Leicester City Council elections

Leicester City Council, a unitary authority in England, is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 54 councillors have been elected from 22 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since 1979 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]^[3]

Party in control	Years
Labour	1979 - 2003
No overall control	2003 - 2007
Labour	2007 - present

Council elections

Leicester City Council election, 1999
Leicester City Council election, 2003 (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 2)^[4]
Leicester City Council election, 2007
Leicester City Council election, 2011
Leicester City Council election, 2015

Mayoral elections

Leicester mayoral election, 2011

By-election results

1995-1999

Abbey By-Election 10 October 1996
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
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

1999-2003

Aylestone By-Election 15 February 2001
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
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]
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

2003-2007

Westcotes By-Election 11 December 2003^[6]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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

2007-2011

Castle By-Election 10 September 2009^[11]^[12]
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]
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
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.65

2011-2015

Abbey By Election 9th May 2013^[14]
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 Democrat	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

↑ "Councillors, Democracy and Elections". Leicester City Council. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
↑ "Leicester". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
↑ Walters, Simon; Turnbull, Dominic (2003-05-04). "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. |accessdate= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
↑ "Eyres Monsell Ward May 2002". Leicester City Council. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
↑ "Westcotes Ward 11th December 2003". Leicester City Council. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
↑ "Aylestone Ward 23rd September 2004". Leicester City Council. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
↑ "Knighton Ward 4th November 2004". Leicester City Council. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
↑ "Belgrave Ward 17th February 2005". Leicester City Council. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
↑ 10.0 10.1 "Strong swing to Labour in local byelections". guardian.co.uk. 2005-07-15. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
↑ "Victory for Labour at Leicester by-election". this is leicestershire.co.uk. 2009-09-11. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
↑ "Local issues will decide poll result, say hopefuls". this is leicestershire.co.uk. 2009-08-18. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
↑ "Eyres Monsell By-Election". Leicester City Council. Retrieved 2010-05-21.
↑ http://www.leicester.gov.uk/elections/

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