Leicester City Council elections are held every four years. Leicester City Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Leicester in Leicestershire, England. Until 1 April 1997 it was a non-metropolitan district. Since 2011 it has also had a directly elected mayor. Since the last boundary changes in 2015, 54 councillors have been elected from 21 wards.[1]

Summary of results

Political group Councillors
1996 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 Current
Labour 41 30 20 38 52 52 53 31 31
Liberal Democrat 8 16 25 6 1 1 1 3 3
Conservative 7 10 9 8 1 1 0 17 17
Green 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 3
Independent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 56 56 54 54 54 54 54 54 54

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By-election results

1995-1999

Abbey By-Election 10 October 1996
Party Candidate 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 Candidate 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 Candidate 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 Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 839 46.7 -14.8
Liberal Democrats 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 Democrats 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 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[7]
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 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[8]
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[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel 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 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[10]
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 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[11]
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 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[12]
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[12]
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 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[13][14]
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[15]
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[16]
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

2015-2019

Castle By-election 8 June 2017[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Danny Myers 4,272 64.6 +27.3
Conservative Ali Douas 1,015 15.4 -2.1
Green Oli Young-Jones 946 14.3 -13.5
Liberal Democrats Lewis Hastie 379 5.7 -3.0
Majority 3,257 49.3
Turnout 6,612
Labour hold Swing
Eyres Monsell By-election 23 November 2017 [18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elaine Pantling 556 53.15
Liberal Democrats Tony Faithfull-Wright 320 30.59
Conservative Christopher Michael Doyle 170 15.91
Majority 236
Turnout 1046 12.5
Labour hold Swing
Belgrave By-election 6 December 2018[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Padmini Chamund 5,477 86.6 +17.0
Conservative Khandubhai Patel 412 6.5 -11.9
Liberal Democrats Hash Chandarana 238 3.8 +3.8
Green Ursula Bilson 199 3.1 -2.6
Majority 5,065 80.1
Turnout 6,326
Labour hold Swing

2019-2023

North Evington By-election 6 May 2021
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Vandevi Pandya 3,306 47.2% Decrease 36.4%
Conservative Abdul Osman 2565 36.6% Increase 16.6%
Green Aasiya Bora 241 3.4% Decrease 3.5%
Liberal Democrats Asit Sodha 240 3.4% Decrease 2.4%
TUSC Kumaran Bose 117 1.7% Increase 1.7%
Reform UK Raj Solanki 89 1.3% Increase 1.3%
For Britain David Haslett 69 1.0% Increase 1.0%
Independent Charnjit Singh Sagoo 61 0.9% Increase 0.9%
Communist Andrea Burford 33 0.5% Increase 0.5%
Majority 741 10.6%
Turnout 7,004 45.0% Decrease 5.83
Labour hold Swing -26.5
Humberstone and Hamilton By-election 22 July 2021
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Daniel Crewe 1,062 44.7% Increase 18.5%
Labour Abdul Jalil 790 33.2% Decrease 15.5%
Liberal Democrats Bicram Athwal 262 11.0% Increase 1.2%
Green Pam Bellinger 190 8.0% Decrease 7.1%
Reform UK Raj Solanki 37 1.6% Increase 1.6%
For Britain David Haslett 37 1.6% Increase 1.6%
Majority 272 11.5
Conservative gain from Labour Swing 17.0%
Evington By-election 3 February 2022
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Shahid Ullah Khan 1,557 38.8 -20.8
Conservative Jenny Joannuo 1382 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 4014 30.7 -5.3
Labour hold Swing -16.4
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% Increase 0.6%
Majority 1,651 23.8%
Turnout 6,934 Decrease
Conservative gain from Labour Swing 41.3%

References

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