Leicester City Council elections
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Leicester is a unitary authority in Leicestershire, England. Until 1 April 1997 it was a non-metropolitan district. Since 2011 it has also had a directly elected mayor.
Political control[]
City council[]
Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[1][2]
Non-metropolitan district
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
Labour | 1973-1976 | |
Conservative | 1976-1979 | |
Labour | 1979-1997 |
Unitary authority
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
Labour | 1996-2003 | |
No overall control | 2003-2007 | |
Labour | 2007–present |
Political group | Councillors | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1996 | 1999 | 2003 | 2007 | 2011 | 2015 | 2019 | Current | ||
Labour | 41 | 30 | 20 | 38 | 52 | 52 | 53 | 51 | |
Liberal Democrat | 8 | 16 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Conservative | 7 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Total | 56 | 56 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 54 |
Directly elected mayor[]
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
Labour | 2011–present |
Council elections[]
Non-metropolitan district elections[]
- (New ward boundaries)[3]
- (City boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[4]
Unitary authority elections[]
- (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 2)[5][6][7]
- 2015 Leicester City Council election (New ward boundaries)[8]
- 2019 Leicester City Council election
Mayoral elections[]
- Leicester mayoral election, 2011
- Leicester mayoral election, 2015
By-election results[]
1995-1999[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 1,608 | 69.3 | |||
Conservative | 461 | 19.9 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 140 | 6.0 | |||
Socialist Labour | 112 | 4.8 | |||
Majority | 1,147 | 49.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,321 | 37.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 744 | 51.8 | +38.8 | ||
Labour | 318 | 22.2 | -38.2 | ||
Conservative | 282 | 19.7 | -1.2 | ||
Socialist Labour | 91 | 6.3 | +6.3 | ||
Majority | 426 | 29.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,435 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 1,205 | 56.0 | -5.1 | ||
Conservative | 513 | 23.8 | +13.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 334 | 15.5 | +1.5 | ||
Socialist Labour | 101 | 4.7 | +4.7 | ||
Majority | 692 | 32.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,153 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 839 | 46.7 | -14.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 376 | 20.9 | +8.6 | ||
Conservative | 374 | 20.8 | +2.3 | ||
Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales | 125 | 7.0 | -0.7 | ||
Socialist Labour | 81 | 4.5 | +4.5 | ||
Majority | 463 | 25.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,795 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
1999-2003[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jean Middleton | 955 | 43.1 | -5.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alison Bannatyne | 683 | 30.8 | +18.5 | |
Labour | Patrick Kitterick | 525 | 23.7 | -10.8 | |
Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales | Anthony Walker | 51 | 2.3 | -2.6 | |
Majority | 272 | 12.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,214 | 28.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 1,060 | 43.7 | -11.3 | ||
Labour | 640 | 26.4 | -9.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 544 | 22.4 | +13.3 | ||
BNP | 115 | 4.7 | +4.7 | ||
Independent | 67 | 2.8 | +2.8 | ||
Majority | 420 | 17.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,426 | 32.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | M Farmer | 998 | 41.2 | +18.4 | |
Labour | J Blackmore | 905 | 37.3 | -9.3 | |
Conservative | D Keeling | 232 | 9.6 | +0.0 | |
BNP | E Scott | 202 | 8.3 | +8.3 | |
Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales | T O'Connel | 66 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
Socialist Labour | D Roberts | 22 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 93 | 3.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,425 | 39.6 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
2003-2007[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | A Tessier | 742 | 47.4 | +8.4 | |
Labour | N Holden | 543 | 34.7 | -6.4 | |
Conservative | R Taylor | 113 | 7.2 | -5.3 | |
Socialist Labour | V Smalley | 101 | 6.5 | +6.5 | |
BNP | K Yates | 66 | 4.2 | +4.2 | |
Majority | 199 | 12.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,565 | 25.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nigel Porter | 938 | 45.8 | -5.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | R Webber-Jones | 494 | 24.1 | +2.1 | |
Labour | R Craven-Griffiths | 443 | 21.7 | +2.3 | |
Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales | R Ball | 171 | 8.4 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 444 | 21.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,046 | 25.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | R Grant | 1,646 | 45.9 | +14.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | J Bhoot | 1,089 | 30.4 | -14.3 | |
Labour | B Fairbairn | 605 | 16.9 | +1.7 | |
Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales | M Follet | 247 | 6.9 | -1.8 | |
Majority | 557 | 15.5 | |||
Turnout | 3,587 | 28.3 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A Kavia | 1,809 | 65.4 | +16.7 | |
Conservative | S Gajjar | 459 | 16.6 | +6.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | P Jethwa | 349 | 12.6 | -2.7 | |
Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales | G Force | 151 | 5.5 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 1,350 | 48.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,768 | 36.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Violet Dempster | 952 | 54.4 | +5.9 | |
Conservative | Martin Wright | 342 | 19.5 | -7.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Taylor | 295 | 16.8 | -4.5 | |
BNP | John Chapman | 161 | 9.2 | +9.2 | |
Majority | 610 | 34.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,750 | 18.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 1,751 | 66.1 | +0.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Rukmani Patel | 509 | 19.2 | +6.6 | |
Conservative | 265 | 10.0 | -6.6 | ||
Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales | 122 | 4.6 | -0.9 | ||
Majority | 1,242 | 46.9 | +10.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,647 | 34.3 | -2.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
2007-2011[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lynn Senior | 611 | 31.7 | +5.1 | |
Green | Dave Dixey | 519 | 26.9 | -8.6 | |
Conservative | Jacob Wilkinson | 435 | 22.6 | +7.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Joan Garrity | 292 | 15.1 | -3.1 | |
UKIP | Zoey Lucas | 41 | 2.1 | -0.5 | |
Liberal | Gareth Henry | 31 | 1.6 | -0.1 | |
Majority | 92 | 4.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,929 | 12.7 | |||
Labour gain from Green | Swing | +6.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Virginia Cleaver | 1,446 | 35.3 | -2.5 | |
Conservative | Jon Humberstone | 999 | 24.4 | +2.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Scott Kennedy-Lount | 908 | 22.2 | +5.8 | |
BNP | Adrian Waudby | 745 | 18.2 | -3.2 | |
Majority | 447 | 10.9 | |||
Turnout | 4,098 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -2.65 |
2011-2015[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Vijay Singh Riyait | 1,190 | 47.9 | +0.8 | |
Conservative | Dipak Joshi | 562 | 22.6 | +9.0 | |
Independent | Terry McGreal | 352 | 14.1 | n/a | |
Liberal Democrats | John Robert Taylor | 212 | 8.5 | +1.8 | |
TUSC | Tessa Warrington | 165 | 6.6 | n/a | |
Majority | 628 | 25.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,481 | 24.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.5 |
2015-2019[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Elaine Pantling | 556 | 53.15 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Tony Faithfull-Wright | 320 | 30.59 | ||
Conservative | Christopher Michael Doyle | 170 | 15.91 | ||
Majority | 236 | ||||
Turnout | 1046 | 12.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
2019-2023[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Vandevi Pandya | 3,306 | 47.2% | 36.4% | |
Conservative | Abdul Osman | 2565 | 36.6% | 16.6% | |
Green | Aasiya Bora | 241 | 3.4% | 3.5% | |
Liberal Democrats | Asit Sodha | 240 | 3.4% | 2.4% | |
TUSC | Kumaran Bose | 117 | 1.7% | 1.7% | |
Reform UK | Raj Solanki | 89 | 1.3% | 1.3% | |
For Britain | David Haslett | 69 | 1.0% | 1.0% | |
Independent | Charnjit Singh Sagoo | 61 | 0.9% | 0.9% | |
Communist | Andrea Burford | 33 | 0.5% | 0.5% | |
Majority | 741 | 10.6% | |||
Turnout | 7,004 | 45.0% | 5.83 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -26.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Daniel Crewe | 1,062 | 44.7% | 18.5% | |
Labour | Abdul Jalil | 790 | 33.2% | 15.5% | |
Liberal Democrats | Bicram Athwal | 262 | 11.0% | 1.2% | |
Green | Pam Bellinger | 190 | 8.0% | 7.1% | |
Reform UK | Raj Solanki | 37 | 1.6% | 1.6% | |
For Britain | David Haslett | 37 | 1.6% | 1.6% | |
Majority | 272 | 11.5 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 17.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Shahid Ullah Khan | ||||
Conservative | Jenny Joannuo | ||||
Green | Ursula Bilson | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Zuffar Haq | ||||
For Britain | David George | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
References[]
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