Charnwood
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Cycles
Council composition as of 2024
52 councillors, by party. One square per seat. Source: opencouncildata annual snapshot — reflects the council at the end of 2024 (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Hover any seat for the party.
Most recent election (2023)
In 2023, 52 seats were up across 24 wards. The table below shows what each party actually won — alongside what they would have won if the 52 seats had been shared in proportion to votes received (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; negative are parties it under-represented.
| Party | Votes | Vote % | Seats won | % of seats | Proportional seats | Proportional % | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | 34,743 | 38.3% | 20 | 38.5% | 21 | 40.4% | -1 |
| Conservative Party | 34,722 | 38.3% | 23 | 44.2% | 20 | 38.5% | +3 |
| Green Party | 15,731 | 17.3% | 8 | 15.4% | 9 | 17.3% | -1 |
| Liberal Democrats | 2,658 | 2.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 1.9% | -1 |
| Independent | 1,754 | 1.9% | 1 | 1.9% | 1 | 1.9% | 0 |
| Reform UK | 1,028 | 1.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Alliance for Democracy and Freedom | 95 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Total | 90,731 | 100.0% | 52 | 100.0% | 52 | 100.0% | 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.
Full ward-by-ward results for 2023 →
Composition history
One row per opencouncildata annual snapshot — the council at the end of each year (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Newest first; hover any seat for the party.
Ward by ward
Each row is a ward, each column a cycle. Each cell shows the top-of-poll candidate's party (swatch) and their share of valid ballots. Wards are matched by name across cycles — boundary reviews can mean a ward of the same name is a slightly different area in a later cycle.
| Ward | 2019 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Anstey | 55% | 56% |
| Barrow and Sileby West | 51% | |
| Barrow upon Soar | 48% | |
| Birstall East and Wanlip | 53% | |
| Birstall Wanlip | 52% | |
| Birstall Watermead | 62% | |
| Birstall West | 59% | |
| Dishley, Hathern and Thorpe Acre | 62% | |
| East Goscote | 60% | |
| Forest Bradgate | 65% | 68% |
| Loughborough Ashby | 92% | 70% |
| Loughborough Dishley and Hathern | 56% | |
| Loughborough East | 77% | |
| Loughborough Garendon | 66% | |
| Loughborough Hastings | 68% | |
| Loughborough Lemyngton | 78% | |
| Loughborough Nanpantan | 60% | 46% |
| Loughborough Outwoods | 47% | |
| Loughborough Outwoods and Shelthorpe | 57% | |
| Loughborough Shelthorpe | 46% | |
| Loughborough Southfields | 54% | 55% |
| Loughborough Storer | 68% | 68% |
| Loughborough Woodthorpe | 55% | |
| Mountsorrel | 55% | 56% |
| Queniborough | 65% | |
| Quorn and Mountsorrel Castle | 48% | 48% |
| Rothley and Thurcaston | 66% | |
| Rothley Brook | 61% | |
| Shepshed East | 46% | 48% |
| Shepshed West | 51% | 51% |
| Sileby | 46% | |
| Sileby and Seagrave | 58% | |
| South Charnwood | 46% | |
| Syston | 45% | |
| Syston East | 56% | |
| Syston West | 61% | |
| The Wolds | 61% | 47% |
| Thurmaston | 55% | 60% |
| Wreake Valley | 55% | |
| Wreake Villages | 64% |