War Memorial · Photo: Peter Broster · CC BY-SA 4.0The Liberal Democrats hold a majority on Oadby and Wigston Borough Council
Oadby is run by Oadby and Wigston Borough Council and Leicestershire County Council. The Liberal Democrats have a majority on Oadby and Wigston Borough Council. No party holds a majority on Leicestershire County Council. Its MP is Neil O'Brien (Conservative), member for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston.
£2,407
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Oadby’s politics has changed since 2021
A majority on Oadby and Wigston Borough Council
The Liberal Democrats hold a majority on Oadby and Wigston Borough Council: 19 of its 26 seats as elected. The Conservatives hold 7. Who’s in charge ↓
Leicestershire changed hands in 2025
Leicestershire County Council, which runs schools, social care and roads, went from a Conservative majority (41 of 55 seats in 2021) to no overall control at the May 2025 election: Reform UK won 24 of 55 seats. Leicestershire ↓
Council tax
A Band D bill in Oadby is £2,407 for 2026–27; Oadby and Wigston Borough Council keeps 11% of it. The council area’s Band D has risen 52% in ten years, against England’s 56%. Council money ↓
Written from the data on this page: Democracy Club results since May 2021, the UK Parliament Members API and MHCLG council tax.
Who holds the seats on Oadby’s councils
Seats by party as elected. A party needs 14 of Oadby and Wigston’s 26 or 28 of Leicestershire’s 55 seats to run the council alone.
- Liberal Democrat19
- Conservative7
Latest election: May 2023.
- Reform UK24+24
- Conservative15−26
- Liberal Democrat11+1
- Labour3−1
- Green1+1
- Independent1+1
Change against the council before the 1 May 2025 election.
Seats are counted from election results: each ward’s most recent winners until its seats are filled. Councillors who have since changed party or resigned aren’t reflected, and which parties lead the council, and who is leader, comes from the council itself.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), elections since May 2021; seats per ward from its EveryElection.
Two tiers of council, no parish tier
Oadby has two tiers of council: the county runs the big services, the district the local ones.
Bins and recycling, planning, housing, environmental health, leisure, and collecting council tax.
Website ↗Schools, social care, roads and transport, libraries and waste disposal.
Website ↗Who to ask
From GOV.UK’s “Understand how your council works”: in two-tier areas the district or borough runs local services and the county the big ones.
All of Oadby is unparished: there is no parish or town council, so the council runs local matters itself and no parish precept is added to the bill.
Councils from ONS lookups (wards and councils May 2026, parishes 2025), names and websites from GOV.UK’s local council finder; parish councils from MHCLG’s 2026–27 list of precepting parishes.
From the council to Westminster
Every elected tier that speaks for Oadby, from the most recent elections.
- 1Oadby and Wigston Borough Council5 wards · 11 councillorsLiberal Democrat 7 · Conservative 4 · all 11
- 2Leicestershire County Council1 division · 2 councillorsMoin DurraniDean Adam Gamble
- 3Police and crime commissionerLeicestershire Police · elected May 2024Rupert Matthews
- 4House of CommonsHarborough, Oadby and Wigston
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. Tap an MP’s name for their contact page on parliament.uk.
11 councillors for 5 wards
Wards with at least 2% of the town’s residents, or half their own inside it. Each shows who won its most recent elections, newest first, until its seats are filled.
- Naveed AlamConservative · May 2023
- Kamal GhattorayaConservative · May 2023
- Priti JoshiConservative · May 2023
- Dean Adam GambleLiberal Democrat · May 2023
- Santokh Singh AthwalLiberal Democrat · May 2023
- Ian Keith RidleyLiberal Democrat · May 2023
- Jasvir Kaur ChohanLiberal Democrat · May 2023
- Samia Zuffar HaqLiberal Democrat · May 2023
- Rupa JoshiConservative · May 2023
- Jeffrey KaufmanLiberal Democrat · May 2023
- Mohammed Latif DarrLiberal Democrat · May 2023
Show as a table, with Leicestershire County Council’s 1 division (2 councillors)
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oadby Grangeall in Oadby · 6,053 residents3 seats · May 2023 | 3 | Naveed AlamKamal GhattorayaPriti Joshi | May 2023 |
| Oadby Woodlandsall in Oadby · 4,633 residents2 seats · May 2023 | 2 | Dean Adam GambleSantokh Singh Athwal | May 2023 |
| Oadby St Peter'sall in Oadby · 4,558 residents2 seats · May 2023 | 2 | Ian Keith RidleyJasvir Kaur Chohan | May 2023 |
| Oadby Uplandsall in Oadby · 4,523 residents2 seats · May 2023 | 2 | Samia Zuffar HaqRupa Joshi | May 2023 |
| Oadby Brocks Hillall in Oadby · 4,272 residents2 seats · May 2023 | 2 | Jeffrey KaufmanMohammed Latif Darr | May 2023 |
Leicestershire County Council: county divisions
| Division | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oadby EDall in Oadby · 24,039 residents2 seats · May 2025 | 2 | Moin DurraniDean Adam Gamble | May 2025 |
Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. Oadby and Wigston Borough Council’s website lists who sits now.
Results from Democracy Club’s candidates database (CC BY 4.0; elections since May 2021) and ward seats from its EveryElection, matched to ONS wards (May 2026) and county divisions (May 2025).
Oadby and Wigston council election, May 2023
Results in the wards that make up Oadby, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.
5 wards voted. Every seat in the town’s wards was up.
No election is scheduled yet for Oadby’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗4,223 votes for candidates · 3 seats, so 3 votes each
2,475 votes for candidates · 2 seats, so 2 votes each
2,435 votes for candidates · 2 seats, so 2 votes each
Every ward’s result (2 more)
3,104 votes for candidates · 2 seats, so 2 votes each
1,030 votes for candidates · 2 seats, so 2 votes each
Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.
Oadby is in Harborough, Oadby and Wigston constituency
The constituency’s MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result (it reaches beyond Oadby).
50,386 votes for candidates · majority 2,378
Conservative, MP since 8 June 2017.
turnout in July 2024: 50,386 votes from 77,075 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 2,378 of 50,386 votes (4.7%): the 91st-narrowest of 543 in England.
MPs and results: UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0); constituencies from ONS (2024 boundaries). Percentages are of valid votes; turnout is votes cast over the electorate.
Oadby’s Band D council tax is £2,407 a year
Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.
Oadby and Wigston Borough Council keeps £268.18 of a Band D bill (11%); the rest goes to Leicestershire County Council, the Leicestershire police and crime commissioner and the Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Authority.
Band D since 1993
Oadby and Wigston’s Band D bill has risen 52% in ten years, from £1,579.23 in 2016–17, against England’s average (56%). It was £534.38 in 1993–94.
Your bill by band
A Band D home in the unparished part of Oadby and Wigston, 2026–27, before discounts. The Valuation Office Agency’s band search gives any home’s band.
Leicestershire’s councils
Average Band D in each council area, 2026–27, parish precepts included. Bars start at £2,200.
Council budgets per resident, 2026–27
Show as a table, with Leicestershire
| Oadby and Wigston + Leicestershire | Oadby’s councils | Leicestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult social care | £389 | £462 | £487 |
| Children’s social care | £239 | £262 | £290 |
| Roads and transport | £66 | £64 | £41 |
| Housing (not council homes’ rents) | £15 | £42 | £61 |
| Bins, street cleaning, environment | £92 | £110 | £119 |
| Libraries, leisure, culture | £10 | £35 | £44 |
| Planning and development | £27 | £22 | £26 |
| Public health | £46 | £66 | £78 |
| Running the council | £103 | £58 | £59 |
| Other | £48 | £41 | £19 |
| Total, schools apart | £1,034 | £1,161 | £1,234 |
Net budgeted service spending, MHCLG Revenue Account budget 2026–27, per resident (ONS mid-2025 estimates). Both tiers added: Oadby and Wigston per its residents plus Leicestershire per the county’s. Schools are left out: academies are paid for directly by government, so council school budgets depend on how many schools have converted. Leicestershire and England: all their councils together. Police, fire and transport authorities aren’t included.
Band D: MHCLG Band D council tax 2026–27 (each authority’s own figure, excluding parish precepts) and Council Tax statistics for town and parish councils 2026–27; since 1993–94, MHCLG’s area averages including parishes.
Having a say in how Oadby is run
It takes about five minutes online; the deadline is 12 working days before a poll.
gov.uk ↗Type a postcode to write to each of its councillors and its MP.
WriteToThem ↗GOV.UK sends the report to the council that looks after the road.
gov.uk ↗Council and committee meetings are open to the public, with agendas and minutes online.
oadby-wigston.gov.uk ↗Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.
oadby-wigston.gov.uk ↗The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.
Electoral Commission ↗Questions about how Oadby is run
Which council runs Oadby?
The county council runs schools, social care and roads; the district runs bins, planning and housing.
Does Oadby have a town council?
No. Oadby is unparished, so there is no town or parish council and no parish precept.
Who is the MP for Oadby?
Neil O'Brien (Conservative) is the MP for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston, which covers Oadby.
How many councillors does Oadby have?
11 ward councillors represent Oadby’s 5 wards, and 2 county councillors its county divisions.
When are the next elections in Oadby?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Oadby’s wards. The next UK general election must be held by August 2029.
How much is council tax in Oadby?
Band D council tax in Oadby is £2,407 for 2026–27. Your bill depends on your home’s band, from A (6/9 of Band D) to H (18/9).
Who controls Oadby and Wigston Borough Council?
The Liberal Democrats have a majority: 19 of 26 seats as elected. The council’s website lists who leads it now.
Who controls Leicestershire County Council?
No party has a majority. As elected, Reform UK 24 · Conservative 15 · Liberal Democrat 11 · Labour 3 · Green 1 · Independent 1 of 55 seats; a majority needs 28.
Who won the 2023 council election in Oadby?
In Oadby’s wards on 4 May 2023, Liberal Democrat 7 · Conservative 4 of the 11 seats up. The Liberal Democrats had the largest share of votes, 45.4%.
Sources: ONS ward, county division, parish, constituency lookups (Census 2021 output areas; Open Government Licence v3.0) · GOV.UK local council finder · Democracy Club candidates (CC BY 4.0) and EveryElection · UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0) · MHCLG Band D council tax, parish precepts and Revenue Account budgets 2026–27 (OGL v3.0) · ONS mid-2025 population estimates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
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