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Charnwood 2025

Local elections held 1 May 2025.

14 ward races
14 seats
14 elected below the proportional quota
100.0% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share that would be needed to be guaranteed that seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the gap as points under par — the editorial indictment. Above-par results are just majority mandates and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 14 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 14 seats had been allocated to those vote totals in proportion (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented in this council, negative are parties it under-represented.

PartyVotesVote %Seats won% of seatsProportional seatsProportional %Δ
Reform UK14,15832.3%535.7%535.7%0
Conservative and Unionist Party13,33030.4%642.9%535.7%+1
Green Party5,79213.2%17.1%214.3%-1
Labour Party4,3359.9%17.1%17.1%0
Labour and Co-operative Party4,1069.4%17.1%17.1%0
Liberal Democrats2,1154.8%00.0%00.0%0
Total43,836100.0%14100.0%14100.0%0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share
Actual seats
Proportional seats

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

Race results

Loughborough South West · single-seat

Marginal winner 31.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +18.3 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,606

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Richard George BaileyConservative and Unionist Party1,14431.7%Elected
2Sara GoodwinLabour Party1,04028.8%
3Jim FoxallReform UK84923.5%
4John Paul BartonGreen Party3289.1%
5David Robert Frank WalkerLiberal Democrats2537.0%

Electorate 9,460 · Ballots cast 3,614 · Invalid 8 · EC ward code 57386 · Back to ward index

Syston Ridgeway · single-seat

Marginal winner 32.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +17.1 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,724

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Simon John BradshawConservative and Unionist Party89632.9%Elected
2Ian HayesReform UK83130.5%
3Rebekka Helen YatesGreen Party82530.3%
4David BrentnallLabour Party1204.4%
5Marianne GilbertLiberal Democrats592.2%

Electorate 8,614 · Ballots cast 2,731 · Invalid 7 · EC ward code 57390 · Back to ward index

Quorn & Barrow · single-seat

Marginal winner 34.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +15.9 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,859

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Paul John RudkinReform UK1,31634.1%Elected
2Hilary Jean FryerConservative and Unionist Party1,14329.6%
3Phil WaldenLabour Party81521.1%
4Richard John HorrocksGreen Party3659.5%
5Carolyn ThornborowLiberal Democrats2306.0%

Electorate 10,783 · Ballots cast 3,869 · Invalid 10 · EC ward code 46737 · Back to ward index

Rothley & Mountsorrel · single-seat

Marginal winner 36.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +13.6 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,343

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Linda DanksReform UK1,21736.4%Elected
2Leon Hadji-NikolaouConservative and Unionist Party87826.3%
3Liz BlackshawLabour and Co-operative Party76022.7%
4Alistair Paul DuffyLiberal Democrats2728.1%
5David Rigby IsaacGreen Party2236.7%

Electorate 10,465 · Ballots cast 3,350 · Invalid 7 · EC ward code 57387 · Back to ward index

Loughborough South · single-seat

Marginal winner 36.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +13.5 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,338

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Beverley GrayLabour Party85436.5%Elected
2Ed FoxallReform UK68129.1%
3Harry Hughes-SlatteryConservative and Unionist Party43118.4%
4Rachel Anne BakerGreen Party24810.6%
5Alex GuerreroLiberal Democrats1375.9%

Electorate 8,516 · Ballots cast 2,351 · Invalid 13 · EC ward code 57385 · Back to ward index

Loughborough North · single-seat

Marginal winner 39.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +10.8 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,651

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Pete MorrisReform UK1,04039.2%Elected
2Sarah Dawn MaynardLabour Party67825.6%
3Sarah Louise MonkConservative and Unionist Party60222.7%
4Sean Peter KerslakeGreen Party1967.4%
5Murray Alexander SinclairLiberal Democrats1485.6%

Electorate 8,657 · Ballots cast 2,664 · Invalid 13 · EC ward code 46736 · Back to ward index

Sileby & The Wolds · single-seat

Marginal winner 39.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +10.5 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,377

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Naomi Eleanor BottomleyGreen Party1,33539.5%Elected
2Roger Michael BaconReform UK1,09832.5%
3Jenny BokorConservative and Unionist Party65219.3%
4Kaisra Manzur KhanLabour and Co-operative Party1995.9%
5Ian Robert SharpeLiberal Democrats1043.1%

Electorate 10,338 · Ballots cast 3,388 · Invalid 11 · EC ward code 57388 · Back to ward index

Loughborough North West · single-seat

Marginal winner 39.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +10.3 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,158

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Andrew Charles Hamilton-GrayReform UK85739.7%Elected
2Max HuntLabour and Co-operative Party71933.3%
3Tim WhiteheadConservative and Unionist Party35716.5%
4Paul Justin GoodmanGreen Party1557.2%
5Jim MurcottLiberal Democrats763.5%

Electorate 7,068 · Ballots cast 2,164 · Invalid 6 · EC ward code 46727 · Back to ward index

Syston Fosse · single-seat

Marginal winner 40.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +9.3 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,183

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1James Mark PolandConservative and Unionist Party1,29740.7%Elected
2Kieran Phillip TaylorReform UK91528.7%
3Laurie NeedhamGreen Party89428.1%
4Michael Francis McLoughlinLabour Party862.7%

Electorate 8,361 · Ballots cast 3,192 · Invalid 9 · EC ward code 57389 · Back to ward index

Birstall · single-seat

Marginal winner 40.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +9.1 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,507

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Daniel John GrimleyConservative and Unionist Party1,43340.9%Elected
2Michael KercheyReform UK93826.7%
3Julie PalmerLabour and Co-operative Party72020.5%
4Paul Stewart John MastersGreen Party2547.2%
5Kelvin John JordanLiberal Democrats1684.8%

Electorate 10,902 · Ballots cast 3,513 · Invalid 6 · EC ward code 57384 · Back to ward index

Loughborough East · single-seat

Marginal winner 43.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +6.5 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,337

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Jewel MiahLabour and Co-operative Party1,01743.5%Elected
2Jonathan David ClarsonReform UK60025.7%
3Geoffrey ParsonsConservative and Unionist Party34814.9%
4Daisy Judith TaylorGreen Party28912.4%
5Andrew WilligLiberal Democrats984.2%

Electorate 9,461 · Ballots cast 2,352 · Invalid 15 · EC ward code 46726 · Back to ward index

Shepshed · single-seat

Marginal winner 45.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +5.0 pts below quota Valid ballots 4,134

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Helen ButlerReform UK1,85945.0%Elected
2Christine RadfordConservative and Unionist Party1,05425.5%
3Jane LennieLabour Party74217.9%
4Katy Brookes-DuncanLiberal Democrats2766.7%
5Kelly SwannGreen Party2115.1%

Electorate 12,051 · Ballots cast 4,142 · Invalid 8 · EC ward code 46739 · Back to ward index

Thurmaston Ridgemere · single-seat

Marginal winner 46.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +4.0 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,602

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Brenda SeatonConservative and Unionist Party1,19746.0%Elected
2Chris GibsonReform UK81431.3%
3Roger SmithLabour and Co-operative Party29911.5%
4Wendy HardyGreen Party1636.3%
5Nitesh Pravin DaveLiberal Democrats1365.2%

Electorate 9,204 · Ballots cast 2,609 · Invalid 7 · EC ward code 57391 · Back to ward index

Bradgate · single-seat

Marginal winner 48.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +1.2 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,891

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Deborah TaylorConservative and Unionist Party1,89848.8%Elected
2Reita KerrReform UK1,14329.4%
3Rhys Cory-LowsleyLabour and Co-operative Party39210.1%
4Sandra Carol WoodwardGreen Party3067.9%
5Nigel OxfordLiberal Democrats1584.1%

Electorate 10,460 · Ballots cast 3,897 · Invalid 6 · EC ward code 46725 · Back to ward index