Leicestershire County Council elections

Leicestershire County Council in England is elected every four years.

Political control

Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Party in control	Years
No overall control	1973 - 1977
Conservative	1977 - 1981
No overall control	1981 - 2001
Conservative	2001 - present

Council elections

• Leicestershire County Council election, 2001
• Leicestershire County Council election, 2005 (boundary changes took place for this election)^[2]
• Leicestershire County Council election, 2009
• Leicestershire County Council election, 2013

County result maps

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  2009 results map

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  2013 results map

By-election results

1993-1997

North Braunstone By-Election 5 December 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		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 Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

1997-2001

Rothley By-Election 9 September 1999[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Osborne	1,064	72.0	+21.5
	Liberal Democrat	Helena Edwards	414	28.0	+0.5
Majority			650	44.0
Turnout			1,478	21.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Loughborough Shelthorpe By-Election 28 October 1999[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marylin Cowles	751	52.3	+0.9
	Conservative	Richard Allen	525	36.5	+2.5
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Tyler	159	11.1	-3.4
Majority			226	15.8
Turnout			1,435	19.2
	Labour hold		Swing

2005-2009

Shepshed By-Election 4 October 2007[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin Parler	1,217	30.2	-12.7
	Conservative	Christine Radford	1,074	26.6	-10.2
	Liberal Democrat	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

Syston Ridgeway By-Election, 3 November 2011[6]
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 Democrat	Richard John Miller	132	7.01	-10.39
Majority			491
Turnout			1,882
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "Leicestershire". BBC News Online. 2009-04-19. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
2. "Local election results: Leicestershire". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
3. "Tories victorious". Leicester Mercury. 1999-09-10.
4. "Labour delight". Leicester Mercury. 1999-10-29.
5. "County Council By Election Result for Shepshed Electoral Division". Leicestershire County Council. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
6. http://www.leics.gov.uk/index/your_council/local_democracy/election_results/systonridgewaybyelection.htm

• By-election results

External links

• Leicestershire County Council