Leicester City Council elections

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Leicester City Council elections are held every four years. Leicester City Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Leicester in Leicestershire, England. Until 1 April 1997 it was a non-metropolitan district. Since 2011 it has also had a directly elected mayor. Since the last boundary changes in 2015, 54 councillors have been elected from 21 wards. [1]

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Summary of results

Political groupCouncillors
19961999200320072011201520192023Current
Labour 413020385252533131
Liberal Democrat 81625611133
Conservative 710981101717
Green 000200033
Independent 000000000
Total565654545454545454

Council elections

Mayoral elections

Results maps

By-election results

1995-1999

Abbey By-Election 10 October 1996
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 1,60869.3
Conservative 46119.9
Liberal Democrats 1406.0
Socialist Labour 1124.8
Majority1,14749.4
Turnout 2,32137.1
Labour hold Swing
Mowmacre By-Election 7 May 1998
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 74451.8+38.8
Labour 31822.2-38.2
Conservative 28219.7-1.2
Socialist Labour 916.3+6.3
Majority42629.6
Turnout 1,435
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Rushey Mead By-Election 7 May 1998
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 1,20556.0-5.1
Conservative 51323.8+13.8
Liberal Democrats 33415.5+1.5
Socialist Labour 1014.7+4.7
Majority69232.2
Turnout 2,153
Labour hold Swing
Westcotes By-Election 7 May 1998
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 83946.7-14.8
Liberal Democrats 37620.9+8.6
Conservative 37420.8+2.3
Green 1257.0-0.7
Socialist Labour 814.5+4.5
Majority46325.8
Turnout 1,795
Labour hold Swing

1999-2003

Aylestone By-Election 15 February 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jean Middleton95543.1-5.2
Liberal Democrats Alison Bannatyne68330.8+18.5
Labour Patrick Kitterick52523.7-10.8
Green Anthony Walker512.3-2.6
Majority27212.3
Turnout 2,21428.8
Conservative hold Swing
Thurncourt By-Election 21 June 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 1,06043.7-11.3
Labour 64026.4-9.5
Liberal Democrats 54422.4+13.3
BNP 1154.7+4.7
Independent 672.8+2.8
Majority42017.3
Turnout 2,42632.4
Conservative hold Swing
Eyres Monsell By-Election 2 May 2002 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats M Farmer99841.2+18.4
Labour J Blackmore90537.3-9.3
Conservative D Keeling2329.6+0.0
BNP E Scott2028.3+8.3
Green T O'Connel662.7+2.7
Socialist Labour D Roberts220.9+0.9
Majority933.9
Turnout 2,42539.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

2003-2007

Westcotes By-Election 11 December 2003 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats A Tessier74247.4+8.4
Labour N Holden54334.7-6.4
Conservative R Taylor1137.2-5.3
Socialist Labour V Smalley1016.5+6.5
BNP K Yates664.2+4.2
Majority19912.7
Turnout 1,56525.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Aylestone By-Election 23 September 2004 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Porter 93845.8-5.0
Liberal Democrats R Webber-Jones49424.1+2.1
Labour R Craven-Griffiths44321.7+2.3
Green R Ball1718.4+0.6
Majority44421.7
Turnout 2,04625.4
Conservative hold Swing
Knighton By-Election 4 November 2004 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative R Grant1,64645.9+14.4
Liberal Democrats J Bhoot1,08930.4-14.3
Labour B Fairbairn60516.9+1.7
Green M Follet2476.9-1.8
Majority55715.5
Turnout 3,58728.3
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Belgrave By-Election 17 February 2005 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour A Kavia1,80965.4+16.7
Conservative S Gajjar45916.6+6.6
Liberal Democrats P Jethwa34912.6-2.7
Green G Force1515.5+1.7
Majority1,35048.8
Turnout 2,76836.6
Labour hold Swing
Beaumont Leys By-Election 14 July 2005 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Violet Dempster95254.4+5.9
Conservative Martin Wright34219.5-7.6
Liberal Democrats John Taylor29516.8-4.5
BNP John Chapman1619.2+9.2
Majority61034.9
Turnout 1,75018.2
Labour hold Swing
Belgrave By-Election 14 July 2005 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 1,75166.1+0.7
Liberal Democrats Rukmani Patel50919.2+6.6
Conservative 26510.0-6.6
Green 1224.6-0.9
Majority1,24246.9+10.2
Turnout 2,64734.3-2.4
Labour hold Swing

2007-2011

Castle By-Election 10 September 2009 [13] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lynn Senior61131.7+5.1
Green Dave Dixey51926.9-8.6
Conservative Jacob Wilkinson43522.6+7.2
Liberal Democrats Joan Garrity29215.1-3.1
UKIP Zoey Lucas412.1-0.5
Liberal Gareth Henry311.6-0.1
Majority924.8
Turnout 1,92912.7
Labour gain from Green Swing +6.8
Eyres Monsell By-Election 6 May 2010 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Virginia Cleaver1,44635.3-2.5
Conservative Jon Humberstone99924.4+2.8
Liberal Democrats Scott Kennedy-Lount90822.2+5.8
BNP Adrian Waudby74518.2-3.2
Majority44710.9
Turnout 4,098
Labour hold Swing -2.65

2011-2015

Abbey By Election 9th May 2013 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Vijay Singh Riyait1,19047.9+0.8
Conservative Dipak Joshi56222.6+9.0
Independent Terry McGreal35214.1n/a
Liberal Democrats John Robert Taylor2128.5+1.8
TUSC Tessa Warrington1656.6n/a
Majority62825.3
Turnout 2,48124.1
Labour hold Swing -7.5

2015-2019

Castle By-election 8 June 2017 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Danny Myers4,27264.6+27.3
Conservative Ali Douas1,01515.4-2.1
Green Oli Young-Jones94614.3-13.5
Liberal Democrats Lewis Hastie3795.7-3.0
Majority3,25749.3
Turnout 6,612
Labour hold Swing
Eyres Monsell By-election 23 November 2017 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elaine Pantling55653.15
Liberal Democrats Tony Faithfull-Wright32030.59
Conservative Christopher Michael Doyle17015.91
Majority236
Turnout 104612.5
Labour hold Swing
Belgrave By-election 6 December 2018 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Padmini Chamund5,47786.6+17.0
Conservative Khandubhai Patel4126.5-11.9
Liberal Democrats Hash Chandarana2383.8+3.8
Green Ursula Bilson1993.1-2.6
Majority5,06580.1
Turnout 6,326
Labour hold Swing

2019-2023

North Evington By-election 6 May 2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Vandevi Pandya 3,306 47.2% Decrease2.svg 36.4%
Conservative Abdul Osman256536.6%Increase2.svg 16.6%
Green Aasiya Bora2413.4%Decrease2.svg 3.5%
Liberal Democrats Asit Sodha2403.4%Decrease2.svg 2.4%
TUSC Kumaran Bose1171.7%Increase2.svg 1.7%
Reform UK Raj Solanki891.3%Increase2.svg 1.3%
For Britain David Haslett691.0%Increase2.svg 1.0%
IndependentCharnjit Singh Sagoo610.9%Increase2.svg 0.9%
Communist Andrea Burford330.5%Increase2.svg 0.5%
Majority74110.6%
Turnout 7,00445.0%Decrease2.svg 5.83
Labour hold Swing -26.5
Humberstone and Hamilton By-election 22 July 2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Daniel Crewe 1,062 44.7% Increase2.svg 18.5%
Labour Abdul Jalil79033.2%Decrease2.svg 15.5%
Liberal Democrats Bicram Athwal26211.0%Increase2.svg 1.2%
Green Pam Bellinger1908.0%Decrease2.svg 7.1%
Reform UK Raj Solanki371.6%Increase2.svg 1.6%
For Britain David Haslett371.6%Increase2.svg 1.6%
Majority27211.5
Conservative gain from Labour Swing 17.0%
Evington By-election 3 February 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shahid Ullah Khan 1,557 38.8 -20.8
Conservative Jenny Joannuo138234.4+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 401430.7-5.3
Labour hold Swing -16.4
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%Increase2.svg 0.6%
Majority1,65123.8%
Turnout 6,934Decrease2.svg
Conservative gain from Labour Swing 41.3%

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