Mayor of Leicester
Arms of Leicester City Council
Incumbent
Peter Soulsby
since 6 May 2011
StyleCity Mayor (to distinguish from Lord Mayor, a separate post)
AppointerElectorate of Leicester
Term lengthFour years
Inaugural holderPeter Soulsby
WebsiteLeicester Mayor website

The mayor of Leicester, styled City Mayor to distinguish from the Lord Mayor of Leicester, is responsible for the executive function of Leicester City Council in England. The incumbent is Peter Soulsby of the Labour Party.

Background

In December 2010 the Labour controlled Leicester City Council 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 Leicester City Council on 10 December 2010. A referendum on establishing a directly elected mayoralty was not held. The first election took place in May 2011.[1]

Elections

2011

The first mayoral election on 5 May 2011 saw Peter Soulsby elected as mayor in the first round.[2]

Leicester Mayoral Election 5 May 2011 [3]
Party Candidate 1st round 2nd round
 First round votes  Transfer votes 
Total Of round Transfers Total Of round
Labour Peter Soulsby 46,948 55.3%
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Conservative Ross Grant 9,688 11.4%
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Independent Rick Moore 7,365 8.7%
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Liberal Democrats Gary Hunt 6,029 7.1%
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Green Geoff Forse 3,452 4.1%
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Independent Nima Patel 3,358 4.0%
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UKIP Regine Anderson 2,195 2.6%
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Unity for Peace and Socialism Mohinda Farma 1,944 2.3%
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Independent David Bowley 1,784 2.1%
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Independent Mu-Hamid Pathan 1,465 1.7%
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Independent Lee Sowden 631 0.7%
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Labour win

2015

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

Leicester Mayoral Election 7 May 2015 [4]
Party Candidate 1st round 2nd round
 First round votes  Transfer votes 
Total Of round Transfers Total Of round
Labour Peter Soulsby 71,533 54.6%
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Conservative Paul Bremner 24,327 18.6%
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UKIP Dutch Veldhuizen 12,532 9.6%
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Green Tim Grayson 8,637 6.6%
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Liberal Democrats Adrian Barnes 8,315 6.3%
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TUSC Barbie Potter 3,028 2.3%
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Independent Avtar Singh 2,662 2.0%
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Labour hold

2019

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

Leicester Mayoral Election 2 May 2019 [5]
Party Candidate 1st round 2nd round
 First round votes  Transfer votes 
Total Of round Transfers Total Of round
Labour Peter Soulsby 51,444 61.0%
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Conservative Sandip Verma 14,519 17.2%
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Green Mags Lewis 6,659 7.9%
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Liberal Democrats Nigel Porter 4,101 5.0%
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UKIP Stuart Young 3,525 4.2%
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Independent Sanjay Gogia 2,445 2.9%
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Socialist Alternative Stephen Score 1,643 2.0%
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Labour hold

2023

Leicester Mayoral Election 4 May 2023 [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Soulsby 35,002 39.3 Decrease21.7
Conservative Sanjay Modhwadia 26,422 29.7 Increase12.5
Liberal Democrats Parmjit Singh Gill 9,674 10.9 Increase5.9
Independent Rita Patel 7,966 8.9 New
Green Mags Lewis 7,808 8.8 Increase0.9
TUSC Steve Score 2,173 2.4 Increase0.4[n 1]
Majority 8,580 9.6 Decrease34.2
Turnout 89,045[n 2] 36.5 Increase1.7
Labour hold Swing Decrease17.1

List of mayors

Political party Name Election
Labour Peter Soulsby 6 May 2011

References

  1. ↑ "Leicester elected mayor plan is approved". BBC Leicester. 10 December 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  2. ↑ "Former MP Peter Soulsby wins Leicester mayoral race". BBC News. 6 May 2011.
  3. ↑ "City Mayor Results". Leicester City Council. 5 May 2011. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
  4. ↑ Mayoral election results at the Wayback Machine (archived 10 May 2015)
  5. ↑ "Mayoral Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Leicester City Council. 4 April 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  6. ↑ "Leicester result - Local Elections 2023 - BBC News". www.bbc.co.uk/news. Retrieved 5 May 2023.


  1. ↑ Change from Socialist Alternative in 2019, whose candidate was also Steve Score.
  2. ↑ This total does not include spoilt ballots.
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