2015 Leicester City Council election

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2015 Leicester City Council election
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  2011 7 May 2015 2019  

All 54 seats to Leicester City Council
28 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Party Labour Conservative
Seats won521
Seat change00

 Third partyFourth party
 
Party Liberal Democrats UKIP
Seats won10
Seat change0

Leicester UK ward map 2015.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2015 Leicester City Council election

Council control before election

Labour

Council control

Labour

The 2015 Leicester City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Leicester City Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections, the 2015 general election and the election for the directly elected Mayor of Leicester.

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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. This is unchanged from the 2011 local election. [2]

Leicester City Council Local Election Result 2015
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 5200096.055.0163,374
  Conservative 10002.017.652,269
  Liberal Democrats 10002.06.519,407
  UKIP 00000.012.035,615
  Green 00000.07.121,039
  Independent 00000.01.75,002
  TUSC 00000.00.2476
  English Democrat 00000.00.050

Ward results

Abbey (3)

Abbey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Annette Dawn Byrne 2,881
Labour Harshad Dahyabhai Bhavsar 2,360
Labour Vijay Singh Riyait 2,189
UKIP Paul Edwards1,369
Conservative Peter John Shandley1,352
Conservative Hiran Patel1,289
UKIP Peter Bryan Stone1,116
UKIP Gregg Young1000
Conservative Khandubhai Patel977
Green Jessie Cooke618
Green Alan John Stocker421
Liberal Democrats Paul Edwin Smith392
Liberal Democrats John Robert Taylor375
TUSC Tessa Alison Warrington183
Independence from Europe Ismail Mohammed Ali Patel78
Majority
Turnout 1660053.0
Labour hold Swing

Aylestone (2)

Aylestone
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Adam Michael Drewitt Clarke 1,516
Liberal Democrats Nigel Carl Porter 1,177
Conservative Paul David Bremner1095
Labour Tara Jane Harris1065
Conservative Christina Margaret Davison998
Liberal Democrats Andrea Michelle Gee907
UKIP Dutch Veldhuizen709
Green Chris Hughes703
UKIP Anthony Yates692
Green Tim Pearce649
Independent Philip Stuart Middleton37
Majority
Turnout 954864.7
Labour hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Beaumont Leys (3)

Beaumont Leys
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Thomas Westley 2,642
Labour Sue Waddington 2,444
Labour Hemant Rae Bhatia 2,355
Conservative Bhavnisha Champaneri1389
UKIP Bernard Garry Fox1159
Conservative Dinesh Pathak1042
Conservative Aarti Solanki989
UKIP Andy Greaves987
UKIP Tracey Ann Greaves931
Liberal Democrats Adrian Charles Barnes808
Green Peter Richard Hague644
LICCSteve Score219
Majority
Turnout 1560951.9
Labour hold Swing

Belgrave (3)

Belgrave
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mansukhlal Dharamshi Chohan 5,705
Labour Manjula Sood 5,593
Labour John William Thomas 4,653
Conservative Assoc Faquir1509
Conservative Sathish Maroju1485
Conservative Manish Naresh Teli1273
Green Dinah Gilian Freer466
UKIP Darren Millward318
UKIP Donna Millward270
UKIP Scott Prendergast263
LICCAlexander Morgan199
Majority
Turnout 2173467.7
Labour hold Swing

Braunstone Park and Rowley Fields (3)

Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Steve Corrall 2,358
Labour Elaine Christina Halford 2,280
Labour Kulwinder Singh Johal 1,836
UKIP Sukiy Singh1628
UKIP Karen June Green1514
UKIP Brian Kirkup1270
Liberal Democrats Ian Carmichael Bradwell992
Green Zina Zelter949
LICCWayne Naylor461
LICCJumi Hollist299
Majority
Turnout 1358747.8
Labour hold Swing

Castle (3)

Castle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patrick Joseph Kitterick 2,388
Labour Lynn Senior 2,116
Labour Deborah Anne Sangster 1,997
Green Mags Lewis1777
Green Hannah Rose Wakley1418
Green Chris Williams1196
Conservative Emily Meriel Elizabeth Davison1117
Conservative Leon Hadji-Nikolaou982
Conservative Jamie Williams851
Liberal Democrats Alan Francis Fox557
Liberal Democrats Thomas Neville March Hunnings381
UKIP Zoey Debra Lucas310
UKIP Tina Marie Johnson304
Liberal Democrats Mohan Raghav280
LICCRobert William Fraser Durdin252
UKIP Mandy Wright232
Majority
Turnout 1615858.1
Labour hold Swing

Evington (3)

Evington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Deepak Bajaj 3,990
Labour Sue Hunter 3,827
Labour Ratilal Bhagwan Govind 3,327
Conservative Pratap Jethwa1874
Conservative Sajan Raja Odedra1737
Conservative Vivek Bhima Khistariya1564
UKIP Colin William Brown690
Green Ursula Elisabeth Bilson660
UKIP Chris Lucas633
UKIP Simon Stone499
Green Neil Ben Foley388
LICCAnthony Robert Blower267
Majority
Turnout 1945663.3
Labour hold Swing

Eyres Monsell (2)

Eyres Monsell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Virginia Cleaver 1,439
Labour Rory Palmer 1,229
UKIP Paul Mark Aldwinckle874
UKIP Daz Lee778
Conservative Aileen Marlow613
Conservative Daniel Neal Quelch376
Liberal Democrats Christopher Everitt Garner253
Green Christopher John Davies203
Liberal Democrats Scott Kennedy-Lount179
Majority
Turnout 594446.2
Labour hold Swing

Fosse (2)

Fosse
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dawn Victoria Alfonso 1,756
Labour Ted Cassidy 1,684
UKIP Nicholas Stefen Pridden886
UKIP Stuart Ian Eric Young869
Green Geoff Forse856
Green Benjamin Livingstone650
LICCBrian Rodney Scott184
Majority
Turnout 49.2
Labour hold Swing

Humberstone and Hamilton (3)

Humberstone & Hamilton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rashmi Joshi 3,035
Labour Gurinder Singh Sandhu 2,759
Labour Vi Dempster 2,620
Conservative Michael Halford1983
Conservative Dhiren Morjaria1813
Conservative Sudhir Odedra1624
UKIP Victoria Jayne Connor1021
UKIP Stephen Michael Ingall921
UKIP Samantha Clare Willbond898
Green David William Dixey676
LICCBarbie Potter368
LICCAndy Coles320
Independent Kerrie Carnall205
Majority
Turnout 59
Labour hold Swing

Knighton (3)

Knighton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lynn Valerie Moore 3,405
Labour Inderjit Singh Gugnani 3,052
Conservative Ross Ian Grant 3,007
Labour Geoff Whittle2616
Conservative Caroline Louise Scuplak2048
Conservative Ty Watson1887
Green Sylvia Ann Reid1273
Liberal Democrats Parmjit Singh Gill 1271
Liberal Democrats Joan Garrity1125
Liberal Democrats Juliet Kechouane Gill1010
UKIP Sean Richardson600
UKIP Jitesh Dave503
UKIP Rahaul Paul Sharma386
LICCKerry Siabhan Brier253
Majority
Turnout 68.5
Labour hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

North Evington (3)

North Evington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Abdul Razak Osman 5,800
Labour Luis Jose Jeronimo Bento Da Fonseca 4,942
Labour Jean Khote 4,834
Conservative Khemraj Gohel1414
Conservative Mamta Natuarlal1301
Conservative Mayur Lakhubhai Sisodia1199
Green Woody Kitson419
UKIP Rambhi Odedra327
LICCThomas Patrick Barker291
UKIP Shilpa Odedra291
UKIP Ravinder Kathleen Ivy Taylor280
Majority
Turnout 64.2
Labour hold Swing

Rushey Mead (3)

Rushey Mead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rita Patel 4,597
Labour Piara Singh Clair 4,584
Labour Ross Willmott 4,390
Conservative Hemubhai Chandarana1797
Conservative Rashmi Vyas1702
Conservative Sarban Singh1389
Liberal Democrats Hash Chandarana586
Green Nimit Jethwa513
UKIP Keith Agius472
UKIP Adam Barker399
UKIP Kyle Perkins353
Liberal Democrats Nitesh Dave327
Liberal Democrats Jaswinder Kaur305
LICCLeila Khamis117
Majority
Turnout 66.4
Labour hold Swing

Saffron (2)

Saffron
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elly Cutkelvin 1,573
Labour Bill Shelton 1,270
UKIP Phil Johnson580
Green Tim Grayson532
Conservative Andy Bayford530
UKIP Leee Parker397
Conservative John Orme307
Liberal Democrats Anthony Faithfull-Wright207
LICCPeter Bisson177
Liberal Democrats Simon Herbert163
Majority
Turnout 47
Labour hold Swing

Spinney Hills (2)

Spinney Hills
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shofiqul Islam Chowdhury 4,277
Labour Ghulam Mustafa Malik 3,727
Liberal Democrats Mahomed Siddik Giga822
Liberal Democrats Yakub Mohmed Umar666
Green Sally Lucinda Singer-Fraser275
UKIP Barbara Joan Moxey209
UKIP Anthony Charles Wright189
LICCAndrew John Walton155
Majority
Turnout 66.5
Labour hold Swing

Stoneygate (3)

Stoneygate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kirk Master 4,871
Labour Mohammed Aminur Thalukdar 4,779
Labour Lucy Chaplin 4,334
Liberal Democrats Afiea Akhtar1272
Conservative John Michael Grant1057
Conservative Rebecca Helen Mary Lee838
Green Bob Ball799
Green Simon Paul Bates680
Liberal Democrats Ranjit Singh Flora545
Green Michael Jeffrey Sackin476
Liberal Democrats Mukesh Lalitchandra Vaidya359
UKIP Trevor Green222
UKIP Joanne Hassell218
LICCLauren Grace Kelb-Lancaster196
UKIP Bejai Jay193
Majority
Turnout 62.7
Labour hold Swing

Thurncourt (2)

Thurncourt
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Teresa Louise Aldred 1,816
Labour Paul Darren Newcombe 1,435
Conservative Jack Robert Hickey1345
Conservative Joseph Anthony Peverill973
UKIP Timmy Tony Jacques744
UKIP Adam James O'beirne645
Green Murray Roy Frankland293
Green Anna Broszkiewicz235
TUSC Sally Skyrme184
English Democrat David John Haslett50
Majority
Turnout 59.4
Labour hold Swing

Troon (2)

Troon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Baljit Singh 2,476
Labour Diane Linda Cank 1,984
Conservative Hemendra Champaklal Modi1128
Conservative Rupa Chatrabhuj Soni824
UKIP Suleman Rahemtulla528
UKIP Rambhaben Dave498
Green Andrew James Reeves362
LICCDarren Baxter239
Majority
Turnout 58.7
Labour hold Swing

Westcotes (2)

Westcotes
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andy Connelly 1,859
Labour Sarah Christine Russell 1,615
Green Ian James Smalley725
Conservative Kirti Doshi685
Green Val Smalley621
Conservative Jitu Gosai522
Liberal Democrats Eduardas Gaulia353
UKIP Carol Young328
UKIP Antony Edmett313
Liberal Democrats Gurjit Singh Gill256
TUSC Damon Peter Gibbons109
LICCSamantha Clare Kirk99
Majority
Turnout 50.3
Labour hold Swing

Western (3)

Western
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Susan Barton 2,909
Labour Orlanzo George Cole 2,513
Labour Malcolm William Unsworth 1,807
UKIP Stewart Keith Wittering1757
UKIP Reginald Sidney Moxey1567
Liberal Democrats Peter Coley1479
UKIP Stephanie Murphy1475
Liberal Democrats Nicola Jane Henfrey1083
Green Mel Gould882
Liberal Democrats Gary Glendon Hunt841
Green Paul William Eccleshare680
LICCCaroline Louisa Vincent323
Majority
Turnout 51.7
Labour hold Swing

Wycliffe (2)

Wycliffe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hanif Aqbany 5,048
Labour Mohammed Dawood 4,817
Conservative Abdikayf Bashir Farah384
LICCMohamed Shiine263
Liberal Democrats Mohamed Ahmed249
Liberal Democrats Mohamed Kassim Mohamed187
Majority
Turnout 69.2
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  2. "Leicester City Council election results 2015". Leicester Mercury. Leicester. 8 May 2015. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2017.