Leicester council election, 2023

Most seats
31
Labour Party
Seats contested
54
across 21 wards
Turnout
36.2%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 31 -22 89,425 40.4% -24.1
Conservative and Unionist Party 17 +17 76,867 34.8% +15.6
Liberal Democrats 3 +2 21,398 9.7% +4.2
Green Party 3 +3 13,830 6.3% +0.1
Independent 0 +0 17,757 8.0% +7.7
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 0 +0 1,540 0.7% —
Alliance for Democracy and Freedom 0 +0 138 0.1% —
Reform UK 0 +0 80 0.0% —
Communist Party of Britain 0 +0 42 0.0% —
British Democratic Party 0 +0 34 0.0% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2019. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 54
Labour Party 54
Conservative and Unionist Party 52
Liberal Democrats 42
Independent 27
Green Party 25
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 9
Alliance for Democracy and Freedom 1
British Democratic Party 1
Communist Party of Britain 1
Reform UK 1

A party standing a full slate could field 54 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Abbey 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Charleigh Barnes Elected 1,829 40.3% +21.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Nagarjun Agath Elected 1,793 39.5% —
Labour Party Annette Byrne Elected 1,776 39.2% -27.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Kuljit Singh 1,748 38.6% —
Labour Party Vijay Singh Riyait 1,652 36.4% —
Labour Party Emma Elaine Saunders-Sinclair 1,536 33.9% —
Green Party Jim McCallum 583 12.9% -2.6
Independent Hannel Chohan 482 10.6% —
Liberal Democrats Yevgeny Richard Salisbury 391 8.6% -0.1
Majority28
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors15,473
Ballots cast4,534

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party · Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party · Labour Party hold

Aylestone 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Nigel Porter Elected 1,096 42.4% +3.8
Liberal Democrats Scott Kennedy-Lount Elected 927 35.9% —
Labour Party Rose Norah Ann Griffiths 839 32.5% -4.2
Labour Party Rebecca Pawley 605 23.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Deloris Esther Philip 360 13.9% -5.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Inder Pal Singh 301 11.6% —
Green Party Bob Ball 300 11.6% +0.5
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Steve Score 157 6.1% —
Independent George Scott Brown 68 2.6% —
Majority88
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors8,722
Ballots cast2,585

Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Party · Liberal Democrats hold

Beaumont Leys 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Hazel Orton Elected 1,470 41.4% +17.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Hemant Rae Bhatia Elected 1,456 41.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Westley Elected 1,420 40.0% —
Labour Party Denis Yomi Tanfa 1,278 36.0% -20.3
Labour Party Mo Peberdy 1,235 34.8% —
Labour Party David Stephen Towers 1,234 34.8% —
Green Party Andrew James Reeves 370 10.4% -1.7
Independent Adrian Charles Barnes 321 9.0% —
Liberal Democrats Daniel Irungu 299 8.4% -0.6
Liberal Democrats Alieu Ceesay 233 6.6% —
Majority142
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors12,791
Ballots cast3,550

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party · Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party · Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party

Belgrave 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Yogesh Chauhan Elected 4,424 55.3% +37.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Shital Adatia Elected 4,409 55.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jaiantilal Gopal Elected 4,335 54.2% —
Labour Party Gurinder Kaur Athwal 1,818 22.7% -64.1
Labour Party Kirit Mistry 1,759 22.0% —
Labour Party Hersh Thaker 1,636 20.5% —
Independent Nita Solanki 1,356 17.0% +12.2
Independent Padmini Chamund 1,296 16.2% —
Independent Mahendra Valand 1,103 13.8% —
Green Party Darren Howes 341 4.3% -3.1
Liberal Democrats Pravin Raja 239 3.0% -1.3
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition David Howard Rollins 183 2.3% —
Majority2,517
Turnout56.0%
Registered electors14,360
Ballots cast7,999

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party · Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party · Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party

Braunstone Park & Rowley Fields 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Su Barton Elected 1,489 46.8% -9.6
Labour Party Elaine Halford Elected 1,419 44.6% —
Labour Party Kalwinder Singh Johal Elected 1,395 43.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jay Barnet Popat 805 25.3% +9.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Alexandros Ali 760 23.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian Alix Daliston Stanton-Wright 705 22.2% —
Green Party Neil James McDermott 489 15.4% -5.6
Liberal Democrats Ian Bradwell 370 11.6% -1.3
Independent Jaspreet Kaur Gill 369 11.6% —
Liberal Democrats Kamal Panchmatia 259 8.1% —
Liberal Democrats Arshdeep Singh 245 7.7% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Wayne Jan Naylor 237 7.5% —
Majority590
Turnout23.0%
Registered electors13,974
Ballots cast3,180

Labour Party hold

Castle 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Patrick Kitterick Elected 1,564 48.3% -2.8
Green Party Mick Gregg Elected 1,453 44.9% —
Green Party Liz Sahu Elected 1,419 43.8% —
Labour Party Danny Myers 1,219 37.6% -29.1
Labour Party Lee David Holmes 1,128 34.8% —
Labour Party Chizor Anthonia Onwuegbute 1,101 34.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jayaram Shastri 309 9.5% -6.0
Liberal Democrats Nathan Mark Gubbins 288 8.9% -14.3
Liberal Democrats Philip Smith 209 6.5% —
Liberal Democrats Hania Orszulik 196 6.1% —
Majority200
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors10,718
Ballots cast3,239

Green Party gain from Labour Party · Green Party gain from Labour Party · Green Party gain from Labour Party

Evington 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Zuffar Haq Elected 1,841 33.9% +13.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Deepak Bajaj Elected 1,794 33.1% -1.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Jenny Joannou Elected 1,657 30.5% —
Labour Party Naj Hassan 1,603 29.5% -9.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Rashmikant Joshi 1,590 29.3% —
Liberal Democrats Farida Patel 1,490 27.5% —
Labour Party Sue Hunter 1,367 25.2% —
Labour Party Jatinder Singh Matharu 1,292 23.8% —
Liberal Democrats Nitesh Pravin Dave 1,200 22.1% —
Independent Baljit Singh 377 6.9% —
Green Party Jill Fisher 349 6.4% +1.5
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Ruma Ali 234 4.3% —
Majority54
Turnout42.0%
Registered electors12,905
Ballots cast5,425

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party · Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party · Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Party

Eyres Monsell 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Elaine Pantling Elected 791 51.6% +0.4
Labour Party Karen Pickering Elected 644 42.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mohammad Ahsan Ahmadi 389 25.4% +10.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Vineed Vijayan 373 24.3% —
Green Party Anna Broszkiewicz 174 11.3% +1.4
Liberal Democrats Jo Webb 147 9.6% +0.1
Liberal Democrats Zelda Claire Rubinstein 141 9.2% —
Majority255
Turnout19.0%
Registered electors8,052
Ballots cast1,534

Labour Party hold

Fosse 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Sue Waddington Elected 999 41.6% -11.7
Labour Party Syed Monsur Zaman Elected 792 32.9% —
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Feist 580 24.1% +12.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Foligar Kum Lang 535 22.3% +3.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Rally Pamsi 531 22.1% —
Green Party Geoff Forse 377 15.7% -6.4
Liberal Democrats Martin Pold 355 14.8% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Brian Rodney Scott 129 5.4% —
Independent Chikaire Wilfred Williams Ezeru 90 3.7% -5.2
Majority212
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors9,356
Ballots cast2,404

Labour Party hold

Humberstone & Hamilton 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Stephen Robert Bonham Elected 1,673 39.2% +5.9
Labour Party Manjit Kaur Saini Elected 1,642 38.4% —
Labour Party Ashiedu Joel Elected 1,531 35.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ranjit Sonigra 1,342 31.4% -13.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Sameer Thanki 1,286 30.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Romail Issac Gulzar 1,275 29.8% —
Green Party Pam Bellinger 492 11.5% +3.5
Independent Solly Lunat 478 11.2% —
Liberal Democrats Bicram Athwal 416 9.7% -1.3
Independent Vinodrai Ghadiali 345 8.1% —
Liberal Democrats Thomas Neville March Hunnings 337 7.9% —
Liberal Democrats Karan Vyas 299 7.0% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Barbara Potter 196 4.6% —
Independent Ravi Kanta Powar 196 4.6% —
Majority189
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors14,471
Ballots cast4,273

Labour Party hold

Knighton 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Melissa March Elected 2,203 44.2% -4.2
Labour Party Lynn Moore Elected 2,071 41.5% —
Labour Party Geoff Whittle Elected 2,067 41.5% —
Liberal Democrats Chris Willmott 1,198 24.0% +5.7
Green Party Sue King 1,053 21.1% -1.3
Liberal Democrats Jorawar Singh Bhoot 1,000 20.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ravinder Kaur Lall 981 19.7% -16.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Lu Mistry 886 17.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Amar Tanna 866 17.4% —
Liberal Democrats Roopal Jaimini Shah 843 16.9% —
Green Party Bill Walker 692 13.9% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Alex Gillham 208 4.2% —
Majority869
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors12,538
Ballots cast4,986

Labour Party hold

North Evington 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Dilip Joshi Elected 3,943 46.6% -3.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Sanjay Modhwadia Elected 3,910 46.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ravi Mahesh Elected 3,863 45.6% —
Labour Party Mohammed Abu Taher 3,154 37.2% +14.7
Labour Party Zoya Shaikh 3,136 37.0% —
Labour Party Ajay Kumar Aggarwal 2,776 32.8% —
Liberal Democrats Nilesh Bica 732 8.6% +7.2
Liberal Democrats Hitesh Bhutiya 728 8.6% —
Liberal Democrats Hakan Akgoz 636 7.5% —
Green Party Hannah Rose Wakley 385 4.5% -21.2
Green Party Martin Charles Gage 302 3.6% —
Green Party Brendan Robert Keegan 296 3.5% —
Reform UK Raj Solanki 80 0.9% —
Majority709
Turnout55.0%
Registered electors15,740
Ballots cast8,468

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party · Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party · Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party

Rushey Mead 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Bhupen Dave Elected 3,036 46.1% +24.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Geeta Mahesh Karavadra Elected 2,990 45.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Devi Singh Patel Elected 2,844 43.2% —
Labour Party Piara Singh Clair 2,008 30.5% -47.6
Labour Party Gurinder Sandhu 1,761 26.7% —
Labour Party Priya Evarista Lavina Mendes 1,751 26.6% —
Independent Rita Patel 1,328 20.2% —
Independent Dharmesh Bhagwanji Lakhani 941 14.3% —
Independent Rajul Tejura 761 11.6% —
Liberal Democrats Hash Chandarana 475 7.2% -3.3
Independent Ross Willmott 384 5.8% —
Liberal Democrats Pradeep Gocal 301 4.6% —
Liberal Democrats Asit Sodha 213 3.2% —
Majority836
Turnout51.0%
Registered electors13,209
Ballots cast6,588

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party · Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party · Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party

Saffron 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Ted Cassidy Elected 783 43.9% -18.8
Labour Party Elly Cutkelvin Elected 774 43.4% —
Green Party Ursula Bilson 438 24.6% -1.8
Green Party Mags Lewis 428 24.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Gillian Jillett 286 16.0% +2.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Julie Simons 284 15.9% —
Liberal Democrats Denise Buchan 95 5.3% -9.5
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Pete Bisson 80 4.5% —
Liberal Democrats Michael Thomas Smith 78 4.4% —
Communist Party of Britain Ann Green 42 2.4% —
British Democratic Party David Haslett 34 1.9% —
Majority336
Turnout23.0%
Registered electors7,798
Ballots cast1,783

Labour Party hold

Spinney Hills 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Misbah Batool Elected 2,513 53.7% -18.8
Labour Party Mustafa Malik Elected 2,455 52.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mohammed Fozdar 1,121 23.9% +0.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Sheraz Ali Durrani 713 15.2% —
Independent Shahid Ullah Khan 671 14.3% —
Independent Iqbal Alibhai Desai 510 10.9% —
Liberal Democrats Christopher Everitt Garner 277 5.9% +2.5
Green Party Jan Grothusen 219 4.7% -0.6
Alliance for Democracy and Freedom Abdul Vali 138 2.9% —
Majority1,334
Turnout52.0%
Registered electors9,198
Ballots cast4,683

Labour Party hold

Stoneygate 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Raffiq Mohammed Elected 2,898 45.7% -31.5
Labour Party Yasmin Ahmed Surti Elected 2,777 43.8% —
Labour Party Manjula Sood Elected 2,107 33.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Abdul Giash 1,688 26.6% +11.6
Independent Aminur Thalukdar 1,504 23.7% —
Independent Kirk Master 1,503 23.7% —
Independent Sharmen Rahman 1,153 18.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Saeed Khilji 1,017 16.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Shirin Shafia Shahid 954 15.1% —
Liberal Democrats Aqdus Ghafar 535 8.4% +1.6
Green Party Chris Hughes 534 8.4% -2.6
Liberal Democrats Alan Francis Fox 529 8.3% —
Majority419
Turnout47.0%
Registered electors13,738
Ballots cast6,338

Labour Party hold

Thurncourt 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Teresa Aldred Elected 1,202 42.9% -10.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Abdul Osman Elected 1,122 40.0% +7.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Mike Joannou 1,024 36.5% —
Labour Party Brahmpreet Kaur Gulati 998 35.6% —
Green Party Karen Wildin 293 10.5% +2.8
Liberal Democrats Kate Sullivan 257 9.2% +4.2
Majority98
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors8,238
Ballots cast2,802

Labour Party hold · Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party

Troon 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Diane Cank Elected 1,489 38.7% -29.3
Labour Party Mohinder Singh Sangha Elected 1,432 37.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ashton Fernandes 1,329 34.5% +8.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Heten Tejura 1,244 32.3% —
Independent Sital Singh 567 14.7% —
Independent Kamlesh Kumari 439 11.4% —
Independent Karan Modha 307 8.0% —
Liberal Democrats Paul Smith 281 7.3% -3.0
Majority103
Turnout37.0%
Registered electors10,433
Ballots cast3,849

Labour Party hold

Westcotes 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Sarah Russell Elected 986 45.7% -16.2
Labour Party Adam Clarke Elected 818 37.9% —
Liberal Democrats Parmjit Singh Gill 482 22.3% +9.9
Liberal Democrats Juliet Kechouane Gill 357 16.6% —
Green Party Jessica Anne Southworth 353 16.4% -9.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Dhirubhai Dholakia 283 13.1% -5.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Sofia Ali 243 11.3% —
Independent Jacky Nangreave 231 10.7% —
Independent Michael Shenton 137 6.4% —
Majority336
Turnout25.0%
Registered electors8,578
Ballots cast2,157

Labour Party hold

Western 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Vi Dempster Elected 1,536 42.3% -10.1
Labour Party Molly Ann O'Neill Elected 1,465 40.3% —
Labour Party George Cole Elected 1,441 39.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard Philip Tutt 998 27.5% +6.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Kanchan Choudhary 993 27.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jay Thobhani 967 26.6% —
Independent Gary O'Donnell 840 23.1% —
Green Party Tine Juhlert 707 19.5% +0.3
Liberal Democrats Chris Sidwell-Smith 548 15.1% +1.4
Majority443
Turnout26.0%
Registered electors14,187
Ballots cast3,632

Labour Party hold

Wycliffe 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Hanif Aqbany Elected 3,690 68.2% -24.9
Labour Party Mohammed Dawood Elected 3,681 68.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Zakaria Ahmed 1,218 22.5% +14.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Subane Mohamed Abdi 1,168 21.6% —
Liberal Democrats Hoque Akramul 275 5.1% +1.9
Green Party Sarah Joanne Read 219 4.1% +0.2
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Tessa Alison Warrington 116 2.1% —
Majority2,463
Turnout56.0%
Registered electors9,717
Ballots cast5,407

Labour Party hold

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