The 2019 Blaby District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Blaby District Council in England. They were held on the same day as other local elections.
Results summary
Election result
Ward results
Blaby South
Cosby with South Whetstone
Countesthorpe
Croft Hill
Ellis
Enderby & St. John's
Fairestone
Forest
Millfield
Muxloe
Narborough & Littlethorpe
Normanton
North Whetstone
Pastures
Ravenhurst & Fosse
Saxondale
Stanton & Flamville
Winstanley
Changes 2019–2023 David Freer, elected as a Conservative councillor for Croft Hill in 2019, and Deanne Woods (later Deanne Freer), elected unopposed as a Conservative councillor for Stanton & Flamville in 2019, left the party to become Independent Members and form an Independent Group, reported to the council meeting of 20 September 2022. Sharon Coe, elected as a Conservative councillor for North Whetstone in 2019, resigned from the council in December 2022. As the vacancy arose within six months of the next ordinary election, the seat was not filled by a by-election and remained vacant until the ward was abolished by the 2023 boundary changes. David Clements, elected as a Conservative councillor for Forest in 2019, died on 30 December 2022 after 21 years as a councillor. As with the North Whetstone vacancy, the seat was not filled by a by-election and remained vacant until the ward was abolished by the 2023 boundary changes.
By-elections
Millfield
The by-election was triggered by the death of the sitting Labour councillor, William "Bill" Wright, following a period of illness.
Stanton & Flamville
The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the sitting Conservative councillor, Sheila Scott, who ceased to hold office on 6 March 2020. The poll was delayed to the May 2021 elections, held nationally after the postponement of the previous year's local elections due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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