2023 Melton Borough Council election

The 2023 Melton Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023, to elect all 28 members of Melton Borough Council in Leicestershire, England.

Summary
Following the results, the Conservatives lost the council to no overall control. A Labour and independent coalition took control of the council, with Labour councillor Pip Allnatt being appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 24 May 2023.

Overall results
The overall results were:

Ward results
The results for each ward were as follows. Sitting councillors standing for re-election are indicated with an asterisk (*).

Bottesford
Donald Pritchett had been elected as an independent in 2019 but joined the Conservatives in September 2021. Seat recorded here as a Conservative gain from independent to allow comparison with 2019 result.

Long Clawson and Stathern
Christopher Evans had been elected as an independent in 2019 but joined the Conservatives in November 2022. Seat recorded here as a Conservative gain from independent to allow comparison with 2019 result. The other seat in Long Clawson is shown as a Conservative hold, although it had been vacant since August 2022 following the death of the previous holder, Mel Steadman.

Melton Dorian
Pat Cumbers had been elected as a Conservative in 2019 but left the party in November 2021 and became an independent. Seat recorded here as independent gain from Conservative to allow comparison with 2019 result.

Melton Newport
Simon Lumley and Margaret Glancy had both been elected as Conservatives in 2019 but left the party in June 2020 and March 2023 respectively to become independents. Seats recorded here as independent gains from Conservative to allow comparison with 2019 result.

Somerby
Leigh Higgins was elected as a Conservative in 2019, was expelled from the party in September 2021, appealed and was readmitted early in 2023, but resigned from the party in April 2023 to become an independent. Seat recorded here as independent gain from Conservative to allow comparison with 2019 result.

Changes 2023–2027
The Asfordby by-election was triggered by the resignation of Green councillor Charlie Pitt Miller.

The Wymondham by-election was triggered by the resignation of Conservative councillor Malise Graham.


 * Christopher Evans, elected as a Conservative, left the party in May 2024 to sit as an independent.