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

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

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

1. North West Leicestershire District Council election, 2003 results Archived 2011-06-28 at the Wayback Machine, Leicester Mercury coverage