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Harborough 2025

Local elections held 1 May 2025.

7 ward races
7 seats
7 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 7 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 7 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
Conservative and Unionist Party8,65031.7%342.9%342.9%0
Reform UK7,74928.4%228.6%228.6%0
Liberal Democrats5,97121.9%228.6%228.6%0
Green Party2,6249.6%00.0%00.0%0
Labour Party2,0157.4%00.0%00.0%0
Labour and Co-operative Party2060.8%00.0%00.0%0
Communist Party of Britain310.1%00.0%00.0%0
Total27,246100.0%7100.0%7100.0%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

Market Harborough West & Foxton · single-seat

Marginal winner 24.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +25.1 pts below quota Valid ballots 4,056

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1David John PageConservative and Unionist Party1,00824.9%Elected
2Darren Neil WoodiwissGreen Party98924.4%
3Nick HatfieldReform UK92422.8%
4Jo AsherLiberal Democrats76018.7%
5Mark PanterLabour Party3538.7%
6Peter WhalenCommunist Party of Britain310.8%

Electorate 11,856 · Ballots cast 4,065 · Invalid 9 · EC ward code 57396 · Back to ward index

Market Harborough East · single-seat

Marginal winner 32.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +17.8 pts below quota Valid ballots 4,143

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Sarah HillLiberal Democrats1,33532.2%Elected
2Barry ChampionConservative and Unionist Party1,19928.9%
3Barry WaltonReform UK95623.1%
4Maria PanterLabour Party3318.0%
5Mary Scott MorganGreen Party3287.9%

Electorate 11,426 · Ballots cast 4,149 · Invalid 6 · EC ward code 57395 · Back to ward index

Bruntingthorpe · single-seat

Marginal winner 34.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +15.7 pts below quota Valid ballots 4,359

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Harrison FowlerReform UK1,49334.3%Elected
2Jonathan Francis BatemanConservative and Unionist Party1,35931.2%
3Stephen James Crozier WalkleyLiberal Democrats91821.1%
4Paul MacIntyreLabour Party3016.9%
5Mandy SandersGreen Party2986.8%

Electorate 11,537 · Ballots cast 4,369 · Invalid 10 · EC ward code 57392 · Back to ward index

Lutterworth · single-seat

Marginal winner 36.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +13.7 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,629

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Rosita PageConservative and Unionist Party1,31736.3%Elected
2Martin SarfasReform UK1,25034.4%
3Martin CullenLabour Party64217.7%
4Carl Albert TiivasGreen Party2426.7%
5Asit SodhaLiberal Democrats1825.0%

Electorate 10,275 · Ballots cast 3,633 · Invalid 4 · EC ward code 46748 · Back to ward index

Broughton Astley · single-seat

Marginal winner 37.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +12.4 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,096

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Bill PiperReform UK1,16437.6%Elected
2Neil BannisterConservative and Unionist Party91829.7%
3Mark Simon GravesLiberal Democrats68422.1%
4Sandra ParkinsonLabour and Co-operative Party2066.7%
5Dannielle BonhamGreen Party1304.2%

Electorate 9,199 · Ballots cast 3,102 · Invalid 6 · EC ward code 46744 · Back to ward index

Launde · single-seat

Marginal winner 42.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +7.4 pts below quota Valid ballots 4,068

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Simon James GaltonLiberal Democrats1,73242.6%Elected
2Jack Thomas CrankshawConservative and Unionist Party1,01725.0%
3Nigel Paul ClarkeReform UK98624.2%
4Colleen Marie CassidyLabour Party1754.3%
5Melanie Jayne WakleyGreen Party1624.0%

Electorate 11,182 · Ballots cast 4,072 · Invalid 4 · EC ward code 57394 · Back to ward index

Gartree · single-seat

Marginal winner 47.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +2.4 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,846

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Phil KingConservative and Unionist Party1,83247.6%Elected
2Jonny AustinReform UK97625.4%
3Debbie Anne Louise JamesGreen Party47512.4%
4James Francis LindsayLiberal Democrats3609.4%
5Leigh WisemanLabour Party2135.5%

Electorate 11,341 · Ballots cast 3,856 · Invalid 10 · EC ward code 57393 · Back to ward index