Leicestershire County Council elections
Local government elections in Leicestershire, England
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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
| 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
- 2005
- 2009
- 2013
- 2017
- 2021
- 2025
Changes between elections
1993-1997
| 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
| 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 | ||||
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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
| 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 | ||||
| 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
| 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
- Liberal Party, 1973–1981; SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1985.