Elections 2009

Harborough District Council seat up for grabs

Monday, December 21, 2009

A by-election is to be held on January 28 for a vacant seat on Harborough District Council.

It will be held in the Great Bowden and Arden ward in Market Harborough.

It was caused by the resignation of former council leader Alistair Swatridge.

He stepped...

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Politicians to go head to head for public debate

Tuesday, December 01, 2009

Candidates hoping to become Loughborough's next member of parliament are to take part in a debate in the town. Loughborough Chamber of Trade has...

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Counting on you

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Council leaders are looking for anyone interested in helping to run the General Election count in Oadby and Wigston which will be in May at the...

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Councillors making local political history

Councillor Jewel Miah

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Two of Leicestershire's new county councillors have made local political history – but for radically different reasons. Adam Wakelin meets them....

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'Dirty tricks' deputy leader stands down

Nicholas Rushton

Thursday, June 11, 2009

One of Leicestershire's most high-profile councillors has left frontline politics because of his involvement in an alleged dirty tricks scandal....

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Why did the BNP find favour with voters?

Voting

Thursday, June 11, 2009

As the far right gains a foothold in north-west Leicestershire, Lee Marlow surveys the fall-out of its shock election victory.

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PM 'could learn lessons from Leicester'

Labour MEP Glennis Willmott

Tuesday, June 09, 2009

Gordon Brown's struggling Government could find out how to win back public support by "learning lessons" from Labour in Leicester, the leader of the...

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UKIP's share of vote takes huge hit

Tuesday, June 09, 2009

The UK Independence Party (UKIP) saw its share of the vote in Leicester and across the region drop significantly. This was in contrast to the...

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Bad night for Labour in Euro elections

Labour's Glenis Willmott is still smiling with Tory Emma McClarkin and UKIP's Derek Clark

Monday, June 08, 2009

Labour had a bad night across Britain in the European elections – as the BNP gained its first seats in Brussels. Deputy leader Harriet Harman...

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Tories celebrate best-ever result

Successful Tory candidates outside County Hall

Saturday, June 06, 2009

The Tories swept to their best-ever result in a Leicestershire local election as the BNP won their first seat on the county council. Conservatives...

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