1995 North West Leicestershire District Council election

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

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North West Leicestershire District Council election, 1995
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  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

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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.

Appleby (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour J. Lewis 565 60.0
Conservative S. Bryan 377 40.0
Turnout 942
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Ashby Castle (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Ashby Holywell (2 seats)
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
Ashby Ivanhoe (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Breedon (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour S. Spear 424 56.2
Conservative N. Rushton 330 43.8
Turnout 754
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Castle Donington (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Coalville (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Greenhill (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Smith unopposed
Labour S. Sheahan unopposed
Labour C. Stanley unopposed
Turnout N/A
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Holly Hayes (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Hugglescote (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Ibstock and Heather (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Kegworth (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Long Watton (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative V. Fletcher 285 54.8
Labour F. Harris 235 45.2
Turnout 520
Conservative hold Swing
Measham (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour D. Jones unopposed
Labour D. Williamson unopposed
Turnout N/A
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Moira (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour P. Regan unopposed
Labour H. Sankey unopposed
Turnout N/A
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Oakthorpe and Donisthorpe (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour G. Davies unopposed
Turnout N/A
Labour hold Swing
Ravenstone (1 seat)
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
Snibston (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Geary unopposed
Labour F. Straw unopposed
Turnout N/A
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Swannington (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative B. Webster 441 50.1
Labour W. Quelch 322 36.5
Independent T. Green 118 13.4
Turnout 881
Conservative hold Swing
Thringstone (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour A. Cross unopposed
Labour A. Smith unopposed
Turnout N/A
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Whitwick (3 seats)
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
Worthington (1 seat)
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

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