2011 Leicester City Council election
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Local election in Leicester
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All 54 seats to Leicester City Council 27 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Winner of each seat at the 2011 Leicester City Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2011 Leicester City Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Leicester City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections and the first election for the directly elected Mayor of Leicester.[1][2]
The 54 councillors are elected from 27 wards, each electing either 2 or 3 councillors. The results of the election were that 52 Labour councillors were elected, with 1 Conservative and 1 Liberal Democrat. Labour gained from the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Greens, the latter of which lost both of their remaining seats.[3]
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| Labour | 52 | 14 | 0 | +14 | 96.0 | 55.2 | 49,761 | ||
| Conservative | 1 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 2.0 | 19.7 | 17,727 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 2.0 | 13.7 | 12,352 | ||
| Green | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 3,967 | ||
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 1,557 | ||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 1,530 | ||
| TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1,102 | ||
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 888 | ||
| English Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 442 | ||
| Unity for Peace and Socialism | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 434 | ||
| English People's Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 354 | ||
See also
References
- ↑ "BBC News - Election 2011 - England council elections - Leicester". BBC News. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ↑ "Final decision for Leicester elected mayor plan". BBC News. 22 December 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ↑ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2023). "Leicester City Council Election Results 1996-2011" (PDF). Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2011 - Leicester". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
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