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2023 Melton Borough Council election

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

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2023 Melton Borough Council
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All 28 seats to Melton Borough Council
15 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Joe Orson Elaine Holmes Pip Allnatt
Party Conservative Independent Labour
Last election 22 seats, 59.7% 5 seats, 15.0% 0 seats, 7.4%
Seats before 19[a] 8[b] 0
Seats after 11 10 5
Seat change Decrease11 Increase5 Increase5
  Fourth party Fifth party
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Party Green Liberal Democrats
Last election 1 seat, 14.3% 0 seats, 1.4%
Seats before 1 0
Seats after 1 1
Seat change Steady Increase1
Results by ward
Leader before election

Joe Orson
Conservative

 Leader after election

Pip Allnatt
Labour
No overall control

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Summary

Following the results, the Conservatives lost the council to no overall control.[2] 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.[3]

Overall results

The overall results were:[4]

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Results[5]
Party Seats Change
Conservative Party 11 Decrease 11
Independents and Others 10 Increase 5
Labour Party 5 Increase 5
Green Party 1 Steady
Liberal Democrats 1 Increase 1
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Ward results

The results for each ward were as follows. Sitting councillors standing for re-election are indicated with an asterisk (*).[6]

Asfordby

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Asfordby (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Steven Carter* 454 63.9
Green Charlotte Pitt Miller 299 42.1
Conservative Ronald de Burle* 239 33.7
Conservative Nicholas Putnam 218 30.7
Turnout 718 24.89
Rejected ballots 8 1.1
Registered electors 2,885
Independent hold
Green gain from Conservative
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Bottesford

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Bottesford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Donald Pritchett* 602 57.5 +57.5
Labour James Mason 506 48.3 N/A
Conservative Morgan Kilburn 447 42.7 N/A
Turnout 1,051 32.29
Rejected ballots 4 0.4
Registered electors 3,255
Conservative gain from Independent
Labour gain from Conservative
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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.[7]

Croxton Kerrial

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Croxton Kerrial
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Alan Hewson* 289 55.6 −6.6
Conservative Jack Smith 231 44.4 +6.6
Turnout 525 33.85
Rejected ballots 5 1.0
Registered electors 1,551
Independent hold
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Frisby on the Wreake

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Frisby on the Wreake
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ronan Browne* 465 65.8 +65.8
Labour Gwyneth Clay 139 19.7 N/A
Independent Eric Brown 103 14.6 N/A
Turnout 712 44.53
Rejected ballots 5 0.7
Registered electors 1,599
Conservative hold
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Gaddesby

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Gaddesby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Child* 431 74.7 +74.7
Labour Adrienne Holland 146 25.3 N/A
Turnout 579 39.20
Rejected ballots 2 0.3
Registered electors 1,477
Conservative hold
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Long Clawson and Stathern

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Long Clawson and Stathern (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Evans* 565 42.7
Conservative Simon Orson 512 38.7
Labour Michael McQuillan 492 37.2
Independent Nicholas Hall 469 35.4
Independent Dawn Thompson-Birch 116 8.8
Independent Leigh Birch 73 5.5
Turnout 1,333 38.19
Rejected ballots 10 0.8
Registered electors 3,490
Conservative gain from Independent
Conservative hold
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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.[8] 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.[1]

Melton Craven

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Melton Craven (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Sharon Butcher 277 39.7
Conservative Ian Atherton 250 35.8
Independent Lee Freer 239 34.2
Conservative Jeanne-Marie Douglas* 237 34.0
Labour Timothy Litt 229 32.8
Turnout 701 24.43
Rejected ballots 3 0.4
Registered electors 2,869
Independent gain from Conservative
Conservative hold
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Melton Dorian

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Melton Dorian (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sarah Cox 402 40.1
Independent Marilyn Gordon 305 30.4
Independent Patricia Cumbers* 300 29.9
Conservative Christopher Gray 283 28.2
Independent Tracy Beaken 277 27.6
Green Alastair McQuillan 255 25.4
Conservative Julian Lockwood 239 23.8
Conservative Simon Thompson 234 23.3
Green Isabelle Taylor 180 17.9
Turnout 1,009 22.84
Rejected ballots 6 0.6
Registered electors 4,418
Labour gain from Conservative
Independent gain from Green
Independent gain from Conservative
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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.[9]

Melton Egerton

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Melton Egerton (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Philip Allnatt 278 43.2
Labour Michael Brown 260 40.4
Conservative Jason Sharman 179 27.8
Independent Peter Faulkner* 176 27.3
Independent Elaine Faulkner 175 27.2
Conservative Jonathan Winters 172 26.7
Turnout 651 21.27
Rejected ballots 7 1.1
Registered electors 3,060
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
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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.[10]

Melton Newport

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Melton Newport (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Margaret Glancy* 629 47.1
Independent Simon Lumley* 609 45.6
Conservative Timothy Webster* 459 34.4
Conservative Robert Bindloss* 425 31.8
Labour Vanessa Jackson 413 30.9
Conservative Rebecca Smith* 404 30.2
Independent Bruce Midgley 336 25.1
Turnout 1,344 30.22
Rejected ballots 8 0.6
Registered electors 4,448
Independent gain from Conservative
Independent gain from Conservative
Conservative hold
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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.[11][12]

Melton Sysonby

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Melton Sysonby (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats James Adcock 461 39.4
Labour Helen Cliff 457 39.1
Conservative Sigrid Atherton* 438 37.4
Conservative John Illingworth* 423 36.2
Conservative Jacob Wilkinson* 370 31.6
Independent Rachel Godber 261 22.3
Independent Craig Digby 240 20.5
Independent Kenneth Panter 177 15.1
Turnout 1,173 26.89
Rejected ballots 3 0.3
Registered electors 4,362
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
Conservative hold
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Melton Warwick

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Melton Warwick (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alison Freer* 360 42.1
Independent Allen Thwaites 345 40.4
Conservative Stephen Ellis 337 39.4
Labour Susan Hammond 327 38.2
Turnout 858 30.73
Rejected ballots 3 0.3
Registered electors 2,792
Conservative hold
Independent gain from Conservative
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Old Dalby

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Old Dalby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joseph Orson* 349 56.7 +0.5
Independent Elaine Holmes* 179 29.1 N/A
Independent Steven Cliff 88 14.3 N/A
Turnout 617 36.81
Rejected ballots 1 0.2
Registered electors 1,676
Conservative hold
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Somerby

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Somerby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Leigh Higgins* 398 56.0 −9.8
Conservative Vimbisayi Taruvinga 200 28.1 −27.7
Liberal Democrats Hamish McAuley 113 15.9 −18.3
Turnout 715 46.79
Rejected ballots 4 0.6
Registered electors 1,528
Independent gain from Conservative
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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.[13]

Waltham on the Wolds

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Waltham on the Wolds
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Richard Sharp 323 62.2 N/A
Conservative Benjamin Townley 196 37.8 +7.4
Turnout 525 34.40
Rejected ballots 6 1.1
Registered electors 1,526
Independent hold
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Wymondham

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Wymondham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Malise Graham* 302 71.7 +71.7
Labour Graham Bett 119 28.3 N/A
Turnout 427 31.84
Rejected ballots 6 1.4
Registered electors 1,341
Conservative hold
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Changes 2023–2027

  • Christopher Evans, elected as a Conservative, left the party in May 2024 to sit as an independent.[14][15]

By-elections

Asfordby

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Asfordby by-election, 2 November 2023
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gwyneth Clay 163 34.1 N/A
Conservative Christopher Gray 123 25.7 −7.6
Independent Peter Faulkner 100 20.9 N/A
Green Isabelle Taylor 92 19.2 –22.4
Turnout 482 16.8
Rejected ballots 4 0.8
Registered electors 2,873
Labour gain from Green
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The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Green councillor Charlie Pitt Miller.[16][17]

Wymondham

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Wymondham by-election, 23 May 2024
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Chubb 233 65.6 −6.1
Independent Samantha Seaward 122 34.4
Turnout 360 27.4
Rejected ballots 5 1.4
Registered electors 1,315
Conservative hold
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The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Conservative councillor Malise Graham on 10 April 2024.[14][18]

Croxton Kerrial

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Croxton Kerrial by-election, 1 May 2025
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Elaine Holmes 329 52.6 +8.2
Independent Maxine Clift 296 47.4 −8.2
Turnout 639 41.6
Rejected ballots 14 2.2
Registered electors 1,535
Conservative gain from Independent
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The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Independent councillor Alan Hewson.[19][20]

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