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.^[1]

Council elections

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

Rothley By-Election 9 September 1999^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Osborne	1,064	72.0	+21.5
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats	Paul Tyler	159	11.1	−3.4
Majority			226	15.8
Turnout			1,435	19.2
	Labour hold		Swing

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 Democrats	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

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 Democrats	Richard John Miller	132	7.01	−10.39
Majority			491
Turnout			1,882
	Conservative hold		Swing

Narborough and Whetstone By-Election, 7 May 2015^[7]
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			2,353	32.9
Turnout			7,160
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stoney Stanton and Croft By-Election, 3 May 2018^[8]
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			534	16.7
Turnout			3,195
	Conservative hold		Swing

Syston Ridgeway By-Election, 28 June 2018^[9]
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			559	41.2
Turnout			1,356
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cosby and Countesthorpe By-Election, 12 December 2019^[10]
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			3,245	43.2
Turnout			7,507
	Conservative hold		Swing

Blaby and Glen Parva By-Election, 21 December 2023^[11]
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			669	41.4
Turnout			1,615
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Burbage By-Election, 2 May 2024^[12]
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			616	21.1
Turnout			2,915
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing