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⚫ | Elections to [[North West Leicestershire]] [[Local government in England|District Council]] took place on 4 May 1995,<ref>[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ian.ridley3/politics/nw95.htm North West Leicestershire District Council election, 2003 results], [[Leicester Mercury]] coverage</ref> with the previous election having taken place in 1991 and with the next held in 1999. The election took place across all 22 electoral wards and a total of 40 [[Councillor#United Kingdom|councillors]] were elected. [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] tightened its grip on the council by capturing nine seats from the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]]. Former Conservative rural |
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⚫ | Elections to [[North West Leicestershire]] [[Local government in England|District Council]] took place on 4 May 1995,<ref>[http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ian.ridley3/politics/nw95.htm North West Leicestershire District Council election, 2003 results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628184340/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ian.ridley3/politics/nw95.htm |date=2011-06-28 }}, [[Leicester Mercury]] coverage</ref> with the previous election having taken place in 1991 and with the next held in 1999. The election took place across all 22 electoral wards and a total of 40 [[Councillor#United Kingdom|councillors]] were elected. [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] tightened its grip on the council by capturing nine seats from the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]]. Former Conservative rural strongholds such as Appleby, Breedon, Kegworth and Ravenstone fell to Labour, who also came away with all but one seat in Ashby. The result was that Labour held 35, or 87.5% of the seats, the Conservatives were reduced to just three seats and the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] failed to gain any seats. |
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Elections to North West Leicestershire District Council took place on 4 May 1995,[1] with the previous election having taken place in 1991 and with the next held in 1999. The election took place across all 22 electoral wards and a total of 40 councillors were elected. Labour tightened its grip on the council by capturing nine seats from the Conservatives. Former Conservative rural strongholds such as Appleby, Breedon, Kegworth and Ravenstone fell to Labour, who also came away with all but one seat in Ashby. The result was that Labour held 35, or 87.5% of the seats, the Conservatives were reduced to just three seats and the Liberal Democrats failed to gain any seats.
Results
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 35 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 87.5 | 64.5 | 22,853 | ||
Conservative | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 7.5 | 14.3 | 5,072 | ||
Independent | 2 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 5.3 | 16.4 | 5,816 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | ±0 | 0 | 4.2 | 1,499 | ||
Ind. Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | ±0 | 0 | 0.6 | 223 |
Ward results
[edit]In wards that are represented by more than one councillor, electors were given more than one vote each, hence the voter turnout may not match the number of votes cast.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | J. Lewis | 565 | 60.0 | ||
Conservative | S. Bryan | 377 | 40.0 | ||
Turnout | 942 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | G. Orme | 386 | 39.6 | ||
Labour | J. Groves | 254 | 26.1 | ||
Conservative | J. Coxon | 235 | 24.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | F. Fenning | 99 | 10.2 | ||
Turnout | 687 | ||||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | L. Whetton | 831 | 29.8 | ||
Labour | J. Fisher | 804 | 28.9 | ||
Conservative | R. Bayliss | 371 | 13.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | P. Thompson | 269 | 9.7 | ||
Conservative | Y. Henniker-Heaton | 257 | 9.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | G. Cort | 254 | 9.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,393 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | B. Mitchell | 889 | 27.5 | ||
Labour | J. Roberts | 800 | 24.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | P. Cort | 453 | 14.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | A. Thompson | 424 | 13.1 | ||
Conservative | P. Rushton | 366 | 11.3 | ||
Conservative | G. Allman | 304 | 9.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,618 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | S. Spear | 424 | 56.2 | ||
Conservative | N. Rushton | 330 | 43.8 | ||
Turnout | 754 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | D. Wintle | 1135 | 20.5 | ||
Independent | P. Beddoe | 1071 | 19.4 | ||
Labour | J. Georget | 963 | 17.4 | ||
Independent | L. Hooley | 850 | 15.4 | ||
Labour | C Sawyer | 768 | 13.9 | ||
Independent | A. Saffell | 738 | 13.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,842 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | B. Hall | 748 | 42.7 | ||
Labour | W. Wildgoose | 701 | 40.1 | ||
Independent | P. Holland | 301 | 17.2 | ||
Turnout | 875 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | A. Smith | unopposed | |||
Labour | S. Sheahan | unopposed | |||
Labour | C. Stanley | unopposed | |||
Turnout | N/A | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | P. Clayfield | 776 | 39.0 | ||
Labour | A. Pearson | 759 | 38.1 | ||
Independent | K. McHugh | 457 | 22.9 | ||
Turnout | 996 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | S. Peace | 833 | 40.8 | ||
Labour | P. Hyde | 830 | 40.6 | ||
Independent | A. Parker | 378 | 18.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,021 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | D. Costello | 1389 | 28.8 | ||
Labour | A. Smith | 1270 | 26.3 | ||
Labour | D. Male | 1158 | 24.0 | ||
Independent | C. Allen | 424 | 8.8 | ||
Independent | V. Richichi | 345 | 7.1 | ||
Independent | J. Kailofer | 240 | 5.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,609 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | F. Harris | 849 | 30.1 | ||
Labour | D. Manley | 767 | 27.2 | ||
Conservative | L. Pendleton | 637 | 22.6 | ||
Conservative | M. Ward | 566 | 20.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,410 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | V. Fletcher | 285 | 54.8 | ||
Labour | F. Harris | 235 | 45.2 | ||
Turnout | 520 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | D. Jones | unopposed | |||
Labour | D. Williamson | unopposed | |||
Turnout | N/A | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | P. Regan | unopposed | |||
Labour | H. Sankey | unopposed | |||
Turnout | N/A | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | G. Davies | unopposed | |||
Turnout | N/A | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | M. Abbott | 561 | 51.2 | ||
Conservative | N. Smith | 311 | 28.4 | ||
Ind. Conservative | M. Lander | 223 | 20.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,095 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. Geary | unopposed | |||
Labour | F. Straw | unopposed | |||
Turnout | N/A | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | B. Webster | 441 | 50.1 | ||
Labour | W. Quelch | 322 | 36.5 | ||
Independent | T. Green | 118 | 13.4 | ||
Turnout | 881 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. Cross | unopposed | |||
Labour | A. Smith | unopposed | |||
Turnout | N/A | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | D. Howe | 1579 | 34.6 | ||
Labour | R. Woodward | 1226 | 26.9 | ||
Labour | S. Preston | 1139 | 24.9 | ||
Conservative | P. Ritchie | 312 | 6.8 | ||
Independent | H. Smith | 309 | 6.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,522 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | D. Stevenson | 280 | 37.0 | ||
Labour | J. Dutton | 278 | 36.7 | ||
Independent | L. Mann | 199 | 26.3 | ||
Turnout | 757 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ North West Leicestershire District Council election, 2003 results Archived 2011-06-28 at the Wayback Machine, Leicester Mercury coverage