Charnwood Conservatives - the next election

10 June 2009 - County Council Elections

The elections for the County Council were on Thursday 4th June 2009. The Conservative manifesto, list of candidates and other information is currently still available at www.conservatives09.com. The results, in summary and detail, may be seen at the Leicestershire County Council website. Conservatives gained five seats and Labout lost nine seats. Conservatives now have a large majority with 36 out of the 55 seats. The results in the nine divisions within the Charnwood constituency were:

DIVISION	ELECTED	CONSERVATIVE	LABOUR	LIBERAL	BNP
Birstall	Wilson (Lib)	1442	464	1489	644
Bradgate	Snartt (Con)	2475		14259	538
Glenfields	Page (Con)	1253	218	1161	505
Groby and Ratby	Fraser (Con)	1832	513	399	601
Kirby Muxloe and LFE	Parsons (Con)	2112	502	488	474
Rothley and Mountsorrel	Osborne (Con)	1878	443	664	650
Syston Fosse	Houseman (Con)	1714	549		779
Syston Ridgeway	Preston (Con)	1688	341	558	621
Thurmaston	Harley (Con)	1322	593	260	529
TOTALS		15726	3623	6278	5341

10 June 2009 - European Elections

The European elections were also held on 4th June. Of the five seats available for the East Midlands region, two were won by Conservatives - Roger Helmer and Emma McClarkin - with 30% of the vote, one by Labour (17%), one by UKIP (16%) and one by the Liberal Democrats (12%). The Conservative candidates' websites are currently still available:

The Association and Party as a whole are on continuous standby for a General Election should one be called.

In the Borough and District Council elections on 3rd May 2007 Conservatives swept back to power in Charnwood. Three more Conservative councillors were elected from the Charnwood consituency area to bring the total to 17. On the Council as a whole Conservatives have a comfortable majority with 32 out of the 52 seats.

Anyone who supports our mission who wants to help at elections is invited to contact us. You can help by offering to deliver leaflets in your area whether it just be the street where you live, your ward or division etc. All help is much needed and gratefully received.