2011 Leicester City Council election

2011 Leicester City Council election

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All 54 seats to Leicester City Council 27 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Labour Conservative Seats won 52 1 Seat change +14 -7   Third party   Party Liberal Democrats Seats won 1 Seat change -5
Winner of each seat at the 2011 Leicester City Council election
Council control before election Labour Council control Labour

The 2011 Leicester City Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Leicester City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections and the first election for the directly elected Mayor of Leicester. ^{[1] [2]}

Election result

The 54 councillors are elected from 27 wards, each electing either 2 or 3 councillors. The results of the election were that 52 Labour councillors were elected, with 1 Conservative and 1 Liberal Democrat. Labour gained from the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Greens, the latter of which lost both of their remaining seats. ^[3]

Leicester City Council Local Election Result 2011 ^[4]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	52	14	0	+14	96.0	55.2	49,761
	Conservative	1	0	7	-7	2.0	19.7	17,727
	Liberal Democrats	1	1	6	-5	2.0	13.7	12,352
	Green	0	0	2	-2	0.0	4.4	3,967
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.7	1,557
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.7	1,530
	TUSC	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.2	1,102
	Liberal	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.0	888
	English Democrat	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.5	442
	Unity for Peace and Socialism	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.5	434
	English People's Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.4	354

See also

• Leicester City Council elections

References

1. "BBC News - Election 2011 - England council elections - Leicester". BBC News. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
2. "Final decision for Leicester elected mayor plan". BBC News. 22 December 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
3. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2023). "Leicester City Council Election Results 1996-2011" (PDF). Retrieved 1 August 2023.
4. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2011 - Leicester". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 1 September 2023.