# 2023 Blaby District Council election

The 2023 Blaby District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of the Blaby District Council in England. They were held on the same day as other local elections.

## Boundary changes

On 5 July 2022, the Local Government Boundary Commission announced the completion of their review of Blaby's ward boundaries. The final recommendation reduced the number of councillors from 39 to 36 and the number of wards from 18 to 17. This consisted of three 3-member wards, thirteen 2-member wards and one single member ward. These proposals were approved by Parliament in December 2022 to come info force for the council elections held in May 2023.

## Results summary

The Conservative Party narrowly retained control of the council.
2023 Blaby District Council election :
| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 29 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 52.8 | 42.0 | 16,832 | –8.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 26 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | 32.3 | 12,921 | +13.3 |
| Labour | 15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16.7 | 12.3 | 4,928 | –7.1 |
| Green | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.5 | 12.0 | 4,819 | +3.3 |
| Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 1.2 | 493 | –1.8 |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.2 | 63 | N/A |

## Ward results
### Blaby

Blaby (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Hartshorn* | 847 | 59.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Antony Moseley* | 818 | 57.1 | |
| | Conservative | Marian Broomhead | 458 | 32.0 | |
| | Labour | Barrie Palmer | 256 | 17.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,432 | 29.0 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,942 | | |
| | 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) |
| | 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) |

### Braunstone Millfield

Braunstone Millfield (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Nick Brown | 712 | 68.6 | |
| | Labour | Tracey Shepherd* | 643 | 61.9 | |
| | Green | Eve Deakin | 289 | 27.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,038 | 26.2 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,964 | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Braunstone Ravenhurst

Braunstone Ravenhurst (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Muhammad Aslam | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| | Labour | Bob Waterton | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | ? | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Cosby and South Whetstone

Cosby & South Whetstone (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Les Phillimore* | 710 | 56.3 | –2.3 |
| | Conservative | Jane Wolfe* | 609 | 48.3 | –9.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lauren O'Toole | 367 | 29.1 | N/A |
| | Green | Mike Jelfs | 308 | 24.4 | –2.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gareth Norman | 262 | 20.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,262 | 30.6 | –1.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,129 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Countesthorpe

Countesthorpe (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Adrian Clifford* | 966 | 49.0 | –14.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Royston Bayliss | 866 | 43.9 | +4.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Holdridge | 850 | 43.1 | +13.9 |
| | Conservative | David Findlay* | 795 | 40.3 | –13.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brandyn Storey | 769 | 39.0 | +12.2 |
| | Conservative | Shane Blackwell* | 746 | 37.8 | –9.2 |
| | Labour | Leanne Lee | 314 | 15.9 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,972 | 32.2 | +2.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,119 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |

### Enderby

Enderby (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hannah Gill | 552 | 40.9 | |
| | Conservative | Cheryl Cashmore* | 487 | 36.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nick Holt | 482 | 35.7 | |
| | Conservative | Helen Richardson | 407 | 30.2 | |
| | Labour | Ann Malthouse | 287 | 21.3 | |
| | Labour | Imran Uddin | 173 | 12.8 | |
| | Green | David Gray | 141 | 10.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,349 | 28.4 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,758 | | |
| | 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) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Fosse Highcross

Fosse Highcross (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ben Taylor* | 735 | 55.7 | |
| | Conservative | Mike Shirley | 715 | 54.2 | |
| | Labour | Laura Badland | 351 | 26.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tony Greenwood | 269 | 20.4 | |
| | Green | Jeanne Deakin | 251 | 19.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,320 | 30.1 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,392 | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Fosse Normanton

Fosse Normanton (1 seat) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Maggie Wright* | 379 | 60.3 | |
| | Labour | Steve Crane | 170 | 27.0 | |
| | Green | Florence Turner | 80 | 12.7 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 209 | 33.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 629 | 28.6 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,198 | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Fosse Stoney Cove

Fosse Stoney Cove (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Luke Cousin | 616 | 47.1 | |
| | Conservative | Neil Wright | 521 | 39.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eddie Larkin | 503 | 38.4 | |
| | Conservative | Trevor Matthews* | 498 | 38.0 | |
| | Green | Xeimon Parker-Cox | 186 | 14.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,309 | 28.3 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,631 | | |
| | 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) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Glen Parva

Glen Parva (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Geoff Welsh* | 681 | 61.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Beverley Welsh* | 658 | 59.6 | |
| | Conservative | Chloe Denton | 279 | 25.3 | |
| | Independent | Richard Woolley | 264 | 23.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,104 | 25.5 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,335 | | |
| | 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) |
| | 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) |

### Glenfield Ellis

Glenfield Ellis (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Nick Chapman* | 586 | 53.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Helen Gambardella | 536 | 48.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Iain Smith | 496 | 45.1 | |
| | Conservative | Graham Huss | 487 | 44.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,100 | 26.6 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,143 | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | 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) |

### Glenfield Faire

Glenfield Faire (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Lee Breckon* | 606 | 56.7 | |
| | Conservative | Roy Denney* | 538 | 50.3 | |
| | Green | Nick Cox | 461 | 43.1 | |
| | Green | Mary Kapadia | 407 | 38.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,069 | 26.3 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,068 | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Kirby Muxloe

Kirby Muxloe (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Tony Deakin | 859 | 59.9 | |
| | Green | Roger Stead | 811 | 56.6 | |
| | Conservative | Chris Frost* | 539 | 37.6 | |
| | Conservative | Apostolos Nakas | 387 | 27.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ayo Ojo | 147 | 10.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,433 | 33.9 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,233 | | |
| | Green win (new seat) | Green win (new seat) | Green win (new seat) | Green win (new seat) | Green win (new seat) |
| | Green win (new seat) | Green win (new seat) | Green win (new seat) | Green win (new seat) | Green win (new seat) |

### Leicester Forest and Lubbesthorpe

Leicester Forest & Lubbesthorpe (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Stuart Coar* | 623 | 45.0 | |
| | Conservative | Matt Tomeo | 545 | 39.4 | |
| | Conservative | Dillan Shikotra | 540 | 39.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mat Mortel | 498 | 36.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sue Jordan | 493 | 35.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kelvin Jordan | 418 | 30.2 | |
| | Green | Steven Travis | 267 | 19.3 | |
| | Independent | Michael O'Hare* | 229 | 16.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,384 | 23.7 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,838 | | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Narborough and Littlethorpe

Narborough & Littlethorpe (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Janet Forey* | 853 | 47.3 | –9.9 |
| | Conservative | Terry Richardson* | 851 | 47.2 | +0.2 |
| | Conservative | Nigel Grundy* | 799 | 44.3 | N/A |
| | Green | Eleanor Turner | 559 | 31.0 | –15.6 |
| | Labour | Marion Waterton | 513 | 28.5 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charlotte Von Anrep | 493 | 27.4 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alistair Mattinson | 492 | 27.3 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,802 | 27.5 | +2.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,544 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### North Whetstone

North Whetstone (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mark Jackson* | 390 | 39.4 | –10.8 |
| | Conservative | Susan Findlay | 385 | 38.9 | –18.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Savage | 278 | 28.1 | N/A |
| | Labour | Michael Bounds | 267 | 27.0 | +1.8 |
| | Labour | Lisa Pendery-Hunt | 241 | 24.4 | +3.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Glynn Smith | 233 | 23.6 | N/A |
| | Reform UK | Danuta Jeeves | 63 | 6.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 989 | 22.9 | –1.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,313 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Thorpe Astley and St Mary's

Thorpe Astley & St Mary's (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alex DeWinter* | 531 | 45.7 | |
| | Labour | Becca Lunn | 470 | 40.5 | |
| | Conservative | Richard Forrest | 398 | 34.3 | |
| | Green | Steven Smith | 200 | 17.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kulwinder Gill | 160 | 13.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Callistus Fonjong | 137 | 11.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,161 | 23.7 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,904 | | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

## By-elections
### Glen Parva

Glen Parva: 21 December 2023 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ande Savage | 438 | 60.6 | +4.5 |
| | Conservative | Shane Blackwell | 141 | 19.4 | −3.6 |
| | Labour | Laura Badland | 102 | 14.1 | New |
| | Green | Mike Jelfs | 43 | 5.9 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 297 | 41.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 724 | 16.8 | −8.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,334 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +4.0 | |