Ward boundaries

The electoral wards for Charnwood changed for the May elections in 2023.

The number of wards in Charnwood reduced from 28 wards to 24.

Some of the ward names changed and all ward boundaries changed, apart from the wards of Anstey and then Quorn and Mountsorrel Castle.

The changes followed a review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England which included a consultation.

The number of councillors remains the same at 52 and the new wards will be made up of:

• five single-councillor wards
• ten two-councillor wards
• nine three-councillor wards.

The new wards for Charnwood

The new wards took effect following the local elections on May 4, 2023.

The 24 new wards are listed below. The number of councillors who will represent that ward is in brackets:

1. Anstey (2)
2. Barrow Upon Soar (2)
3. Birstall East & Wanlip (2)
4. Birstall West (2)
5. Dishley, Hathern & Thorpe Acre (3)
6. Forest Bradgate (1)
7. Loughborough Ashby (3)
8. Loughborough East (3)
9. Loughborough Nanpantan (1)
10. Loughborough Outwoods & Shelthorpe (3)
11. Loughborough Southfields (2)
12. Loughborough Storer (2)
13. Loughborough Woodthorpe (1)
14. Mountsorrel (2)
15. Quorn & Mountsorrel Castle (2)
16. Rothley Brook (3)
17. Shepshed East (2)
18. Shepshed West (2)
19. Sileby & Seagrave (3)
20. South Charnwood (1)
21. Syston (3)
22. The Wolds (1)
23. Thurmaston (3)
24. Wreake Valley (3)

You can view a map of the new wards on the Boundary Commission website.