Photo: Tim Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0The Liberal Democrats hold a majority on Oadby and Wigston Borough Council
Wigston 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. Most of Wigston is in Harborough, Oadby and Wigston (MP Neil O'Brien, Conservative); 3% of residents are in Leicester South (MP Shockat Adam, Independent).
£2,410
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Wigston’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 Wigston 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 Wigston’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
Wigston 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.
97% of Wigston’s residents
Website ↗Every main council service: schools, social care, roads, bins, planning, housing and libraries.
3% of Wigston’s residents · Led by an elected mayor: Peter Soulsby (Labour), elected May 2023
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 Wigston 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 Wigston, from the most recent elections.
- 1Council wards6 wards · 18 councillorsLiberal Democrat 12 · Labour 3 · Conservative 3 · all 18
- 2Leicestershire County Council2 divisions · 2 councillorsLinda Margaret BroadleyJohn Mulhearn McDonald
- 3Mayor of LeicesterLeicester City Council · elected May 2023Peter Soulsby
- 4Police and crime commissionerLeicestershire Police · elected May 2024Rupert Matthews
- 5House of CommonsSplit between 2 constituencies
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.
18 councillors for 6 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.
- Rosemarie Helen AdamsLiberal Democrat · May 2023
- Carl Andrew Melvin WalterLiberal Democrat · May 2023
- Richard Edward Rue MorrisLiberal Democrat · May 2023
- Bill BoulterLiberal Democrat · May 2023
- Kevin John LoydallLiberal Democrat · May 2023
- Carl James Richard MartinLiberal Democrat · May 2023
- Linda Margaret BroadleyLiberal Democrat · May 2023
- Frank Stephen BroadleyLiberal Democrat · May 2023
- Clare Denise KozlowskiLiberal Democrat · May 2023
- Liz DarlingConservative · May 2023
- Colin Spencer GoreConservative · May 2023
- John Keith FordConservative · May 2023
- Michael Henry CharlesworthLiberal Democrat · May 2023
- Lee Andrew BentleyLiberal Democrat · May 2023
- Gary Glendon HuntLiberal Democrat · May 2023
- Melissa MarchLabour · May 2023
- Lynn MooreLabour · May 2023
- Geoff WhittleLabour · May 2023
Show as a table, with Leicestershire County Council’s 2 divisions (2 councillors)
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| South WigstonOadby and Wigston · all in Wigston · 8,114 residents3 seats · May 2023 | 3 | Rosemarie Helen AdamsCarl Andrew Melvin WalterRichard Edward Rue Morris | May 2023 |
| Wigston FieldsOadby and Wigston · all in Wigston · 6,863 residents3 seats · May 2023 | 3 | Bill BoulterKevin John LoydallCarl James Richard Martin | May 2023 |
| Wigston St Wolstan'sOadby and Wigston · all in Wigston · 6,562 residents3 seats · May 2023 | 3 | Linda Margaret BroadleyFrank Stephen BroadleyClare Denise Kozlowski | May 2023 |
| Wigston MeadowcourtOadby and Wigston · all in Wigston · 6,303 residents3 seats · May 2023 | 3 | Liz DarlingColin Spencer GoreJohn Keith Ford | May 2023 |
| Wigston All SaintsOadby and Wigston · all in Wigston · 5,875 residents3 seats · May 2023 | 3 | Michael Henry CharlesworthLee Andrew BentleyGary Glendon Hunt | May 2023 |
| KnightonLeicester · 6% in Wigston · 1,011 residents3 seats · May 2023 | 3 | Melissa MarchLynn MooreGeoff Whittle | May 2023 |
Leicestershire County Council: county divisions
| Division | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Wigston EDall in Wigston · 18,740 residents1 seat · May 2025 | 1 | Linda Margaret Broadley | May 2025 |
| South & West Wigston EDall in Wigston · 14,977 residents1 seat · May 2025 | 1 | John Mulhearn McDonald | 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 Wigston, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.
6 wards voted. Every seat in the town’s wards was up.
No election is scheduled yet for Wigston’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗3,691 votes for candidates · 3 seats, so 3 votes each
3,890 votes for candidates · 3 seats, so 3 votes each
4,485 votes for candidates · 3 seats, so 3 votes each
Every ward’s result (3 more)
4,818 votes for candidates · 3 seats, so 3 votes each
4,183 votes for candidates · 3 seats, so 3 votes each
14,068 votes for candidates · 3 seats, so 3 votes each
Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.
Wigston is split between 2 constituencies
The constituencies’ MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result.
Conservative, MP since 8 June 2017
97% of Wigston’s residents live in this constituency.
Turnout 65% (England 60%).
Majority 2,378 of 50,386 votes (4.7%): the 91st-narrowest of 543 in England.
Independent, MP since 4 July 2024
3% of Wigston’s residents live in this constituency.
Turnout 59% (England 60%).
Majority 979 of 41,837 votes (2.3%): the 46th-narrowest of 543 in England.
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.
Leicester South
41,837 votes for candidates · majority 979
Independent, MP since 4 July 2024.
turnout in July 2024: 41,837 votes from 70,867 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 979 of 41,837 votes (2.3%): the 46th-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.
Wigston’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.
Across the whole town the average Band D is £2,410 (parishes differ; weighted by residents).
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 | Wigston’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 Wigston 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 Wigston is run
Which council runs Wigston?
The county council runs schools, social care and roads; the district runs bins, planning and housing.
Does Wigston have a town council?
No. Wigston is unparished, so there is no town or parish council and no parish precept.
Who is the MP for Wigston?
Wigston is split between 2 constituencies: Harborough, Oadby and Wigston (Neil O'Brien, Conservative) and Leicester South (Shockat Adam, Independent). Parliament’s Find your MP service matches a postcode to its MP.
How many councillors does Wigston have?
18 ward councillors represent Wigston’s 6 wards, and 2 county councillors its county divisions.
When are the next elections in Wigston?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Wigston’s wards. The next UK general election must be held by August 2029.
How much is council tax in Wigston?
Band D council tax in Wigston is £2,410 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 Wigston?
In Wigston’s wards on 4 May 2023, Liberal Democrat 12 · Labour 3 · Conservative 3 of the 18 seats up. The Liberal Democrats had the largest share of votes, 41.1%.
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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