Election Name: | 2009 Leicestershire County Council election |
Country: | England |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2005 Leicestershire County Council election |
Previous Year: | 2005 |
Next Election: | 2013 Leicestershire County Council election |
Next Year: | 2013 |
Seats For Election: | All 55 seats to Leicestershire County Council |
Majority Seats: | 28 |
Election Date: | 5 June 2009 |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Last Election1: | 30 |
Seats Before1: | 31 |
Seats1: | 36 |
Seat Change1: | 6 |
Popular Vote1: | 96,123 |
Percentage1: | 44.3 |
Swing1: | 2.6 |
Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Last Election2: | 12 |
Seats Before2: | 11 |
Seats2: | 14 |
Seat Change2: | 2 |
Popular Vote2: | 58,814 |
Percentage2: | 27.1 |
Swing2: | 1.4 |
Party4: | Labour Party (UK) |
Last Election4: | 13 |
Seats Before4: | 12 |
Seats4: | 4 |
Seat Change4: | 9 |
Popular Vote4: | 33,549 |
Percentage4: | 15.5 |
Swing4: | 10.5 |
Party5: | British National Party |
Last Election5: | 0 |
Seats Before5: | 0 |
Seats5: | 1 |
Seat Change5: | 1 |
Popular Vote5: | 26,279 |
Percentage5: | 12.1 |
Swing5: | 10.9 |
Map Size: | 300px |
Party | |
Before Election: | Conservative |
After Election: | Conservative |
Elections to Leicestershire County Council took place on 4 June 2009,[1] having been delayed from 7 May, in order to coincide with elections to the European Parliament. A total of 55 councillors were elected from 52 electoral divisions across the county's 7 districts. The Conservatives held control of the council and increased their majority from 5 to 17 seats after gaining many seats from Labour who lost 70% of their seats. The BNP fielded many more candidates than at the last election which caused their vote share to increase dramatically.
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Results for individual divisions are shown below.[2] They have been divided into their respective Districts or Boroughs and listed alphabetically.
The Conservative councillor for Syston Ridgeway died on Thursday 18 August 2011. A by-election was held on 3 November 2011 and was won by Stephen John Hampson.