Mayor of Leicester

Office in England

This article is about the office created in 2010. For the ancient office of mayor renamed in 1928, see Lord Mayor of Leicester.

Mayor of Leicester

Arms of Leicester City Council

Incumbent
Peter Soulsby

since 6 May 2011

Style| City Mayor (to distinguish from Lord Mayor)
Seat| City Hall, Leicester
Appointer| Electorate of Leicester
Term length| Four years
Inaugural holder| Peter Soulsby
Website| Leicester Mayor website

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

## Background

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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 in accordance with the provisions of the Local Government Act 2007. The creation of the post was approved by the 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

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### 2011

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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  | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
Total  | Of round  | Transfers  | Total  | Of round
| Labour | Peter Soulsby | 46,948  | 55.3%  |  |  |  |

| Conservative | Ross Grant  | 9,688  | 11.4%  |  |  |  |

| Independent | Rick Moore  | 7,365  | 8.7%  |  |  |  |

| Liberal Democrats | Gary Hunt  | 6,029  | 7.1%  |  |  |  |

| Green | Geoff Forse  | 3,452  | 4.1%  |  |  |  |

| Independent | Nima Patel  | 3,358  | 4.0%  |  |  |  |

| UKIP | Regine Anderson  | 2,195  | 2.6%  |  |  |  |

| Unity for Peace and Socialism  | Mohinda Farma  | 1,944  | 2.3%  |  |  |  |

| Independent | David Bowley  | 1,784  | 2.1%  |  |  |  |

| Independent | Mu-Hamid Pathan  | 1,465  | 1.7%  |  |  |  |

| Independent | Lee Sowden  | 631  | 0.7%  |  |  |  |

| Labour win

### 2015

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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  | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
Total  | Of round  | Transfers  | Total  | Of round
| Labour | Peter Soulsby | 71,533  | 54.6%  |  |  |  |

| Conservative | Paul Bremner  | 24,327  | 18.6%  |  |  |  |

| UKIP | Dutch Veldhuizen  | 12,532  | 9.6%  |  |  |  |

| Green | Tim Grayson  | 8,637  | 6.6%  |  |  |  |

| Liberal Democrats | Adrian Barnes  | 8,315  | 6.3%  |  |  |  |

| TUSC | Barbie Potter  | 3,028  | 2.3%  |  |  |  |

| Independent | Avtar Singh  | 2,662  | 2.0%  |  |  |  |

| Labour hold

### 2019

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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  | 1st round votesTransfer votes, 2nd round
Total  | Of round  | Transfers  | Total  | Of round
| Labour | Peter Soulsby | 51,444  | 61.0%  |  |  |  |

| Conservative | Sandip Verma | 14,519  | 17.2%  |  |  |  |

| Green | Mags Lewis  | 6,659  | 7.9%  |  |  |  |

| Liberal Democrats | Nigel Porter | 4,101  | 5.0%  |  |  |  |

| UKIP | Stuart Young  | 3,525  | 4.2%  |  |  |  |

| Independent | Sanjay Gogia  | 2,445  | 2.9%  |  |  |  |

| Socialist Alternative | Stephen Score  | 1,643  | 2.0%  |  |  |  |

| Labour hold

### 2023

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Leicester Mayoral Election 4 May 2023 [6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Peter Soulsby | 35,002  | 39.3  | 21.7
| Conservative | Sanjay Modhwadia  | 26,422  | 29.7  | 12.5
| Liberal Democrats | Parmjit Singh Gill | 9,674  | 10.9  | 5.9
| Independent | Rita Patel  | 7,966  | 8.9  | New
| Green | Mags Lewis  | 7,808  | 8.8  | 0.9
| TUSC | Steve Score  | 2,173  | 2.4  | 0.4
Majority | 8,580  | 9.6  | 34.2
Turnout | 89,045[n 1] | 36.5  | 1.7
| Labour hold | Swing | 17.1  |

## List of mayors

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Political party  | Name  | Election

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| Labour |  | Peter Soulsby | 6 May 2011

## References

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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.

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