Charnwood Borough Council

Following the 2023 election the composition of the council was:^[12][13]

The next election is due in 2027.^[14]

Since the last boundary changes in 2023 the council has comprised 52 councillors, representing 24 wards, with each ward electing one, two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years.^[15]

There are three Parliamentary constituencies covering the district. Mid Leicestershire is represented by the Conservative Peter Bedford MP. Loughborough is represented by the Labour's Jeevun Sandher. Melton and Syston is represented by the Conservative Edward Argar MP.

Full council meetings are generally held at Loughborough Town Hall.^[16][17] The council's administrative offices are the Council Offices on Southfield Road in Loughborough, where some committee meetings are also held. The older part of the Council Offices building was an early 19th century house called Southfields.^[18] The house was acquired by the old Loughborough Town Council during the Second World War and after the war was converted to be additional offices supplementing those at Loughborough Town Hall.^[19] A large extension was added to Southfields in 1990 allowing it to become Charnwood's main offices.^[20]