2019_Leicester_City_Council_election

2019 Leicester City Council election
All 54 seats to Leicester City Council; 27 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 2019 Leicester City Council election
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control ; Labour;

2019 Leicester City Council election

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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.

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Peter Soulsby was the incumbent Labour Mayor, running for third term.

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Also contested Mayoral Election

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Ross Grant was the sole Conservative Councilor in the 2015-19 Leicester City Council, the Mayoral Candidate was Baroness Sandip Verma

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David Haslett was expelled from the Conservative Party after close of nominations after racist and homophobic social media posts were discovered.

[Abbey_Statement_of_Persons_Nominated-4] [1]
"Abbey statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.

[Aylestone_Statement_of_Persons_Nominated-6] [2]
"Aylestone statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.

[Beaumont_Leys_Statement_of_Persons_Nominated-7] [3]
"Beaumont Leys statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.

[Belgrave_Statement_of_Persons_Nominated-8] [4]
"Belgrave statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.

[Braunstone_Park_Statement_of_Persons_Nominated-9] [5]
"Braunstone Park and Rowley Fields statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.

[Castle_Statement_of_Persons_Nominated-10] [6]
"Castle statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.

[Evington_Statement_of_Persons_Nominated-11] [7]
"Evington statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.

[Eyres_Monsell_Statement_of_Persons_Nominated-12] [8]
"Eyres Monsell statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.

[Fosse_Statement_of_Persons_Nominated-13] [9]
"Fosse statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.

[Humberstone_Statement_of_Persons_Nominated-14] [10]
"Humberstone and Hamilton statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.

[Knighton_Statement_of_Persons_Nominated-15] [11]
"Knighton statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.

[North_Evington_Statement_of_Persons_Nominated-16] [12]
"North Evington statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.

[Rushey_Mead_Statement_of_Persons_Nominated-17] [13]
"Rushey Mead statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.

[Saffron_Statement_of_Persons_Nominated-18] [14]
"Saffron statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.

[Spinney_Hills_Statement_of_Persons_Nominated-19] [15]
"Spinney Hills statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.

[Stoneygate_Statement_of_Persons_Nominated-20] [16]
"Stoneygate statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.

[Thurncourt_Statement_of_Persons_Nominated-21] [17]
"Thurncourt statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.

[Troon_Statement_of_Persons_Nominated-22] [18]
"Troon statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.

[Westcotes_Statement_of_Persons_Nominated-23] [19]
"Westcotes statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.

[Western_Statement_of_Persons_Nominated-24] [20]
"Western statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.

[Wycliffe_Statement_of_Persons_Nominated-25] [21]
"Wycliffe statement of persons nominated" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2019.

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2019 Leicester City Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	54	53	1	0	1	98.1	64.7	126,569	+9.7
	Liberal Democrats	28	1	0	0		1.9	5.5	10,682	–1.0
	Conservative	54	0	0	1	1	0.0	19.2	37,495	+1.6
	Green	27	0	0	0		0.0	6.2	12,129	–0.9
	UKIP	22	0	0	0		0.0	3.4	6,579	–8.6
	Socialist Alternative	10	0	0	0		0.0	0.6	1,237	+0.4
	Independent	5	0	0	0		0.0	0.5	902	–1.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Annette Dawn Byrne	2,124	53.8
	Labour	Vijay Singh Riyait	1,784
	Labour	Manjit Kaur Saini	1,767
	Conservative	David John Haslett^{[n 4]}	599	15.2
	Conservative	Lakhwinder Singh	521
	Green	Melanie Elizabeth Gould	496	12.6
	Conservative	Anjoom Iftikhar Maniar	457
	UKIP	Paul Gerald Edwards	451	11.4
	UKIP	Susan Shelley	428
	UKIP	Pete Stone	379
	Green	Michael Jeffrey Sackin	337
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Edwin Smith	281	7.1
Majority			1,168	30.8	+8.8
Turnout			3,793	27.62
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Porter	972	32.8
	Labour	Adam Clarke	923	31.2
	Liberal Democrats	Scott Kennedy-Lount	667
	Labour	Su Strange	545
	Conservative	Mukesh Basra	495	16.7
	Conservative	Barry Elliot	486
	Green	Alexandra Goodwin	281	9.5
	UKIP	Rambhaben Dave	196	7.2
	UKIP	Joanne Hassell	183
	Green	Andrew Reeves	183
	Socialist Alternative	Stephen Score	77	2.6
Majority			256	9.1
Turnout			2,806	32.29
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Paul Westley	1,579	48.3
	Labour	Vi Dempster	1,563
	Labour	Hemant Bhatia	1,563
	Conservative	Suzanne Burnside	663	20.3
	Conservative	Sameer Dilipkumar Thanki	558
	Conservative	Praful Ladwa	554
	Green	Rob Reeves	389	10.4
	Green	Stephen Massey	340
	UKIP	Carol Young	335	10.2
	UKIP	Tracey Greeves	309
	UKIP	Shane Durrant	303
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Hunt	253	7.7
	Socialist Alternative	Alex Morgan	102	3.1
Majority			900	27.4
Turnout			3,280	25.79
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Padmini Chamund	5,872	71.7
	Labour	Nita Solanki	5,383
	Labour	Mahendra Mohanbhai Valand	4,707
	Conservative	Ramesh Pamsi Bhulabhai	1,205	14.7
	Conservative	Devi Prakashveer Singh	951
	Conservative	Jagtar Singh	842
	Green	Mags Lewis	497	6.1
	Independent	Sanjay Prem Gogia	324	4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Asit Sodha	293	3.6
	Independent	Khandubhai Vanmalibhai Patel	211
Majority			3,502	43.8
Turnout			7,995	55.95
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

2019_Leicester_City_Council_election

2019 Leicester City Council election

Summary

Election result

Ward Results

Abbey (3)

Aylestone (2)

Beaumont Leys (3)

Belgrave (3)

Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields (3)

Castle (3)

Evington (3)

Eyres Monsell (2)

Fosse (2)

Humberstone & Hamilton (3)

Knighton (3)

North Evington (3)

Rushey Mead (3)

Saffron (2)

Spinney Hills (2)

Stoneygate (3)

Thurncourt (2)

Troon (2)

Westcotes (2)

Western (3)

Wycliffe (2)

By-elections

North Evington, May 2021

Humberstone and Hamilton, July 2021

Evington, February 2022

North Evington, October 2022

Notes

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Elaine Halford	1,622	43.3
	Labour	Susan Barton	1,602
	Labour	Kulwinder Singh Johal	1,553
	Green	Christopher Williams	604	16.1
	UKIP	Victoria Young	525	14.0
	UKIP	Stuart Mobbs	455
	UKIP	Anthony Wright	454
	Conservative	Aileen Marlow	450	12.0
	Conservative	Anil Verma	432
	Conservative	Somayya Sheth	377
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Bradwell	373	9.9
	Socialist Alternative	Tessa Warrington		4.7
Majority			1,019	30.1
Turnout			3,387	23.68
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Danny Myers	1,678	42.6
	Labour	Patrick Joseph Kitterick	1,575
	Labour	Deborah Anne Sangster	1,392
	Green	Jill Fisher	1,285	32.6
	Liberal Democrats	Hannah Louise Grafton Waters	583	14.8
	Conservative	Sebastian William Riley	392	10.0
	Conservative	Rowan William Salmon	325
	Conservative	Tom Guyton-Day	314
Majority			107	3.6
Turnout			2,944	30.92
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Deepak Bajaj	2,590	54.2
	Labour	Sue Hunter	2,409
	Labour	Ratilal Bhagwan Govind	2,254
	Conservative	Richard Coombes	1,029	21.5
	Conservative	Charulata Natver Chauhan	959
	Conservative	Suraya Ahmed Yasin	819
	Green	Ursula Bilson	579	12.1
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Neville Hunnings	390	8.2
	Socialist Alternative	Satinder Singh Toor	191	4.0
	Socialist Alternative	Caroline Vincent	146
Majority			1,225	26.8
Turnout			4,578	35.99
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Elaine Pantling	741	47.5
	Labour	Karen Pickering	641
	UKIP	Andrew Greaves	328	21.0
	UKIP	Dennis Wright	294
	Conservative	Oliver Down	209	13.4
	Conservative	Tony Yates	192
	Green	Sarah Read	144	9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Benedict Rogers	137	8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Zelda Rubinstein	116
	Green	Zina Zelter	92
Majority			313	18.6
Turnout			1682	20.47
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ted Cassidy	1,096	42.0
	Labour	Sue Waddington	1,067
	Green	Geoff Forse	455	17.4
	Conservative	Dave King	389	14.9
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Brain	246	9.4
	UKIP	Charlie Wright	239	9.2
	Conservative	Ibrahim Gocke	224
	UKIP	Mandy Wright	215
	Independent	Paul Newcombe	184	7.1
Majority			612	25.1
Turnout			2,442	25.89
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gurinder Singh Sandhu	2,095	48.8
	Labour	Ruma Ali	1,905
	Labour	John Thomas	1,895
	Conservative	Reece Romi Sanjiv Ladwa	1,128	26.3
	Conservative	Utkarsh Maheshbhai Thakkar	958
	Conservative	Leela Manoj Keshavji	903
	Green	Pam Bellinger	650	15.1
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Smith	421	9.8
Majority			767	18.6
Turnout			4,131	29.3
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lynn Valerie Moore	2,350	37.7
	Labour	Melissa Claire March	2,340
	Labour	Geoff Whittle	1,994
	Conservative	Ross Grant	1,740	27.9
	Conservative	Andy Bayford	1,443
	Conservative	Abdul Giash	1,251
	Green	Dave Dixey	1,091	17.5
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Willmott	893	14.3
	Liberal Democrats	Lewis Hastie	709
	Liberal Democrats	Nathan Gubbins	616
	Socialist Alternative	Anna-Sofia Wiking	160	2.6
Majority			254	4.8
Turnout			5,340	42.34
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Luis Fonseca	5,076	72.4
	Labour	Rashmikant Joshi	5,201
	Labour	Jean Khote	4,797
	Conservative	Sheraz Ali Durrani	1,213	16.9
	Conservative	Pamsi Rally	1,106
	Conservative	Khemraj Gohel	1,092
	Green	Hannah Wakley	418	5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Garner	353	4.9
Majority			3,584	47.1
Turnout			7,604	50.81
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Rita Patel	4,118	65.5
	Labour	Piara Singh Clair	3,786
	Labour	Ross Willmott	3,320
	Conservative	Geeta Mahesh Karavadra	1,166	18.5
	Conservative	Sudhir Odedra	998
	Conservative	Heten Tejura	883
	Liberal Democrats	Hash Chandarana	556	8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Nitesh Pravin Dave	554
	Green	Anne Louise Scott		7.2
Majority			2,154	33.0
Turnout			6,527	48.53
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Elly Cutkelvin	780	49.7
	Labour	Bill Shelton	641
	Green	Neil James McDermott	328	20.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ruan Hughes	184	11.7
	Conservative	Abdikayf Bashir Farah	164	10.4
	Conservative	Ali Douas	151
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Thomas Smith	127	7.3
	Socialist Alternative	Pete Bisson	114	1.8
Majority			313	20.5
Turnout			1,524	19.88
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Spinney Hills^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Mustafa Malik	2,932	68.1
	Labour	Misbah Batool	2,847
	Conservative	Inayat Patel	944	21.9
	Conservative	Mehboob Akuji	934
	Green	Bob Ball	215	5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Brenner Munden	138	3.2
	Socialist Alternative	Drew Walton	79	1.8
Majority			1,903	66.1
Turnout			4,436	48.14
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Stoneygate^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kirk Master	3,922	68.4
	Labour	Sharmen Rahman	3,809
	Labour	Mohammed Aminur Thalukdar	3,527
	Conservative	Mariyah Shahid	762	13.3
	Conservative	Umer Yusuf	740
	Conservative	Drew Charles	679
	Green	Chris Hughes	562	9.8
	Green	Mary Louise Savigar	481
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Fox	349	6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Roopal Shah	269
	Socialist Alternative	Franklin O'Riordan	142	2.5
Majority			3,160	54.0
Turnout			5,854	43.96
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Thurncourt^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Teresa Louise Aldred	1,254	47.2
	Labour	Stephan Paul Gee	1,077
	Conservative	Jack Hickey	757	28.5
	Conservative	Mikey Johnny Halford	721
	UKIP	Joseph Peter Shelley	204	7.7
	Green	Anna Broszkiewicz	180	6.8
	UKIP	Wayne Eason	161
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Martin Joseph Taylor	117	4.4
	The New United Kingdom Voters Alliance	Amy Morgan	95	3.6
	The New United Kingdom Voters Alliance	Ian Michael Fox	88
	Socialist Alternative	Darren Baxter	51	1.9
Majority			497	18.8
Turnout			2,647	31.99
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Troon^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Di Cank	1,768	57.4
	Labour	Ashiedu Joel	1,516
	Conservative	Jayesh Vinod Mistry	685	22.3
	Conservative	Dipak Gohil	606
	Green	Naomi Jane Diamond	356	11.6
	Liberal Democrats	Radhika Dave	269	8.7
Majority			831	25.6
Turnout			3,245	32.45
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jacky Nangreave	1,144	49.4
	Labour	Sarah Russell	1,082
	Green	Liz Sahu	473	20.4
	Conservative	Badron Chowdhury	335	14.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ildiko Gyory	229	9.9
	Conservative	Ndumiso Nsingo	192
	UKIP	Mahesh Patel	136	5.9
	UKIP	Hetalben Premgi	103
Majority			609	27.9
Turnout			2,182	25.25
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Orlanzo George Cole	1,646	42.8
	Labour	Gary O'Donnell	1,542
	Labour	Lindsay Petya Broadwell	1,494
	Conservative	Thomas George Broome	659	17.1
	Conservative	Rhys Elliott Brown	607
	Green	Christopher Davies	603	15.7
	Green	Marie Lefebvre	549
	Conservative	Eric Antoni Major	519
	UKIP	Gregg Young	511	13.3
	UKIP	Stuart Young	475
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Sidwell-Smith	430	11.2
	UKIP	Jitesh Dave	389
Majority			835	23.3
Turnout			3,586	24.96
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Hanif Aqbany	4,539	86.3
	Labour	Mohammed Dawood	4,142
	Conservative	Abdul Rashid Master	372	7.1
	Conservative	Abdulrahim Bhagat	345
	Green	Aasiya Gulamohammed Bora	190	3.6
	Liberal Democrats	William Peter Tench	157	3.0
Majority			3770	67.7
Turnout			5,566	57.78
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vandevi Pandya	3,306	47.2	-36.4
	Conservative	Abdul Razak Osman	2,565	36.6	+16.6
	Green	Aasiya Bora	241	3.4	-3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Asit Sodha	240	3.4	-2.4
	TUSC	Kumaran Bose	117	1.6
	Reform UK	Raj Solanki	89	1.3
	For Britain	David John Haslett	69	1
	Independent	Charnjit Singh Sagoo	61	0.9
	Communist	Andrea Burford	33	0.5
Majority			741	10.6	-36.5
Turnout			7,004	45
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel Crewe	1,062	44.7	+18.4
	Labour	Abdul Jaleel Abdul Ghafoor	790	33.2	-15.6
	Liberal Democrats	Bicram Athwal	262	11.0	+1.2
	Green	Pam Bellinger	190	8.0	-7.1
	For Britain	David Haslett	37	1.6	New
	Reform UK	Raj Solanki	37	1.6	New
Majority			272	11.5	N/A
Turnout			2,396	16.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	17.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shahid Ullah Khan	1,557	38.8	-20.8
	Conservative	Jenny Joannuo	1,382	34.4	+11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Zuffar Haq	830	20.7	+12.2
	Green	Ursula Bilson	200	5.0	-7.6
	For Britain	David George	45	1.1	+1.1
Majority			175	4.4	-22.4
Turnout			4,014	30.7	-5.3
	Labour hold		Swing	16.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sanjay Modhwadia	3,441	49.6%	32.7%
	Green	Aasiya Bora	1,790	25.8%	20.0%
	Labour	Rajul Tejura	1,563	22.5%	49.8%
	Liberal Democrats	Jitesh Dave	100	1.4%	3.5%
	TUSC	Tessa Warrington	45	0.6%	1%
Majority			1,651	23.8%
Turnout			6,934
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	41.3%