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Leicestershire County Council elections are held every four years. Leicestershire County Council is the upper-tier authority for the non-metropolitan county of Leicestershire in England. Since the last boundary changes in 2017, 55 county councillors have been elected from 53 electoral divisions.[1]

Council elections

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Year Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats[a] Reform Green UKIP BNP Independent Council control
after election
1973[2] 42 36 7 – – – – 8 No overall control
1977[2] 75 17 0 1 Conservative
1981[2] 44 43 5 1 No overall control
1985[b][2] 42 32 11 0 0 No overall control
1989[2] 39 33 12 0 1 No overall control
1993[4] 31 37 17 0 0 No overall control
1997[c][6] 25 17 11 – 1 No overall control
2001[7][8] 29 15 10 0 Conservative
2005[d][10][11] 30 12 13 0 0 Conservative
2009[12][13] 36 4 14 1 0 Conservative
2013[14] 30 10 13 2 0 0 Conservative
2017[e][16] 36 6 13 0 – 0 Conservative
2021[17] 42 4 9 – 0 Conservative
2025[18] 15 2 11 25 1 1 No overall control

County result maps

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Changes between elections

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1993-1997

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North Braunstone By-Election 5 December 1996
Party Candidate 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

1997-2001

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Rothley By-Election 9 September 1999[19]
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[20]
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

2005-2009

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Shepshed By-Election 4 October 2007[21]
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

2009-2013

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Syston Ridgeway By-Election, 3 November 2011[22]
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

2013-2017

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Narborough and Whetstone By-Election, 7 May 2015[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Terence Richardson 4,011 56.0 −3.3
Labour Michael Bounds 1,658 23.2 −7.1
UKIP Carolyn Brennan 1,491 20.8 +20.8
Majority 2,353 32.9
Turnout 7,160
Conservative hold Swing

2017-2021

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Stoney Stanton and Croft By-Election, 3 May 2018[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Maggie Wright 1,566 49.0 −24.2
Liberal Democrats Danny Findlay 1,032 32.3 +22.9
Labour Christina Emmett 444 13.9 −3.5
Green Nick Cox 153 4.8 +4.8
Majority 534 16.7
Turnout 3,195
Conservative hold Swing
Syston Ridgeway By-Election, 28 June 2018[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tom Barkley 810 59.7 +2.0
Labour Claire Poole 251 18.5 −2.3
Liberal Democrats Nitesh Dave 149 11.0 +5.0
Green Matthew Wise 97 7.2 −1.2
UKIP Andy McWilliam 49 3.6 −3.5
Majority 559 41.2
Turnout 1,356
Conservative hold Swing
Cosby and Countesthorpe By-Election, 12 December 2019[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Les Phillimore 4,535 60.4 −3.5
Labour Sandra Parkinson 1,290 17.2 −4.4
Liberal Democrats Royston Bayliss 1,139 15.2 +7.5
Green Christiane Startin-Lorent 543 7.2 +7.2
Majority 3,245 43.2
Turnout 7,507
Conservative hold Swing

2021-2025

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Blaby and Glen Parva By-Election, 21 December 2023[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sue Jordan 989 61.2 +12.4
Conservative Nigel Grundy 320 19.8 −13.7
Labour Laura Badland 190 11.8 +1.8
Green Mike Jelfs 116 7.2 −0.5
Majority 669 41.4
Turnout 1,615
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Burbage By-Election, 2 May 2024[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Barry Walker 1,496 51.3 +9.6
Conservative Maddie Lee 880 30.2 −18.2
Labour Jamie Ross 401 13.8 +4.6
Green Rhiannon Carter 138 4.7 +4.7
Majority 616 21.1
Turnout 2,915
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

2025-2029

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Narborough and Whetstone By-Election, 16 April 2026[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Dee North 1,033 33.0 −9.3
Conservative Les Phillimore 927 29.6 +5.1
Green Mike Jelfs 884 28.2 +13.4
Liberal Democrats Ande Savage 134 4.3 −3.6
Labour Lisa Pendery-Hunt 124 4.0 −4.8
Advance UK Martin Garfoot 28 0.9 +0.9
Majority 106 3.4
Turnout 3,130
Reform hold Swing

Notes

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  1. ↑ Liberal Party, 1973–1981; SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1985.
  2. ↑ Boundary changes reduced the number of seats by eleven.[3]
  3. ↑ The number of seats decreased by 31 due to the removal of Leicester and Rutland.[5]
  4. ↑ Boundary changes increased the number of seats by one.[9]
  5. ↑ Boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same.[15]

References

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  1. ↑ "The Leicestershire (Electoral Changes) Order 2016", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2016/1070, retrieved 17 August 2022
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Leicestershire County Council Election Results 1973-2009" (PDF). University of Plymouth. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  3. ↑ "The County of Leicestershire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1984" (PDF). legislation.gov.uk. 4 February 1984. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  4. ↑ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Local Elections Handbook 1993" (PDF). University of Plymouth. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  5. ↑ "The Leicestershire (City of Leicester and District of Rutland) (Structural Change) Order 1996". legislation.gov.uk. 29 February 1996. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  6. ↑ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Local Elections Handbook 1997" (PDF). University of Plymouth. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  7. ↑ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Local Elections Handbook 2001" (PDF). University of Plymouth. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  8. ↑ "Results of county council elections" (PDF). Leicestershire County Council. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  9. ↑ "The County of Leicestershire (Electoral Changes) Order 2005". legislation.gov.uk. 1 February 2005. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  10. ↑ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Local Elections Handbook 2005" (PDF). University of Plymouth. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  11. ↑ "Election results for Leicestershire County Council 2005" (PDF). Leicestershire County Council. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  12. ↑ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Local Elections Handbook 2009" (PDF). University of Plymouth. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  13. ↑ "Election results for Leicestershire County Council 2009" (PDF). Leicestershire County Council. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  14. ↑ "Election results for Leicestershire County Council 2013" (PDF). Leicestershire County Council. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  15. ↑ "The Leicestershire (Electoral Changes) Order 2016". legislation.gov.uk. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  16. ↑ "2017 Election results for Leicestershire County Council" (PDF). Leicestershire County Council. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  17. ↑ "2021 Election results for Leicestershire County Council" (PDF). Leicestershire County Council. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  18. ↑ "2021 Election results for Leicestershire County Council" (PDF). Leicestershire County Council. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  19. ↑ "Tories victorious". Leicester Mercury. 10 September 1999.
  20. ↑ "Labour delight". Leicester Mercury. 29 October 1999.
  21. ↑ "County Council By Election Result for Shepshed Electoral Division". Leicestershire County Council. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
  22. ↑ "Leicestershire County Council | Serving the people of Leicestershire".
  23. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Narborough and Whetstone Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  24. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Stoney Stanton and Croft Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  25. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Syston Ridgeway Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  26. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Cosby and Countesthorpe Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  27. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Blaby and Glen Parva Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  28. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Burbage Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  29. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Narborough and Whetstone Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2026.

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