Blaby District Council elections

Blaby District Council in Leicestershire, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 39 councillors have been elected from 18 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Blaby District Council election, 1973
Blaby District Council election, 1976
Blaby District Council election, 1979
Blaby District Council election, 1983 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
Blaby District Council election, 1987
Blaby District Council election, 1991 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]
Blaby District Council election, 1995
Blaby District Council election, 1999
Blaby District Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 1)^[5]^[6]
Blaby District Council election, 2007
Blaby District Council election, 2011
Blaby District Council election, 2015 (Some new ward boundaries)^[7]

Enderby By-Election 17 October 1996
Party		Votes	%
	Labour	335	34.1
	Liberal Democrat	212	21.6
	Conservative	177	18.0
	Independent	158	16.1
	Independent	101	10.2
Majority		123	12.5
Turnout		983	31.6
	Labour gain from Independent	Swing

Flamville By-Election 4 May 2000
Party		Votes	%	±
	Conservative	578	64.5	+7.3
	Liberal Democrat	314	35.2	+35.2
Majority		264	29.3
Turnout		892	29.7
	Conservative hold	Swing

Millfield By-Election 10 August 2000
Party		Votes	%	±
	Labour	225	37.6	-14.9
	Conservative	187	31.3	-6.1
	Liberal Democrat	186	31.1	+21.0
Majority		38	6.3
Turnout		598	38.1
	Labour hold	Swing

Enderby By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Votes	%	±
	Conservative	852	43.3	-2.3
	Labour	700	35.6	-1.0
	Liberal Democrat	416	21.1	+3.3
Majority		152	7.7
Turnout		1,968
	Conservative hold	Swing

Leicester Forest East By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Votes	%	±
	Conservative	1,575	52.5	-12.2
	Labour	1,423	47.5	+12.2
Majority		152	5.0
Turnout		2,998
	Conservative hold	Swing

North Whetstone By-Election 6 April 2006^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Karl Coles	298	45.2	+7.3
	Liberal Democrat	Jeannine Songhurst	265	40.2	+28.9
	Labour	Michael Bounds	96	14.6	-0.9
Majority			33	5.0
Turnout			659	17.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

↑ "Elections - general information". Blaby District Council. Retrieved 2010-03-24.
↑ "Blaby". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-03-24.
↑ The District of Blaby (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Leicestershire (District Boundaries) Order 1987. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-03-24.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Blaby (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Blaby (Electoral Changes) Order 2012. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
↑ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Blaby District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 18, 2011. Retrieved 2010-03-24.

Council elections in Leicestershire

Leicestershire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017

Blaby District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Charnwood Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Harborough District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Leicester City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1991 1995 1996 1998 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Melton Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

North West Leicestershire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Oadby and Wigston Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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