Leicester City Council elections

Leicester City Council elections are held every four years. Leicester City Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Leicester in Leicestershire, England. Until 1 April 1997 it was a non-metropolitan district. Since 2011 it has also had a directly elected mayor. Since the last boundary changes in 2015, 54 councillors have been elected from 21 wards.^[1]

Summary of results

Political group		Councillors
Political group		1996	1999	2003	2007	2011	2015	2019	2023	Current
	Labour	41	30	20	38	52	52	53	31	31
	Liberal Democrat	8	16	25	6	1	1	1	3	3
	Conservative	7	10	9	8	1	1	0	17	17
	Green	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	3
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total		56	56	54	54	54	54	54	54	54

Council elections

1973 Leicester City Council election
1976 Leicester City Council election
1979 Leicester City Council election
1983 Leicester City Council election (New ward boundaries)^[2]
1984 Leicester City Council election
1986 Leicester City Council election
1987 Leicester City Council election
1991 Leicester City Council election (City boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[3]
1995 Leicester City Council election
1996 Leicester City Council election
1998 Leicester City Council election
1999 Leicester City Council election
2003 Leicester City Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 2)^[4]^[5]^[6]
2007 Leicester City Council election
2011 Leicester City Council election
2015 Leicester City Council election (New ward boundaries)^[1]
2019 Leicester City Council election
2023 Leicester City Council election

Mayoral elections

Results maps

2011 results map
2015 results map
2019 results map
2023 results map

By-election results

1995–1999

Abbey By-Election 10 October 1996
Party		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

Mowmacre By-Election 7 May 1998
Party		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

Rushey Mead By-Election 7 May 1998
Party		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

Westcotes By-Election 7 May 1998
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	839	46.7	−14.8
	Liberal Democrats	376	20.9	+8.6
	Conservative	374	20.8	+2.3
	Green	125	7.0	−0.7
	Socialist Labour	81	4.5	+4.5
Majority		463	25.8
Turnout		1,795
	Labour hold	Swing

1999–2003

Aylestone By-Election 15 February 2001
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	Anthony Walker	51	2.3	−2.6
Majority			272	12.3
Turnout			2,214	28.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Thurncourt By-Election 21 June 2001
Party		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

Eyres Monsell By-Election 2 May 2002^[7]
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	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

Westcotes By-Election 11 December 2003^[8]
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

Aylestone By-Election 23 September 2004^[9]
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	R Ball	171	8.4	+0.6
Majority			444	21.7
Turnout			2,046	25.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Knighton By-Election 4 November 2004^[10]
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	M Follet	247	6.9	−1.8
Majority			557	15.5
Turnout			3,587	28.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Belgrave By-Election 17 February 2005^[11]
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	G Force	151	5.5	+1.7
Majority			1,350	48.8
Turnout			2,768	36.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Beaumont Leys By-Election 14 July 2005^[12]
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

Belgrave By-Election 14 July 2005^[12]
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		122	4.6	−0.9
Majority			1,242	46.9	+10.2
Turnout			2,647	34.3	−2.4
	Labour hold		Swing

2007–2011

Castle By-Election 10 September 2009^[13]^[14]
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

Eyres Monsell By-Election 6 May 2010^[15]
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

Abbey By Election 9th May 2013^[16]
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

Castle By-election 8 June 2017^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Danny Myers	4,272	64.6	+27.3
	Conservative	Ali Douas	1,015	15.4	−2.1
	Green	Oli Young-Jones	946	14.3	−13.5
	Liberal Democrats	Lewis Hastie	379	5.7	−3.0
Majority			3,257	49.3
Turnout			6,612
	Labour hold		Swing

Eyres Monsell By-election 23 November 2017 ^[18]
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

Belgrave By-election 6 December 2018^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Padmini Chamund	5,477	86.6	+17.0
	Conservative	Khandubhai Patel	412	6.5	−11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Hash Chandarana	238	3.8	+3.8
	Green	Ursula Bilson	199	3.1	−2.6
Majority			5,065	80.1
Turnout			6,326
	Labour hold		Swing

2019–2023

North Evington By-election 6 May 2021
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

Humberstone and Hamilton By-election 22 July 2021
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%

Evington By-election 3 February 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shahid Ullah Khan	1,557	38.8	−20.8
	Conservative	Jenny Joannuo	1382	34.4	+11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Zuffar Haq	830	20.7	+12.2
	Green	Ursula Bilson	200	5.0	−7.6
	For Britain	David George	45	1.1	+1.1
Majority			175	4.4	−22.4
Turnout			4014	30.7	−5.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-16.4

North Evington By-election 13 October 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sanjay Modhwadia	3,441	49.6%	32.7%
	Green	Aasiya Bora	1,790	25.8%	20.0%
	Labour	Rajul Tejura	1,563	22.5%	49.8%
	Liberal Democrats	Jitesh Dave	100	1.4%	3.5%
	TUSC	Tessa Warrington	45	0.6%	0.6%
Majority			1,651	23.8%
Turnout			6,934
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	41.3%

References

^ ^a ^b "The Leicester (Electoral Changes) Order 2014", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2014/3339, retrieved 17 August 2022
^ legislation.gov.uk – The City of Leicester (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk – The Leicestershire (District Boundaries) Order 1987. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk – The City of Leicester (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
^ "Local elections". BBC News. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
^ "Councillors, Democracy and Elections". Leicester City Council. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
^ "Eyres Monsell Ward May 2002". Leicester City Council. Archived from the original on 27 August 2002. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
^ "Westcotes Ward 11th December 2003". Leicester City Council. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
^ "Aylestone Ward 23rd September 2004". Leicester City Council. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
^ "Knighton Ward 4th November 2004". Leicester City Council. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
^ "Belgrave Ward 17th February 2005". Leicester City Council. Archived from the original on 16 January 2006. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Strong swing to Labour in local byelections". The Guardian. 15 July 2005. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
^ "Victory for Labour at Leicester by-election". this is leicestershire.co.uk. 11 September 2009. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2009.
^ "Local issues will decide poll result, say hopefuls". this is leicestershire.co.uk. 18 August 2009. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2009.
^ "Eyres Monsell By-Election". Leicester City Council. Archived from the original on 13 June 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
^ "Leicester City Council – Elections". Archived from the original on 11 May 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project – Castle Ward". andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
^ "Eyres Monsell ward by-election". Archived from the original on 11 March 2018.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project – Belgrave Ward". andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 26 August 2022.

External links

[2014order-1] "The Leicester (Electoral Changes) Order 2014", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2014/3339, retrieved 17 August 2022

[2] slation.gov.uk – The City of Leicester (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.

[3] slation.gov.uk – The Leicestershire (District Boundaries) Order 1987. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.

[4] slation.gov.uk – The City of Leicester (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.

[change-5] "Local elections". BBC News. Retrieved 7 September 2009.

[councillors-6] "Councillors, Democracy and Elections". Leicester City Council. Retrieved 7 September 2009.

[eyres-7] "Eyres Monsell Ward May 2002". Leicester City Council. Archived from the original on 27 August 2002. Retrieved 7 September 2009.

[westcotes-8] "Westcotes Ward 11th December 2003". Leicester City Council. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2009.

[aylestone-9] "Aylestone Ward 23rd September 2004". Leicester City Council. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2009.

[knighton-10] "Knighton Ward 4th November 2004". Leicester City Council. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2009.

[belgrave-11] "Belgrave Ward 17th February 2005". Leicester City Council. Archived from the original on 16 January 2006. Retrieved 7 September 2009.

[strong-12] "Strong swing to Labour in local byelections". The Guardian. 15 July 2005. Retrieved 7 September 2009.

[victory-13] "Victory for Labour at Leicester by-election". this is leicestershire.co.uk. 11 September 2009. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2009.

[hopefuls-14] "Local issues will decide poll result, say hopefuls". this is leicestershire.co.uk. 18 August 2009. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2009.

[monsell-15] "Eyres Monsell By-Election". Leicester City Council. Archived from the original on 13 June 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2010.

[16] "Leicester City Council – Elections". Archived from the original on 11 May 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2013.

[17] "Local Elections Archive Project – Castle Ward". andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 26 August 2022.

[18] "Eyres Monsell ward by-election". Archived from the original on 11 March 2018.

[19] "Local Elections Archive Project – Belgrave Ward". andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 26 August 2022.

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