# 2023 Melton Borough Council election

The 2023 Melton Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023, to elect all 28 members of Melton Borough Council in Leicestershire, England.

## Summary

Following the results, the Conservatives lost the council to no overall control. A Labour and independent coalition took control of the council, with Labour councillor Pip Allnatt being appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 24 May 2023.

## Overall results

The overall results were:
Results :
| Party | Seats | Change |
| Conservative Party | 11 | 11 |
| Independents and Others | 10 | 5 |
| Labour Party | 5 | 5 |
| Green Party | 1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 1 |

## Ward results

The results for each ward were as follows. Sitting councillors standing for re-election are indicated with an asterisk (*).

### Asfordby

Asfordby (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Steven John Carter* | 454 | 63.2 | |
| | Green | Charlotte Mary Pitt Miller | 299 | 41.6 | |
| | Conservative | Ronald Anthony de Burle* | 239 | 33.3 | |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Arthur Putname | 218 | 30.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 718 | 24.89 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,885 | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold |
| | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative |

### Bottesford

Bottesford (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Donald James Pritchett* | 602 | 57.5 | +57.5 |
| | Labour | James Miles Mason | 506 | 48.3 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Morgan Lawrence Platts Kilburn | 447 | 42.7 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,047 | 32.29 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,255 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative |
Donald Pritchett had been elected as an independent in 2019 but joined the Conservatives in September 2021. Seat recorded here as a Conservative gain from independent to allow comparison with 2019 result.

### Croxton Kerrial

Croxton Kerrial :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Alan Henry Hewson* | 289 | 55.6 | −6.6 |
| | Conservative | Jack William Smith | 231 | 44.4 | +6.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 520 | 33.85 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,551 | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold |

### Frisby on the Wreake

Frisby on the Wreake :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ronan William Joseph Browne* | 465 | 65.8 | +65.8 |
| | Labour | Gwyneth Margaret Clay | 139 | 19.7 | N/A |
| | Independent | Eric Gordon John Brown | 103 | 14.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 707 | 44.53 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,599 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Gaddesby

Gaddesby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Robert Howard Child* | 431 | 74.7 | +74.7 |
| | Labour | Adrienne Myfanwy Holland | 146 | 25.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 577 | 39.20 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,477 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Long Clawson and Stathern

Long Clawson and Stathern (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Christopher John Evans* | 565 | 42.7 | |
| | Conservative | Simon Gordon Theobald Orson | 512 | 38.7 | |
| | Labour | Michael McQuillan | 492 | 37.2 | |
| | Independent | Nicholas James Hall | 469 | 35.4 | |
| | Independent | Dawn Michelle Thompson-Birch | 116 | 8.8 | |
| | Independent | Leigh Tracy Birch | 73 | 5.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,323 | 38.19 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,490 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
Christopher Evans had been elected as an independent in 2019 but joined the Conservatives in November 2022. Seat recorded here as a Conservative gain from independent to allow comparison with 2019 result. The other seat in Long Clawson is shown as a Conservative hold, although it had been vacant since August 2022 following the death of the previous holder, Mel Steadman.

### Melton Craven

Melton Craven (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Sharon Elizabeth Butcher | 277 | 39.7 | |
| | Conservative | Ian Atherton | 250 | 35.8 | |
| | Independent | Lee Thomas Freer | 239 | 34.2 | |
| | Conservative | Jeanne-Marie Douglas* | 237 | 34.0 | |
| | Labour | Timothy John Litt | 229 | 32.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 698 | 24.43 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,869 | | |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Melton Dorian

Melton Dorian (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sarah Anne Cox | 402 | 40.1 | |
| | Independent | Marilyn Mary Gordon | 305 | 30.4 | |
| | Independent | Patricia Cumbers* | 300 | 29.9 | |
| | Conservative | Christopher Paul Gray | 283 | 28.2 | |
| | Independent | Tracy Lorraine Beaken | 277 | 27.6 | |
| | Green | Alastair James McQuillan | 255 | 25.4 | |
| | Conservative | Julian Tarquin Lockwood | 239 | 23.8 | |
| | Conservative | Simon James Thompson | 234 | 23.3 | |
| | Green | Isabelle Jane Taylor | 180 | 17.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,003 | 22.84 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,418 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative |
| | Independent gain from Green | Independent gain from Green | Independent gain from Green | Independent gain from Green | Independent gain from Green |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative |
Pat Cumbers had been elected as a Conservative in 2019 but left the party in November 2021 and became an independent. Seat recorded here as independent gain from Conservative to allow comparison with 2019 result.

### Melton Egerton

Melton Egerton (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Philip George Allnatt | 278 | 43.2 | |
| | Labour | Michael Dennis Brown | 260 | 40.4 | |
| | Conservative | Jason Lewis Sharman | 179 | 27.8 | |
| | Independent | Peter Faulkner* | 176 | 27.3 | |
| | Independent | Elaine Ann Faulkner | 175 | 27.2 | |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Winters | 172 | 26.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 644 | 21.27 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,060 | | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative |
Peter Faulkner had been elected as a Conservative in 2019 but left the party in May 2022 and became an independent. Seat recorded here as Labour gain from Conservative to allow comparison with 2019 result.

### Melton Newport

Melton Newport (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Margaret Glancy* | 629 | 47.1 | |
| | Independent | Simon Roy Lumley* | 609 | 45.6 | |
| | Conservative | Timothy Webster* | 459 | 34.4 | |
| | Conservative | Robert Austen Bindloss* | 425 | 31.8 | |
| | Labour | Vanessa Jackson | 413 | 30.9 | |
| | Conservative | Rebecca Smith* | 404 | 30.2 | |
| | Independent | Bruce Christopher Midgley | 336 | 25.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,336 | 30.22 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,448 | | |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
Simon Lumley and Margaret Glancy had both been elected as Conservatives in 2019 but left the party in June 2020 and March 2023 respectively to become independents. Seats recorded here as independent gains from Conservative to allow comparison with 2019 result.

### Melton Sysonby

Melton Sysonby (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Brooker Adcock | 461 | 39.4 | |
| | Labour | Helen Louise Cliff | 457 | 39.1 | |
| | Conservative | Sigrid Atherton* | 438 | 37.4 | |
| | Conservative | John Illingworth* | 423 | 36.2 | |
| | Conservative | Jacob Nathaniel Wilkinson* | 370 | 31.6 | |
| | Independent | Rachel Godber | 261 | 22.3 | |
| | Independent | Craig William Digby | 240 | 20.5 | |
| | Independent | Kenneth John Panter | 177 | 15.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,170 | 26.89 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,362 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Melton Warwick

Melton Warwick (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alison Jacqueline Freer* | 360 | 42.1 | |
| | Independent | Allen Thwaites | 345 | 40.4 | |
| | Conservative | Stephen Ellis | 337 | 39.4 | |
| | Labour | Susan Caroline Hammond | 327 | 38.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 855 | 30.73 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,792 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative |

### Old Dalby

Old Dalby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Joseph Theobold Orson* | 349 | 56.7 | +0.5 |
| | Independent | Elaine Holmes* | 179 | 29.1 | N/A |
| | Independent | Steven James Cliff | 88 | 14.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 616 | 36.81 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,676 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Somerby

Somerby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Leigh Higgins* | 398 | 56.0 | −9.8 |
| | Conservative | Vimbisayi Taruvinga | 200 | 28.1 | −27.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hamish Joseph Cameron McAuley | 113 | 15.9 | −18.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 711 | 46.79 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,528 | | |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative |
Leigh Higgins was elected as a Conservative in 2019, was expelled from the party in September 2021, appealed and was readmitted early in 2023, but resigned from the party in April 2023 to become an independent. Seat recorded here as independent gain from Conservative to allow comparison with 2019 result.

### Waltham on the Wolds

Waltham on the Wolds :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Richard Stuart Sharp | 323 | 62.2 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Benjamin P. A. Townley | 196 | 37.8 | +7.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 519 | 34.40 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,526 | | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold |

### Wymondham

Wymondham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Malise Charles Richard Graham* | 302 | 71.7 | +71.7 |
| | Labour | Graham Bett | 119 | 28.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 421 | 31.84 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,341 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

## Changes 2023–2027
### Affiliation changes

* Christopher Evans, elected as a Conservative, left the party in May 2024 to sit as an independent.

### By-elections

Asfordby by-election, 2 November 2023 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Margaret Clay | 163 | 34.1 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Chris Gray | 123 | 25.7 | −7.6 |
| | Independent | Peter Faulkner | 100 | 20.9 | N/A |
| | Green | Issy Taylor | 92 | 19.2 | –22.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 478 | 16.8 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,845 | | |
| | Labour gain from Green | Labour gain from Green | Labour gain from Green | Labour gain from Green | Labour gain from Green |
The Asfordby by-election was triggered by the resignation of Green councillor Charlie Pitt Miller.
Wymondham by-election, 23 May 2024 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Joseph Chubb | 233 | 65.6 | −6.1 |
| | Independent | Samantha Seaward | 122 | 34.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
The Wymondham by-election was triggered by the resignation of Conservative councillor Malise Graham.