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2019 Leicester City Council election
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All 54 seats to Leicester City Council
27 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Con
Leader Sir Peter Soulsby Nigel Porter Ross Grant
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Leader's seat Did not stand[n 1] Aylestone[n 2] Knighton (defeated)[n 3]
Seats won 53 1 0
Seat change Increase1 Steady Decrease1
Popular vote 126,569 10,682 37,495
Percentage 64.7% 5.5% 19.2%
Swing Increase9.7% Decrease1.0% Increase1.6%
Winner of each seat at the 2019 Leicester City Council election
Council control before election

Labour

 Council control

Labour

The 2019 Leicester City Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all fifty-four members of the Leicester City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections, and the election for the directly elected Mayor of Leicester.

Summary

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Election result

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2019 Leicester City Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 54 53 1 0 Increase 1 98.1 64.7 126,569 +9.7
  Liberal Democrats 28 1 0 0 Steady 1.9 5.5 10,682 –1.0
  Conservative 54 0 0 1 Decrease 1 0.0 19.2 37,495 +1.6
  Green 27 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 6.2 12,129 –0.9
  UKIP 22 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 3.4 6,579 –8.6
  Socialist Alternative 10 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.6 1,237 +0.4
  Independent 5 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.5 902 –1.2

Ward Results

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Abbey (3)

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Abbey[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Annette Dawn Byrne 2,124 53.8
Labour Vijay Singh Riyait 1,784
Labour Manjit Kaur Saini 1,767
Conservative David John Haslett[n 4] 599 15.2
Conservative Lakhwinder Singh 521
Green Melanie Elizabeth Gould 496 12.6
Conservative Anjoom Iftikhar Maniar 457
UKIP Paul Gerald Edwards 451 11.4
UKIP Susan Shelley 428
UKIP Pete Stone 379
Green Michael Jeffrey Sackin 337
Liberal Democrats Paul Edwin Smith 281 7.1
Majority 1,168 30.8 +8.8
Turnout 3,793 27.62
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Aylestone (2)

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Aylestone[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Nigel Porter 972 32.8
Labour Adam Clarke 923 31.2
Liberal Democrats Scott Kennedy-Lount 667
Labour Su Strange 545
Conservative Mukesh Basra 495 16.7
Conservative Barry Elliot 486
Green Alexandra Goodwin 281 9.5
UKIP Rambhaben Dave 196 7.2
UKIP Joanne Hassell 183
Green Andrew Reeves 183
Socialist Alternative Stephen Score 77 2.6
Majority 256 9.1
Turnout 2,806 32.29
Liberal Democrats hold
Labour hold

Beaumont Leys (3)

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Beaumont Leys[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Westley 1,579 48.3
Labour Vi Dempster 1,563
Labour Hemant Bhatia 1,563
Conservative Suzanne Burnside 663 20.3
Conservative Sameer Dilipkumar Thanki 558
Conservative Praful Ladwa 554
Green Rob Reeves 389 10.4
Green Stephen Massey 340
UKIP Carol Young 335 10.2
UKIP Tracey Greeves 309
UKIP Shane Durrant 303
Liberal Democrats Gary Hunt 253 7.7
Socialist Alternative Alex Morgan 102 3.1
Majority 900 27.4
Turnout 3,280 25.79
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Belgrave (3)

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Belgrave[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Padmini Chamund 5,872 71.7
Labour Nita Solanki 5,383
Labour Mahendra Mohanbhai Valand 4,707
Conservative Ramesh Pamsi Bhulabhai 1,205 14.7
Conservative Devi Prakashveer Singh 951
Conservative Jagtar Singh 842
Green Mags Lewis 497 6.1
Independent Sanjay Prem Gogia 324 4.0
Liberal Democrats Asit Sodha 293 3.6
Independent Khandubhai Vanmalibhai Patel 211
Majority 3,502 43.8
Turnout 7,995 55.95
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields (3)

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Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elaine Halford 1,622 43.3
Labour Susan Barton 1,602
Labour Kulwinder Singh Johal 1,553
Green Christopher Williams 604 16.1
UKIP Victoria Young 525 14.0
UKIP Stuart Mobbs 455
UKIP Anthony Wright 454
Conservative Aileen Marlow 450 12.0
Conservative Anil Verma 432
Conservative Somayya Sheth 377
Liberal Democrats Ian Bradwell 373 9.9
Socialist Alternative Tessa Warrington 4.7
Majority 1,019 30.1
Turnout 3,387 23.68
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Castle (3)

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Castle[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Danny Myers 1,678 42.6
Labour Patrick Joseph Kitterick 1,575
Labour Deborah Anne Sangster 1,392
Green Jill Fisher 1,285 32.6
Liberal Democrats Hannah Louise Grafton Waters 583 14.8
Conservative Sebastian William Riley 392 10.0
Conservative Rowan William Salmon 325
Conservative Tom Guyton-Day 314
Majority 107 3.6
Turnout 2,944 30.92
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Evington (3)

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Evington[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Deepak Bajaj 2,590 54.2
Labour Sue Hunter 2,409
Labour Ratilal Bhagwan Govind 2,254
Conservative Richard Coombes 1,029 21.5
Conservative Charulata Natver Chauhan 959
Conservative Suraya Ahmed Yasin 819
Green Ursula Bilson 579 12.1
Liberal Democrats Thomas Neville Hunnings 390 8.2
Socialist Alternative Satinder Singh Toor 191 4.0
Socialist Alternative Caroline Vincent 146
Majority 1,225 26.8
Turnout 4,578 35.99
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Eyres Monsell (2)

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Eyres Monsell[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elaine Pantling 741 47.5
Labour Karen Pickering 641
UKIP Andrew Greaves 328 21.0
UKIP Dennis Wright 294
Conservative Oliver Down 209 13.4
Conservative Tony Yates 192
Green Sarah Read 144 9.2
Liberal Democrats Benedict Rogers 137 8.8
Liberal Democrats Zelda Rubinstein 116
Green Zina Zelter 92
Majority 313 18.6
Turnout 1682 20.47
Labour hold
Labour hold

Fosse (2)

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Fosse[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ted Cassidy 1,096 42.0
Labour Sue Waddington 1,067
Green Geoff Forse 455 17.4
Conservative Dave King 389 14.9
Liberal Democrats Chris Brain 246 9.4
UKIP Charlie Wright 239 9.2
Conservative Ibrahim Gocke 224
UKIP Mandy Wright 215
Independent Paul Newcombe 184 7.1
Majority 612 25.1
Turnout 2,442 25.89
Labour hold
Labour hold

Humberstone & Hamilton (3)

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Humberstone & Hamilton[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gurinder Singh Sandhu 2,095 48.8
Labour Ruma Ali 1,905
Labour John Thomas 1,895
Conservative Reece Romi Sanjiv Ladwa 1,128 26.3
Conservative Utkarsh Maheshbhai Thakkar 958
Conservative Leela Manoj Keshavji 903
Green Pam Bellinger 650 15.1
Liberal Democrats Philip Smith 421 9.8
Majority 767 18.6
Turnout 4,131 29.3
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Knighton (3)

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Knighton[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lynn Valerie Moore 2,350 37.7
Labour Melissa Claire March 2,340
Labour Geoff Whittle 1,994
Conservative Ross Grant 1,740 27.9
Conservative Andy Bayford 1,443
Conservative Abdul Giash 1,251
Green Dave Dixey 1,091 17.5
Liberal Democrats Chris Willmott 893 14.3
Liberal Democrats Lewis Hastie 709
Liberal Democrats Nathan Gubbins 616
Socialist Alternative Anna-Sofia Wiking 160 2.6
Majority 254 4.8
Turnout 5,340 42.34
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

North Evington (3)

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North Evington[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Luis Fonseca 5,076 72.4
Labour Rashmikant Joshi 5,201
Labour Jean Khote 4,797
Conservative Sheraz Ali Durrani 1,213 16.9
Conservative Pamsi Rally 1,106
Conservative Khemraj Gohel 1,092
Green Hannah Wakley 418 5.8
Liberal Democrats Christopher Garner 353 4.9
Majority 3,584 47.1
Turnout 7,604 50.81
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Rushey Mead (3)

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Rushey Mead[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rita Patel 4,118 65.5
Labour Piara Singh Clair 3,786
Labour Ross Willmott 3,320
Conservative Geeta Mahesh Karavadra 1,166 18.5
Conservative Sudhir Odedra 998
Conservative Heten Tejura 883
Liberal Democrats Hash Chandarana 556 8.8
Liberal Democrats Nitesh Pravin Dave 554
Green Anne Louise Scott 7.2
Majority 2,154 33.0
Turnout 6,527 48.53
Labour hold

Saffron (2)

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Saffron[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elly Cutkelvin 780 49.7
Labour Bill Shelton 641
Green Neil James McDermott 328 20.9
Liberal Democrats Ruan Hughes 184 11.7
Conservative Abdikayf Bashir Farah 164 10.4
Conservative Ali Douas 151
Liberal Democrats Michael Thomas Smith 127 7.3
Socialist Alternative Pete Bisson 114 1.8
Majority 313 20.5
Turnout 1,524 19.88
Labour hold
Labour hold

Spinney Hills (2)

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Spinney Hills[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mustafa Malik 2,932 68.1
Labour Misbah Batool 2,847
Conservative Inayat Patel 944 21.9
Conservative Mehboob Akuji 934
Green Bob Ball 215 5.0
Liberal Democrats Brenner Munden 138 3.2
Socialist Alternative Drew Walton 79 1.8
Majority 1,903 66.1
Turnout 4,436 48.14
Labour hold
Labour hold

Stoneygate (3)

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Stoneygate[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kirk Master 3,922 68.4
Labour Sharmen Rahman 3,809
Labour Mohammed Aminur Thalukdar 3,527
Conservative Mariyah Shahid 762 13.3
Conservative Umer Yusuf 740
Conservative Drew Charles 679
Green Chris Hughes 562 9.8
Green Mary Louise Savigar 481
Liberal Democrats Alan Fox 349 6.1
Liberal Democrats Roopal Shah 269
Socialist Alternative Franklin O'Riordan 142 2.5
Majority 3,160 54.0
Turnout 5,854 43.96
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Thurncourt (2)

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Thurncourt[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Teresa Louise Aldred 1,254 47.2
Labour Stephan Paul Gee 1,077
Conservative Jack Hickey 757 28.5
Conservative Mikey Johnny Halford 721
UKIP Joseph Peter Shelley 204 7.7
Green Anna Broszkiewicz 180 6.8
UKIP Wayne Eason 161
Liberal Democrats Paul Martin Joseph Taylor 117 4.4
The New United Kingdom Voters Alliance Amy Morgan 95 3.6
The New United Kingdom Voters Alliance Ian Michael Fox 88
Socialist Alternative Darren Baxter 51 1.9
Majority 497 18.8
Turnout 2,647 31.99
Labour hold
Labour hold

Troon (2)

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Troon[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Di Cank 1,768 57.4
Labour Ashiedu Joel 1,516
Conservative Jayesh Vinod Mistry 685 22.3
Conservative Dipak Gohil 606
Green Naomi Jane Diamond 356 11.6
Liberal Democrats Radhika Dave 269 8.7
Majority 831 25.6
Turnout 3,245 32.45
Labour hold
Labour hold

Westcotes (2)

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Westcotes[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jacky Nangreave 1,144 49.4
Labour Sarah Russell 1,082
Green Liz Sahu 473 20.4
Conservative Badron Chowdhury 335 14.5
Liberal Democrats Ildiko Gyory 229 9.9
Conservative Ndumiso Nsingo 192
UKIP Mahesh Patel 136 5.9
UKIP Hetalben Premgi 103
Majority 609 27.9
Turnout 2,182 25.25
Labour hold
Labour hold

Western (3)

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Western[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Orlanzo George Cole 1,646 42.8
Labour Gary O'Donnell 1,542
Labour Lindsay Petya Broadwell 1,494
Conservative Thomas George Broome 659 17.1
Conservative Rhys Elliott Brown 607
Green Christopher Davies 603 15.7
Green Marie Lefebvre 549
Conservative Eric Antoni Major 519
UKIP Gregg Young 511 13.3
UKIP Stuart Young 475
Liberal Democrats Chris Sidwell-Smith 430 11.2
UKIP Jitesh Dave 389
Majority 835 23.3
Turnout 3,586 24.96
Labour hold

Wycliffe (2)

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Wycliffe[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hanif Aqbany 4,539 86.3
Labour Mohammed Dawood 4,142
Conservative Abdul Rashid Master 372 7.1
Conservative Abdulrahim Bhagat 345
Green Aasiya Gulamohammed Bora 190 3.6
Liberal Democrats William Peter Tench 157 3.0
Majority 3770 67.7
Turnout 5,566 57.78
Labour hold
Labour hold

By-elections

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North Evington, May 2021

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North Evington: 6 May 2021
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Vandevi Pandya 3,306 47.2 −36.4
Conservative Abdul Razak Osman 2,565 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 1.6
Reform UK Raj Solanki 89 1.3
For Britain David John Haslett 69 1
Independent Charnjit Singh Sagoo 61 0.9
Communist Andrea Burford 33 0.5
Majority 741 10.6 −36.5
Turnout 7,004 45
Labour hold Swing

Humberstone and Hamilton, July 2021

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Humberstone and Hamilton: 22 July 2021
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Daniel Crewe 1,062 44.7 +18.4
Labour Abdul Jaleel Abdul Ghafoor 790 33.2 −15.6
Liberal Democrats Bicram Athwal 262 11.0 +1.2
Green Pam Bellinger 190 8.0 −7.1
For Britain David Haslett 37 1.6 New
Reform UK Raj Solanki 37 1.6 New
Majority 272 11.5 N/A
Turnout 2,396 16.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing Increase17.0

Evington, February 2022

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Evington By-election 3 February 2022
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shahid Ullah Khan 1,557 38.8 −20.8
Conservative Jenny Joannuo 1,382 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 4,014 30.7 −5.3
Labour hold Swing Decrease16.4

North Evington, October 2022

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North Evington By-election 13 October 2022
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sanjay Modhwadia 3,441 49.6% Increase 32.7%
Green Aasiya Bora 1,790 25.8% Increase 20.0%
Labour Rajul Tejura 1,563 22.5% Decrease 49.8%
Liberal Democrats Jitesh Dave 100 1.4% Decrease 3.5%
TUSC Tessa Warrington 45 0.6% Decrease 1%
Majority 1,651 23.8%
Turnout 6,934 Decrease
Conservative gain from Labour Swing 41.3%

Notes

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  1. ^ Peter Soulsby was the incumbent Labour Mayor, running for third term.
  2. ^ Also contested Mayoral Election
  3. ^ Ross Grant was the sole Conservative Councilor in the 2015-19 Leicester City Council, the Mayoral Candidate was Baroness Sandip Verma
  4. ^ David Haslett was expelled from the Conservative Party after close of nominations after racist and homophobic social media posts were discovered.

References

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  1. ^ "Abbey statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Aylestone statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Beaumont Leys statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Belgrave statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Braunstone Park and Rowley Fields statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Castle statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Evington statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  8. ^ "Eyres Monsell statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Fosse statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  10. ^ "Humberstone and Hamilton statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  11. ^ "Knighton statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  12. ^ "North Evington statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  13. ^ "Rushey Mead statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  14. ^ "Saffron statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  15. ^ "Spinney Hills statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  16. ^ "Stoneygate statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  17. ^ "Thurncourt statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  18. ^ "Troon statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  19. ^ "Westcotes statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  20. ^ "Western statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  21. ^ "Wycliffe statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
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