Leicester City Council elections explained

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

Council elections

• 1973 Leicester City Council election
• 1976 Leicester City Council election
• 1979 Leicester City Council election
• 1983 Leicester City Council election (New ward boundaries)^[2]
• 1984 Leicester City Council election
• 1986 Leicester City Council election
• 1987 Leicester City Council election
• 1991 Leicester City Council election (City boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[3]
• 1995 Leicester City Council election
• 1996 Leicester City Council election
• 1998 Leicester City Council election
• 1999 Leicester City Council election
• 2003 Leicester City Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 2)^{[4] [5] [6]}
• 2007 Leicester City Council election
• 2011 Leicester City Council election
• 2015 Leicester City Council election (New ward boundaries)^[1]
• 2019 Leicester City Council election
• 2023 Leicester City Council election

Mayoral elections

• Leicester mayoral election, 2011
• Leicester mayoral election, 2015
• Leicester mayoral election, 2019
• Leicester mayoral election, 2023

By-election results

2019-2023

External links

• Leicester City Council
• By-election results

Notes and References

1. si. The Leicester (Electoral Changes) Order 2014. 2014. 3339. 17 August 2022.
2. legislation.gov.uk - The City of Leicester (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
3. legislation.gov.uk - The Leicestershire (District Boundaries) Order 1987. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
4. legislation.gov.uk - The City of Leicester (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
5. News: Local elections . 2009-09-07 . BBC News Online.
6. Web site: Councillors, Democracy and Elections . 2009-09-07 . Leicester City Council.