2023 Leicester City Council election

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2023 Leicester City Council election
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All 54 seats to Leicester City Council
27 seats needed for a majority
Turnout37.0%
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Leader Peter Soulsby Sanjay Modhwadia Nigel Porter
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader's seatMayoraltyNorth EvingtonAylestone
Last election56.9%, 53 seats17.5%, 0 seats8.7%, 1 seat
Seats before3651
Seats won31173
Seat changeDecrease2.svg22Increase2.svg17Increase2.svg2
Popular vote89,42576,86721,399
Percentage40.4%34.8%9.7%
SwingDecrease2.svg16.5%Increase2.svg17.3%Increase2.svg1.0%
 Fourth partyFifth party
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LeaderPatrick Kitterick
Party Green Independent
Leader's seatCastle
Last election11.6%, 0 seats0.6%, 0 seats
Seats before111
Seats won30
Seat changeIncrease2.svg3-
Popular vote13,83017,757
Percentage6.3%8.0%
SwingDecrease2.svg5.3%Increase2.svg7.4%
Leicester UK ward map 2023.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Leicester City Council election
Mayor before election

Peter Soulsby
Labour

Mayor after election

Peter Soulsby
Labour

The 2023 Leicester City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 54 members of 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

Labour's Peter Soulsby was re-elected as mayor and the party retained its majority on the council, but with a significant loss of 22 seats compared to its position at the previous election in 2019. The Conservatives gained 17 extra seats against the national trend. [1] The Green Party and Liberal Democrats also made gains, with each being represented by three seats. [2]

Background

2019 elections

Labour retained control of Leicester City Council in the 2019 local elections, winning fifty-three councillors on an increased share of the vote. [3] The Liberal Democrats were runners-up, becoming the only opposition party on the council after the wipe-out of the Conservatives. A month later, Labour came top of the polls in the European Parliament election in the city – Leicester having the second-highest Labour vote share in the country, behind only the London Borough of Newham. The Brexit Party narrowly pipped the Liberal Democrats into second place.

In the 2019 general election, Labour consolidated its support in the city by winning all three constituencies with healthy majorities, [4] despite a disappointing general election campaign elsewhere. However, the candidate selection of Claudia Webbe in Leicester East, from a shortlist of one, caused controversy amongst local Labour Party members who were angry at being denied an option of a candidate from the South Asian community, at Webbe's views on the Kashmir conflict, and at the fact that she was a serving councillor in the London Borough of Islington. [5] Long-serving councillor John Thomas resigned from the party, citing the selection of Webbe and the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn, [6] and the Conservatives achieved a swing of 15% in the constituency.

Controversies and by-elections

City Mayor Peter Soulsby faced calls to resign by Liberal Democrat leader Nigel Porter during the COVID-19 pandemic after it emerged Soulsby had been breaking lockdown rules to visit his lover. [7] This was in the background of Leicester's COVID cases being amongst the highest in the United Kingdom, with the city being kept in stricter restrictions than the rest of the country for much of the pandemic.

Soulsby was further criticised after Assistant Mayor Mustafa Malik was suspended by the Labour Party after sharing anti-semitic posts on social media but was allowed to retain the Labour whip in the City Council. [8] Councillor Jacky Nangreave was also suspended, after claiming that Keir Starmer was an "agent of Israel", though was later reinstated. [9] [10] Additionally, Labour Councillor for Western Ward, Lindsay Broadwell, resigned the Labour whip and sat as an independent citing the toxic atmosphere of the Labour group and dissatisfaction with the party nationally. [11]

Amidst the controversies, the Labour grip on the city began to wane. In the 2021 North Evington By-election, they narrowly held onto a previously safe ward after a 26.5% swing to the Conservatives. [12] A few months later, the Conservatives gained their first representative on the council since the 2019 elections after winning the Humberstone and Hamilton by-election. [13] Winning Conservative candidate Daniel Crewe was soon, in September 2022, joined by Labour defector Deepak Bajaj. [14] However, Crewe later resigned his membership of the Conservative Party following the 2022 mini-budget. [15]

Despite this, Labour continued to do poorly in local by-elections. Labour narrowly held on in a three-way fight at the Evington by-election, clinging on with a twenty-one per cent reduction in the vote share after both the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats gained heavily. [16] Another three-way election, the 2022 North Evington by-election, followed, with Labour being relegated to third in a ward that in 2019 it had won with 66.8% of the vote. [17] Sanjay Modhwadia won for the Conservatives, with the Greens some distance behind in second place. There was a further setback when former Council Leader Ross Willmott was suspended by the national Labour Party for membership of an organisation that the party had proscribed. [18]

Deselections and defections

In spite of these difficulties, Sir Peter Soulsby was re-confirmed as the Labour candidate for the 2023 elections – though the Leicester Mercury noted mixed feelings amongst its readers at this announcement. [19]

However, following the electoral defeats, the Labour Party at national level set up a 'Campaigns Improvement Board' to oversee the local party. [20] The Labour Party National Executive Committee's (NEC) claims that the local Labour Party was beset with "in-fighting, division and no clear vision" was quickly seized upon by political opponents. [21] As a result of the NEC supervision, nineteen local Labour councillors were deselected. [22] The Labour Party was criticised for a disproportionate number of Asian councillors being deselected, with 58% of BAME councillors not re-selected versus just 18% of white councillors [23] while Councillor Stephen Gee quit the party following the process, stating that "Labour no longer supports people with disabilities". [24] After being deselected, many Labour councillors vowed to fight as independents. Additionally, three councillors – Rashmikant Joshi, [25] Paul Westley and Hemant Rae Bhatia – [26] defected to the Conservatives, bringing the total number of Conservative members of the council to five.

To compound Labour's problems, a vote on whether to retain the Mayoral system saw open warfare breakout within the Labour group. The vote, in which City councillors voted to retain the Mayoral system, saw fourteen Labour councillors rebel against the whip amid accusations of bullying and intimidation to force them to vote to retain the mayor. [27] Ultimately, four Labour councillors had the whip suspended [28] [29] [30] while Councillor Patrick Kitterick defected to the Green Party, claiming that "the Labour Party has changed for the worse" and that "“It seems the party is going down a route where you either unquestioningly agree with the city mayor or you leave. So I'm leaving." [31] His defection gave the Green Party its first seat on the City Council since losing all its seats in the 2015 elections.

Council composition

Party2019 ElectionBefore 2023 Election
Labour 5336
Conservative 05
Liberal Democrats 11
Green 01
Independent 011

Campaign

Labour launched its campaign, aiming to make Leicester a 'fairer, happier and safer city' by providing extra support for families struggling with the cost-of-living crisis and to invest in more CCTV and street lights. The party also says it seeks to do more to tackle climate change. [32] Labour Mayor Peter Soulsby claimed after the campaign that religion had been 'weaponised' during the election. [33]

The Conservative campaign was focussed on preventing new housing developments, pledging a nature reserve to prevent housing on the city's fringes. The party also pledges to provide free bus travel for schoolchildren and to not raise council tax above inflation. [34]

The Liberal Democrats are campaigning on building 3,000 new affordable homes and offering a referendum on the mayoral system – a position they also put forward at the 2019 elections. [35]

The Green Party announced it was targeting three wards in the election: Castle, where it held seats between 2011 and 2015; Saffron; and North Evington. [36] The party is campaigning to scrap the Mayoral system, pledging a referendum within a year of taking office. [37] [38]

Candidates

Councillors not standing for re-election

CouncillorWardPartyNotes
Deborah SangsterCastle Labour Deselected
Shahid KhanEvington Labour Deselected
Daniel CreweHumberstone and Hamilton Independent Elected as a Conservative councillor
Luis FonsecaNorth Evington Labour Deselected
Bill SheltonSaffron Labour
Stephan GeeThurncourt Independent Elected as a Labour councillor
Lindsay BroadwellWestern Independent Elected as a Labour councillor

Councillors standing under a different political affiliation

Councillor2019 party2019 ward2023 party2023 ward
Paul Westley Labour Beaumont Leys Conservative Beaumont Leys
Hemant Rae Bhatia Labour Beaumont Leys Conservative Beaumont Leys
Deepak Bajaj Labour Evington Conservative Evington
Ruma Ali Labour Humberstone and Hamilton TUSC Evington
Rashmikant Joshi Labour North Evington Conservative Evington
Rita Patel Labour Rushey Mead Independent Rushey Mead
Ross Willmott Labour Rushey Mead Independent Rushey Mead
Kirk Masters Labour Stoneygate Independent Stoneygate
Sharmen Rahman Labour Stoneygate Independent Stoneygate
Aminur Thalukdar Labour Stoneygate Independent Stoneygate
Jacky Nangreave Labour Westcotes Independent Westcotes
Gary O’Donnell Labour Western Independent Western
Padmini Chamund Labour Belgrave Independent Belgrave
Nita Solanki Labour Belgrave Independent Belgrave
Mahendra Valand Labour Belgrave Independent Belgrave
Patrick Kitterick Labour Castle Green Castle

Councillors standing in a different ward

Councillor2019 party2019 ward2023 party2023 ward
Manjit Kaur Saini Labour Abbey Labour Humberstone and Hamilton
Adam Clarke Labour Aylestone Labour Westcotes
Vi Dempster Labour Beaumont Leys Labour Western
Ted Cassidy Labour Fosse Labour Saffron
Ashiedu Joel Labour Troon Labour Humberstone and Hamilton
Ruma Ali Labour Humberstone and Hamilton TUSC Evington
Rashmikant Joshi Labour North Evington Conservative Evington

Summary

Election result

2023 Leicester City Council election
PartyCandidatesSeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 5431022Decrease2.svg 2257.440.489,425–24.3
  Conservative 5217170Increase2.svg 1731.534.876,867+15.6
  Liberal Democrats 42320Increase2.svg 25.69.721,399+4.2
  Green 26330Increase2.svg 35.66.313,830+0.1
  Independent 27000-0.08.017,757+7.5
  TUSC 9000-0.00.71,540N/A
  ADF 1000-0.00.1138N/A
  Reform UK 1000-0.00.080New
  Communist 1000-0.00.042N/A
  British Democratic 1000-0.00.034N/A

Ward results

Abbey

Abbey [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charleigh Barnes 1,829 39.8
Conservative Nagarjun Agath 1,793 39.0
Labour Annette Byrne 1,776 38.7
Conservative Kuljit Singh1,74838.1
Labour Vijay Singh Riyait1,65236.0
Labour Emma Elaine Saunders-Sinclair1,53633.4
Green Jim McCallum58312.7
Independent Hannel Chohan48210.5
Liberal Democrats Yevgeny Richard Salisbury3918.5
Turnout 4,59229.7
Registered electors 15,473
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour
Labour hold

Aylestone

Aylestone [40]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Nigel Porter 1,096 42.2
Liberal Democrats Scott Kennedy-Lount 927 35.7
Labour Rose Norah Ann Griffiths83932.3
Labour Rebecca Louise Pawley60523.3
Conservative Deloris Esther Philip36013.9
Conservative Inder Pal Singh30111.6
Green Bob Ball30011.5
TUSC Steve Score1576.0
Independent George Scott Brown682.6
Turnout 2,59929.8
Registered electors 8,722
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Belgrave

Belgrave [41]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Yogesh Chauhan 4,424 54.6
Conservative Shital Adatia 4,409 54.4
Conservative Jaiantilal Gopal 4,335 53.5
Labour Gurinder Kaur Athwal1,81822.4
Labour Kirit Mistry1,75921.7
Labour Hersh Thaker1,63620.2
Independent Nita Solanki1,35616.7
Independent Padmini Chamund1,29616.0
Independent Mahendra Valand1,10313.6
Green Darren Howes3414.2
Liberal Democrats Pravin Raja2393.0
TUSC David Howard Rollins1832.3
Turnout 8,09856.4
Registered electors 14,360
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour

Evington

Evington [42]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Zuffar Haq 1,841 33.6
Conservative Deepak Bajaj 1,794 32.7
Conservative Jenny Joannou 1,657 30.2
Labour Naj Hassan1,60329.2
Conservative Rashmikant Joshi1,59029.0
Liberal Democrats Farida Patel1,49027.2
Labour Sue Hunter1,36724.9
Labour Jatinder Singh Matharu1,29223.6
Liberal Democrats Nitesh Dave1,20021.9
Independent Baljit Singh3776.9
Green Jill Fisher3496.4
TUSC Ruma Ali2344.3
Turnout 5,48342.5
Registered electors 12,905
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour

Humberstone & Hamilton

Humberstone & Hamilton [43]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen Robert Bonham 1,673 38.9
Labour Manjit Kaur Saini 1,642 38.2
Labour Joel Ashiedu 1,531 35.6
Conservative Ranjit Sonigra1,34231.2
Conservative Sameer Thanki1,28629.9
Conservative Romail Gulzar1,27529.6
Green Pam Bellinger49211.4
Independent Solly Lunat47811.1
Liberal Democrats Bicram Athwal4169.7
Independent Vinodrai Ghadiali3458.0
Liberal Democrats Neville Hunnings3377.8
Liberal Democrats Karan Vyas2996.9
TUSC Barbara Potter1964.6
Independent Ravi Kanta Powar1964.6
Turnout 4,30429.7
Registered electors 14,471
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

North Evington

North Evington [44]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dilip Joshi 3,943 45.9
Conservative Sanjay Modhwadia 3,910 45.5
Conservative Ravi Mahesh 3,863 45.0
Labour Mohammed Abu Taher3,15436.7
Labour Zoya Shaikh3,13636.5
Labour Ajay Kumar Aggarwal2,77632.3
Liberal Democrats Nilesh Bica7328.5
Liberal Democrats Hitesh Bhutiya7288.5
Liberal Democrats Hakan Akgoz6367.4
Green Hannah Rose Wakley3854.5
Green Martin Charles Gage3023.5
Green Brendan Robert Keegan2963.4
Reform UK Raj Solanki800.9
Turnout 8,59254.6
Registered electors 15,740
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour

Rushey Mead

Rushey Mead [45]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bhupen Dave 3,036 45.4
Conservative Geeta Karavadra 2,990 44.7
Conservative Devi Singh Patel 2,844 42.6
Labour Piara Singh Clair2,00830.1
Labour Gurinder Singh Sandhu1,76126.4
Labour Priya Evarista Lavina Mendes1,75126.2
Independent Rita Patel1,32819.9
Independent Dharmesh Bhagwanji Lakhani94114.1
Independent Rajul Tejura76111.4
Liberal Democrats Hash Chandarana4757.1
Independent Ross Willmott3845.7
Liberal Democrats Pradeep Gocal3014.5
Liberal Democrats Asit Sodha2133.2
Turnout 6,68250.6
Registered electors 13,209
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour

Thurncourt

Thurncourt [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Teresa Aldred 1,202 42.4
Conservative Abdul Razak Osman 1,122 39.6
Conservative Mike Joannou1,02436.2
Labour Brahmpreet Kaur Gulati99835.2
Green Karen Wildin29310.3
Liberal Democrats Kate Sullivan2579.1
Turnout 2,83234.4
Registered electors 8,238
Labour hold
Conservative gain from Labour

Troon

Troon [47]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Di Cank 1,489 38.2
Labour Mohinder Singh Sangha 1,432 36.8
Conservative Ashton Fernandes1,32934.1
Conservative Heten Tejura1,24431.9
Independent Sital Singh Gill56714.6
Independent Kamlesh Kumari43911.3
Independent Karan Modha3077.9
Liberal Democrats Paul Smith2817.2
Turnout 3,89537.3
Registered electors 10,433
Labour hold
Labour hold

Beaumont Leys

Beaumont Leys [48]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hazel Orton 1,470 37.7
Conservative Hemant Rae Bhatia 1,456 37.4
Conservative Paul Westley 1,420 36.5
Labour Denis Yomi Tanfa1,27832.8
Labour Mo Peberdy1,23531.7
Labour David Stephen Towers1,23431.7
Green Andrew James Reeves3709.5
Independent Adrian Charles Barnes3218.2
Liberal Democrats Daniel Irungu2997.7
Liberal Democrats Alieu Ceesay2336.0
Turnout 3,57828.0
Registered electors 12,791
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour

Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields

Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields [49]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Su Barton 1,489 46.4
Labour Elaine Halford 1,419 44.2
Labour Kalwinder Singh Johal 1,395 43.4
Conservative Jay Barnet Popat80525.1
Conservative Alexandros Ali76023.7
Conservative Ian Alix Daliston Stanton-Wright70522.0
Green Neil James McDermott48915.2
Liberal Democrats Ian Bradwell37011.5
Independent Jaspreet Kaur Gill36911.5
Liberal Democrats Kamal Panchmatia2598.1
Liberal Democrats Arshdeep Singh2457.6
TUSC Wayne Jan Naylor2377.4
Turnout 3,21123.0
Registered electors 13,974
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Fosse

Fosse [50]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sue Waddington 999 41.1
Labour Syed Monsur Zaman 792 32.6
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Feist58023.9
Conservative Foligar Kum Lang53522.0
Conservative Pamsi Rally53121.9
Green Geoff Forse37715.5
Liberal Democrats Martin Pold35514.6
TUSC Brian Rodney Scott1295.3
Independent Chikaire Wilfred Williams Ezeru903.7
Turnout 2,42826.0
Registered electors 9,356
Labour hold
Labour hold

Westcotes

Westcotes [51]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sarah Russell 986 45.2
Labour Adam Clarke 818 37.5
Liberal Democrats Parmjit Singh Gill 48322.1
Liberal Democrats Juliet Kechouane Gill35716.4
Green Jessica Southworth35316.2
Conservative Dhirubhai Dholakia28313.0
Conservative Sofia Ali24311.0
Independent Jacky Nangreave23110.6
Independent Michael Shenton1376.3
Turnout 2,18225.4
Registered electors 8,578
Labour hold
Labour hold

Western

Western [52]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Vi Dempster 1,536 42.1
Labour Molly Ann O'Neill 1,465 40.1
Labour George Cole 1,441 39.5
Conservative Richard Philip Tutt99827.3
Conservative Kanchan Choudhary99327.2
Conservative Jay Thobhani96726.5
Independent Gary O'Donnell84023.0
Green Tine Juhlert70719.4
Liberal Democrats Chris Sidwell-Smith54815.0
Turnout 3,65125.7
Registered electors 14,187
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Castle

Castle [53]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Patrick Kitterick 1,564 48.0
Green Mick Gregg 1,453 44.6
Green Liz Sahu 1,419 43.5
Labour Danny Myers1,21937.4
Labour Lee David Holmes1,12834.6
Labour Chizor Anthonia Onwuegbute1,10133.8
Conservative Jayaram Shastri3099.5
Liberal Democrats Nathan Gubbins2888.8
Liberal Democrats Philip Smith2096.4
Liberal Democrats Hania Orszulik1966.0
Turnout 3,26130.4
Registered electors 10,718
Green gain from Labour
Green gain from Labour
Green gain from Labour

Eyres Monsell

Eyres Monsell [54]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elaine Pantling 791 50.9
Labour Karen Pickering 644 41.4
Conservative Mohammad Ahsan Ahmadi38925.0
Conservative Vineed Vijayan37324.0
Green Anna Broszkiewicz17411.2
Liberal Democrats Jo Webb1479.5
Liberal Democrats Zelda Rubinstein1419.1
Turnout 1,55419.3
Registered electors 8,052
Labour hold
Labour hold

Knighton

Knighton [55]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Melissa March 2,203 43.9
Labour Lynn Moore 2,071 41.3
Labour Geoff Whittle 2,067 41.2
Liberal Democrats Chris Willmott1,19823.9
Green Sue King1,05321.0
Liberal Democrats Jorawar Singh Bhoot1,00019.9
Conservative Ravinder Kaur Lall98119.6
Conservative Lu Mistry88617.7
Conservative Amar Tanna86617.3
Liberal Democrats Roopal Jaimini Shah84316.8
Green Bill Walker69213.8
TUSC Alex Gillham2084.1
Turnout 5,01540.0
Registered electors 12,538
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Saffron

Saffron [56]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ted Cassidy 783 43.6
Labour Elly Cutkelvin 774 43.1
Green Ursula Bilson43824.4
Green Mags Lewis42823.8
Conservative Gillian Jillett28615.9
Conservative Julie Simons28415.8
Liberal Democrats Denise Buchan955.3
TUSC Peter Anthony Bisson804.5
Liberal Democrats Michael Smith784.3
Communist Ann Green422.3
British Democratic David John Haslett341.9
Turnout 1,79723.0
Registered electors 7,798
Labour hold
Labour hold

Spinney Hills

Spinney Hills [57]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Misbah Batool 2,513 52.8
Labour Mustafa Malik 2,455 51.6
Conservative Mohammed Fozdar1,12123.6
Conservative Sheraz Ali Durrani71315.0
Independent Shahid Ullah Khan67114.1
Independent Iqbal Alibhai Desai51010.7
Liberal Democrats Christopher Everitt Garner2775.8
Green Jan Grothusen2194.6
ADF Abdul Vali1382.9
Turnout 4,75751.7
Registered electors 9,198
Labour hold
Labour hold

Stoneygate

Stoneygate [58]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Raffiq Mohammed 2,898 45.3
Labour Yasmin Ahmed Surti 2,777 43.5
Labour Manjula Sood 2,107 33.0
Conservative Abdul Giash1,68826.4
Independent Aminur Thalukdar1,50423.5
Independent Kirk Master1,50323.5
Independent Sharmen Rahman1,15318.0
Conservative Saeed Khilji1,01715.9
Conservative Shirin Shafia Shahid95414.9
Liberal Democrats Aqdus Ghafar5358.4
Green Chris Hughes5348.4
Liberal Democrats Alan Fox5298.3
Turnout 6,39146.5
Registered electors 13,738
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Wycliffe

Wycliffe [59]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hanif Aqbany 3,690 67.6
Labour Mohammed Dawood 3,681 67.4
Conservative Zakaria Ahmed1,21822.3
Conservative Subane Mohamed Abdi1,16821.4
Liberal Democrats Hoque Akramul2755.0
Green Sarah Joanne Read2194.0
TUSC Tessa Warrington1162.1
Turnout 5,45856.2
Registered electors 9,717
Labour hold
Labour hold

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