Leicestershire County Council elections

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Leicestershire County Council elections are held every four years. Leicestershire County Council is the upper-tier authority for the non-metropolitan county of Leicestershire in England. Since the last boundary changes in 2017, 55 county councillors have been elected from 53 electoral divisions. [1]

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Council elections

County result maps

Changes between elections

1993-1997

North Braunstone By-Election 5 December 1996
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 39933.1
Labour 36730.4
Conservative 18915.7
Militant Labour15012.4
Socialist Labour 1018.4
Majority322.7
Turnout 1,20621
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

1997-2001

Rothley By-Election 9 September 1999 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Osborne1,06472.0+21.5
Liberal Democrats Helena Edwards41428.0+0.5
Majority65044.0
Turnout 1,47821.8
Conservative hold Swing
Loughborough Shelthorpe By-Election 28 October 1999 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marylin Cowles75152.3+0.9
Conservative Richard Allen52536.5+2.5
Liberal Democrats Paul Tyler15911.1-3.4
Majority22615.8
Turnout 1,43519.2
Labour hold Swing

2005-2009

Shepshed By-Election 4 October 2007 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kevin Parler1,21730.2-12.7
Conservative Christine Radford1,07426.6-10.2
Liberal Democrats John Popley93323.1+2.8
BNP Julia Green80720.0+20.0
Majority1433.6
Turnout 4,03137.3
Labour hold Swing

2009-2013

Syston Ridgeway By-Election, 3 November 2011 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen John Hampson98152.13-0.47
Labour Colin Lovell49026.04+6.64
BNP Catherine Ann Mary Duffy27914.82-4.58
Liberal Democrats Richard John Miller1327.01-10.39
Majority491
Turnout 1,882
Conservative hold Swing

2013-2017

Narborough and Whetstone By-Election, 7 May 2015 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terence Richardson4,01156.0-3.3
Labour Michael Bounds1,65823.2-7.1
UKIP Carolyn Brennan1,49120.8+20.8
Majority2,35332.9
Turnout 7,160
Conservative hold Swing

2017-2021

Stoney Stanton and Croft By-Election, 3 May 2018 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Maggie Wright1,56649.0-24.2
Liberal Democrats Danny Findlay1,03232.3+22.9
Labour Christina Emmett44413.9-3.5
Green Nick Cox1534.8+4.8
Majority53416.7
Turnout 3,195
Conservative hold Swing
Syston Ridgeway By-Election, 28 June 2018 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tom Barkley81059.7+2.0
Labour Claire Poole25118.5-2.3
Liberal Democrats Nitesh Dave14911.0+5.0
Green Matthew Wise977.2-1.2
UKIP Andy McWilliam493.6-3.5
Majority55941.2
Turnout 1,356
Conservative hold Swing
Cosby and Countesthorpe By-Election, 12 December 2019 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Les Phillimore4,53560.4-3.5
Labour Sandra Parkinson1,29017.2-4.4
Liberal Democrats Royston Bayliss1,13915.2+7.5
Green Christiane Startin-Lorent5437.2+7.2
Majority3,24543.2
Turnout 7,507
Conservative hold Swing

2021-2025

Blaby and Glen Parva By-Election, 21 December 2023 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sue Jordan98961.2+12.4
Conservative Nigel Grundy32019.8-13.7
Labour Laura Badland19011.8+1.8
Green Mike Jelfs1167.2-0.5
Majority66941.4–
Turnout 1,615
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

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References

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  2. "Local election results: Leicestershire". BBC News Online . Retrieved 11 September 2009.
  3. "Tories victorious". Leicester Mercury . 10 September 1999.
  4. "Labour delight". Leicester Mercury . 29 October 1999.
  5. "County Council By Election Result for Shepshed Electoral Division". Leicestershire County Council. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
  6. "Leicestershire County Council | Serving the people of Leicestershire".
  7. "Local Elections Archive Project — Narborough and Whetstone Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  8. "Local Elections Archive Project — Stoney Stanton and Croft Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  9. "Local Elections Archive Project — Syston Ridgeway Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  10. "Local Elections Archive Project — Cosby and Countesthorpe Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  11. "Local Elections Archive Project — Blaby and Glen Parva Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2022.

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