Leicester City Council elections

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]

Summary of results

Political group		Councillors
		1996	1999	2003	2007	2011	2015	2019	2023	Current
	Labour	41	30	20	38	52	52	53	31	31
	Liberal Democrat	8	16	25	6	1	1	1	3	3
	Conservative	7	10	9	8	1	1	0	17	17
	Green	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	3
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total		56	56	54	54	54	54	54	54	54

Council elections

• 1973 Leicester City Council election
• 1976 Leicester City Council election
• 1979 Leicester City Council election
• 1983 Leicester City Council election (New ward boundaries)^[2]
• 1984 Leicester City Council election
• 1986 Leicester City Council election
• 1987 Leicester City Council election
• 1991 Leicester City Council election (City boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[3]
• 1995 Leicester City Council election
• 1996 Leicester City Council election
• 1998 Leicester City Council election
• 1999 Leicester City Council election
• 2003 Leicester City Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 2)^[4][5][6]
• 2007 Leicester City Council election
• 2011 Leicester City Council election
• 2015 Leicester City Council election (New ward boundaries)^[1]
• 2019 Leicester City Council election
• 2023 Leicester City Council election

Mayoral elections

• Leicester mayoral election, 2011
• Leicester mayoral election, 2015
• Leicester mayoral election, 2019
• Leicester mayoral election, 2023

Results maps

• 
  2011 results map
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  2015 results map
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  2019 results map
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  2023 results map

By-election results

1995–1999

Abbey By-Election 10 October 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,608	69.3
	Conservative		461	19.9
	Liberal Democrats		140	6.0
	Socialist Labour		112	4.8
Majority			1,147	49.4
Turnout			2,321	37.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Mowmacre By-Election 7 May 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		744	51.8	+38.8
	Labour		318	22.2	−38.2
	Conservative		282	19.7	−1.2
	Socialist Labour		91	6.3	+6.3
Majority			426	29.6
Turnout			1,435
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Rushey Mead By-Election 7 May 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,205	56.0	−5.1
	Conservative		513	23.8	+13.8
	Liberal Democrats		334	15.5	+1.5
	Socialist Labour		101	4.7	+4.7
Majority			692	32.2
Turnout			2,153
	Labour hold		Swing

Westcotes By-Election 7 May 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		839	46.7	−14.8
	Liberal Democrats		376	20.9	+8.6
	Conservative		374	20.8	+2.3
	Green		125	7.0	−0.7
	Socialist Labour		81	4.5	+4.5
Majority			463	25.8
Turnout			1,795
	Labour hold		Swing

1999–2003

Aylestone By-Election 15 February 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jean Middleton	955	43.1	−5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Bannatyne	683	30.8	+18.5
	Labour	Patrick Kitterick	525	23.7	−10.8
	Green	Anthony Walker	51	2.3	−2.6
Majority			272	12.3
Turnout			2,214	28.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Thurncourt By-Election 21 June 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,060	43.7	−11.3
	Labour		640	26.4	−9.5
	Liberal Democrats		544	22.4	+13.3
	BNP		115	4.7	+4.7
	Independent		67	2.8	+2.8
Majority			420	17.3
Turnout			2,426	32.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eyres Monsell By-Election 2 May 2002^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	M Farmer	998	41.2	+18.4
	Labour	J Blackmore	905	37.3	−9.3
	Conservative	D Keeling	232	9.6	+0.0
	BNP	E Scott	202	8.3	+8.3
	Green	T O'Connel	66	2.7	+2.7
	Socialist Labour	D Roberts	22	0.9	+0.9
Majority			93	3.9
Turnout			2,425	39.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

2003–2007

Westcotes By-Election 11 December 2003^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	A Tessier	742	47.4	+8.4
	Labour	N Holden	543	34.7	−6.4
	Conservative	R Taylor	113	7.2	−5.3
	Socialist Labour	V Smalley	101	6.5	+6.5
	BNP	K Yates	66	4.2	+4.2
Majority			199	12.7
Turnout			1,565	25.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Aylestone By-Election 23 September 2004^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Porter	938	45.8	−5.0
	Liberal Democrats	R Webber-Jones	494	24.1	+2.1
	Labour	R Craven-Griffiths	443	21.7	+2.3
	Green	R Ball	171	8.4	+0.6
Majority			444	21.7
Turnout			2,046	25.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Knighton By-Election 4 November 2004^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	R Grant	1,646	45.9	+14.4
	Liberal Democrats	J Bhoot	1,089	30.4	−14.3
	Labour	B Fairbairn	605	16.9	+1.7
	Green	M Follet	247	6.9	−1.8
Majority			557	15.5
Turnout			3,587	28.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Belgrave By-Election 17 February 2005^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	A Kavia	1,809	65.4	+16.7
	Conservative	S Gajjar	459	16.6	+6.6
	Liberal Democrats	P Jethwa	349	12.6	−2.7
	Green	G Force	151	5.5	+1.7
Majority			1,350	48.8
Turnout			2,768	36.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Beaumont Leys By-Election 14 July 2005^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Violet Dempster	952	54.4	+5.9
	Conservative	Martin Wright	342	19.5	−7.6
	Liberal Democrats	John Taylor	295	16.8	−4.5
	BNP	John Chapman	161	9.2	+9.2
Majority			610	34.9
Turnout			1,750	18.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Belgrave By-Election 14 July 2005^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,751	66.1	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Rukmani Patel	509	19.2	+6.6
	Conservative		265	10.0	−6.6
	Green		122	4.6	−0.9
Majority			1,242	46.9	+10.2
Turnout			2,647	34.3	−2.4
	Labour hold		Swing

2007–2011

Castle By-Election 10 September 2009^[13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lynn Senior	611	31.7	+5.1
	Green	Dave Dixey	519	26.9	−8.6
	Conservative	Jacob Wilkinson	435	22.6	+7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Joan Garrity	292	15.1	−3.1
	UKIP	Zoey Lucas	41	2.1	−0.5
	Liberal	Gareth Henry	31	1.6	−0.1
Majority			92	4.8
Turnout			1,929	12.7
	Labour gain from Green		Swing	+6.8

Eyres Monsell By-Election 6 May 2010^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Virginia Cleaver	1,446	35.3	−2.5
	Conservative	Jon Humberstone	999	24.4	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Scott Kennedy-Lount	908	22.2	+5.8
	BNP	Adrian Waudby	745	18.2	−3.2
Majority			447	10.9
Turnout			4,098
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.65

2011–2015

Abbey By Election 9th May 2013^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vijay Singh Riyait	1,190	47.9	+0.8
	Conservative	Dipak Joshi	562	22.6	+9.0
	Independent	Terry McGreal	352	14.1	n/a
	Liberal Democrats	John Robert Taylor	212	8.5	+1.8
	TUSC	Tessa Warrington	165	6.6	n/a
Majority			628	25.3
Turnout			2,481	24.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.5

2015–2019

Castle By-election 8 June 2017^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Danny Myers	4,272	64.6	+27.3
	Conservative	Ali Douas	1,015	15.4	−2.1
	Green	Oli Young-Jones	946	14.3	−13.5
	Liberal Democrats	Lewis Hastie	379	5.7	−3.0
Majority			3,257	49.3
Turnout			6,612
	Labour hold		Swing

Eyres Monsell By-election 23 November 2017 ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elaine Pantling	556	53.15
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Faithfull-Wright	320	30.59
	Conservative	Christopher Michael Doyle	170	15.91
Majority			236
Turnout			1046	12.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Belgrave By-election 6 December 2018^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Padmini Chamund	5,477	86.6	+17.0
	Conservative	Khandubhai Patel	412	6.5	−11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Hash Chandarana	238	3.8	+3.8
	Green	Ursula Bilson	199	3.1	−2.6
Majority			5,065	80.1
Turnout			6,326
	Labour hold		Swing

2019–2023

North Evington By-election 6 May 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vandevi Pandya	3,306	47.2%	36.4%
	Conservative	Abdul Osman	2565	36.6%	16.6%
	Green	Aasiya Bora	241	3.4%	3.5%
	Liberal Democrats	Asit Sodha	240	3.4%	2.4%
	TUSC	Kumaran Bose	117	1.7%	1.7%
	Reform UK	Raj Solanki	89	1.3%	1.3%
	For Britain	David Haslett	69	1.0%	1.0%
	Independent	Charnjit Singh Sagoo	61	0.9%	0.9%
	Communist	Andrea Burford	33	0.5%	0.5%
Majority			741	10.6%
Turnout			7,004	45.0%	5.83
	Labour hold		Swing	-26.5

Humberstone and Hamilton By-election 22 July 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel Crewe	1,062	44.7%	18.5%
	Labour	Abdul Jalil	790	33.2%	15.5%
	Liberal Democrats	Bicram Athwal	262	11.0%	1.2%
	Green	Pam Bellinger	190	8.0%	7.1%
	Reform UK	Raj Solanki	37	1.6%	1.6%
	For Britain	David Haslett	37	1.6%	1.6%
Majority			272	11.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	17.0%

Evington By-election 3 February 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shahid Ullah Khan	1,557	38.8	−20.8
	Conservative	Jenny Joannuo	1382	34.4	+11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Zuffar Haq	830	20.7	+12.2
	Green	Ursula Bilson	200	5.0	−7.6
	For Britain	David George	45	1.1	+1.1
Majority			175	4.4	−22.4
Turnout			4014	30.7	−5.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-16.4

North Evington By-election 13 October 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sanjay Modhwadia	3,441	49.6%	32.7%
	Green	Aasiya Bora	1,790	25.8%	20.0%
	Labour	Rajul Tejura	1,563	22.5%	49.8%
	Liberal Democrats	Jitesh Dave	100	1.4%	3.5%
	TUSC	Tessa Warrington	45	0.6%	0.6%
Majority			1,651	23.8%
Turnout			6,934
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	41.3%