Council election · Thursday, 15 October 2026

Leicestershire County: Shepshed ward

6 candidates. Same page for each, in ballot-paper order.

6candidates for one seat

1sourced positions

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1. Katy Brookes-Duncan
Liberal Democrats DN2. David Neil Kellock
Green Party JL3. Jane Lennie
Labour Party AM4. Alec McKenzie
Restore Britain

5. Sarah Louise Monk
Conservative and Unionist Party SB6. Stuart Brian Wood
Reform UK

At the election of Thursday, 1 May 2025, this seat was won by 805 votes (19.4% of votes cast). Past results describe the past; each election is a new contest.

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Your local councillor

Councillors sit on the council that runs services where you live. They set the council's budget and council tax, and decide local planning applications. Here, for Leicestershire County: Shepshed ward.

What this office decides

Planning. Whether new homes, extensions and developments get permission.
Waste and streets. Bins, recycling, street cleaning, fly-tipping.
Council tax. The level you pay, within limits set nationally.
Social care. In county and unitary councils, care for older and disabled people.
Parks and libraries. Opening, funding, closing.
Council housing. Repairs, allocations and, in many areas, homelessness.

What it does not

NHS policy and waiting times. Parliament and the NHS.
Income tax and benefits. Parliament.
Immigration. Parliament.
Policing policy. The Home Office and your Police and Crime Commissioner or mayor.
Schools' curriculum. Government and, for academies, their trusts.

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1Katy Brookes-Duncan

Liberal Democrats

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In their own words

I am committed to fighting for a fairer funding deal for Leicestershire and in particular Shepshed. I will be an accountable representative for the community in Shepshed and will garner their views in order to inform my work as a County Councillor. My priorities are to ensure the Council support economic recovery, delivering the basics better (including social care) and cutting waste, safer roads and safer, cleaner and greener communities.

Statement to voters supplied by the candidate to Democracy Club, retrieved 2026-09-19. Reproduced unedited.

Stood before

Leicestershire council, Shepshed ward, May 2025 (Liberal Democrats) — not elected
Charnwood council, Shepshed West ward, May 2023 (Liberal Democrats) — not elected
Charnwood council, Shepshed West ward (by-election), September 2021 (Liberal Democrats) — not elected
Leicestershire council, Shepshed ward, May 2021 (Liberal Democrats) — not elected
Charnwood council, Shepshed East ward, May 2019 (Liberal Democrats) — not elected

Previous candidacies from Democracy Club. A record of standing, not a judgement.

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Where this information comes from

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Published positions on the nine topics

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Money and cost of living

What this candidate says

Candidate's own words · Katy Brookes-Duncan (candidate), via Democracy Club · Statement to voters: Katy Brookes-Duncan

Their position

My priorities are to ensure the Council support economic recovery, delivering the basics better (including social care) and cutting waste, safer roads and safer, cleaner and greener communities.

What that means

Says she is committed to a fairer funding deal for Leicestershire and Shepshed, delivering the basics including social care, and cutting waste.

Retrieved 2026-09-19.