# Leicestershire County Council elections

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.

## Council elections

* 2001 Leicestershire County Council election
* 2005 Leicestershire County Council election (boundary changes took place for this election)
* 2009 Leicestershire County Council election
* 2013 Leicestershire County Council election
* 2017 Leicestershire County Council election
* 2021 Leicestershire County Council election
* 2025 Leicestershire County Council election

## County result maps

* 2005
* 2009
* 2013
* 2017
* 2021

## Changes between elections
### 1993-1997

North Braunstone By-Election 5 December 1996 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 32 | 2.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,206 | 21 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | |

### 1997-2001

Rothley By-Election 9 September 1999 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Osborne | 1,064 | 72.0 | +21.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Helena Edwards | 414 | 28.0 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 650 | 44.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,478 | 21.8 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Loughborough Shelthorpe By-Election 28 October 1999 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 226 | 15.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,435 | 19.2 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### 2005-2009

Shepshed By-Election 4 October 2007 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 143 | 3.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,031 | 37.3 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### 2009-2013

Syston Ridgeway By-Election, 3 November 2011 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 491 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,882 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### 2013-2017

Narborough and Whetstone By-Election, 7 May 2015 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 2,353 | 32.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,160 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### 2017-2021

Stoney Stanton and Croft By-Election, 3 May 2018 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 534 | 16.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,195 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Syston Ridgeway By-Election, 28 June 2018 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 559 | 41.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,356 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Cosby and Countesthorpe By-Election, 12 December 2019 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 3,245 | 43.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,507 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### 2021-2025

Blaby and Glen Parva By-Election, 21 December 2023 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 669 | 41.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,615 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Burbage By-Election, 2 May 2024 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 616 | 21.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,915 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |