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The 2011 Leicester City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 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]
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]
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| 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 | 4.4 | 3,967 | ||
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 1,557 | ||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 1,530 | ||
| TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 1,102 | ||
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 888 | ||
| English Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 442 | ||
| Unity for Peace and Socialism | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 434 | ||
| English People's Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 354 | ||
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