Leicestershire
Every election cycle we have data for, most recent first.
Cycles
- 2025 53 races · 55 seats 92.7% below quota
- 2021 53 races · 55 seats 32.7% below quota
- 2017 53 races · 55 seats 23.6% below quota
Council composition as of 2025
55 councillors, by party. One square per seat. Source: opencouncildata annual snapshot — reflects the council at the end of 2025 (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Hover any seat for the party.
Most recent election (2025)
In 2025, 55 seats were up across 53 wards. The table below shows what each party actually won — alongside what they would have won if the 55 seats had been shared in proportion to votes received (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented; negative are parties it under-represented.
| Party | Votes | Vote % | Seats won | % of seats | Proportional seats | Proportional % | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | 61,314 | 32.4% | 25 | 45.5% | 18 | 32.7% | +7 |
| Conservative Party | 53,693 | 28.4% | 15 | 27.3% | 16 | 29.1% | -1 |
| Liberal Democrats | 30,778 | 16.3% | 11 | 20.0% | 9 | 16.4% | +2 |
| Labour Party | 22,139 | 11.7% | 2 | 3.6% | 6 | 10.9% | -4 |
| Green Party | 17,319 | 9.2% | 1 | 1.8% | 5 | 9.1% | -4 |
| Independent | 3,557 | 1.9% | 1 | 1.8% | 1 | 1.8% | 0 |
| Animal Welfare Party | 76 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Alliance for Democracy and Freedom | 48 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Communist Party of Britain | 31 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Total | 188,955 | 100.0% | 55 | 100.0% | 55 | 100.0% | 0 |
Vote share vs seats won
The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.
Full ward-by-ward results for 2025 →
Composition history
One row per opencouncildata annual snapshot — the council at the end of each year (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Newest first; hover any seat for the party.
Ward by ward
Each row is a ward, each column a cycle. Each cell shows the top-of-poll candidate's party (swatch) and their share of valid ballots. Wards are matched by name across cycles — boundary reviews can mean a ward of the same name is a slightly different area in a later cycle.
| Ward | 2017 | 2021 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashby de la Zouch | 54% | 50% | 39% |
| Belvoir | 66% | 68% | 44% |
| Birstall | 45% | 49% | 41% |
| Blaby and Glen Parva | 57% | 49% | 44% |
| Bradgate | 68% | 67% | 49% |
| Braunstone | 47% | 45% | 36% |
| Broughton Astley | 70% | 53% | 38% |
| Bruntingthorpe | 68% | 60% | 34% |
| Burbage | 54% | 48% | 39% |
| Castle Donington and Kegworth | 57% | 35% | |
| Castle Donnington and Kegworth | 47% | ||
| Coalville North | 41% | 43% | 41% |
| Coalville South | 38% | 43% | 45% |
| Cosby and Countesthorpe | 64% | 58% | 38% |
| De Montfort | 53% | 56% | 50% |
| Earl Shilton | 59% | 62% | 40% |
| East Wigston | 60% | 45% | 32% |
| Enderby and Lubbesthorpe | 56% | 55% | 31% |
| Forest and Measham | 45% | 53% | 45% |
| Gartree | 68% | 62% | 48% |
| Glenfields Kirby Muxloe and Leicester Forests | 64% | ||
| Glenfields, Kirby Muxloe and Leicester Forests | 62% | 36% | |
| Groby and Ratby | 76% | 75% | 51% |
| Hollycroft | 54% | 57% | 47% |
| Ibstock and Appleby | 53% | 56% | 49% |
| Launde | 56% | 45% | 43% |
| Loughborough East | 62% | 58% | 44% |
| Loughborough North | 49% | 44% | 39% |
| Loughborough North West | 49% | 51% | 40% |
| Loughborough South | 48% | 48% | 37% |
| Loughborough South West | 53% | 45% | 32% |
| Lutterworth | 63% | 56% | 36% |
| Mallory | 45% | 46% | 37% |
| Market Bosworth | 71% | 67% | 38% |
| Market Harborough East | 47% | 42% | 32% |
| Market Harborough West and Foxton | 45% | 46% | 25% |
| Markfield Desford and Thornton | 54% | ||
| Markfield, Desford and Thornton | 48% | 36% | |
| Melton East | 64% | 54% | 33% |
| Melton West | 61% | 53% | 38% |
| Melton Wolds | 70% | 64% | 39% |
| Narborough and Whetstone | 66% | 61% | 42% |
| North Wigston | 52% | 44% | 32% |
| Oadby | 47% | 40% | 42% |
| Quorn and Barrow | 54% | 55% | 34% |
| Rothley and Mountsorrel | 64% | 56% | 36% |
| Shepshed | 51% | 60% | 45% |
| Sileby and the Wolds | 59% | 57% | 40% |
| South and West Wigston | 61% | 50% | 38% |
| St Marys | 45% | 51% | |
| St. Marys | 45% | ||
| Stoney Stanton and Croft | 73% | 63% | 40% |
| Syston Fosse | 68% | 60% | 41% |
| Syston Ridgeway | 58% | 47% | 33% |
| Thurmaston Ridgemere | 54% | 65% | 46% |
| Valley | 63% | 62% | 36% |
| Whitwick | 54% | 62% | 45% |