2023 Leicester City Council election

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
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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]

  1. ^ Torr, George (6 May 2023). "Local elections 2023: Religion was weaponised, says mayor". BBC News. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  2. ^ Steelyard, Linda; Kershaw, Tom; Richardson, Hannah; Moorhouse, Sam (6 May 2023). "Local Elections 2023 in Leicestershire as it happened". LeicestershireLive. Retrieved 10 May 2023.