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2019 Leicester City Council election

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All 54 seats to Leicester City Council 27 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Con Leader Sir Peter Soulsby Nigel Porter Ross Grant Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative Leader's seat Did not stand Aylestone Knighton (defeated) Seats won 53 1 0 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 126,569 10,682 37,495 Percentage 64.7% 5.5% 19.2% Swing 9.7% 1.0% 1.6%
Winner of each seat at the 2019 Leicester City Council election
Council control before election Labour Council control Labour

The 2019 Leicester City Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all fifty-four members of the Leicester City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections, and the election for the directly elected Mayor of Leicester.

Summary

Election result

2019 Leicester City Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	54	53	1	0	1	98.1	64.7	126,569	+9.7
	Liberal Democrats	28	1	0	0		1.9	5.5	10,682	–1.0
	Conservative	54	0	0	1	1	0.0	19.2	37,495	+1.6
	Green	27	0	0	0		0.0	6.2	12,129	–0.9
	UKIP	22	0	0	0		0.0	3.4	6,579	–8.6
	Socialist Alternative	10	0	0	0		0.0	0.6	1,237	+0.4
	Independent	5	0	0	0		0.0	0.5	902	–1.2

Ward Results

Abbey (3)

Aylestone (2)

Beaumont Leys (3)

Belgrave (3)

Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields (3)

Castle (3)

Evington (3)

Eyres Monsell (2)

Fosse (2)

Humberstone & Hamilton (3)

Knighton (3)

North Evington (3)

Rushey Mead (3)

Saffron (2)

Spinney Hills (2)

Stoneygate (3)

Thurncourt (2)

Troon (2)

Westcotes (2)

Western (3)

Wycliffe (2)

By-elections

North Evington, May 2021

Humberstone and Hamilton, July 2021

Humberstone and Hamilton: 22 July 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel Crewe	1,062	44.7	+18.4
	Labour	Abdul Jaleel Abdul Ghafoor	790	33.2	−15.6
	Liberal Democrats	Bicram Athwal	262	11.0	+1.2
	Green	Pam Bellinger	190	8.0	−7.1
	For Britain	David Haslett	37	1.6	New
	Reform UK	Raj Solanki	37	1.6	New
Majority			272	11.5	N/A
Turnout			2,396	16.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	17.0

Evington, February 2022

Evington By-election 3 February 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shahid Ullah Khan	1,557	38.8	−20.8
	Conservative	Jenny Joannuo	1,382	34.4	+11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Zuffar Haq	830	20.7	+12.2
	Green	Ursula Bilson	200	5.0	−7.6
	For Britain	David George	45	1.1	+1.1
Majority			175	4.4	−22.4
Turnout			4,014	30.7	−5.3
	Labour hold		Swing	16.4

North Evington, October 2022

North Evington By-election 13 October 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sanjay Modhwadia	3,441	49.6%	32.7%
	Green	Aasiya Bora	1,790	25.8%	20.0%
	Labour	Rajul Tejura	1,563	22.5%	49.8%
	Liberal Democrats	Jitesh Dave	100	1.4%	3.5%
	TUSC	Tessa Warrington	45	0.6%	1%
Majority			1,651	23.8%
Turnout			6,934
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	41.3%

Notes

1. Peter Soulsby was the incumbent Labour Mayor, running for third term.
2. Also contested Mayoral Election
3. Ross Grant was the sole Conservative Councilor in the 2015-19 Leicester City Council, the Mayoral Candidate was Baroness Sandip Verma
4. David Haslett was expelled from the Conservative Party after close of nominations after racist and homophobic social media posts were discovered.

References

1. "Abbey statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
2. "Aylestone statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
3. "Beaumont Leys statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
4. "Belgrave statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
5. "Braunstone Park and Rowley Fields statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
6. "Castle statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
7. "Evington statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
8. "Eyres Monsell statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
9. "Fosse statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
10. "Humberstone and Hamilton statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
11. "Knighton statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
12. "North Evington statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
13. "Rushey Mead statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
14. "Saffron statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
15. "Spinney Hills statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
16. "Stoneygate statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
17. "Thurncourt statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
18. "Troon statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
19. "Westcotes statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
20. "Western statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
21. "Wycliffe statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.

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