2019 Leicester City Council election

The 2019 Leicester City Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all fifty-four members of the Leicester City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections, and the election for the directly elected Mayor of Leicester.

2019 Leicester City Council election
2 May 2019
All 54 seats to Leicester City Council
27 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
LD
Con
Leader Sir Peter Soulsby Nigel Porter Ross Grant
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Leader's seat Did not stand[n 1] Aylestone [n 2] Knighton (defeated)[n 3]
Seats won 53 1 0
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 126,569 10,682 37,495
Percentage 64.7% 5.5% 19.2%
Swing 9.7% 1.0% 1.6%
Council control before election

Labour

 Council control

Labour

Election result

The 54 councillors are elected from 21 wards, each electing either 2 or 3 councillors.

Leicester City Council Local Election Result 2019
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 53 1 0 1 98 64.7 126,569 9.7
  Liberal Democrats 1 0 0 2 5.5 10,682 1.0
  Conservative 0 0 1 1 0.0 19.2 37,495 1.6
  Green 0 0 0 0.0 6.2 12,129 0.9
  UKIP 0 0 0 0.0 3.4 6,579 8.6
  Socialist Alternative 0 0 0 0.0 0.6 1,237 0.4
  Independent 0 0 0 0.0 0.5 902 1.2

Ward Results

Abbey (3)
Abbey[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Annette Dawn Byrne 2,124 56.0 +14.1
Labour Vijay Singh Riyait 1,784
Labour Manjit Kaur Saini 1,767
Conservative David John Haslett[n 4] 599 15.8 -3.9
Conservative Lakhwinder Singh 521
Green Melanie Elizabeth Gould 496 13.1 +4.1
Conservative Anjoom Iftikhar Maniar 457
UKIP Paul Gerald Edwards 451 11.9 -8
UKIP Susan Shelley 428
UKIP Pete Stone 379
Green Michael Jeffrey Sackin 337
Liberal Democrats Paul Edwin Smith 281 7.4 +1.7
Majority 1168 30.8 +8.8
Turnout 3793 27.62
Labour hold

Aylestone (2)
Aylestone[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrats Nigel Porter 972 34.6 +12.1
Labour Adam Clarke 923 32.9 +4
Liberal Democrats Scott Kennedy-Lount 667
Labour Su Strange 545
Conservative Mukesh Basra 495 17.6 -3.3
Conservative Barry Elliot 486
Green Alexandra Goodwin 281 10.0 -3.4
UKIP Rambhaben Dave 196 7.0 -6.5
UKIP Joanne Hassell 183
Green Andrew Reeves 183
Socialist Alternative Stephen Score 77 2.7 +2.7
Majority 256 9.1
Turnout 2806 32.29
Liberal Democrats hold
Labour hold

Belgrave (3)
Belgrave[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Padmini Chamund 5,872 73.4 +4.5
Labour Nita Solanki 5,383
Labour Mahendra Mohanbhai Valand 4,707
Conservative Ramesh Pamsi Bhulabhai 1205 15.1 -3.3
Conservative Devi Prakashveer Singh 951
Conservative Jagtar Singh 842
Green Mags Lewis 497 6.2 +0.5
Independent Sanjay Prem Gogia 324 4.1 +4.1
Liberal Democrats Asit Sodha 293 3.7 +3.7
Independent Khandubhai Vanmalibhai Patel 211 2.6 +2.6
Majority 3502 43.8
Turnout 7995 55.95
Labour hold

Beaumont Leys (3)
Beaumont Leys[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Paul Westley 1,579 48.1 +9.6
Labour Vi Dempster 1,563
Labour Hemant Bhatia 1,563
Conservative Suzanne Burnside 663 20.2 +0.0
Conservative Sameer Dilipkumar Thanki 558
Conservative Praful Ladwa 554
Green Rob Reeves 389 11.9 +2.5
Green Stephen Massey 340
UKIP Carol Young 335 10.2 -6.7
UKIP Tracey Greeves 309
UKIP Shane Durrant 303
Liberal Democrats Gary Hunt 253 7.7 -4.1
Socialist Alternative Alex Morgan 102 3.1 -0.1
Majority 900 27.4
Turnout 3280 25.79
Labour hold

Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields (3)
Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Elaine Halford 1,622 47.9 +12.3
Labour Susan Barton 1,602
Labour Kulwinder Singh Johal 1,553
Green Christopher Williams 604 17.8 +3.5
UKIP Victoria Young 525 15.5 -9.1
UKIP Stuart Mobbs 455
UKIP Anthony Wright 454
Conservative Aileen Marlow 450 13.3 +13.3
Conservative Anil Verma 432
Conservative Somayya Sheth 377
Liberal Democrats Ian Bradwell 373 11.0 -4.0
Socialist Alternative Tessa Warrington 175 5.2 -1.8
Majority 1019 30.1
Turnout 3387 23.68
Labour hold

Castle (3)
Castle[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Danny Myers 1,678 57.0 +19.7
Labour Patrick Joseph Kitterick 1,575
Labour Deborah Anne Sangster 1,392
Green Jill Fisher 1285 43.6 +15.8
Liberal Democrats Hannah Louise Grafton Waters 583 19.8 +11.1
Conservative Sebastian William Riley 392 13.3 -4.2
Conservative Rowan William Salmon 325
Conservative Tom Guyton-Day 314
Majority 107 3.6
Turnout 2944 30.92

Evington (3)
Evington[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Deepak Bajaj 2,590 56.6
Labour Sue Hunter 2,409
Labour Ratilal Bhagwan Govind 2,254
Conservative Richard Coombes 1029 22.5
Conservative Charulata Natver Chauhan 959
Conservative Suraya Ahmed Yasin 819
Green Ursula Bilson 579 12.6
Liberal Democrats Thomas Hunnings 390 8.5
Socialist Alternative Satinder Singh Toor 191 4.2
Socialist Alternative Caroline Vincent 146
Majority 1225 26.8
Turnout 4578 35.99
Labour hold

Eyres Monsell (2)
Eyres Monsell[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Elaine Pantling 741 37.4
Labour Karen Pickering 641
UKIP Andrew Greaves 328 16.5
UKIP Dennis Wright 294
Conservative Oliver Down 209 10.5
Conservative Tony Yates 192
Green Sarah Read 144 7.3
Liberal Democrats Benedict Rogers 137 6.9
Liberal Democrats Zelda Rubinstein 116
Green Zina Zelter 92
Majority 313 18.6
Turnout 1682 20.47
Labour hold

Fosse (2)
Fosse[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Ted Cassidy 1,096 44.9
Labour Sue Waddington 1,067
Green Geoff Forse 455 18.6
Conservative Dave King 389 15.9
Conservative Ibrahim Gocke 224
Liberal Democrats Chris Brain 246 10.1
UKIP Charlie Wright 239 9.8
UKIP Mandy Wright 215
Independent Paul Newcombe 184 7.5
Majority 612 25.1
Turnout 2442 25.89
Labour hold

Humberstone & Hamilton (3)
Humberstone & Hamilton[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Gurinder Singh Sandhu 2,095 50.7
Labour Ruma Ali 1,905
Labour John Thomas 1,895
Conservative Reece Romi Sanjiv Ladwa 1128 27.3
Conservative Utkarsh Maheshbhai Thakkar 958
Conservative Leela Manoj Keshavji 903
Green Pam Bellinger 650 15.7
Liberal Democrats Philip Smith 421 10.2
Majority 767 18.6
Turnout 4131 29.3
Labour hold

Knighton (3)
Knighton[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Lynn Valerie Moore 2,350 44.0
Labour Melissa Claire March 2,340
Labour Geoff Whittle 1,994
Conservative Ross Grant 1740 32.6
Conservative Andy Bayford 1443
Conservative Abdul Giash 1251
Green Dave Dixey 1091 20.4
Liberal Democrats Chris Willmott 893 16.7
Liberal Democrats Lewis Hastie 709
Liberal Democrats Nathan Gubbins 616
Socialist Alternative Anna-Sofia Wiking 160 3.0
Majority 254 4.8
Turnout 5340 42.34
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

North Evington (3)
North Evington[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Luis Fonseca 5,076 83.6
Labour Rashmi Joshi 5,201
Labour Jean Khote 4,797
Conservative Sheraz Ali Durrani 1213 20.0
Conservative Pamsi Rally 1106
Conservative Khemraj Gohel 1092
Green Hannah Wakley 418 6.9
Liberal Democrats Christopher Garner 353 5.8
Majority 3584 47.1
Turnout 7604 50.81
Labour hold

Rushey Mead (3)
Rushey Mead[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Rita Patel 4,118 63.1
Labour Piara Singh Clair 3,786
Labour Ross Willmott 3,320
Conservative Geeta Mahesh Karavadra 1166 17.9
Conservative Sudhir Odedra 998
Conservative Heten Tejura 883
Liberal Democrats Hash Chandarana 556 8.5
Liberal Democrats Nitesh Pravin Dave 554
Green Anne Louise Scott 451 6.9
Majority 2154 33.0
Turnout 6527 48.53
Labour hold

Saffron (2)
Saffron[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Elly Cutkelvin 780 51.2
Labour Bill Shelton 641
Green Neil James McDermott 328 21.5
Liberal Democrats Ruan Hughes 184 12.1
Conservative Abdikayf Bashir Farah 164 10.8
Conservative Ali Douas 151
Liberal Democrats Michael Thomas Smith 127
Socialist Alternative Pete Bisson 114 7.5
Majority 313 20.5
Turnout 1524 19.88
Labour hold

Spinney Hills (2)
Spinney Hills[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Ghulam Mustafa Malik 2,932 66.1
Labour Misbah Batool 2,847
Conservative Inayat Patel 944 21.3
Conservative Mehboob Akuji 934
Green Bob Ball 215 4.8
Liberal Democrats Brenner Munden 138 3.1
Socialist Alternative Drew Walton 79 1.8
Majority 1903 66.1
Turnout 4436 48.14
Labour hold

Stoneygate (3)
Stoneygate[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Kirk Master 3,922 67.0
Labour Sharmen Rahman 3,809
Labour Mohammed Aminur Thalukdar 3,527
Conservative Mariyah Shahid 762 13.0
Conservative Umer Yusuf 740
Conservative Drew Charles 679
Green Chris Hughes 562 9.6
Green Mary Louise Savigar 481
Liberal Democrats Alan Fox 349 6.0
Liberal Democrats Roopal Shah 269
Socialist Alternative Franklin O'Riordan 142 2.4
Majority 3160 54.0
Turnout 5854 43.96
Labour hold

Thurncourt (2)
Thurncourt[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Teresa Louise Aldred 1,254 47.4
Labour Stephan Paul Gee 1,077
Conservative Jack Hickey 757 28.6
Conservative Mikey Johnny Halford 721
UKIP Joseph Peter Shelley 204 7.7
Green Anna Broszkiewicz 180 6.8
UKIP Wayne Mitchell Eason 161
Liberal Democrats Paul Martin Joseph Taylor 117 4.4
New United Kingdom Voters Alliance Amy Morgan 95 3.6
New United Kingdom Voters Alliance Ian Michael Fox 88
Socialist Alternative Darren Baxter 51 1.9
Majority 497 18.8
Turnout 2647 31.99
Labour hold

Troon (2)
Troon[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Di Cank 1,768 66.8
Labour Ashiedu Joel 1,516
Conservative Jayesh Vinod Mistry 685 25.9
Conservative Dipak Gohil 606
Green Naomi Jane Diamond 356 13.4
Liberal Democrats Radhika Dave 269 10.2
Majority 831 25.6
Turnout 3245 32.45
Labour hold

Westcotes (2)
Westcotes[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Jacky Nangreave 1,144 52.4
Labour Sarah Russell 1,082
Green Liz Sahu 473 21.7
Conservative Badron Chowdhury 335 15.4
Liberal Democrats Ildiko Gyory 229 10.5
Conservative Ndumiso Nsingo 192
UKIP Mahesh Patel 136 6.2
UKIP Hetalben Premgi 103
Majority 609 27.9
Turnout 2182 25.25
Labour hold

Western (3)
Western[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Orlanzo George Cole 1,646 45.9
Labour Gary O'Donnell 1,542
Labour Lindsay Petya Broadwell 1,494
Conservative Thomas George Broome 659 18.4
Conservative Rhys Elliott Brown 607
Green Christopher Davies 603 16.8
Green Marie Lefebvre 549
Conservative Eric Antoni Major 519
UKIP Gregg Young 511 14.2
UKIP Stuart Young 475
Liberal Democrats Chris Sidwell-Smith 430 12.0
UKIP Jitesh Dave 389
Majority 835 23.3
Turnout 3586 24.96
Labour hold

Wycliffe (2)
Wycliffe[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Hanif Aqbany 4,539 81.5
Labour Mohammed Dawood 4,142
Conservative Abdul Rashid Master 372 6.7
Conservative Abdulrahim Bhagat 345
Green Aasiya Gulamohammed Bora 190 3.4
Liberal Democrats William Peter Tench 157 2.8
Majority 3770 67.7
Turnout 5566 57.78
Labour hold

Notes
  1. Peter Soulsby was the incumbent Labour Mayor, running for third term.
  2. Also contested Mayoral Election
  3. Ross Grant was the sole Conservative Councilor in the 2015-19 Leicester City Council, the Mayoral Candidate was Baroness Sandip Verma
  4. David Haslett was expelled from the Conservative Party after close of nominations after racist and homophobic social media posts were discovered.

References
  1. "Abbey statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  2. "Aylestone statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  3. "Belgrave statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  4. "Beaumont Leys statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  5. "Braunstone Park and Rowley Fields statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  6. "Castle statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  7. "Evington statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  8. "Eyres Monsell statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  9. "Fosse statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  10. "Humberstone and Hamilton statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  11. "Knighton statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  12. "North Evington statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  13. "Rushey Mead statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  14. "Saffron statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  15. "Spinney Hills statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  16. "Stoneygate statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  17. "Thurncourt statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  18. "Troon statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  19. "Westcotes statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  20. "Western statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  21. "Wycliffe statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
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