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2023 Melton Borough Council election

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

2023 Melton Borough Council
← 2019 4 May 2023 2027 →
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

Summary

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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

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The overall results were:[4]

Results[5]
Party Seats Change
Conservative Party 11   11
Independents and Others 10   5
Labour Party 5   5
Green Party 1  
Liberal Democrats 1   1

Ward results

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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 John Carter* 454 63.2
Green Charlotte Mary Pitt Miller 299 41.6
Conservative Ronald Anthony de Burle* 239 33.3
Conservative Nicholas Arthur Putname 218 30.4
Turnout 718 24.89
Registered electors 2,885
Independent hold
Green gain from Conservative

Bottesford

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Bottesford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Donald James Pritchett* 602 57.5 +57.5
Labour James Miles Mason 506 48.3 N/A
Conservative Morgan Lawrence Platts Kilburn 447 42.7 N/A
Turnout 1,047 32.29
Registered electors 3,255
Conservative gain from Independent
Labour gain from Conservative

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 Henry Hewson* 289 55.6 −6.6
Conservative Jack William Smith 231 44.4 +6.6
Turnout 520 33.85
Registered electors 1,551
Independent hold

Frisby on the Wreake

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Frisby on the Wreake
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ronan William Joseph Browne* 465 65.8 +65.8
Labour Gwyneth Margaret Clay 139 19.7 N/A
Independent Eric Gordon John Brown 103 14.6 N/A
Turnout 707 44.53
Registered electors 1,599
Conservative hold

Gaddesby

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Gaddesby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Howard Child* 431 74.7 +74.7
Labour Adrienne Myfanwy Holland 146 25.3 N/A
Turnout 577 39.20
Registered electors 1,477
Conservative hold

Long Clawson and Stathern

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Long Clawson and Stathern (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher John Evans* 565 42.7
Conservative Simon Gordon Theobald Orson 512 38.7
Labour Michael McQuillan 492 37.2
Independent Nicholas James Hall 469 35.4
Independent Dawn Michelle Thompson-Birch 116 8.8
Independent Leigh Tracy Birch 73 5.5
Turnout 1,323 38.19
Registered electors 3,490
Conservative gain from Independent
Conservative hold

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 Elizabeth Butcher 277 39.7
Conservative Ian Atherton 250 35.8
Independent Lee Thomas Freer 239 34.2
Conservative Jeanne-Marie Douglas* 237 34.0
Labour Timothy John Litt 229 32.8
Turnout 698 24.43
Registered electors 2,869
Independent gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Melton Dorian

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Melton Dorian (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sarah Anne Cox 402 40.1
Independent Marilyn Mary Gordon 305 30.4
Independent Patricia Cumbers* 300 29.9
Conservative Christopher Paul Gray 283 28.2
Independent Tracy Lorraine Beaken 277 27.6
Green Alastair James McQuillan 255 25.4
Conservative Julian Tarquin Lockwood 239 23.8
Conservative Simon James Thompson 234 23.3
Green Isabelle Jane Taylor 180 17.9
Turnout 1,003 22.84
Registered electors 4,418
Labour gain from Conservative
Independent gain from Green
Independent gain from Conservative

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 George Allnatt 278 43.2
Labour Michael Dennis Brown 260 40.4
Conservative Jason Lewis Sharman 179 27.8
Independent Peter Faulkner* 176 27.3
Independent Elaine Ann Faulkner 175 27.2
Conservative Jonathan Winters 172 26.7
Turnout 644 21.27
Registered electors 3,060
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

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 Roy Lumley* 609 45.6
Conservative Timothy Webster* 459 34.4
Conservative Robert Austen Bindloss* 425 31.8
Labour Vanessa Jackson 413 30.9
Conservative Rebecca Smith* 404 30.2
Independent Bruce Christopher Midgley 336 25.1
Turnout 1,336 30.22
Registered electors 4,448
Independent gain from Conservative
Independent gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

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 Brooker Adcock 461 39.4
Labour Helen Louise Cliff 457 39.1
Conservative Sigrid Atherton* 438 37.4
Conservative John Illingworth* 423 36.2
Conservative Jacob Nathaniel Wilkinson* 370 31.6
Independent Rachel Godber 261 22.3
Independent Craig William Digby 240 20.5
Independent Kenneth John Panter 177 15.1
Turnout 1,170 26.89
Registered electors 4,362
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Melton Warwick

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Melton Warwick (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alison Jacqueline Freer* 360 42.1
Independent Allen Thwaites 345 40.4
Conservative Stephen Ellis 337 39.4
Labour Susan Caroline Hammond 327 38.2
Turnout 855 30.73
Registered electors 2,792
Conservative hold
Independent gain from Conservative

Old Dalby

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Old Dalby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joseph Theobold Orson* 349 56.7 +0.5
Independent Elaine Holmes* 179 29.1 N/A
Independent Steven James Cliff 88 14.3 N/A
Turnout 616 36.81
Registered electors 1,676
Conservative hold

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 Joseph Cameron McAuley 113 15.9 −18.3
Turnout 711 46.79
Registered electors 1,528
Independent gain from Conservative

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 Stuart Sharp 323 62.2 N/A
Conservative Benjamin P. A. Townley 196 37.8 +7.4
Turnout 519 34.40
Registered electors 1,526
Independent hold

Wymondham

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Wymondham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Malise Charles Richard Graham* 302 71.7 +71.7
Labour Graham Bett 119 28.3 N/A
Turnout 421 31.84
Registered electors 1,341
Conservative hold

Changes 2023–2027

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Affiliation changes

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

By-elections

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Asfordby by-election, 2 November 2023
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Margaret Clay 163 34.1 N/A
Conservative Chris Gray 123 25.7 −7.6
Independent Peter Faulkner 100 20.9 N/A
Green Issy Taylor 92 19.2 –22.4
Turnout 478 16.8
Registered electors 2,845
Labour gain from Green

The Asfordby by-election was triggered by the resignation of Green councillor Charlie Pitt Miller.[15][4]

Wymondham by-election, 23 May 2024
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Joseph Chubb 233 65.6 −6.1
Independent Samantha Seaward 122 34.4 N/A
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative hold

The Wymondham by-election was triggered by the resignation of Conservative councillor Malise Graham.

References

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  1. ^ Includes one vacant seat at Long Clawson and Stathern previously held by Conservative councillor Mel Steadman until her death in August 2022.[1]
  2. ^ Of the eight independent councillors before the election, three sat with the Green councillor as the "Opposition" group, led by independent Elaine Holmes, the other five did not belong to a group.
  1. ^ a b Rennie, Nick (22 August 2022). "Tributes for Melton councillor after her death is announced". Melton Times. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  2. ^ Kershaw, Tom (2023-05-04). "Melton Borough Council local election results 2023 in full". LeicestershireLive. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  3. ^ Rennie, Nick (24 May 2023). "Melton Council elects new Labour councillor as leader". Melton Times. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Borough elections 4 May 2023". Melton Borough Council. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Melton result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  6. ^ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Melton Borough Council. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  7. ^ Boothroyd, David (24 September 2021). "Many happy returns in Cambridgeshire". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  8. ^ Boothroyd, David (25 November 2022). "Lib Dems back on the Island". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  9. ^ Rennie, Nick (17 November 2021). ""We have been dumped like garbage"". Melton Times. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  10. ^ Boothroyd, David. "Did the Mods go Independent?". LocalCouncils.co.uk. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  11. ^ Rennie, Nick (29 July 2020). "Investigation clears Melton councillor of making racist comments". Melton Times. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  12. ^ Boothroyd, David (24 March 2023). "Tory hold in a rush in Northants". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  13. ^ Rennie, Nick (5 April 2023). "Councillor pledge to stand against former Tory colleagues after bullying claims". Melton Times. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  14. ^ Boothroyd, David (31 May 2024). "Kingstanding still". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  15. ^ Rennie, Nick (20 September 2023). "Melton's only Green borough councillor resigns". Melton Times. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
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