The mayor of Leicester is responsible for the executive function of

Leicester City Council Leicester City Council is a unitary authority responsible for local government in the city of Leicester, England. It consists of 54 councillors, representing 22 wards in the city, overseen by a directly elected mayor. It is currently control ...

in England. The incumbent is

Peter Soulsby Sir Peter Alfred Soulsby (born 27 December 1948) is a British Labour Party politician serving as Mayor of Leicester since 2011. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicester South from 2005 until he resigned his seat in April 2011, in ...

of the Labour Party.

Background

In December 2010 the Labour controlled

approved plans to give the city a directly elected mayor with responsibility for all council decisions during their four-year term and for selecting up to nine councillors as a supporting cabinet. The creation of the post was approved by

on 10 December 2010. A referendum on establishing a directly elected mayoralty was not held. The first election took place in May 2011.

Elections

2011

The first mayoral election on 5 May 2011 saw Peter Soulsby elected as mayor in the first round.

2015

Soulsby won re-election in 2015, again polling more than half the first preference vote to win on the first round.

2019

Again, Soulsby won re-election in 2019, retaining his position as City Mayor for a third term, with an increased majority.

List of mayors

References

{{United Kingdom local elections, 2011 Leicester Leicester Elections in Leicester Leicester Leicester-related lists