2019 Blaby District Council election

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2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)

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All 39 seats to Blaby District Council
20 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats
Last election	29 seats, 60.6%	6 seats, 23.2%	4 seats, 13.4%
Seats won	25	6	6
Seat change	4		2
Popular vote	17,449	6,776	6,621
Percentage	50.0%	19.4%	19.0%
Swing	10.6%	3.8%	5.6%

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Party	Green	Independent
Last election	N/A	N/A
Seats won	1	1
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	3,026	1,035
Percentage	8.7%	3.0%
Swing	N/A	N/A

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2019 Blaby District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Blaby District Council in England.^[1] They were held on the same day as other local elections.

Results summary

Election result

2019 Blaby District Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	37	25	0	4	4	64.1	50.0	17,449	–10.6
	Labour	19	6	0	0		15.4	19.4	6,776	–3.8
	Liberal Democrats	10	6	2	0	2	15.4	19.0	6,621	+5.6
	Green	8	1	1	0	1	2.6	8.7	3,026	N/A
	Independent	4	1	1	0	1	2.6	3.0	1,035	N/A

Ward results

Blaby South

Blaby South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Hartshorn	802	66.4
	Liberal Democrats	Antony Moseley	790	65.5
	Conservative	Marian Broomhead	397	32.9
	Conservative	Laurence Jackson	319	26.4
Turnout			1,229	31.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats hold

Cosby with South Whetstone

Cosby with South Whetstone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Leslie Phillimore	766	58.6
	Conservative	Jane Wolfe	756	57.8
	Green	Martin Shaw	353	27.0
	Labour	Margaret Byrne	241	18.4
	Labour	Zachary Atkins	216	16.5
Turnout			1,325	32.3
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Countesthorpe

Countesthorpe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Adrian Clifford	1,142	63.9
	Conservative	David Findlay	958	53.6
	Conservative	Shane Blackwell	840	47.0
	Liberal Democrats	Royston Bayliss	700	39.1
	Liberal Democrats	Charlotte Von Anrep	522	29.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Breese	480	26.8
Turnout			1,845	30.2
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Croft Hill

Croft Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Freer	320	58.0
	Green	Christopher Holmes	149	27.0
	Labour	Neil Hallam	83	15.0
Turnout			570	30.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ellis

Ellis
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nicholas Chapman	682	61.7
	Liberal Democrats	Mathew Mortel	461	41.7
	Conservative	Graham Huss	442	40.0
	Green	Joseph Harper	352	31.9
Turnout			1,135	26.1
	Conservative hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Enderby & St. John's

Enderby & St. John's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Cheryl Cashmore	521	57.3
	Conservative	Helen Richardson	467	51.4
	Labour	Tracy Green	364	40.0
	Labour	Ann Malthouse	326	35.9
Turnout			954	23.9
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Fairestone

Fairestone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lee Breckon	627	59.2
	Conservative	Roy Denney	535	50.5
	Green	Nicholas Cox	318	30.0
	Labour	Mary Kapadia	253	23.9
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Smith	193	18.2
Turnout			1,083	28.4
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Forest

Forest
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stuart Coar	676	50.1
	Conservative	David Clements	588	43.6
	Independent	Michael O'Hare	555	41.1
	Green	Battina Atkinson	554	41.1
	Conservative	Richard Bowers	459	34.0
Turnout			1,357	23.4
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Independent gain from Conservative

Millfield

Millfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour Co-op	William Wright	282	53.2
	Conservative	Anthony Cashmore	248	46.8
Turnout			542	27.0
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Muxloe

Muxloe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Christopher Frost	740	65.3
	Green	Kirsteen Thomson	541	47.7
	Conservative	Anthony Greenwood	507	44.7
Turnout			1,146	34.0
	Conservative hold
	Green gain from Conservative

Narborough & Littlethorpe

Narborough & Littlethorpe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Janet Forey	563	57.2
	Conservative	Trevor Matthews	462	47.0
	Green	Marek Turner	459	46.6
Turnout			1,009	25.0
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Normanton

Normanton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Margaret Wright	499	78.6
	Labour	Stephen Crane	136	21.4
Turnout			662	31.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Whetstone

North Whetstone
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sharon Coe	541	57.2
	Conservative	Mark Jackson	474	50.2
	Labour	Michael Bounds	238	25.2
	Labour	Stephen Cooper	195	20.6
	Independent	John Culshaw	135	14.3
	Independent	Danuta Jeeves	125	13.2
Turnout			954	24.0
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Pastures

Pastures
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nigel Grundy	Unopposed
	Conservative	Terence Richardson	Unopposed
Turnout			–	–
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Ravenhurst & Fosse

Ravenhurst & Fosse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Samantha Maxwell	880	55.6
	Labour	Muhammad Aslam	847	53.5
	Labour	Phillex Moitt	839	53.0
	Conservative	Peter Wardrop	533	33.7
	Conservative	Neil Wright	451	28.5
Turnout			1,618	30.5
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Saxondale

Saxondale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Welsh	910	56.2
	Liberal Democrats	Beverley Welsh	883	54.5
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Merrill	880	54.4
	Labour	Eanna Pemberton-Mee	395	24.4
	Conservative	Mason Cashmore	344	21.2
	Conservative	Susan Findlay	332	20.5
	Labour	Suresh Chauhan	227	14.0
	Labour	Alan Methven	214	13.2
Turnout			1,644	29.2
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Stanton & Flamville

Stanton & Flamville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Iain Hewson	Unopposed
	Conservative	Sheila Scott	Unopposed
	Conservative	Deanne Woods	Unopposed
Turnout			–	–
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Winstanley

Winstanley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alex Dewinter	471	37.6
	Conservative	Benjamin Taylor	435	34.7
	Labour	Tracey Shepherd	428	34.1
	Conservative	Elliot Conway	420	33.5
	Conservative	Richard Forrest	405	32.3
	Green	Christiane Startin-Lorent	300	23.9
	Independent	David Di Palma	220	17.5
	Labour	Sharon Betts	141	11.2
Turnout			1,280	24.5
	Labour hold
	Conservative hold
	Labour hold

References

^ "Election results" (PDF). blaby.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

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