Blaby District Council elections

Blaby District Council in Leicestershire, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 39 councillors have been elected from 18 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
Independent	1973 - 1976
Conservative	1976 - 1995
No overall control	1995 - 1999
Conservative	1999 - present

Council elections

• Blaby District Council election, 1973
• Blaby District Council election, 1976
• Blaby District Council election, 1979
• Blaby District Council election, 1983 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
• Blaby District Council election, 1987
• Blaby District Council election, 1991 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]
• Blaby District Council election, 1995
• Blaby District Council election, 1999
• Blaby District Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 1)^[5][6]
• Blaby District Council election, 2007
• Blaby District Council election, 2011
• Blaby District Council election, 2015 (Some new ward boundaries)^[7]

By-election results

1995-1999

Enderby By-Election 17 October 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		335	34.1
	Liberal Democrat		212	21.6
	Conservative		177	18.0
	Independent		158	16.1
	Independent		101	10.2
Majority			123	12.5
Turnout			983	31.6
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

1999-2003

Flamville By-Election 4 May 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		578	64.5	+7.3
	Liberal Democrat		314	35.2	+35.2
Majority			264	29.3
Turnout			892	29.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Millfield By-Election 10 August 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		225	37.6	-14.9
	Conservative		187	31.3	-6.1
	Liberal Democrat		186	31.1	+21.0
Majority			38	6.3
Turnout			598	38.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Enderby By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		852	43.3	-2.3
	Labour		700	35.6	-1.0
	Liberal Democrat		416	21.1	+3.3
Majority			152	7.7
Turnout			1,968
	Conservative hold		Swing

Leicester Forest East By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,575	52.5	-12.2
	Labour		1,423	47.5	+12.2
Majority			152	5.0
Turnout			2,998
	Conservative hold		Swing

2003-2007

North Whetstone By-Election 6 April 2006[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Karl Coles	298	45.2	+7.3
	Liberal Democrat	Jeannine Songhurst	265	40.2	+28.9
	Labour	Michael Bounds	96	14.6	-0.9
Majority			33	5.0
Turnout			659	17.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "Elections - general information". Blaby District Council. Retrieved 2010-03-24.
2. "Blaby". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-03-24.
3. The District of Blaby (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980
4. legislation.gov.uk - The Leicestershire (District Boundaries) Order 1987. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
5. "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-03-24.
6. legislation.gov.uk - The District of Blaby (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
7. legislation.gov.uk - The District of Blaby (Electoral Changes) Order 2012. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
8. "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Blaby District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 18, 2011. Retrieved 2010-03-24.

• By-election results

External links

• Blaby District Council