Harborough District Council elections

Harborough District Council elections are generally held every four years. Harborough District Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Harborough in Leicestershire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2019, 34 councillors have been elected from 19 wards.^[1]

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	544	52.7	−4.4
	Liberal Democrats	339	32.8	+32.8
	Labour	149	14.4	−28.6
Majority		205	19.9
Turnout		1,032	33.0
	Conservative hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	733	50.2	+43.9
	Conservative	500	34.3	+11.7
	Independent	119	8.2	−49.7
	Independent	66	4.5	+4.5
Majority		233	15.9
Turnout		1,418	34.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	690	55.1	−3.7
	Conservative	562	44.9	+13.0
Majority		128	10.2
Turnout		1,252	31.0
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	2,255	61.3	+3.1
	Labour	1,426	37.7	−3.1
Majority		829	23.6
Turnout		3,681
	Conservative hold	Swing

Council elections

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	549	48.3	−10.4
	Liberal Democrats	367	32.3	+32.3
	Labour	221	19.4	−21.9
Majority		182	16.0
Turnout		1,137
	Conservative hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	397	46.7	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats	374	43.9	−3.2
	Labour	80	9.4	−1.3
Majority		23	2.8
Turnout		851	55.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Carol LoGalbo	615	51.9	−7.8
	Conservative	Robert Brewer	570	48.1	+7.8
Majority			45	3.8
Turnout			1,185	33.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Everett	425	57.6	−16.9
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Walkley	266	36.0	+36.0
	Labour	Elaine Carter	47	6.4	−19.1
Majority			159	21.6
Turnout			738	37.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Davies	600	54.8	+7.1
	Conservative	Barry Champion	373	34.1	+5.3
	BNP	Geoffrey Dickens	122	11.1	+11.1
Majority			227	20.7
Turnout			1,095	22.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Knowles	966	61.8	+12.1
	Conservative	Barry Champion	598	38.2	−12.1
Majority			368	23.6
Turnout			1,564	24.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Elliott	1,341	63.1	−2.1
	Conservative	Simon Whelband	785	36.9	+2.1
Majority			556	26.2
Turnout			2,126
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lesley Bowles	259	54.2	−21.2
	Liberal Democrats	Annette Deacon	114	23.8	+23.8
	UKIP	Bill Piper	105	22.0	+22.0
Majority			145	30.3
Turnout			478
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Johnson	402	45.2	+9.0
	Conservative	Paul Bremner	303	34.0	−1.4
	Labour	Anne Pridmore	82	9.2	−5.9
	Green	Darren Woodiwiss	56	6.3	−7.1
	UKIP	Robert Davison	47	5.3	+5.3
Majority			99	11.1
Turnout			890
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Bateman	257	50.4	−24.7
	Labour	Liz Marsh	119	23.3	−1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Sarfas	77	15.1	+15.1
	UKIP	Bill Piper	57	11.2	+11.2
Majority			138	27.1
Turnout			510
	Conservative hold		Swing

Market Harborough - Little Bowden By-Election 6 May 2021^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Critchley	727	40.9	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats	James Ward	507	28.5	−11.8
	Labour	Maria Panter	213	12.0	−11.4
	Women's Equality	Clare Bottle	149	8.4	+8.4
	Green	Mary Morgan	122	6.9	+6.9
	Independent	Robin Lambert	61	3.4	+3.4
Majority			220	12.4
Turnout			1,779
	Conservative hold		Swing

Market Harborough - Logan By-Election 29 September 2022^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Geraldine Whitmore	582	45.7	+10.4
	Conservative	Robin Cutsforth	382	30.0	+3.2
	Labour	Maria Panter	250	19.6	+10.6
	Independent	Robin Lambert	60	4.7	−6.4
Majority			200	15.7
Turnout			1,274
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Market Harborough - Logan By-Election 17 July 2025^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paul Bremner	410	31.3
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Dunton	355	27.1
	Green	Jake Bolton	290	22.2
	Reform	Jonny Austin	190	14.5
	Labour	Bridget Fitzpatrick	44	3.4
	Independent	Robin Lambert	10	0.8
	Communist	Peter Whalen	9	0.7
Majority			55	4.2
Turnout			1,308
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Fleckney By-Election 6 November 2025^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Reform	Jonny Austin	551	35.0
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Walkley	453	28.7
	Conservative	Peter Critchley	416	26.4
	Green	Jessie Jenkins	102	6.5
	Labour	Helen Morrison	54	3.4
Majority			98	6.2
Turnout			1,576
	Reform gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Scott	809	79.8
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Graves	114	11.2
	Labour	Andy Thomas	77	7.6
	SDP	Robin Lambert	14	1.4
Majority			695	68.5
Turnout			1,014
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Page	461	34.7
	Green	Jake Bolton	358	26.9
	Liberal Democrats	Marion Lewis	268	20.2
	Reform	Barry Walton	195	14.7
	Labour	Deborah Bennett	43	3.2
	SDP	Robin Lambert	4	0.3
Majority			103	7.8
Turnout			1,329
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Reform	Bill Piper	403	28.2
	Conservative	Sarah Simms	386	27.0
	Labour	Martin Cullen	271	19.0
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Walkley	270	18.9
	Green	Adam Holmes	97	6.8
Majority			17	1.2
Turnout			1,427
	Reform gain from Labour		Swing