# 2023 Oadby and Wigston Borough Council election

The 2023 Oadby and Wigston Borough Council election was held on 4 May 2023 to elect all 28 members of Oadby and Wigston Borough Council in Leicestershire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.
All wards were up for election, each with 2 or 3 councillors to be elected. The Liberal Democrats were defending control of the council, having won 24 of 26 seats at the previous election. The previous leader of the council, John Boyce, stood down as leader two weeks before the election, having decided not to stand for re-election. He had been in the post for 17 years. He was replaced by Samia Haq.
The Liberal Democrats retained their majority at the election.

## Results summary

Oadby and Wigston Borough Council election, 2023 :
| Party | Party | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates | Votes | Votes | Votes |
| Party | Party | Stood | Elected | Gained | Unseated | Net | % of total | % | No. | Net % |
| | Liberal Democrats | 26 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 73.1% | 51.1% | 18,320 | 16% |
| | Conservative | 26 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 26.9% | 44.4% | 15,909 | 19.6% |
| | Labour | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0% | 4.4% | 1,605 | 3.2% |

## Ward results

Source:
Sitting councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).

### Oadby Brocks Hill

Oadby Brocks Hill (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeffrey Kaufman* | 792 | 59.1 | −17.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Latif Darr* | 736 | 54.9 | −16.7 |
| | Conservative | Rakesh Chander | 531 | 39.6 | +14.3 |
| | Conservative | Mohammad Alam | 471 | 35.1 | +17.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,341 | 43 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,178 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
These figures are updated. On 15 May 2023 the council announced that the Returning Officer had identified an administrative error in the results published on 5 May for the Oadby Brocks Hill ward. The originally published figures were: Kaufman 342, Darr 286, Chandar 231, Alam 171.

### Oadby Grange

Oadby Grange (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Naveed Alam* | 757 | 47.6 | +0.8 |
| | Conservative | Kamal Ghattoraya* | 673 | 42.4 | −7.7 |
| | Conservative | Priti Joshi* | 672 | 42.3 | −10.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Moin Durrani | 651 | 41.0 | −5.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jaspal Singh Kang | 636 | 40.0 | −6.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Bartfield | 565 | 35.6 | −5.7 |
| | Labour | Nigel Smith | 269 | 16.9 | New |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,589 | 36.23 | 0.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,886 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 0.8 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Oadby St Peter's

Oadby St Peter's (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Ridley* | 525 | 41.8 | −4.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jasvir Kaur Chohan | 491 | 39.1 | −8.8 |
| | Conservative | Aman Singh Thind | 488 | 38.9 | +12.5 |
| | Conservative | Marcus Solanki | 479 | 38.1 | +10.4 |
| | Labour | Rumman Ahmed | 226 | 18.0 | −5.7 |
| | Labour | John Britten | 226 | 18.0 | −4.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,256 | 36.35 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 9.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,218 | 36.35 | |

### Oadby Uplands

Oadby Uplands (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Samia Haq* | 616 | 38.6 | −2.4 |
| | Conservative | Rupa Joshi | 545 | 34.1 | +3.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Victor Kaufman | 530 | 33.2 | −5.2 |
| | Conservative | Mohammed Boodhoo | 529 | 33.1 | +5.0 |
| | Labour | Hajira Piranie | 457 | 28.6 | +0.4 |
| | Labour | Justine Mercer | 427 | 26.8 | +0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,596 | 46.89 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 4.2 | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Oadby Woodlands

Oadby Woodlands (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dean Gamble* | 707 | 54.1 | +1.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Santokh Singh Athwal | 680 | 52.0 | +5.7 |
| | Conservative | Dilip Dave | 556 | 42.5 | +6.1 |
| | Conservative | Harrinder Singh Rai | 532 | 40.7 | +13.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,308 | 36.86 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 3.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### South Wigston

South Wigston (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rosemarie Adams* | 685 | 50.3 | −4.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carl Walter | 645 | 47.4 | −4.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Morris* | 619 | 45.5 | −3.0 |
| | Conservative | Yvonne Darling | 601 | 44.2 | +19.7 |
| | Conservative | Karen Stokes | 580 | 42.6 | +18.9 |
| | Conservative | Tony Stokes | 561 | 41.2 | +18.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,361 | 30.57 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 12.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Wigston All Saints

Wigston All Saints (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Charlesworth* | 916 | 61.4 | −11.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lee Bentley* | 905 | 60.6 | −15.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gary Hunt | 863 | 57.8 | −16.5 |
| | Conservative | Michael McGee | 515 | 34.5 | +13.7 |
| | Conservative | Claire Wills | 503 | 33.7 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Julian Tibbets | 481 | 32.2 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,493 | 44.69 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 27.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Wigston Fields

Wigston Fields (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bill Boulter* | 910 | 64.2 | −13.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kevin Loydall* | 888 | 62.6 | −11.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carl Martin | 830 | 58.5 | −19.7 |
| | Conservative | Nick Agar | 478 | 33.7 | +11.9 |
| | Conservative | Mirza Junak | 396 | 27.9 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Shantilal Nandha | 388 | 27.4 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,418 | 38.15 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 23.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Wigston Meadowcourt

Wigston Meadowcourt (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Liz Darling | 1,117 | 65.4 | +29.2 |
| | Conservative | Colin Gore | 1,091 | 63.9 | +31.1 |
| | Conservative | John Ford | 1,080 | 63.3 | +34.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Phipps | 531 | 31.1 | −21.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Loydall* | 520 | 30.5 | −24.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael White | 479 | 28.1 | −24.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,707 | 45.53 | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 29.7 | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Wigston St Wolstan's

Wigston St Wolstan's (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Linda Broadley* | 888 | 55.4 | −24.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Frank Broadley* | 876 | 54.7 | −25.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Clare Koslowski* | 836 | 54.7 | −21.0 |
| | Conservative | Alex Darling | 637 | 39.8 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Mukesh Dave | 630 | 39.3 | +16.6 |
| | Conservative | Matthew Ford | 618 | 38.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,602 | 45.03 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 33.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

## Changes 2023–2027

* Michael Charlesworth, elected as a Liberal Democrat, left the party in March 2024 to sit as an independent.