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2023 Leicester City Council election

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2023 Leicester City Council election

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All 54 seats to Leicester City Council
27 seats needed for a majority
Turnout37.0%
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank
Leader Peter Soulsby Sanjay Modhwadia Nigel Porter
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Mayoralty North Evington Aylestone
Last election 56.9%, 53 seats 17.5%, 0 seats 8.7%, 1 seat
Seats before 36 5 1
Seats won 31 17 3
Seat change Decrease22 Increase17 Increase2
Popular vote 89,425 76,867 21,399
Percentage 40.4% 34.8% 9.7%
Swing Decrease16.5% Increase17.3% Increase1.0%

  Fourth party Fifth party
  Blank Blank
Leader Patrick Kitterick
Party Green Independent
Leader's seat Castle
Last election 11.6%, 0 seats 0.6%, 0 seats
Seats before 1 11
Seats won 3 0
Seat change Increase3 -
Popular vote 13,830 17,757
Percentage 6.3% 8.0%
Swing Decrease5.3% Increase7.4%

Winner of each seat at the 2023 Leicester City Council election

Mayor before election

Peter Soulsby
Labour

Mayor after election

Peter Soulsby
Labour

The 2023 Leicester City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 54 members of 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.

Labour's Peter Soulsby was re-elected as mayor and the party retained its majority on the council, but with a significant loss of 22 seats compared to its position at the previous election in 2019. The Conservatives gained 17 extra seats against the national trend.[1] The Green Party and Liberal Democrats also made gains, with each being represented by three seats.[2]

Background

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2019 elections

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Labour retained control of Leicester City Council in the 2019 local elections, winning fifty-three councillors on an increased share of the vote.[3] The Liberal Democrats were runners-up, becoming the only opposition party on the council after the wipe-out of the Conservatives. A month later, Labour came top of the polls in the European Parliament election in the city – Leicester having the second-highest Labour vote share in the country, behind only the London Borough of Newham. The Brexit Party narrowly pipped the Liberal Democrats into second place.

In the 2019 general election, Labour consolidated its support in the city by winning all three constituencies with healthy majorities,[4] despite a disappointing general election campaign elsewhere. However, the candidate selection of Claudia Webbe in Leicester East, from a shortlist of one, caused controversy amongst local Labour Party members who were angry at being denied an option of a candidate from the South Asian community, at Webbe's views on the Kashmir conflict, and at the fact that she was a serving councillor in the London Borough of Islington.[5] Long-serving councillor John Thomas resigned from the party, citing the selection of Webbe and the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn,[6] and the Conservatives achieved a swing of 15% in the constituency.

Controversies and by-elections

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City Mayor Peter Soulsby faced calls to resign by Liberal Democrat leader Nigel Porter during the COVID-19 pandemic after it emerged Soulsby had been breaking lockdown rules to visit his lover.[7] This was in the background of Leicester's COVID cases being amongst the highest in the United Kingdom, with the city being kept in stricter restrictions than the rest of the country for much of the pandemic.

Soulsby was further criticised after Assistant Mayor Mustafa Malik was suspended by the Labour Party after sharing anti-semitic posts on social media but was allowed to retain the Labour whip in the City Council.[8] Councillor Jacky Nangreave was also suspended, after claiming that Keir Starmer was an "agent of Israel", though was later reinstated.[9][10] Additionally, Labour Councillor for Western Ward, Lindsay Broadwell, resigned the Labour whip and sat as an independent citing the toxic atmosphere of the Labour group and dissatisfaction with the party nationally.[11]

Amidst the controversies, the Labour grip on the city began to wane. In the 2021 North Evington By-election, they narrowly held onto a previously safe ward after a 26.5% swing to the Conservatives.[12] A few months later, the Conservatives gained their first representative on the council since the 2019 elections after winning the Humberstone and Hamilton by-election.[13] Winning Conservative candidate Daniel Crewe was soon, in September 2022, joined by Labour defector Deepak Bajaj.[14] However, Crewe later resigned his membership of the Conservative Party following the 2022 mini-budget.[15]

Despite this, Labour continued to do poorly in local by-elections. Labour narrowly held on in a three-way fight at the Evington by-election, clinging on with a twenty-one per cent reduction in the vote share after both the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats gained heavily.[16] Another three-way election, the 2022 North Evington by-election, followed, with Labour being relegated to third in a ward that in 2019 it had won with 66.8% of the vote.[17] Sanjay Modhwadia won for the Conservatives, with the Greens some distance behind in second place. There was a further setback when former Council Leader Ross Willmott was suspended by the national Labour Party for membership of an organisation that the party had proscribed.[18]

Deselections and defections

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In spite of these difficulties, Sir Peter Soulsby was re-confirmed as the Labour candidate for the 2023 elections – though the Leicester Mercury noted mixed feelings amongst its readers at this announcement.[19]

However, following the electoral defeats, the Labour Party at national level set up a 'Campaigns Improvement Board' to oversee the local party.[20] The Labour Party National Executive Committee's (NEC) claims that the local Labour Party was beset with "in-fighting, division and no clear vision" was quickly seized upon by political opponents.[21] As a result of the NEC supervision, nineteen local Labour councillors were deselected.[22] The Labour Party was criticised for a disproportionate number of Asian councillors being deselected, with 58% of BAME councillors not re-selected versus just 18% of white councillors[23] while Councillor Stephen Gee quit the party following the process, stating that "Labour no longer supports people with disabilities".[24] After being deselected, many Labour councillors vowed to fight as independents. Additionally, three councillors – Rashmikant Joshi,[25] Paul Westley and Hemant Rae Bhatia –[26] defected to the Conservatives, bringing the total number of Conservative members of the council to five.

To compound Labour's problems, a vote on whether to retain the Mayoral system saw open warfare breakout within the Labour group. The vote, in which City councillors voted to retain the Mayoral system, saw fourteen Labour councillors rebel against the whip amid accusations of bullying and intimidation to force them to vote to retain the mayor.[27] Ultimately, four Labour councillors had the whip suspended[28][29][30] while Councillor Patrick Kitterick defected to the Green Party, claiming that "the Labour Party has changed for the worse" and that "“It seems the party is going down a route where you either unquestioningly agree with the city mayor or you leave. So I'm leaving."[31] His defection gave the Green Party its first seat on the City Council since losing all its seats in the 2015 elections.

Council composition

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Party 2019 Election Before 2023 Election
Labour 53 36
Conservative 0 5
Liberal Democrats 1 1
Green 0 1
Independent 0 11

Campaign

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Labour launched its campaign, aiming to make Leicester a 'fairer, happier and safer city' by providing extra support for families struggling with the cost-of-living crisis and to invest in more CCTV and street lights. The party also says it seeks to do more to tackle climate change.[32] Labour Mayor Peter Soulsby claimed after the campaign that religion had been 'weaponised' during the election.[33]

The Conservative campaign was focussed on preventing new housing developments, pledging a nature reserve to prevent housing on the city's fringes. The party also pledges to provide free bus travel for schoolchildren and to not raise council tax above inflation.[34]

The Liberal Democrats are campaigning on building 3,000 new affordable homes and offering a referendum on the mayoral system – a position they also put forward at the 2019 elections.[35]

The Green Party announced it was targeting three wards in the election: Castle, where it held seats between 2011 and 2015; Saffron; and North Evington.[36] The party is campaigning to scrap the Mayoral system, pledging a referendum within a year of taking office.[37][38]

Candidates

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Councillors not standing for re-election

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Councillor Ward Party Notes
Deborah Sangster Castle Labour Deselected
Shahid Khan Evington Labour Deselected
Daniel Crewe Humberstone and Hamilton Independent Elected as a Conservative councillor
Luis Fonseca North Evington Labour Deselected
Bill Shelton Saffron Labour
Stephan Gee Thurncourt Independent Elected as a Labour councillor
Lindsay Broadwell Western Independent Elected as a Labour councillor

Councillors standing under a different political affiliation

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Councillor 2019 party 2019 ward 2023 party 2023 ward
Paul Westley Labour Beaumont Leys Conservative Beaumont Leys
Hemant Rae Bhatia Labour Beaumont Leys Conservative Beaumont Leys
Deepak Bajaj Labour Evington Conservative Evington
Ruma Ali Labour Humberstone and Hamilton TUSC Evington
Rashmikant Joshi Labour North Evington Conservative Evington
Rita Patel Labour Rushey Mead Independent Rushey Mead
Ross Willmott Labour Rushey Mead Independent Rushey Mead
Kirk Masters Labour Stoneygate Independent Stoneygate
Sharmen Rahman Labour Stoneygate Independent Stoneygate
Aminur Thalukdar Labour Stoneygate Independent Stoneygate
Jacky Nangreave Labour Westcotes Independent Westcotes
Gary O’Donnell Labour Western Independent Western
Padmini Chamund Labour Belgrave Independent Belgrave
Nita Solanki Labour Belgrave Independent Belgrave
Mahendra Valand Labour Belgrave Independent Belgrave
Patrick Kitterick Labour Castle Green Castle

Councillors standing in a different ward

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Councillor 2019 party 2019 ward 2023 party 2023 ward
Manjit Kaur Saini Labour Abbey Labour Humberstone and Hamilton
Adam Clarke Labour Aylestone Labour Westcotes
Vi Dempster Labour Beaumont Leys Labour Western
Ted Cassidy Labour Fosse Labour Saffron
Ashiedu Joel Labour Troon Labour Humberstone and Hamilton
Ruma Ali Labour Humberstone and Hamilton TUSC Evington
Rashmikant Joshi Labour North Evington Conservative Evington

Summary

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Election result

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2023 Leicester City Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 54 31 0 22 Decrease 22 57.4 40.4 89,425 –24.3
  Conservative 52 17 17 0 Increase 17 31.5 34.8 76,867 +15.6
  Liberal Democrats 42 3 2 0 Increase 2 5.6 9.7 21,399 +4.2
  Green 26 3 3 0 Increase 3 5.6 6.3 13,830 +0.1
  Independent 27 0 0 0 - 0.0 8.0 17,757 +7.5
  TUSC 9 0 0 0 - 0.0 0.7 1,540 N/A
  ADF 1 0 0 0 - 0.0 0.1 138 N/A
  Reform UK 1 0 0 0 - 0.0 0.0 80 New
  Communist 1 0 0 0 - 0.0 0.0 42 N/A
  British Democrats 1 0 0 0 - 0.0 0.0 34 N/A

Ward results

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Abbey

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Abbey[39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charleigh Barnes 1,829 39.8
Conservative Nagarjun Agath 1,793 39.0
Labour Annette Byrne 1,776 38.7
Conservative Kuljit Singh 1,748 38.1
Labour Vijay Singh Riyait 1,652 36.0
Labour Emma Elaine Saunders-Sinclair 1,536 33.4
Green Jim McCallum 583 12.7
Independent Hannel Chohan 482 10.5
Liberal Democrats Yevgeny Richard Salisbury 391 8.5
Turnout 4,592 29.7
Registered electors 15,473
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour
Labour hold

Aylestone

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Aylestone[40]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Nigel Porter 1,096 42.2
Liberal Democrats Scott Kennedy-Lount 927 35.7
Labour Rose Norah Ann Griffiths 839 32.3
Labour Rebecca Louise Pawley 605 23.3
Conservative Deloris Esther Philip 360 13.9
Conservative Inder Pal Singh 301 11.6
Green Bob Ball 300 11.5
TUSC Steve Score 157 6.0
Independent George Scott Brown 68 2.6
Turnout 2,599 29.8
Registered electors 8,722
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Belgrave

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Belgrave[41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Yogesh Chauhan 4,424 54.6
Conservative Shital Adatia 4,409 54.4
Conservative Jaiantilal Gopal 4,335 53.5
Labour Gurinder Kaur Athwal 1,818 22.4
Labour Kirit Mistry 1,759 21.7
Labour Hersh Thaker 1,636 20.2
Independent Nita Solanki 1,356 16.7
Independent Padmini Chamund 1,296 16.0
Independent Mahendra Valand 1,103 13.6
Green Darren Howes 341 4.2
Liberal Democrats Pravin Raja 239 3.0
TUSC David Howard Rollins 183 2.3
Turnout 8,098 56.4
Registered electors 14,360
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour

Evington

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Evington[42]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Zuffar Haq 1,841 33.6
Conservative Deepak Bajaj 1,794 32.7
Conservative Jenny Joannou 1,657 30.2
Labour Naj Hassan 1,603 29.2
Conservative Rashmikant Joshi 1,590 29.0
Liberal Democrats Farida Patel 1,490 27.2
Labour Sue Hunter 1,367 24.9
Labour Jatinder Singh Matharu 1,292 23.6
Liberal Democrats Nitesh Dave 1,200 21.9
Independent Baljit Singh 377 6.9
Green Jill Fisher 349 6.4
TUSC Ruma Ali 234 4.3
Turnout 5,483 42.5
Registered electors 12,905
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour

Humberstone & Hamilton

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Humberstone & Hamilton[43]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen Robert Bonham 1,673 38.9
Labour Manjit Kaur Saini 1,642 38.2
Labour Joel Ashiedu 1,531 35.6
Conservative Ranjit Sonigra 1,342 31.2
Conservative Sameer Thanki 1,286 29.9
Conservative Romail Gulzar 1,275 29.6
Green Pam Bellinger 492 11.4
Independent Solly Lunat 478 11.1
Liberal Democrats Bicram Athwal 416 9.7
Independent Vinodrai Ghadiali 345 8.0
Liberal Democrats Neville Hunnings 337 7.8
Liberal Democrats Karan Vyas 299 6.9
TUSC Barbara Potter 196 4.6
Independent Ravi Kanta Powar 196 4.6
Turnout 4,304 29.7
Registered electors 14,471
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

North Evington

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North Evington[44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dilip Joshi 3,943 45.9
Conservative Sanjay Modhwadia 3,910 45.5
Conservative Ravi Mahesh 3,863 45.0
Labour Mohammed Abu Taher 3,154 36.7
Labour Zoya Shaikh 3,136 36.5
Labour Ajay Kumar Aggarwal 2,776 32.3
Liberal Democrats Nilesh Bica 732 8.5
Liberal Democrats Hitesh Bhutiya 728 8.5
Liberal Democrats Hakan Akgoz 636 7.4
Green Hannah Rose Wakley 385 4.5
Green Martin Charles Gage 302 3.5
Green Brendan Robert Keegan 296 3.4
Reform UK Raj Solanki 80 0.9
Turnout 8,592 54.6
Registered electors 15,740
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour

Rushey Mead

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Rushey Mead[45]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bhupen Dave 3,036 45.4
Conservative Geeta Karavadra 2,990 44.7
Conservative Devi Singh Patel 2,844 42.6
Labour Piara Singh Clair 2,008 30.1
Labour Gurinder Singh Sandhu 1,761 26.4
Labour Priya Evarista Lavina Mendes 1,751 26.2
Independent Rita Patel 1,328 19.9
Independent Dharmesh Bhagwanji Lakhani 941 14.1
Independent Rajul Tejura 761 11.4
Liberal Democrats Hash Chandarana 475 7.1
Independent Ross Willmott 384 5.7
Liberal Democrats Pradeep Gocal 301 4.5
Liberal Democrats Asit Sodha 213 3.2
Turnout 6,682 50.6
Registered electors 13,209
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour

Thurncourt

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Thurncourt[46]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Teresa Aldred 1,202 42.4
Conservative Abdul Razak Osman 1,122 39.6
Conservative Mike Joannou 1,024 36.2
Labour Brahmpreet Kaur Gulati 998 35.2
Green Karen Wildin 293 10.3
Liberal Democrats Kate Sullivan 257 9.1
Turnout 2,832 34.4
Registered electors 8,238
Labour hold
Conservative gain from Labour

Troon

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Troon[47]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Di Cank 1,489 38.2
Labour Mohinder Singh Sangha 1,432 36.8
Conservative Ashton Fernandes 1,329 34.1
Conservative Heten Tejura 1,244 31.9
Independent Sital Singh Gill 567 14.6
Independent Kamlesh Kumari 439 11.3
Independent Karan Modha 307 7.9
Liberal Democrats Paul Smith 281 7.2
Turnout 3,895 37.3
Registered electors 10,433
Labour hold
Labour hold

Beaumont Leys

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Beaumont Leys[48]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hazel Orton 1,470 37.7
Conservative Hemant Rae Bhatia 1,456 37.4
Conservative Paul Westley 1,420 36.5
Labour Denis Yomi Tanfa 1,278 32.8
Labour Mo Peberdy 1,235 31.7
Labour David Stephen Towers 1,234 31.7
Green Andrew James Reeves 370 9.5
Independent Adrian Charles Barnes 321 8.2
Liberal Democrats Daniel Irungu 299 7.7
Liberal Democrats Alieu Ceesay 233 6.0
Turnout 3,578 28.0
Registered electors 12,791
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative gain from Labour

Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields

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Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields[49]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Su Barton 1,489 46.4
Labour Elaine Halford 1,419 44.2
Labour Kalwinder Singh Johal 1,395 43.4
Conservative Jay Barnet Popat 805 25.1
Conservative Alexandros Ali 760 23.7
Conservative Ian Alix Daliston Stanton-Wright 705 22.0
Green Neil James McDermott 489 15.2
Liberal Democrats Ian Bradwell 370 11.5
Independent Jaspreet Kaur Gill 369 11.5
Liberal Democrats Kamal Panchmatia 259 8.1
Liberal Democrats Arshdeep Singh 245 7.6
TUSC Wayne Jan Naylor 237 7.4
Turnout 3,211 23.0
Registered electors 13,974
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Fosse

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Fosse[50]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sue Waddington 999 41.1
Labour Syed Monsur Zaman 792 32.6
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Feist 580 23.9
Conservative Foligar Kum Lang 535 22.0
Conservative Pamsi Rally 531 21.9
Green Geoff Forse 377 15.5
Liberal Democrats Martin Pold 355 14.6
TUSC Brian Rodney Scott 129 5.3
Independent Chikaire Wilfred Williams Ezeru 90 3.7
Turnout 2,428 26.0
Registered electors 9,356
Labour hold
Labour hold

Westcotes

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Westcotes[51]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sarah Russell 986 45.2
Labour Adam Clarke 818 37.5
Liberal Democrats Parmjit Singh Gill 483 22.1
Liberal Democrats Juliet Kechouane Gill 357 16.4
Green Jessica Southworth 353 16.2
Conservative Dhirubhai Dholakia 283 13.0
Conservative Sofia Ali 243 11.0
Independent Jacky Nangreave 231 10.6
Independent Michael Shenton 137 6.3
Turnout 2,182 25.4
Registered electors 8,578
Labour hold
Labour hold

Western

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Western[52]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Vi Dempster 1,536 42.1
Labour Molly Ann O'Neill 1,465 40.1
Labour George Cole 1,441 39.5
Conservative Richard Philip Tutt 998 27.3
Conservative Kanchan Choudhary 993 27.2
Conservative Jay Thobhani 967 26.5
Independent Gary O'Donnell 840 23.0
Green Tine Juhlert 707 19.4
Liberal Democrats Chris Sidwell-Smith 548 15.0
Turnout 3,651 25.7
Registered electors 14,187
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Castle

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Castle[53]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Patrick Kitterick 1,564 48.0
Green Mick Gregg 1,453 44.6
Green Liz Sahu 1,419 43.5
Labour Danny Myers 1,219 37.4
Labour Lee David Holmes 1,128 34.6
Labour Chizor Anthonia Onwuegbute 1,101 33.8
Conservative Jayaram Shastri 309 9.5
Liberal Democrats Nathan Gubbins 288 8.8
Liberal Democrats Philip Smith 209 6.4
Liberal Democrats Hania Orszulik 196 6.0
Turnout 3,261 30.4
Registered electors 10,718
Green gain from Labour
Green gain from Labour
Green gain from Labour

Eyres Monsell

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Eyres Monsell[54]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elaine Pantling 791 50.9
Labour Karen Pickering 644 41.4
Conservative Mohammad Ahsan Ahmadi 389 25.0
Conservative Vineed Vijayan 373 24.0
Green Anna Broszkiewicz 174 11.2
Liberal Democrats Jo Webb 147 9.5
Liberal Democrats Zelda Rubinstein 141 9.1
Turnout 1,554 19.3
Registered electors 8,052
Labour hold
Labour hold

Knighton

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Knighton[55]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Melissa March 2,203 43.9
Labour Lynn Moore 2,071 41.3
Labour Geoff Whittle 2,067 41.2
Liberal Democrats Chris Willmott 1,198 23.9
Green Sue King 1,053 21.0
Liberal Democrats Jorawar Singh Bhoot 1,000 19.9
Conservative Ravinder Kaur Lall 981 19.6
Conservative Lu Mistry 886 17.7
Conservative Amar Tanna 866 17.3
Liberal Democrats Roopal Jaimini Shah 843 16.8
Green Bill Walker 692 13.8
TUSC Alex Gillham 208 4.1
Turnout 5,015 40.0
Registered electors 12,538
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Saffron

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Saffron[56]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ted Cassidy 783 43.6
Labour Elly Cutkelvin 774 43.1
Green Ursula Bilson 438 24.4
Green Mags Lewis 428 23.8
Conservative Gillian Jillett 286 15.9
Conservative Julie Simons 284 15.8
Liberal Democrats Denise Buchan 95 5.3
TUSC Peter Anthony Bisson 80 4.5
Liberal Democrats Michael Smith 78 4.3
Communist Ann Green 42 2.3
British Democrats David John Haslett 34 1.9
Turnout 1,797 23.0
Registered electors 7,798
Labour hold
Labour hold

Spinney Hills

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Spinney Hills[57]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Misbah Batool 2,513 52.8
Labour Mustafa Malik 2,455 51.6
Conservative Mohammed Fozdar 1,121 23.6
Conservative Sheraz Ali Durrani 713 15.0
Independent Shahid Ullah Khan 671 14.1
Independent Iqbal Alibhai Desai 510 10.7
Liberal Democrats Christopher Everitt Garner 277 5.8
Green Jan Grothusen 219 4.6
ADF Abdul Vali 138 2.9
Turnout 4,757 51.7
Registered electors 9,198
Labour hold
Labour hold

Stoneygate

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Stoneygate[58]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Raffiq Mohammed 2,898 45.3
Labour Yasmin Ahmed Surti 2,777 43.5
Labour Manjula Sood 2,107 33.0
Conservative Abdul Giash 1,688 26.4
Independent Aminur Thalukdar 1,504 23.5
Independent Kirk Master 1,503 23.5
Independent Sharmen Rahman 1,153 18.0
Conservative Saeed Khilji 1,017 15.9
Conservative Shirin Shafia Shahid 954 14.9
Liberal Democrats Aqdus Ghafar 535 8.4
Green Chris Hughes 534 8.4
Liberal Democrats Alan Fox 529 8.3
Turnout 6,391 46.5
Registered electors 13,738
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Wycliffe

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Wycliffe[59]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Hanif Aqbany 3,690 67.6
Labour Mohammed Dawood 3,681 67.4
Conservative Zakaria Ahmed 1,218 22.3
Conservative Subane Mohamed Abdi 1,168 21.4
Liberal Democrats Hoque Akramul 275 5.0
Green Sarah Joanne Read 219 4.0
TUSC Tessa Warrington 116 2.1
Turnout 5,458 56.2
Registered electors 9,717
Labour hold
Labour hold

Changes 2023–2027

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  • Diane Cank, elected for Labour, left the party in August 2023 to sit as an independent.[60]
  • Sanjay Modhwadia was suspended from the Conservative Party in March 2024 following an argument in a public car park.[61] The police investigated the allegations and decided there was no evidence that a criminal offence had been committed; by July 2024 he had been readmitted to the Conservatives.[62][63]
  • Deepak Bajaj, elected as a Conservative in 2023 (but previously elected for Labour in 2019, having defected to the Conservatives in 2022) re-joined Labour in April 2024.[64][65][66]
  • Nagarjun "Nags" Agath, elected as a Conservative, left the party to sit as an independent in June 2024, in order to allow him to stand as an independent candidate in Leicester East in the 2024 United Kingdom general election.[67]

See also

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References

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Footnotes
Citations
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