# Mayor of Leicester

The Mayor of Leicester, styled City Mayor to distinguish from the Lord Mayor of Leicester, is the directly elected mayor responsible for the executive function of Leicester City Council in England. The incumbent is Peter Soulsby of the Labour Party.

## Background

In December 2010 the Labour controlled Leicester City Council approved plans to give the city a directly elected mayor with responsibility for all council decisions during their four-year term and for selecting up to nine councillors as a supporting cabinet in accordance with the provisions of the Local Government Act 2007. The creation of the post was approved by the City Council on 10 December 2010. A referendum on establishing a directly elected mayoralty was not held. The first election took place in May 2011.

## Elections
### 2011

The first mayoral election on 5 May 2011 saw Peter Soulsby elected as mayor in the first round.
Leicester Mayoral Election 5 May 2011 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st round | 1st round | 2nd round | 2nd round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round |
| | Labour | Peter Soulsby | 46,948 | 55.3% | | | | ​​ |
| | Conservative | Ross Grant | 9,688 | 11.4% | | | | ​​ |
| | Independent | Rick Moore | 7,365 | 8.7% | | | | ​​ |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gary Hunt | 6,029 | 7.1% | | | | ​​ |
| | Green | Geoff Forse | 3,452 | 4.1% | | | | ​​ |
| | Independent | Nima Patel | 3,358 | 4.0% | | | | ​​ |
| | UKIP | Regine Anderson | 2,195 | 2.6% | | | | ​​ |
| | Unity for Peace and Socialism | Mohinda Farma | 1,944 | 2.3% | | | | ​​ |
| | Independent | David Bowley | 1,784 | 2.1% | | | | ​​ |
| | Independent | Mu-Hamid Pathan | 1,465 | 1.7% | | | | ​​ |
| | Independent | Lee Sowden | 631 | 0.7% | | | | ​​ |
| | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win |

### 2015

Soulsby won re-election in 2015, again polling more than half the first preference vote to win on the first round.
Leicester Mayoral Election 7 May 2015 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st round | 1st round | 2nd round | 2nd round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round |
| | Labour | Peter Soulsby | 71,533 | 54.6% | | | | ​​ |
| | Conservative | Paul Bremner | 24,327 | 18.6% | | | | ​​ |
| | UKIP | Dutch Veldhuizen | 12,532 | 9.6% | | | | ​​ |
| | Green | Tim Grayson | 8,637 | 6.6% | | | | ​​ |
| | Liberal Democrats | Adrian Barnes | 8,315 | 6.3% | | | | ​​ |
| | TUSC | Barbie Potter | 3,028 | 2.3% | | | | ​​ |
| | Independent | Avtar Singh | 2,662 | 2.0% | | | | ​​ |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### 2019

Again, Soulsby won re-election in 2019, retaining his position as City Mayor for a third term, with an increased majority.
Leicester Mayoral Election 2 May 2019 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st round | 1st round | 2nd round | 2nd round | 2nd round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round |
| Party | Party | Candidate | Total | Of round | Transfers | Total | Of round | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round |
| | Labour | Peter Soulsby | 51,444 | 61.0% | | | | ​​ |
| | Conservative | Sandip Verma | 14,519 | 17.2% | | | | ​​ |
| | Green | Mags Lewis | 6,659 | 7.9% | | | | ​​ |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nigel Porter | 4,101 | 5.0% | | | | ​​ |
| | UKIP | Stuart Young | 3,525 | 4.2% | | | | ​​ |
| | Independent | Sanjay Gogia | 2,445 | 2.9% | | | | ​​ |
| | Socialist Alternative | Stephen Score | 1,643 | 2.0% | | | | ​​ |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### 2023

Leicester Mayoral Election 4 May 2023 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Peter Soulsby | 35,002 | 39.3 | 21.7 |
| | Conservative | Sanjay Modhwadia | 26,422 | 29.7 | 12.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Parmjit Singh Gill | 9,674 | 10.9 | 5.9 |
| | Independent | Rita Patel | 7,966 | 8.9 | New |
| | Green | Mags Lewis | 7,808 | 8.8 | 0.9 |
| | TUSC | Steve Score | 2,173 | 2.4 | 0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 8,580 | 9.6 | 34.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 89,045 | 36.5 | 1.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 17.1 | |

## List of mayors

| Political party | Political party | Name | Name | Election |
| | Labour | | Peter Soulsby | 6 May 2011 |