Political control

Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Council elections

North Braunstone By-Election 5 December 1996
Party		Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	399	33.1
	Labour	367	30.4
	Conservative	189	15.7
	Militant Labour	150	12.4
	Socialist Labour	101	8.4
Majority		32	2.7
Turnout		1,206	21
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour	Swing

Rothley By-Election 9 September 1999^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Osborne	1,064	72.0	+21.5
	Liberal Democrats	Helena Edwards	414	28.0	+0.5
Majority			650	44.0
Turnout			1,478	21.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Loughborough Shelthorpe By-Election 28 October 1999^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marylin Cowles	751	52.3	+0.9
	Conservative	Richard Allen	525	36.5	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Tyler	159	11.1	-3.4
Majority			226	15.8
Turnout			1,435	19.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Shepshed By-Election 4 October 2007^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Parler	1,217	30.2	-12.7
	Conservative	Christine Radford	1,074	26.6	-10.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Popley	933	23.1	+2.8
	BNP	Julia Green	807	20.0	+20.0
Majority			143	3.6
Turnout			4,031	37.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Syston Ridgeway By-Election, 3 November 2011^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen John Hampson	981	52.13	-0.47
	Labour	Colin Lovell	490	26.04	+6.64
	BNP	Catherine Ann Mary Duffy	279	14.82	-4.58
	Liberal Democrats	Richard John Miller	132	7.01	-10.39
Majority			491
Turnout			1,882
	Conservative hold		Swing

Veteran Conservative councillor Ernie White (Stoney Stanton and Croft) died on 2 January 2018.^[7] A by-election will be held on 3 May.^[8]

Council elections in Leicestershire

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
Charnwood Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Harborough District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Leicester City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1991 1995 1996 1998 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Melton Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
North West Leicestershire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Oadby and Wigston Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
See also: Wards Boundary changes

English County Council Elections

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