Elections
Previous results of elections to the city council:
| Overall control | Labour | Conservative | Lib Dem | Green | |
| 2011 | Labour | 52 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 2007 | Labour | 38 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 2003 | No overall control | 20 | 9 | 25 | - |
| 1999 | Labour | 30 | 10 | 16 | - |
| 1996 | Labour | 41 | 7 | 8 | - |
| 1995 | Labour | 45 | 4 | 7 | - |
| 1991 | Labour | - | - | - | - |
| 1987 | Labour | - | - | - | - |
| 1983 | Labour | - | - | - | - |
| 1979 | Labour | - | - | - | - |
| 1976 | Conservative | 21 | 27 | - | - |
| 1973 | Labour | 37 | 11 | - | - |
The May 1996 elections were held out of sequence because of the upcoming unitary authority status, which came into effect on 1 April 1997.
Former leaders include
- Jim Marshall (1973–74)
- Sir Peter Soulsby (1981–1994, 1995–99, current directly elected mayor)
- Roger Blackmore 2003-04 and 2005–07
- Ross Willmott (1999–2003, 2004–05, 2007-2010 stood down to run for Parliament)
- Veejay Patel (2010–2011)
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