Leicester is a unitary authority in Leicestershire, England. Until 1 April 1997 it was a non-metropolitan district. Since 2011 it has also had a directly elected mayor.
Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:
Non-metropolitan district
Unitary authority
Leicester City Council election, 1973
Leicester City Council election, 1976
Leicester City Council election, 1979
Leicester City Council election, 1983 (New ward boundaries)
Leicester City Council election, 1984
Leicester City Council election, 1986
Leicester City Council election, 1987
Leicester City Council election, 1991 (City boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
Leicester City Council election, 1995
Leicester City Council election, 1996
Leicester City Council election, 1998
Leicester City Council election, 1999
Leicester City Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 2)
Leicester City Council election, 2007
Leicester City Council election, 2011
Leicester City Council election, 2015 (New ward boundaries)
Leicester mayoral election, 2011
Leicester mayoral election, 2015
