Leicester City Council elections

Leicester is a unitary authority in Leicestershire, England. Until 1 April 1997 it was a non-metropolitan district. Since 2011 it has also had a directly elected mayor.

Political control

City council

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]^[2]^[3]

Non-metropolitan district

Party in control		Years
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Labour	1973-1976
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Conservative	1976-1979
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Labour	1979-1997

Unitary authority

Party in control		Years
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Labour	1996-2003
style="background-color: Template:No overall control/meta/color" \|	No overall control	2003-2007
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Labour	2007–present

Directly elected mayor

Party in control		Years
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" \|	Labour	2011–present

Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

Leicester City Council election, 1973
Leicester City Council election, 1976
Leicester City Council election, 1979
Leicester City Council election, 1983 (New ward boundaries)^[4]
Leicester City Council election, 1984
Leicester City Council election, 1986
Leicester City Council election, 1987
Leicester City Council election, 1991 (City boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[5]
Leicester City Council election, 1995

Unitary authority elections

Leicester City Council election, 1996
Leicester City Council election, 1998
Leicester City Council election, 1999
Leicester City Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 2)^[6]^[7]^[8]
Leicester City Council election, 2007
Leicester City Council election, 2011
Leicester City Council election, 2015 (New ward boundaries)^[9]

Mayoral elections

By-election results

1995-1999

Abbey By-Election 10 October 1996
Party		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		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		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		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	839	46.7	−14.8
	Liberal Democrats	376	20.9	+8.6
	Conservative	374	20.8	+2.3
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	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_Party_of_England_and_Wales	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		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^[10]
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_Party_of_England_and_Wales	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^[11]
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^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	N 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_Party_of_England_and_Wales	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^[13]
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_Party_of_England_and_Wales	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^[14]
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_Party_of_England_and_Wales	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^[15]
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^[15]
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_Party_of_England_and_Wales		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^[16]^[17]
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^[18]
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^[19]
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

References

^ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
^ "Leicester". BBC News Online. Retrieved 23 September 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ Walters, Simon; Turnbull, Dominic (4 May 2003). "Cabinet minister in vote rigging inquiry ; Asian voters in key council ward complain about house to house visits made by Trade Secretary to collect their postal votes". Daily Mail. p. 1. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
^ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Leicester (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Leicestershire (District Boundaries) Order 1987. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Leicester (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
^ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 7 September 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Councillors, Democracy and Elections". Leicester City Council. Retrieved 7 September 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Leicester (Electoral Changes) Order 2014. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
^ "Eyres Monsell Ward May 2002". Leicester City Council. Retrieved 7 September 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Westcotes Ward 11th December 2003". Leicester City Council. Retrieved 7 September 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Aylestone Ward 23rd September 2004". Leicester City Council. Retrieved 7 September 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Knighton Ward 4th November 2004". Leicester City Council. Retrieved 7 September 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Belgrave Ward 17th February 2005". Leicester City Council. Retrieved 7 September 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ ^a ^b "Strong swing to Labour in local byelections". guardian.co.uk. 15 July 2005. Retrieved 7 September 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Victory for Labour at Leicester by-election". this is leicestershire.co.uk. 11 September 2009. Retrieved 23 September 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Local issues will decide poll result, say hopefuls". this is leicestershire.co.uk. 18 August 2009. Retrieved 23 September 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Eyres Monsell By-Election". Leicester City Council. Archived from the original on 13 June 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ http://www.leicester.gov.uk/elections/

External links

[1] "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.

[gain-2] "Leicester". BBC News Online. Retrieved 23 September 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[rigging-3] Walters, Simon; Turnbull, Dominic (4 May 2003). "Cabinet minister in vote rigging inquiry ; Asian voters in key council ward complain about house to house visits made by Trade Secretary to collect their postal votes". Daily Mail. p. 1. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)

[4] slation.gov.uk - The City of Leicester (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.

[5] slation.gov.uk - The Leicestershire (District Boundaries) Order 1987. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.

[6] slation.gov.uk - The City of Leicester (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.

[change-7] "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 7 September 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[councillors-8] "Councillors, Democracy and Elections". Leicester City Council. Retrieved 7 September 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[9] slation.gov.uk - The Leicester (Electoral Changes) Order 2014. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.

[eyres-10] "Eyres Monsell Ward May 2002". Leicester City Council. Retrieved 7 September 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[westcotes-11] "Westcotes Ward 11th December 2003". Leicester City Council. Retrieved 7 September 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[aylestone-12] "Aylestone Ward 23rd September 2004". Leicester City Council. Retrieved 7 September 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[knighton-13] "Knighton Ward 4th November 2004". Leicester City Council. Retrieved 7 September 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[belgrave-14] "Belgrave Ward 17th February 2005". Leicester City Council. Retrieved 7 September 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[strong-15] "Strong swing to Labour in local byelections". guardian.co.uk. 15 July 2005. Retrieved 7 September 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[victory-16] "Victory for Labour at Leicester by-election". this is leicestershire.co.uk. 11 September 2009. Retrieved 23 September 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[hopefuls-17] "Local issues will decide poll result, say hopefuls". this is leicestershire.co.uk. 18 August 2009. Retrieved 23 September 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[monsell-18] "Eyres Monsell By-Election". Leicester City Council. Archived from the original on 13 June 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[19] ttp://www.leicester.gov.uk/elections/

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v t e Council elections in Leicestershire
Leicestershire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021
Blaby District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Charnwood Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Harborough District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Leicester City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1991 1995 1996 1998 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Melton Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
North West Leicestershire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Oadby and Wigston Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
See also: Wards Boundary changes

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