2019 Oadby and Wigston Borough Council election

2019 Oadby and Wigston Borough Council election

2 May 2019
All 26 seats to Oadby and Wigston 14 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Seats won 24 2 Seat change 5 4
Map of the results of the election by ward

Elections to Oadby and Wigston Borough Council took place on 2 May 2019, the same day as other United Kingdom local elections. All wards were up for election, each with 2 or 3 councillors to be elected. The Liberal Democrats retained overall control of the council.

Election results

Oadby and Wigston Borough Council election, 2019
Party		Candidates						Votes
		Stood	Elected	Gained	Unseated	Net	% of total	%	No.	Net %
	Liberal Democrats	26	24	5	0	5	92.3%	66.7%	22,816	9.5%
	Conservative	20	2	0	4	4	7.7%	25.0%	8,547	0.5%
	Labour	9	0	0	1	1	0%	7.9%	2,700	6.3%
	Green	1	0	0	0		0%	0.4%	138	0.3%

Ward results

Ward boundaries

Oadby Brocks Hill

Oadby Brocks Hill (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jeffrey Kaufman *	922	76.1
	Liberal Democrats	Mohammed Latif Darr *	867	71.6
	Conservative	Richard Ronald Harrison	306	25.3
	Conservative	Amandeep Kaur Marwaha	208	17.2
Turnout			1,232	39.44
Registered electors			3,124
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Oadby Grange

Oadby Grange (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pritibala Joshi	715	52.3
	Conservative	Fula Singh Ghattoraya	685	50.1
	Liberal Democrats	Naveed Alam	640	46.8
	Liberal Democrats	Santokh Singh Athwal	638	46.7
	Conservative	Mohammed Salim Rezah Boodhoo	614	44.9
	Liberal Democrats	Muhammed Hafeez Katib	564	41.3
Turnout			1,389	35.53
Registered electors			3,124
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Oadby St Peter's

Oadby St Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Carter	596	47.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Ridley	569	45.8
	Conservative	Marcus Solanki	344	27.7
	Conservative	Karl Craig-West	328	26.4
	Labour	Cameron Beaver	295	23.7
	Labour	Emma Hudson-Beaver	281	22.6
Majority			227	18.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Oadby Uplands

Oadby Uplands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Samia Haq	610	41.0
	Liberal Democrats	Lily Kaufman	570	38.4
	Conservative	Sundeep Biring	458	30.8
	Labour	Hajira Piranie	419	28.2
	Conservative	Jagjit Sahota	417	28.1
	Labour	Peter Whalen	385	25.9
Majority			112	7.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Oadby Woodlands

Oadby Woodlands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dean Gamble	657	52.4
	Liberal Democrats	Amandeep Kaur	580	46.3
	Conservative	Bhupendra Dave	456	36.4
	Conservative	Karanvir Ghattoraya	342	27.3
	Labour	Adam Krupa	183	14.6
	Green	Pauline Pratt	138	11.0
Majority			124	9.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

South Wigston

South Wigston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemarie Adams	848	55.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Boyce	792	51.5
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Morris	745	48.5
	Conservative	Mason Shipley-Jones	377	24.5
	Conservative	Jack Taylor	364	23.7
	Conservative	Oliver Bryan	347	22.6
	Labour	Helen Beynon	312	20.3
	Labour	Stephen Maggs	290	18.9
	Labour	Scott Towers	289	18.8
Majority			368	24.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wigston All Saints

Wigston All Saints

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lee Bentley	1,182	75.9
	Liberal Democrats	Lynda Eaton	1,157	74.3
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Charlesworth	1,140	73.2
	Conservative	Callum Darling	324	20.8
Majority			816	52.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wigston Fields

Wigston Fields

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Loydall	1,165	78.2
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Boulter	1,152	77.3
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Loydall	1,097	73.6
	Conservative	Jack Newcombe	325	21.8
Majority			772	51.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wigston Meadowcourt

Wigston Meadowcourt

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Loydall	891	55.0
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Eaton	857	52.9
	Liberal Democrats	Sharon Morris	847	52.3
	Conservative	Helen Darling	587	36.2
	Conservative	Edward Barr	531	32.8
	Conservative	Shingara Dhillon	460	28.4
	Labour	Maureen Waugh	246	15.2
Majority			260	16.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wigston St Wolstan's

Wigston St Wolstan's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Broadley	1,266	80.0
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Broadley	1,265	79.9
	Liberal Democrats	Clare Kozlowski	1,199	75.7
	Conservative	Mukesh Dave	359	22.7
Majority			840	53.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing