Leicestershire County Council elections are held every four years.

Leicestershire County Council Leicestershire County Council is the county council for the English non-metropolitan county of Leicestershire. It was originally formed in 1889 by the Local Government Act 1888. The county is divided into 52 electoral divisions, which return a to ...

is the upper-tier authority for the

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Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ; postal abbreviation Leics.) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East Midlands, England. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire t ...

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. Since the last boundary changes in 2017, 55 county councillors have been elected from 53 electoral divisions.

Political control

Leicestershire County Council was first created in 1889. Its territory and its powers and responsibilities were significantly reformed under the

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, with a new council elected in 1973 to act as a shadow authority ahead of the new powers coming into force in 1974. Since 1973, political control of the council has been held by the following parties:

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1999 have been:

Council elections

* 2001 Leicestershire County Council election * 2005 Leicestershire County Council election (boundary changes took place for this election) * 2009 Leicestershire County Council election * 2013 Leicestershire County Council election * 2017 Leicestershire County Council election * 2021 Leicestershire County Council election

County result maps

File:LCC 2009 Election Map.png, 2009 File:Leicestershire UK local election 2013 map.svg, 2013 File:Leicestershire UK local election 2017 map.svg, 2017 File:Leicestershire UK 2021.svg, 2021

Changes between elections

1993-1997

1997-2001

2005-2009

2009-2013

2013-2017

2017-2021

References

Sources

By-election results

External links

Leicestershire County Council
{{English County Council Elections Council elections in the East Midlands Council elections in Leicestershire County council elections in England