Mayor of Leicester

The mayor of Leicester is responsible for the executive function of Leicester City Council. The incumbent is Peter Soulsby of Labour.

Mayor of Leicester
Incumbent Peter Soulsby since 6 May 2011
Style	City Mayor (to distinguish from Lord Mayor, a separate post)
Appointer	Electorate of Leicester
Term length	Four years
Inaugural holder	Peter Soulsby
Website	Leicester Mayor website

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%				​​
	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

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%				​​
	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

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%				​​
	Conservative	Sandip Verma	14,519	17.2%				​​
	Green	Mags Lewis	6,659	7.9%				​​
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Porter	4,101	4.9%				​​
	UKIP	Stuart Young	3,525	4.2%				​​
	Independent	Sanjay Gogia	2,445	2.9%				​​
	Socialist Alternative	Stephen Score	1,643	2.0%				​​
	Labour hold

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". Leicester City Council. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
5. "Mayoral Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Leicester City Council. 4 April 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2019.