Wards
The City is divided into various electoral wards, each of which returns two or three councillors, using the bloc voting system, as follows
| Ward | Councillors | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Abbey | 3 | from Abbey Park up to Stocking Farm and Mowmacre Hill |
| Aylestone | 2 | |
| Beaumont Leys | 3 | |
| Belgrave | 2 | the northern half of the Belgrave area |
| Braunstone Park and Rowley Fields | 3 | including most of Braunstone |
| Castle | 3 | city centre, Southfields, Clarendon Park |
| Charnwood | 2 | Northfields, around Charnwood Street |
| Coleman | 2 | Crown Hills and North Evington, around Coleman Road |
| Evington | 2 | |
| Eyres Monsell | 2 | |
| Fosse | 2 | |
| Freemen | 2 | Knighton Fields and the Saffron estate |
| Humberstone and Hamilton | 3 | including Nether Hall |
| Knighton | 3 | |
| Latimer | 2 | the southern half of the Belgrave area |
| New Parks | 3 | Braunstone Frith |
| Rushey Mead | 3 | |
| Spinney Hills | 3 | including parts of Highfields and Evington Valley, and the St Matthew's estate |
| Stoneygate | 3 | also including parts of Highfields |
| Thurncourt | 2 | Thurnby Lodge, around Thurncourt Road |
| Westcotes | 2 | |
| Western Park | 2 |
The current ward boundaries were adopted for the 2003 local elections. Prior to this, there had been 28 wards, each electing 2 members. Wards that had existed and been abolished were Crown Hills, East Knighton, Mowmacre, North Braunstone, Rowley Fields, Saffron, St Augustine's, West Humberstone, West Knighton and Wycliffe.
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