The 2017 Leicestershire County Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom.^[1] All councillors were elected from electoral divisions by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.

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2017 Leicestershire County Council election

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All 55 seats to Leicestershire County Council 28 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour Seats before 30 13 9 Seats won 36 13 6 Seat change +6 0 -3   Fourth party Fifth party   Party UKIP Independent Seats before 2 1 Seats won 0 0 Seat change -2 -1
Map showing the results of the 2017 Leicestershire County Council elections.
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

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The Local Government Boundary Commission for England has undertaken a review of the county and has recommended a change to the boundaries of the electoral divisions. These changes took effect at this election. Leicestershire's 55 county councillors will represent 51 single-member electoral divisions and two two-member electoral divisions: Glenfields, Kirby Muxloe & Leicester Forests, and Oadby.^[2]

There are 55 seats on the county council. The Conservatives and Labour fielded 55 candidates with the Liberal Democrats fielding 53, the UK Independence Party fielding 43 and the Green Party fielding 18.^[3]

Results for individual divisions are shown below.^[4] They have been divided into their respective districts or boroughs and listed alphabetically.