2025 Leicestershire County Council election

2025 Leicestershire County Council election

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All 55 seats to Leicestershire County Council 28 seats needed for a majority
Leader Deborah Taylor Michael Mullaney N/A Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour Last election 42 seats, 51.8% 9 seats, 18.9% 4 seats, 20.3% Current seats 40 10 3   Leader N/A Dan Harrison N/A Party Green Reform UK Freedom Alliance Last election 0 seats, 8.3% 0 seats, 0.4% 0 seats, 0.1% Current seats 0 1 0
Incumbent council control Conservative

The 2025 Leicestershire County Council election is due to take place on 1 May 2025 to elect members to Leicestershire County Council in Leicestershire, England. ^[1] All 55 seats will be elected. This will be on the same day as other local elections.

Background

In the 2021 election, the Conservatives won 42 seats, giving them a majority and control of the council. The Liberal Democrats were the second biggest party with 9 seats, followed by Labour with 4 seats. ^[2]

Two by-elections took place between the 2021 and 2025 elections:

  Liberal Democrat   Conservative

By-elections

Division	Date	Incumbent		Winner		Cause	Ref.
Blaby and Glen Parva	21 December 2023		Geoff Welsh		Sue Jordan	Retirement	[3] [4]
Burbage	2 May 2024		Amanda Wright		Barry Walker	Resignation	[5] [6]

In the 2024 general election, the Conservative Party retained six of their Leicestershire seats (Harborough, Oadby and Wigston, Hinckley and Bosworth, Leicester East, Rutland and Stamford and Mid Leicestershire) and won the new Melton and Syston seat. The Labour Party retained Leicester West and won Loughborough and North West Leicestershire, though they lost Leicester South to independent Shockat Adam. ^{[7] [8]}

After the general election, councillor Amanda Hack of Braunstone became MP for North West Leicestershire. ^{[9] [10]} No by-election was held. In February 2025, councillor Dan Harrison of Ibstock and Appleby, left the Conservative Party and joined Reform UK, citing frustration with changes in leadership and the way the County Council was run. ^[11]

Results by division

North West Leicestershire

Ashby de la Zouch ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Damilola Ojuri
Majority
Turnout

Castle Donington and Kegworth ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alison Morley
Majority
Turnout

Coalville North ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rebecca Pawley
Majority
Turnout

Coalville South ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carissma Griffiths
Majority
Turnout

Forest and Measham ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michelle Holdcroft
Majority
Turnout

Ibstock and Appleby ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Simon Lambeth
Majority
Turnout

Whitwick ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Moult
Majority
Turnout

References

1. "Election timetable in England". Electoral Commission. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
2. "Elections 2021: Conservatives retain Leicestershire County Council". BBC News. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
3. "Thank you Geoff Welsh". South Leicestershire Liberal Democrats. 8 November 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
4. "Election results for Blaby and Glen Parva By-election – December 2023" (PDF). Leicestershire County Council. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
5. Richardson, Hannah (27 March 2024). "Leicestershire County Council by-election called for May after councillor steps down". Leicestershire Live. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
6. "Declaration of Results for Burbage by-election May 2024" (PDF). Leicestershire County Council. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
7. "As it happened: General election results across Leicestershire and Rutland". BBC News. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
8. "Leicester South results – 2024 general election". BBC News. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
9. Moorhouse, Sam (28 March 2023). "Labour candidate selected to challenge for Tory seat held for more than a decade". Leicestershire Live. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
10. "North West Leicestershire results – 2024 general election". BBC News. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
11. Hill, Graham (26 February 2025). "Ashby-based county councillor makes switch from Tories to Reform ahead of May elections". Ashby Nub News. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
12. "County Council Elections Leicestershire 2025". North West Leicestershire Labour Party. Retrieved 3 March 2025.

See also

• Leicestershire County Council elections