A total of 55 councillors were elected from 52 electoral divisions across the county's 7 districts.

The BNP fielded many more candidates than at the last election which caused their vote share to increase dramatically.

[2] They have been divided into their respective Districts or Boroughs and listed alphabetically.

The Conservative councillor for Syston Ridgeway died on Thursday 18 August 2011.

A by-election was held on 3 November 2011 and was won by Stephen John Hampson.