Election Name: | 2017 Leicestershire County Council election |
Country: | Leicestershire |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2013 Leicestershire County Council election |
Previous Year: | 2013 |
Next Election: | 2021 Leicestershire County Council election |
Next Year: | 2021 |
Seats For Election: | All 55 seats to Leicestershire County Council |
Majority Seats: | 28 |
Election Date: | 4 May 2017 |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats Before1: | 30 |
Seats1: | 36 |
Seat Change1: | +6 |
Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Seats Before2: | 13 |
Seats2: | 13 |
Seat Change2: | 0 |
Party3: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats Before3: | 9 |
Seats3: | 6 |
Seat Change3: | -3 |
Party4: | UK Independence Party |
Seats Before4: | 2 |
Seats4: | 0 |
Seat Change4: | -2 |
Party5: | Independent (politician) |
Seats Before5: | 1 |
Seats5: | 0 |
Seat Change5: | -1 |
Map Size: | 300px |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
Before Election: | Conservative |
After Election: | Conservative |
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.
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]
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]
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Results for individual divisions are shown below.[4] They have been divided into their respective districts or boroughs and listed alphabetically.
(8 seats, 7 Electoral Divisions)