2017 Leicestershire County Council election

The 2017 Leicestershire County Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom.[1] All councillors were elected from electoral divisions by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.

2017 Leicestershire County Council election

4 May 2017
All 55 seats to Leicestershire County Council 28 seats needed for a majority
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour Seats before 30 13 9 Seats won 36 13 6 Seat change +6 0 -3   Party UKIP Independent Seats before 2 1 Seats won 0 0 Seat change -2 -1
Map showing the results of the 2017 Leicestershire County Council elections.
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

The Local Government Boundary Commission for England has undertaken a review of the county and has recommended a change to the boundaries of the electoral divisions. These changes took effect at this election. Leicestershire's 55 county councillors will represent 51 single-member electoral divisions and two two-member electoral divisions: Glenfields, Kirby Muxloe & Leicester Forests, and Oadby.[2]

Results

There are 55 seats on the county council. The Conservatives and Labour fielded 55 candidates with the Liberal Democrats fielding 53, the UK Independence Party fielding 43 and the Green Party fielding 18.[3]

Overview

Leicestershire County Council election result 2017

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	36	7	1	6	65	50.3	89780	+10.5
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.93	3446	+1.93
	Labour	6	0	3	-3	11	20.5	36639	-3.8
	Liberal Democrats	13	1	1	0	24	21	37546	+1.8
	UKIP	0	0	2	-2	0	5.8	10425	-7.6
	Independent	0	0	1	-1	0	0.28	515	-1.82

Results by electoral division

Results for individual divisions are shown below.[4] They have been divided into their respective districts or boroughs and listed alphabetically.

District of Blaby

(8 seats, 7 Electoral Divisions)

Blaby District Summary Result

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	6	0	0	+1	75.0	54.6	14,681	+7.0
	Labour	1	0	0	±0	12.5	20.7	5,574	–10.2
	Liberal Democrats	1	0	0	±0	12.5	12.8	3,455	–1.4
	UKIP	0	0	0	–1	0.0	8.5	2,293	+4.4

Blaby and Glen Parva (1 seat)[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Geoff Welsh	1,728	56.5	–6.5
	Conservative	Marian Gail Broomhead	906	29.6	+4.5
	Labour	Shabbir Aslam	299	9.8	–2.1
	UKIP	Alfie Garner	121	4.0	N/A
Turnout			3,054	32.5	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	–5.5

Braunstone (1 seat)[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Amanda Jayne Hack	1,330	46.7	–14.4
	Conservative	Les Phillimore	1,273	44.7	+5.8
	UKIP	Rennee June Kent	241	8.5	N/A
Turnout			2,844	29.1	+3.1
	Labour hold		Swing	–10.1

Cosby and Countesthorpe (1 seat)[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Jennings	2,041	63.8	+8.3
	Labour	Michael George Howkins	691	21.6	–5.6
	Liberal Democrats	Beverley Jane Welsh	247	7.7	–9.6
	UKIP	Adrian Clive Langley	216	6.8	N/A
Turnout			3,195	32.4	+3.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.0

Enderby & Lubbesthorpe (1 seat)[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Helen Louise Richardson	1,140	55.9
	Labour	Muhammad Shabbir Aslam	563	27.6
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Edward Widdop	178	8.7
	UKIP	Bill Piper	157	7.7
Turnout			2,038	26.7
	Conservative win (new seat)

Glenfields, Kirby Muxloe & Leicester Forests (2 seats)[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lee Martin Breckon	3,158	62.4
	Conservative	Richard Blunt	2,635	52.1
	Labour	Dianne Patricia Esmond	801	15.8
	UKIP	Lynton Ellis Yates	685	13.5
	UKIP	Marc Wayne Preece	662	13.1
	Labour	Thomas Eynon Legrys	640	12.6
	Liberal Democrats	Kathryn Sansome	553	10.9
	Green	Nick Cox	509	10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Jeremy Godfrey-Vallance	474	9.4
Turnout			10,117	28.8
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Narborough & Whetstone (1 seat)[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terence John Richardson	1,800	65.9	+6.6
	Labour	Michael Robert Bounds	717	26.2	+4.1
	UKIP	Richard David Crouch	211	7.7	N/A
Turnout			2,728	26.1	+2.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.3

Stoney Stanton & Croft (1 seat)[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ernie White	2,137	73.2
	Labour	Neil Stuart Hallam	507	17.3
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Ann Merrill	275	9.4
Turnout			2,919	30.2
	Conservative win (new seat)

References

1. "Upcoming elections & referendums". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
2. "Leicestershire County Council". Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
3. http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/leicestershire-county-council-election-2017-full-list-of-candidates-in-the-oadby-and-wigston-area/story-30252218-detail/story.html%5B%5D
4. "Election 2017".
5. "Blaby & Glen Parva". Retrieved 5 May 2017.
6. "Braunstone". Retrieved 5 May 2017.
7. "Cosby & Countesthorpe". Retrieved 5 May 2017.
8. "Enderby & Lubbesthorpe". Retrieved 5 May 2017.
9. "Glenfields, Kirby Muxloe & Leicester Forests". Retrieved 5 May 2017.
10. "Narborough & Whetstone". Retrieved 5 May 2017.
11. "Stoney Stanton & Croft". Retrieved 5 May 2017.

External links

• Leicestershire County Council: Elections 2017