- North West Leicestershire District Council election, 1995
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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 stronghlds 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.
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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 Democrat 0 0 0 ±0 0 4.2 1,499 Independent 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 Democrat 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 Democrat P. Thompson 269 9.7 Conservative Y. Henniker-Heaton 257 9.2 Liberal Democrat 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 Democrat P. Cort 453 14.0 Liberal Democrat 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 Independent 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 See also
References
Preceded by
North West Leicestershire District Council election, 1991North West Leicestershire local elections Succeeded by
North West Leicestershire District Council election, 1999Template:United Kingdom local elections, 1995
Categories:- North West Leicestershire
- Council elections in Leicestershire
- Council elections in the East Midlands
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