Council by-election · North West Leicestershire District: Long Whatton & Diseworth ward · Thursday, 1 October 2026
This is where politics meets your life.
Before anyone asks for your vote: what the official record says about the area around this area, from planning to local statistics, and who represents you now.
Every recorded council election here since 2006, most recent first. Elected candidates in bold. Past results describe the past; each election is a new contest.
2023— Conservative and Unionist Party elected · turnout 44%
Nick Rushton
Conservative and Unionist Party
563
Bob Haskins
Labour Party
305
Nicole Windram
Liberal Democrats
69
2019— Conservative and Unionist Party elected · turnout 39%
Nick Rushton
Conservative and Unionist Party
482
Anna Champneys
Labour Party
359
2015— Conservative and Unionist Party elected · turnout 80%
Nicholas Rushton
Conservative and Unionist Party
1,173
Christopher Smith
Labour Party
438
Source: DCLEAPIL v1.0 British local election results 2006–2024, by Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's Local Elections Archive Project and Democracy Club (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0). Where a ward's boundaries changed, earlier results were for a somewhat different area.
Your area · North West Leicestershire District: Long Whatton & Diseworth ward, 1 October 2026 · What’s It To Me?
Life in North West Leicestershire District: Long Whatton & Diseworth ward: the official facts
Official open data about the area. It describes the place, not you, and it favours no candidate.
People claiming unemployment-related benefits
20 people in Long Whatton & Diseworth ward, 1.2% of residents aged 16–64, against 4.1% across England (September 2026).
Claimant count, Office for National Statistics via Nomis (Open Government Licence). It counts people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance or Universal Credit while required to seek work; it is not the same as the unemployment rate.
House prices in North West Leicestershire
Average price £282,397, up 1.7% on a year earlier (August 2026).
Flats and maisonettes: £137,061
Detached houses: £388,218
Source: HM Land Registry UK House Price Index for the local authority (Open Government Licence). A local-authority average; prices within it vary widely.
Recorded crime nearby, September 2026
0 street-level crimes recorded within about a mile of the area's centre.
Source: data.police.uk (Open Government Licence). Centroid of the ONS 2024 boundary. Statistics near this point describe the area, not any household. Recorded crime reflects reporting and policing as well as offending; see the ONS guidance in further reading.
Who represents you now
Councillors for Long Whatton & Diseworth, as recorded after the May 2026 elections:
Nicholas Rushton, Conservative and Unionist
This by-election fills a seat that has fallen vacant since then, so one of those listed may no longer hold it.
Across the whole of North West Leicestershire council (38 seats in 2026): Conservative 12, Labour 17, Liberal Democrat 5, Reform UK 1, Other 3. Run by: a coalition or arrangement of Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and independents.
Councillors and council make-up from Open Council Data (public domain). The council's own website lists current councillors and how to contact them.
