Melton council election, 2023
Most seats
11
Conservative and Unionist Party
Seats contested
28
across 16 wards
Turnout
—
average of reporting wards
Summary
| Party | Seats | +/− | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 11 | -7 | 9,567 | 44.5% | -15.2 |
| Independent | 10 | +6 | 6,838 | 31.8% | +16.9 |
| Labour Party | 5 | +5 | 3,768 | 17.5% | +10.2 |
| Green Party | 1 | +0 | 734 | 3.4% | -10.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | +1 | 574 | 2.7% | +1.2 |
Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2019. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.
Candidates
| Party | Candidates | Of a possible 28 |
|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 28 | |
| Independent | 24 | |
| Labour Party | 12 | |
| Green Party | 3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 2 |
A party standing a full slate could field 28 candidates, one per seat.
Results by ward
Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.
Asfordby 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Steve Carter Elected | 454 | 75.0% | -8.4 |
| Green Party | Charlie Pitt Miller Elected | 299 | 49.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ronnie de Burle | 239 | 39.5% | -24.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Nick Putnam | 218 | 36.0% | — |
| Majority | 60 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 605 | |||
Independent hold · Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Bottesford 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Donald James Pritchett Elected | 602 | 77.4% | — |
| Labour Party | Jim Mason Elected | 506 | 65.0% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Morgan Lawrence Platts Kilburn | 447 | 57.5% | — |
| Majority | 59 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 778 | |||
Croxton Kerrial
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Alan Henry Hewson Elected | 289 | 55.6% | -6.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jack Smith | 231 | 44.4% | +6.6 |
| Majority | 58 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 520 | |||
Independent hold
Frisby-on-the-Wreake
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ronan Browne Elected | 465 | 65.8% | — |
| Labour Party | Margaret Clay | 139 | 19.7% | — |
| Independent | Eric Gordon John Brown | 103 | 14.6% | — |
| Majority | 326 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 707 | |||
Gaddesby
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Bob Child Elected | 431 | 74.7% | — |
| Labour Party | Adrienne Holland | 146 | 25.3% | — |
| Majority | 285 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 577 | |||
Long Clawson and Stathern 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Christopher John Evans Elected | 565 | 50.7% | -18.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Simon Gordon Theobald Orson Elected | 512 | 46.0% | — |
| Labour Party | Michael McQuillan | 492 | 44.2% | — |
| Independent | Nick Hall | 469 | 42.1% | -33.8 |
| Independent | Dawn Michelle Birch | 116 | 10.4% | — |
| Independent | Leigh Tracy Birch | 73 | 6.6% | — |
| Majority | 20 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,114 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Independent · Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Melton Craven 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Sharon Brown Elected | 277 | 45.0% | +7.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ian Atherton Elected | 250 | 40.6% | +2.1 |
| Independent | Lee Thomas Freer | 239 | 38.8% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jeanne Douglas | 237 | 38.5% | — |
| Labour Party | Tim Litt | 229 | 37.2% | +6.3 |
| Majority | 11 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 616 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Melton Dorian 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Sarah Anne Cox Elected | 402 | 48.7% | +4.8 |
| Independent | Marilyn Mary Gordon Elected | 305 | 37.0% | — |
| Independent | Pat Cumbers Elected | 300 | 36.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Chris Gray | 283 | 34.3% | -21.7 |
| Independent | Tracy Lorraine Beaken | 277 | 33.6% | — |
| Green Party | Alastair McQuillan | 255 | 30.9% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Julian Lockwood | 239 | 29.0% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Simon James Thompson | 234 | 28.4% | — |
| Green Party | Isabelle Jane Taylor | 180 | 21.8% | — |
| Majority | 17 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 825 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Labour Party gain from Green Party
Melton Egerton 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Pip Allnatt Elected | 278 | 44.8% | +12.6 |
| Labour Party | Mike Brown Elected | 260 | 41.9% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jason Lewis Sharman | 179 | 28.9% | -10.2 |
| Independent | Peter Faulkner | 176 | 28.4% | — |
| Independent | Elaine Ann Faulkner | 175 | 28.2% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jon Winters | 172 | 27.7% | — |
| Majority | 81 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 620 | |||
Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Melton Newport 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Margaret Glancy Elected | 629 | 57.6% | — |
| Independent | Simon Roy Lumley Elected | 609 | 55.8% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Timothy Webster Elected | 459 | 42.0% | -35.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Rob Bindloss | 425 | 38.9% | — |
| Labour Party | Vanessa Jane Jackson | 413 | 37.8% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Rebecca Smith | 404 | 37.0% | — |
| Independent | Bruce Christopher Midgley | 336 | 30.8% | — |
| Majority | 34 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,092 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Melton Sysonby 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Jim Adcock Elected | 461 | 48.9% | +24.3 |
| Labour Party | Helen Cliff Elected | 457 | 48.5% | +26.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Siggy Atherton Elected | 438 | 46.5% | -6.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | John Illingworth | 423 | 44.9% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jacob Wilkinson | 370 | 39.3% | — |
| Independent | Rachel Godber | 261 | 27.7% | — |
| Independent | Craig William Digby | 240 | 25.5% | — |
| Independent | Ken Panter | 177 | 18.8% | — |
| Majority | 15 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 942 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Melton Warwick 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Alison Jacqueline Freer Elected | 360 | 52.6% | -10.3 |
| Independent | Allen Thwaites Elected | 345 | 50.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Sam Ellis | 337 | 49.3% | — |
| Labour Party | Susan Caroline Hammond | 327 | 47.8% | +9.5 |
| Majority | 8 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 684 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold · Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Old Dalby
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Joe Orson Elected | 349 | 56.7% | +0.4 |
| Independent | Elaine Holmes | 179 | 29.1% | — |
| Independent | Steven James Cliff | 88 | 14.3% | — |
| Majority | 170 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 616 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Somerby
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Leigh Higgins Elected | 398 | 56.0% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Vimbi Taruvinga | 200 | 28.1% | -37.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | Hamish Joseph Cameron McAuley | 113 | 15.9% | -18.3 |
| Majority | 198 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 711 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Waltham-on-the-Wolds
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Richard Stuart Sharp Elected | 323 | 62.2% | -7.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ben Townley | 196 | 37.8% | +7.4 |
| Majority | 127 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 519 | |||
Independent hold
Wymondham
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Malise Graham Elected | 302 | 71.7% | — |
| Labour Party | Graham Bett | 119 | 28.3% | — |
| Majority | 183 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 421 | |||