2019 Leicester City Council election

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2019 Leicester City Council election
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  2015 2 May 2019 2023  

All 54 seats to Leicester City Council
27 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Peter Soulsby.JPG Nigel Porter.jpg
Con
Leader Sir Peter Soulsby Nigel Porter Ross Grant
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Leader's seatDid not stand [n 1] Aylestone [n 2] Knighton (defeated) [n 3]
Seats won5310
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Steady2.svgDecrease2.svg1
Popular vote126,56910,68237,495
Percentage64.7%5.5%19.2%
SwingIncrease2.svg9.7%Decrease2.svg1.0%Increase2.svg1.6%

Leicester UK ward map 2019.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2019 Leicester City Council election

Council control before election

Labour

Council control

Labour

The 2019 Leicester City Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all fifty-four members of the Leicester City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections, and the election for the directly elected Mayor of Leicester.

Contents

Summary

Election result

2019 Leicester City Council election
PartyCandidatesSeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 545310Increase2.svg 198.164.7126,569+9.7
  Liberal Democrats 28100Steady2.svg1.95.510,682–1.0
  Conservative 54001Decrease2.svg 10.019.237,495+1.6
  Green 27000Steady2.svg0.06.212,129–0.9
  UKIP 22000Steady2.svg0.03.46,579–8.6
  Socialist Alternative 10000Steady2.svg0.00.61,237+0.4
  Independent 5000Steady2.svg0.00.5902–1.2

Ward Results

Abbey (3)

Abbey [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Annette Dawn Byrne 2,124 53.8
Labour Vijay Singh Riyait 1,784
Labour Manjit Kaur Saini 1,767
Conservative David John Haslett [n 4] 59915.2
Conservative Lakhwinder Singh521
Green Melanie Elizabeth Gould12.6
Conservative Anjoom Iftikhar Maniar457
UKIP Paul Gerald Edwards45111.4
UKIP Susan Shelley428
UKIP Pete Stone379
Green Michael Jeffrey Sackin337
Liberal Democrats Paul Edwin Smith2817.1
Majority1,16830.8+8.8
Turnout 3,79327.62
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Aylestone (2)

Aylestone [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Nigel Porter 972 32.8
Labour Adam Clarke 923 31.2
Liberal Democrats Scott Kennedy-Lount667
Labour Su Strange545
Conservative Mukesh Basra49516.7
Conservative Barry Elliot486
Green Alexandra Goodwin2819.5
UKIP Rambhaben Dave1967.2
UKIP Joanne Hassell183
Green Andrew Reeves183
Socialist Alternative Stephen Score772.6
Majority2569.1
Turnout 2,80632.29
Liberal Democrats hold
Labour hold

Beaumont Leys (3)

Beaumont Leys [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Westley 1,579 48.3
Labour Vi Dempster 1,563
Labour Hemant Bhatia 1,563
Conservative Suzanne Burnside66320.3
Conservative Sameer Dilipkumar Thanki558
Conservative Praful Ladwa554
Green Rob Reeves38910.4
Green Stephen Massey340
UKIP Carol Young33510.2
UKIP Tracey Greeves309
UKIP Shane Durrant303
Liberal Democrats Gary Hunt2537.7
Socialist Alternative Alex Morgan1023.1
Majority90027.4
Turnout 3,28025.79
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Belgrave (3)

Belgrave [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Padmini Chamund 5,872 71.7
Labour Nita Solanki 5,383
Labour Mahendra Mohanbhai Valand 4,707
Conservative Ramesh Pamsi Bhulabhai1,20514.7
Conservative Devi Prakashveer Singh951
Conservative Jagtar Singh842
Green Mags Lewis4976.1
Independent Sanjay Prem Gogia3244.0
Liberal Democrats Asit Sodha2933.6
Independent Khandubhai Vanmalibhai Patel211
Majority3,50243.8
Turnout 7,99555.95
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields (3)

Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elaine Halford 1,622 43.3
Labour Susan Barton 1,602
Labour Kulwinder Singh Johal 1,553
Green Christopher Williams60416.1
UKIP Victoria Young52514.0
UKIP Stuart Mobbs455
UKIP Anthony Wright454
Conservative Aileen Marlow45012.0
Conservative Anil Verma432
Conservative Somayya Sheth377
Liberal Democrats Ian Bradwell3739.9
Socialist Alternative Tessa Warrington4.7
Majority1,01930.1
Turnout 3,38723.68
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Castle (3)

Castle [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Danny Myers 1,678 42.6
Labour Patrick Joseph Kitterick 1,575
Labour Deborah Anne Sangster 1,392
Green Jill Fisher1,28532.6
Liberal Democrats Hannah Louise Grafton Waters58314.8
Conservative Sebastian William Riley39210.0
Conservative Rowan William Salmon325
Conservative Tom Guyton-Day314
Majority1073.6
Turnout 2,94430.92
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Evington (3)

Evington [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Deepak Bajaj 2,590 54.2
Labour Sue Hunter 2,409
Labour Ratilal Bhagwan Govind 2,254
Conservative Richard Coombes1,02921.5
Conservative Charulata Natver Chauhan959
Conservative Suraya Ahmed Yasin819
Green Ursula Bilson57912.1
Liberal Democrats Thomas Neville Hunnings3908.2
Socialist Alternative Satinder Singh Toor1914.0
Socialist Alternative Caroline Vincent146
Majority1,22526.8
Turnout 4,57835.99
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Eyres Monsell (2)

Eyres Monsell [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elaine Pantling 741 47.5
Labour Karen Pickering 641
UKIP Andrew Greaves32821.0
UKIP Dennis Wright294
Conservative Oliver Down20913.4
Conservative Tony Yates192
Green Sarah Read1449.2
Liberal Democrats Benedict Rogers1378.8
Liberal Democrats Zelda Rubinstein116
Green Zina Zelter92
Majority31318.6
Turnout 168220.47
Labour hold
Labour hold

Fosse (2)

Fosse [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ted Cassidy 1,096 42.0
Labour Sue Waddington 1,067
Green Geoff Forse45517.4
Conservative Dave King38914.9
Liberal Democrats Chris Brain2469.4
UKIP Charlie Wright2399.2
Conservative Ibrahim Gocke224
UKIP Mandy Wright215
Independent Paul Newcombe1847.1
Majority61225.1
Turnout 2,44225.89
Labour hold
Labour hold

Humberstone & Hamilton (3)

Humberstone & Hamilton [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gurinder Singh Sandhu 2,095 48.8
Labour Ruma Ali 1,905
Labour John Thomas 1,895
Conservative Reece Romi Sanjiv Ladwa1,12826.3
Conservative Utkarsh Maheshbhai Thakkar958
Conservative Leela Manoj Keshavji903
Green Pam Bellinger65015.1
Liberal Democrats Philip Smith4219.8
Majority76718.6
Turnout 4,13129.3
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Knighton (3)

Knighton [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lynn Valerie Moore 2,350 37.7
Labour Melissa Claire March 2,340
Labour Geoff Whittle 1,994
Conservative Ross Grant1,74027.9
Conservative Andy Bayford1,443
Conservative Abdul Giash1,251
Green Dave Dixey1,09117.5
Liberal Democrats Chris Willmott89314.3
Liberal Democrats Lewis Hastie709
Liberal Democrats Nathan Gubbins616
Socialist Alternative Anna-Sofia Wiking1602.6
Majority2544.8
Turnout 5,34042.34
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

North Evington (3)

North Evington [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Luis Fonseca 5,076 72.4
Labour Rashmikant Joshi 5,201
Labour Jean Khote 4,797
Conservative Sheraz Ali Durrani1,21316.9
Conservative Pamsi Rally1,106
Conservative Khemraj Gohel1,092
Green Hannah Wakley4185.8
Liberal Democrats Christopher Garner3534.9
Majority3,58447.1
Turnout 7,60450.81
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Rushey Mead (3)

Rushey Mead [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rita Patel 4,118 65.5
Labour Piara Singh Clair 3,786
Labour Ross Willmott 3,320
Conservative Geeta Mahesh Karavadra1,16618.5
Conservative Sudhir Odedra998
Conservative Heten Tejura883
Liberal Democrats Hash Chandarana5568.8
Liberal Democrats Nitesh Pravin Dave554
Green Anne Louise Scott7.2
Majority2,15433.0
Turnout 6,52748.53
Labour hold

Saffron (2)

Saffron [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elly Cutkelvin 780 49.7
Labour Bill Shelton 641
Green Neil James McDermott32820.9
Liberal Democrats Ruan Hughes18411.7
Conservative Abdikayf Bashir Farah16410.4
Conservative Ali Douas151
Liberal Democrats Michael Thomas Smith1277.3
Socialist Alternative Pete Bisson1141.8
Majority31320.5
Turnout 1,52419.88
Labour hold
Labour hold

Spinney Hills (2)

Spinney Hills [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mustafa Malik 2,932 68.1
Labour Misbah Batool 2,847
Conservative Inayat Patel94421.9
Conservative Mehboob Akuji934
Green Bob Ball2155.0
Liberal Democrats Brenner Munden1383.2
Socialist Alternative Drew Walton791.8
Majority1,90366.1
Turnout 4,43648.14
Labour hold
Labour hold

Stoneygate (3)

Stoneygate [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kirk Master 3,922 68.4
Labour Sharmen Rahman 3,809
Labour Mohammed Aminur Thalukdar 3,527
Conservative Mariyah Shahid76213.3
Conservative Umer Yusuf740
Conservative Drew Charles679
Green Chris Hughes5629.8
Green Mary Louise Savigar481
Liberal Democrats Alan Fox3496.1
Liberal Democrats Roopal Shah269
Socialist Alternative Franklin O'Riordan1422.5
Majority3,16054.0
Turnout 5,85443.96
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Thurncourt (2)

Thurncourt [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Teresa Louise Aldred 1,254 47.2
Labour Stephan Paul Gee 1,077
Conservative Jack Hickey75728.5
Conservative Mikey Johnny Halford721
UKIP Joseph Peter Shelley2047.7
Green Anna Broszkiewicz1806.8
UKIP Wayne Eason161
Liberal Democrats Paul Martin Joseph Taylor1174.4
The New United Kingdom Voters AllianceAmy Morgan953.6
The New United Kingdom Voters AllianceIan Michael Fox88
Socialist Alternative Darren Baxter511.9
Majority49718.8
Turnout 2,64731.99
Labour hold
Labour hold

Troon (2)

Troon [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Di Cank 1,768 57.4
Labour Ashiedu Joel 1,516
Conservative Jayesh Vinod Mistry68522.3
Conservative Dipak Gohil606
Green Naomi Jane Diamond35611.6
Liberal Democrats Radhika Dave2698.7
Majority83125.6
Turnout 3,24532.45
Labour hold
Labour hold

Westcotes (2)

Westcotes [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jacky Nangreave 1,144 49.4
Labour Sarah Russell 1,082
Green Liz Sahu47320.4
Conservative Badron Chowdhury33514.5
Liberal Democrats Ildiko Gyory2299.9
Conservative Ndumiso Nsingo192
UKIP Mahesh Patel1365.9
UKIP Hetalben Premgi103
Majority60927.9
Turnout 2,18225.25
Labour hold
Labour hold

Western (3)

Western [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Orlanzo George Cole 1,646 42.8
Labour Gary O'Donnell 1,542
Labour Lindsay Petya Broadwell 1,494
Conservative Thomas George Broome65917.1
Conservative Rhys Elliott Brown607
Green Christopher Davies60315.7
Green Marie Lefebvre549
Conservative Eric Antoni Major519
UKIP Gregg Young51113.3
UKIP Stuart Young475
Liberal Democrats Chris Sidwell-Smith43011.2
UKIP Jitesh Dave389
Majority83523.3
Turnout 3,58624.96
Labour hold

Wycliffe (2)

Wycliffe [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hanif Aqbany 4,539 86.3
Labour Mohammed Dawood 4,142
Conservative Abdul Rashid Master3727.1
Conservative Abdulrahim Bhagat345
Green Aasiya Gulamohammed Bora1903.6
Liberal Democrats William Peter Tench1573.0
Majority377067.7
Turnout 5,56657.78
Labour hold
Labour hold

By-elections

North Evington, May 2021

North Evington: 6 May 2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Vandevi Pandya 3,306 47.2 -36.4
Conservative Abdul Razak Osman2,56536.6+16.6
Green Aasiya Bora2413.4-3.5
Liberal Democrats Asit Sodha2403.4-2.4
TUSC Kumaran Bose1171.6
Reform UK Raj Solanki891.3
For Britain David John Haslett691
Independent Charnjit Singh Sagoo610.9
Communist Andrea Burford330.5
Majority74110.6-36.5
Turnout 7,00445
Labour hold Swing

Humberstone and Hamilton, July 2021

Humberstone and Hamilton: 22 July 2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Daniel Crewe 1,062 44.7 +18.4
Labour Abdul Jaleel Abdul Ghafoor79033.2-15.6
Liberal Democrats Bicram Athwal26211.0+1.2
Green Pam Bellinger1908.0-7.1
For Britain David Haslett371.6New
Reform UK Raj Solanki371.6New
Majority27211.5N/A
Turnout 2,39616.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing Increase2.svg17.0

Evington, February 2022

Evington By-election 3 February 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shahid Ullah Khan 1,557 38.8 -20.8
Conservative Jenny Joannuo1,38234.4+11.9
Liberal Democrats Zuffar Haq83020.7+12.2
Green Ursula Bilson2005.0-7.6
For Britain David George451.1+1.1
Majority1754.4-22.4
Turnout 4,01430.7-5.3
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg16.4

North Evington, October 2022

North Evington By-election 13 October 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sanjay Modhwadia 3,441 49.6% Increase2.svg 32.7%
Green Aasiya Bora1,79025.8%Increase2.svg 20.0%
Labour Rajul Tejura1,56322.5%Decrease2.svg 49.8%
Liberal Democrats Jitesh Dave1001.4%Decrease2.svg 3.5%
TUSC Tessa Warrington450.6%Decrease2.svg 1%
Majority1,65123.8%
Turnout 6,934Decrease2.svg
Conservative gain from Labour Swing 41.3%

Notes

  1. Peter Soulsby was the incumbent Labour Mayor, running for third term.
  2. Also contested Mayoral Election
  3. Ross Grant was the sole Conservative Councilor in the 2015-19 Leicester City Council, the Mayoral Candidate was Baroness Sandip Verma
  4. David Haslett was expelled from the Conservative Party after close of nominations after racist and homophobic social media posts were discovered.

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