# 2015 Leicester City Council election

The 2015 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, the 2015 general election and the 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. This is unchanged from the 2011 local election.
Leicester City Council Local Election Result 2015 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Labour | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 55.0 | 163,374 |
| Conservative | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17.6 | 52,269 |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6.5 | 19,407 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 35,615 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 21,039 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 5,002 |
| TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 476 |
| English Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 50 |

## Ward Results
### Abbey (3)

Abbey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Annette Dawn Byrne | 2,881 | |
| | Labour | Harshad Dahyabhai Bhavsar | 2,360 | |
| | Labour | Vijay Singh Riyait | 2,189 | |
| | UKIP | Paul Edwards | 1,369 | |
| | Conservative | Peter John Shandley | 1,352 | |
| | Conservative | Hiran Patel | 1,289 | |
| | UKIP | Peter Bryan Stone | 1,116 | |
| | UKIP | Gregg Young | 1000 | |
| | Conservative | Khandubhai Patel | 977 | |
| | Green | Jessie Cooke | 618 | |
| | Green | Alan John Stocker | 421 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Edwin Smith | 392 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Robert Taylor | 375 | |
| | TUSC | Tessa Alison Warrington | 183 | |
| | Independence from Europe | Ismail Mohammed Ali Patel | 78 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 16600 | 53.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Aylestone (2)

Aylestone :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Adam Michael Drewitt Clarke | 1,516 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nigel Carl Porter | 1,177 | |
| | Conservative | Paul David Bremner | 1095 | |
| | Labour | Tara Jane Harris | 1065 | |
| | Conservative | Christina Margaret Davison | 998 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrea Michelle Gee | 907 | |
| | UKIP | Dutch Veldhuizen | 709 | |
| | Green | Chris Hughes | 703 | |
| | UKIP | Anthony Yates | 692 | |
| | Green | Tim Pearce | 649 | |
| | Independent | Philip Stuart Middleton | 37 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9548 | 64.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Beaumont Leys (3)

Beaumont Leys :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Paul Thomas Westley | 2,642 | |
| | Labour | Sue Waddington | 2,444 | |
| | Labour | Hemant Rae Bhatia | 2,355 | |
| | Conservative | Bhavnisha Champaneri | 1389 | |
| | UKIP | Bernard Garry Fox | 1159 | |
| | Conservative | Dinesh Pathak | 1042 | |
| | Conservative | Aarti Solanki | 989 | |
| | UKIP | Andy Greaves | 987 | |
| | UKIP | Tracey Ann Greaves | 931 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Adrian Charles Barnes | 808 | |
| | Green | Peter Richard Hague | 644 | |
| | LICC | Steve Score | 219 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 15609 | 51.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Belgrave (3)

Belgrave :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Mansukhlal Dharamshi Chohan | 5,705 | |
| | Labour | Manjula Sood | 5,593 | |
| | Labour | John William Thomas | 4,653 | |
| | Conservative | Assoc Faquir | 1509 | |
| | Conservative | Sathish Maroju | 1485 | |
| | Conservative | Manish Naresh Teli | 1273 | |
| | Green | Dinah Gilian Freer | 466 | |
| | UKIP | Darren Millward | 318 | |
| | UKIP | Donna Millward | 270 | |
| | UKIP | Scott Prendergast | 263 | |
| | LICC | Alexander Morgan | 199 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21734 | 67.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Braunstone Park and Rowley Fields (3)

Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Steve Corrall | 2,358 | |
| | Labour | Elaine Christina Halford | 2,280 | |
| | Labour | Kulwinder Singh Johal | 1,836 | |
| | UKIP | Sukiy Singh | 1628 | |
| | UKIP | Karen June Green | 1514 | |
| | UKIP | Brian Kirkup | 1270 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Carmichael Bradwell | 992 | |
| | Green | Zina Zelter | 949 | |
| | LICC | Wayne Naylor | 461 | |
| | LICC | Jumi Hollist | 299 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13587 | 47.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Castle (3)

Castle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Patrick Joseph Kitterick | 2,388 | |
| | Labour | Lynn Senior | 2,116 | |
| | Labour | Deborah Anne Sangster | 1,997 | |
| | Green | Mags Lewis | 1777 | |
| | Green | Hannah Rose Wakley | 1418 | |
| | Green | Chris Williams | 1196 | |
| | Conservative | Emily Meriel Elizabeth Davison | 1117 | |
| | Conservative | Leon Hadji-Nikolaou | 982 | |
| | Conservative | Jamie Williams | 851 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Francis Fox | 557 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Thomas Neville March Hunnings | 381 | |
| | UKIP | Zoey Debra Lucas | 310 | |
| | UKIP | Tina Marie Johnson | 304 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mohan Raghav | 280 | |
| | LICC | Robert William Fraser Durdin | 252 | |
| | UKIP | Mandy Wright | 232 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 16158 | 58.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Evington (3)

Evington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Deepak Bajaj | 3,990 | |
| | Labour | Sue Hunter | 3,827 | |
| | Labour | Ratilal Bhagwan Govind | 3,327 | |
| | Conservative | Pratap Jethwa | 1874 | |
| | Conservative | Sajan Raja Odedra | 1737 | |
| | Conservative | Vivek Bhima Khistariya | 1564 | |
| | UKIP | Colin William Brown | 690 | |
| | Green | Ursula Elisabeth Bilson | 660 | |
| | UKIP | Chris Lucas | 633 | |
| | UKIP | Simon Stone | 499 | |
| | Green | Neil Ben Foley | 388 | |
| | LICC | Anthony Robert Blower | 267 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19456 | 63.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Eyres Monsell (2)

Eyres Monsell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Virginia Cleaver | 1,439 | |
| | Labour | Rory Palmer | 1,229 | |
| | UKIP | Paul Mark Aldwinckle | 874 | |
| | UKIP | Daz Lee | 778 | |
| | Conservative | Aileen Marlow | 613 | |
| | Conservative | Daniel Neal Quelch | 376 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Everitt Garner | 253 | |
| | Green | Christopher John Davies | 203 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Scott Kennedy-Lount | 179 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5944 | 46.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Fosse (2)

Fosse :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Dawn Victoria Alfonso | 1,756 | |
| | Labour | Ted Cassidy | 1,684 | |
| | UKIP | Nicholas Stefen Pridden | 886 | |
| | UKIP | Stuart Ian Eric Young | 869 | |
| | Green | Geoff Forse | 856 | |
| | Green | Benjamin Livingstone | 650 | |
| | LICC | Brian Rodney Scott | 184 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 49.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Humberstone and Hamilton (3)

Humberstone & Hamilton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Rashmi Joshi | 3,035 | |
| | Labour | Gurinder Singh Sandhu | 2,759 | |
| | Labour | Vi Dempster | 2,620 | |
| | Conservative | Michael Halford | 1983 | |
| | Conservative | Dhiren Morjaria | 1813 | |
| | Conservative | Sudhir Odedra | 1624 | |
| | UKIP | Victoria Jayne Connor | 1021 | |
| | UKIP | Stephen Michael Ingall | 921 | |
| | UKIP | Samantha Clare Willbond | 898 | |
| | Green | David William Dixey | 676 | |
| | LICC | Barbie Potter | 368 | |
| | LICC | Andy Coles | 320 | |
| | Independent | Kerrie Carnall | 205 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 59 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Knighton (3)

Knighton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Lynn Valerie Moore | 3,405 | |
| | Labour | Inderjit Singh Gugnani | 3,052 | |
| | Conservative | Ross Ian Grant | 3,007 | |
| | Labour | Geoff Whittle | 2616 | |
| | Conservative | Caroline Louise Scuplak | 2048 | |
| | Conservative | Ty Watson | 1887 | |
| | Green | Sylvia Ann Reid | 1273 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Parmjit Singh Gill | 1271 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Joan Garrity | 1125 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Juliet Kechouane Gill | 1010 | |
| | UKIP | Sean Richardson | 600 | |
| | UKIP | Jitesh Dave | 503 | |
| | UKIP | Rahaul Paul Sharma | 386 | |
| | LICC | Kerry Siabhan Brier | 253 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 68.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### North Evington (3)

North Evington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Abdul Razak Osman | 5,800 | |
| | Labour | Luis Jose Jeronimo Bento Da Fonseca | 4,942 | |
| | Labour | Jean Khote | 4,834 | |
| | Conservative | Khemraj Gohel | 1414 | |
| | Conservative | Mamta Natuarlal | 1301 | |
| | Conservative | Mayur Lakhubhai Sisodia | 1199 | |
| | Green | Woody Kitson | 419 | |
| | UKIP | Rambhi Odedra | 327 | |
| | LICC | Thomas Patrick Barker | 291 | |
| | UKIP | Shilpa Odedra | 291 | |
| | UKIP | Ravinder Kathleen Ivy Taylor | 280 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 64.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Rushey Mead (3)

Rushey Mead :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Rita Patel | 4,597 | |
| | Labour | Piara Singh Clair | 4,584 | |
| | Labour | Ross Willmott | 4,390 | |
| | Conservative | Hemubhai Chandarana | 1797 | |
| | Conservative | Rashmi Vyas | 1702 | |
| | Conservative | Sarban Singh | 1389 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hash Chandarana | 586 | |
| | Green | Nimit Jethwa | 513 | |
| | UKIP | Keith Agius | 472 | |
| | UKIP | Adam Barker | 399 | |
| | UKIP | Kyle Perkins | 353 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nitesh Dave | 327 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jaswinder Kaur | 305 | |
| | LICC | Leila Khamis | 117 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 66.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Saffron (2)

Saffron :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Elly Cutkelvin | 1,573 | |
| | Labour | Bill Shelton | 1,270 | |
| | UKIP | Phil Johnson | 580 | |
| | Green | Tim Grayson | 532 | |
| | Conservative | Andy Bayford | 530 | |
| | UKIP | Leee Parker | 397 | |
| | Conservative | John Orme | 307 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Faithfull-Wright | 207 | |
| | LICC | Peter Bisson | 177 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Herbert | 163 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 47 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Spinney Hills (2)

Spinney Hills :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Shofiqul Islam Chowdhury | 4,277 | |
| | Labour | Ghulam Mustafa Malik | 3,727 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mahomed Siddik Giga | 822 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Yakub Mohmed Umar | 666 | |
| | Green | Sally Lucinda Singer-Fraser | 275 | |
| | UKIP | Barbara Joan Moxey | 209 | |
| | UKIP | Anthony Charles Wright | 189 | |
| | LICC | Andrew John Walton | 155 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 66.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Stoneygate (3)

Stoneygate :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Kirk Master | 4,871 | |
| | Labour | Mohammed Aminur Thalukdar | 4,779 | |
| | Labour | Lucy Chaplin | 4,334 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Afiea Akhtar | 1272 | |
| | Conservative | John Michael Grant | 1057 | |
| | Conservative | Rebecca Helen Mary Lee | 838 | |
| | Green | Bob Ball | 799 | |
| | Green | Simon Paul Bates | 680 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ranjit Singh Flora | 545 | |
| | Green | Michael Jeffrey Sackin | 476 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mukesh Lalitchandra Vaidya | 359 | |
| | UKIP | Trevor Green | 222 | |
| | UKIP | Joanne Hassell | 218 | |
| | LICC | Lauren Grace Kelb-Lancaster | 196 | |
| | UKIP | Bejai Jay | 193 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 62.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Thurncourt (2)

Thurncourt :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Teresa Louise Aldred | 1,816 | |
| | Labour | Paul Darren Newcombe | 1,435 | |
| | Conservative | Jack Robert Hickey | 1345 | |
| | Conservative | Joseph Anthony Peverill | 973 | |
| | UKIP | Timmy Tony Jacques | 744 | |
| | UKIP | Adam James O'beirne | 645 | |
| | Green | Murray Roy Frankland | 293 | |
| | Green | Anna Broszkiewicz | 235 | |
| | TUSC | Sally Skyrme | 184 | |
| | English Democrat | David John Haslett | 50 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 59.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Troon (2)

Troon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Baljit Singh | 2,476 | |
| | Labour | Diane Linda Cank | 1,984 | |
| | Conservative | Hemendra Champaklal Modi | 1128 | |
| | Conservative | Rupa Chatrabhuj Soni | 824 | |
| | UKIP | Suleman Rahemtulla | 528 | |
| | UKIP | Rambhaben Dave | 498 | |
| | Green | Andrew James Reeves | 362 | |
| | LICC | Darren Baxter | 239 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 58.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Westcotes (2)

Westcotes :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Andy Connelly | 1,859 | |
| | Labour | Sarah Christine Russell | 1,615 | |
| | Green | Ian James Smalley | 725 | |
| | Conservative | Kirti Doshi | 685 | |
| | Green | Val Smalley | 621 | |
| | Conservative | Jitu Gosai | 522 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eduardas Gaulia | 353 | |
| | UKIP | Carol Young | 328 | |
| | UKIP | Antony Edmett | 313 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gurjit Singh Gill | 256 | |
| | TUSC | Damon Peter Gibbons | 109 | |
| | LICC | Samantha Clare Kirk | 99 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 50.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Western (3)

Western :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Susan Barton | 2,909 | |
| | Labour | Orlanzo George Cole | 2,513 | |
| | Labour | Malcolm William Unsworth | 1,807 | |
| | UKIP | Stewart Keith Wittering | 1757 | |
| | UKIP | Reginald Sidney Moxey | 1567 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Coley | 1479 | |
| | UKIP | Stephanie Murphy | 1475 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicola Jane Henfrey | 1083 | |
| | Green | Mel Gould | 882 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gary Glendon Hunt | 841 | |
| | Green | Paul William Eccleshare | 680 | |
| | LICC | Caroline Louisa Vincent | 323 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 51.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Wycliffe (2)

Wycliffe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Hanif Aqbany | 5,048 | |
| | Labour | Mohammed Dawood | 4,817 | |
| | Conservative | Abdikayf Bashir Farah | 384 | |
| | LICC | Mohamed Shiine | 263 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mohamed Ahmed | 249 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mohamed Kassim Mohamed | 187 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 69.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |