Leicester Unitary Council in England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 54 councillors have been elected from 22 wards.[1]
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Since 1979 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2][3]
Party in control | Years |
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Labour | 1979 - 2003 |
No overall control | 2003 - 2007 |
Labour | 2007 - present |
Leicester Council election, 1999
Leicester Council election, 2003 (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 2)[4]
Leicester Council election, 2007
Leicester Council election, 2011
Leicester mayoral election, 2011
Abbey By-Election 10 October 1996 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | 1,608 | 69.3 | |||
Conservative | 461 | 19.9 | |||
Liberal Democrat | 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 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | 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 Democrat 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 Democrat | 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 Democrat | 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 |
Aylestone By-Election 15 February 2001 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | Jean Middleton | 955 | 43.1 | -5.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | 1,060 | 43.7 | -11.3 | ||
Labour | 640 | 26.4 | -9.5 | ||
Liberal Democrat | 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[5] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | 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 Democrat gain from Labour | Swing |
Westcotes By-Election 11 December 2003[6] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal Democrat | 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 Democrat hold | Swing |
Aylestone By-Election 23 September 2004[7] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | N Porter | 938 | 45.8 | -5.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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[8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Conservative | R Grant | 1,646 | 45.9 | +14.4 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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 Democrat | Swing |
Belgrave By-Election 17 February 2005[9] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | A Kavia | 1,809 | 65.4 | +16.7 | |
Conservative | S Gajjar | 459 | 16.6 | +6.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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[10] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Violet Dempster | 952 | 54.4 | +5.9 | |
Conservative | Martin Wright | 342 | 19.5 | -7.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | 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[10] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | 1,751 | 66.1 | +0.7 | ||
Liberal Democrat | 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 |
Castle By-Election 10 September 2009[11][12] | |||||
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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 Democrat | 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[13] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Virginia Cleaver | 1,446 | 35.3 | -2.5 | |
Conservative | Jon Humberstone | 999 | 24.4 | +2.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Scott Kennedy-Lount | 908 | 22.2 | +5.8 | |
BNP | Adrian Waudby | 745 | 18.2 | -3.2 | |
Majority | 447 | 10.9 | |||
Turnout | 4,098 |