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Local election in Leicester

2011 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
 
Party Labour Conservative
Seats won 52 1
Seat change +14 -7

  Third party
 
Party Liberal Democrats
Seats won 1
Seat change -5

Winner of each seat at the 2011 Leicester City Council election

Council control before election

Labour

Council control

Labour

The 2011 Leicester City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 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.

Election result

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.

Leicester City Council Local Election Result 2011
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  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 4.4 3,967
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 1,557
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 1,530
  TUSC 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 1,102
  Liberal 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 888
  English Democrat 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 442
  Unity for Peace and Socialism 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 434
  English People's Party 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 354

See also

References

  1. "BBC News - Election 2011 - England council elections - Leicester". BBC News. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  2. "Final decision for Leicester elected mayor plan". BBC News. 22 December 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  3. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2023). "Leicester City Council Election Results 1996-2011" (PDF). Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  4. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2011 - Leicester". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
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