | | | |
| | Labour | Dave Bigby | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Ashby Woulds :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Bridges * | | | |
| | Labour | Doug Cooper | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Bardon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Michael Specht * | 460 | 39.1 | New |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lee Windram | 406 | 34.6 | New |
| | Labour | Sue Morrell | 309 | 26.3 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 54 | 4.5 | New |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1175 | 66.52 | New |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Blackfordby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Sue McKendrick | | | |
| | Conservative | Annette Bridges * | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
Broom Leys :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ronnie Adams * | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lesley Bowler | | | |
| | Conservative | Graham Stewart | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
Castle Donington Castle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Tony Saffell * | | | |
| | Conservative | Elliott Allman | | | |
| | Labour | Derek Wintle | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |
Castle Donington Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Rachel Canny | | | |
| | Labour Co-op | Bob Haskins | | | |
| | Conservative | Caroline Large * | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |
Castle Donington Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Daniel Harrison | | | |
| | Labour | Mark Burton | | | |
| | Independent | Robert Else | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Castle Rock :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Wyatt * | | | |
| | Conservative | Richard Bebbington | | | |
| | Labour | Liz Clarke | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Coalville East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Cotterill | | | |
| | UKIP | Phil Holland | | | |
| | Labour | Penny Wakefield | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barry Wyatt | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Coalville West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | John Legrys * | | | |
| | Conservative | Paul Bridgen | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ronald Brown | | | |
| | UKIP | Dave Siddon | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Daleacre Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alison Smith * | | | |
| | Independent | Toni Harrington | | | |
| | Labour | Carol Sewell | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Ellistown and Battleflat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Keith Merrie | | | |
| | Labour Co-op | Paul Hyde * | | | |
| | UKIP | Matt Pollard | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Greenhill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Nick Clarke * | | | |
| | UKIP | Simon Perrins | | | |
| | Conservative | Andrew Woodman | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Wyatt | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
Hermitage :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Stuart Gillard | | | |
| | Labour Co-op | Leon Spence * | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Maureen Wyatt | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Holly Hayes :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Tony Gillard * | | | |
| | Labour | Norma Burford | | | |
| | Independent | Adam Halford | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Turner | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Hugglescote St John's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Russell Johnson * | | | |
| | British Democrats | Graham Partner | | | |
| | Conservative | Rachael Ritchie | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Angela Windram | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
Hugglescote St Mary's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Terri Eynon | | | |
| | Conservative | Will Jennings | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Darren Luckman | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
Ibstock East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Felix Fenning | | | |
| | Conservative | Mark Evans | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Diane Reed-Barney | | | |
| | UKIP | Simon Stone | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
Ibstock West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Clarke | | | |
| | Labour | Janet Ruff * | | | |
| | UKIP | Peter Depper | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Kegworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Trevor Pendleton * | | | |
| | Labour | David Manley | | | |
| | Green | Lindsay Richardson | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Long Whatton and Diseworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Nick Rushton * | | | |
| | Labour Co-op | Chris Smith | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Measham North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jill Hoult | | | |
| | Labour Co-op | Sean Sheahan * | | | |
| | UKIP | Martin Green | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Measham South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Tom Neilson * | | | |
| | Conservative | Stephen Hodgson | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
Oakthorpe and Donisthorpe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Robert Ashman | | | |
| | Labour | Laurie Andrade | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Ravenstone and Packington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Nigel Smith * | | | |
| | Labour | Tom Legrys | | | |
| | UKIP | Val Pulford | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
Sence Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Virge Richichi * | | | |
| | Labour | Heather Worman | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Snibston North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Paula Purver | | | |
| | Labour | Cheslyn Baker | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Janet Pollard | | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Snibston South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Geary * | 418 | | |
| | Conservative | Ted Purver | 291 | | |
| | UKIP | Jakob Whiten | 240 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Daniel Bowler | 100 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 127 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 58.32 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
Thornborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Louise Goacher | 608 | | |
| | Labour | Dom McDevitt | 472 | | |
| | UKIP | Tim Pulford | 368 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Moira Lynch | 78 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 136 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 74.75 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Thringstone :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Dave Everitt * | 562 | | |
| | Conservative | Antony Dandy | 456 | | |
| | UKIP | George Norley | 280 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 106 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 67.45 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Russell Boam | 1045 | | |
| | Labour Co-op | Gordon Tacey | 369 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Tyler | 181 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 676 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 74.64 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
Worthington and Breedon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Stevenson * | 1082 | | |
| | Labour | Yvonne Smith | 358 | | |
| | UKIP | Peter Pulford | 314 | | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 724 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 77.56 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |