Leicestershire County Council elections
Appearance
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]
Political control
Leicestershire County Council was first created in 1889. Its territory and its powers and responsibilities were significantly reformed under the Local Government Act 1972, with a new council elected in 1973 to act as a shadow authority ahead of the new powers coming into force in 1974. Since 1973, political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2][3]
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
No overall control | 1973–1977 | |
Conservative | 1977–1981 | |
No overall control | 1981–2001 | |
Conservative | 2001–present |
Leadership
The leaders of the council since 1999 have been:[4]
Councillor | Party | From | To | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Harry Barber | Conservative | 1999 | 21 May 2003 | |
David Parsons[5] | Conservative | 21 May 2003 | 3 Jul 2012 | |
Nicholas Rushton | Conservative | 26 Sep 2012 |
Council elections
- 2001 Leicestershire County Council election
- 2005 Leicestershire County Council election (boundary changes took place for this election)[6]
- 2009 Leicestershire County Council election
- 2013 Leicestershire County Council election
- 2017 Leicestershire County Council election
- 2021 Leicestershire County Council election
County result maps
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2009
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2013
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2017
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2021
Changes between elections
1993-1997
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 399 | 33.1 | |||
Labour | 367 | 30.4 | |||
Conservative | 189 | 15.7 | |||
Militant Labour | 150 | 12.4 | |||
Socialist Labour | 101 | 8.4 | |||
Majority | 32 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,206 | 21 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
1997-2001
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Osborne | 1,064 | 72.0 | +21.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Helena Edwards | 414 | 28.0 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 650 | 44.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,478 | 21.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Marylin Cowles | 751 | 52.3 | +0.9 | |
Conservative | Richard Allen | 525 | 36.5 | +2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Tyler | 159 | 11.1 | −3.4 | |
Majority | 226 | 15.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,435 | 19.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
2005-2009
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kevin Parler | 1,217 | 30.2 | −12.7 | |
Conservative | Christine Radford | 1,074 | 26.6 | −10.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Popley | 933 | 23.1 | +2.8 | |
BNP | Julia Green | 807 | 20.0 | +20.0 | |
Majority | 143 | 3.6 | |||
Turnout | 4,031 | 37.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
2009-2013
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen John Hampson | 981 | 52.13 | −0.47 | |
Labour | Colin Lovell | 490 | 26.04 | +6.64 | |
BNP | Catherine Ann Mary Duffy | 279 | 14.82 | −4.58 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard John Miller | 132 | 7.01 | −10.39 | |
Majority | 491 | ||||
Turnout | 1,882 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
2013-2017
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Terence Richardson | 4,011 | 56.0 | −3.3 | |
Labour | Michael Bounds | 1,658 | 23.2 | −7.1 | |
UKIP | Carolyn Brennan | 1,491 | 20.8 | +20.8 | |
Majority | 2,353 | 32.9 | |||
Turnout | 7,160 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
2017-2021
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Maggie Wright | 1,566 | 49.0 | −24.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Danny Findlay | 1,032 | 32.3 | +22.9 | |
Labour | Christina Emmett | 444 | 13.9 | −3.5 | |
Green | Nick Cox | 153 | 4.8 | +4.8 | |
Majority | 534 | 16.7 | |||
Turnout | 3,195 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tom Barkley | 810 | 59.7 | +2.0 | |
Labour | Claire Poole | 251 | 18.5 | −2.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nitesh Dave | 149 | 11.0 | +5.0 | |
Green | Matthew Wise | 97 | 7.2 | −1.2 | |
UKIP | Andy McWilliam | 49 | 3.6 | −3.5 | |
Majority | 559 | 41.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,356 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Les Phillimore | 4,535 | 60.4 | −3.5 | |
Labour | Sandra Parkinson | 1,290 | 17.2 | −4.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Royston Bayliss | 1,139 | 15.2 | +7.5 | |
Green | Christiane Startin-Lorent | 543 | 7.2 | +7.2 | |
Majority | 3,245 | 43.2 | |||
Turnout | 7,507 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References
- ^ "The Leicestershire (Electoral Changes) Order 2016", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2016/1070, retrieved 17 August 2022
- ^ "Compositions calculator". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ "Leicestershire". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
- ^ "Council minutes". Leicestershire County Council. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ "Leicestershire council leader David Parsons resigns". BBC News. 3 July 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ "Local election results: Leicestershire". BBC News Online. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
- ^ "Tories victorious". Leicester Mercury. 10 September 1999.
- ^ "Labour delight". Leicester Mercury. 29 October 1999.
- ^ "County Council By Election Result for Shepshed Electoral Division". Leicestershire County Council. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
- ^ "Leicestershire County Council | Serving the people of Leicestershire".
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Narborough and Whetstone Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Stoney Stanton and Croft Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Syston Ridgeway Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Cosby and Countesthorpe Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2022.