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North West Leicestershire 2021

Local elections held 6 May 2021.

8 ward races
8 seats
4 elected below the proportional quota
50.0% 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 8 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 8 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 Party14,88052.3%8100.0%562.5%+3
Labour Party7,63526.8%00.0%225.0%-2
Liberal Democrats2,6989.5%00.0%112.5%-1
Green Party2,1147.4%00.0%00.0%0
Independent5652.0%00.0%00.0%0
Reform UK2510.9%00.0%00.0%0
FA1870.7%00.0%00.0%0
FBM1270.4%00.0%00.0%0
Total28,457100.0%8100.0%8100.0%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

Coalville North · single-seat

Marginal winner 42.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +7.1 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,165

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Smith C.A.Conservative and Unionist Party1,35742.9%Elected
2Eynon T.Labour Party1,06933.8%
3French M.Liberal Democrats48015.2%
4Robinson D.M.Green Party1324.2%
5Partner G.R.FBM1274.0%

Electorate 10,356 · Ballots cast 3,165 · EC ward code E58000843 · Back to ward index

Coalville South · single-seat

Marginal winner 43.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +6.8 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,665

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Merrie K.Conservative and Unionist Party1,58443.2%Elected
2Wyatt M.B.Liberal Democrats1,14431.2%
3Le Grys C.R.Labour Party68818.8%
4Burns M.J.Green Party2025.5%
5Cubitt S.FA471.3%

Electorate 11,015 · Ballots cast 3,665 · EC ward code E58000844 · Back to ward index

Castle Donnington & Kegworth · single-seat

Marginal winner 46.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +3.3 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,294

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Pendleton T.J.Conservative and Unionist Party1,53746.7%Elected
2Hay M.D.Labour Party84925.8%
3Saffell T.Independent56517.2%
4Pratt L.J.Green Party2327.0%
5Lynch M.Liberal Democrats1113.4%

Electorate 9,471 · Ballots cast 3,294 · EC ward code E58000842 · Back to ward index

Ashby De La Zouch · single-seat

Marginal winner 49.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +0.5 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,965

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Coxon J.G.Conservative and Unionist Party1,96449.5%Elected
2Jackson D.L.Labour Party1,19030.0%
3Benfield C.C.Green Party50812.8%
4Wyatt S.Liberal Democrats1684.2%
5O'Callaghan C.L.FA892.2%
6Tilbury A.R.Reform UK461.2%

Electorate 10,277 · Ballots cast 3,965 · EC ward code E58000833 · Back to ward index

Forest & Measham · single-seat

Marginal winner 52.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −2.9 pts Valid ballots 3,065

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Ashman R.Conservative and Unionist Party1,62052.9%Elected
2Sheahan S.D.Labour Party1,11436.3%
3Harrison J.J.Green Party2006.5%
4Lynch Y.Liberal Democrats692.3%
5Gee M.Reform UK622.0%

Electorate 9,815 · Ballots cast 3,065 · EC ward code E58000850 · Back to ward index

Ibstock & Appleby · single-seat

Marginal winner 56.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −6.5 pts Valid ballots 3,410

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Harrison D.Conservative and Unionist Party1,92556.5%Elected
2Griffiths C.Labour Party1,01029.6%
3Wyatt D.Liberal Democrats2738.0%
4Wilson I.P.Green Party2025.9%

Electorate 10,307 · Ballots cast 3,410 · EC ward code E58000855 · Back to ward index

Valley · single-seat

Marginal winner 61.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −11.8 pts Valid ballots 4,278

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Rushton N.Conservative and Unionist Party2,64361.8%Elected
2Parle G.V.Labour Party76517.9%
3Woolley B.Green Party45710.7%
4Tyler P.Liberal Democrats3067.2%
5Bott G.C.Reform UK1072.5%

Electorate 10,104 · Ballots cast 4,278 · EC ward code E58000884 · Back to ward index

Whitwick · single-seat

Marginal winner 62.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −12.2 pts Valid ballots 3,615

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Gillard T.Conservative and Unionist Party2,25062.2%Elected
2Everitt D.Labour Party95026.3%
3Fletcher L.Green Party1815.0%
4Windram J.Liberal Democrats1474.1%
5Cruse S.C.FA511.4%
6Gunn D.A.Reform UK361.0%

Electorate 9,653 · Ballots cast 3,615 · EC ward code E58000885 · Back to ward index