Leicester East (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Leicester East Borough constituency |
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| Leicester East shown within Leicestershire, and Leicestershire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1918, 1974 |
| MP: | Keith Vaz |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Leicestershire |
| EP constituency: | East Midlands |
Leicester East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] Boundaries
Leicester East constituency covers the eastern part of Leicester, encompassing the council wards of Rushey Mead, Belgrave, Humberstone and Hamilton, Thurncourt, Evington, Coleman, Charnwood, Belgrave, most of Latimer, and part of Abbey.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Year | Member | Party | |
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| 1918 | Sir Gordon Hewart, later Viscount Hewart | Liberal | |
| 1922 | George Banton | Labour | |
| 1922 | Henry Arthur Evans | National Liberal | |
| 1923 | George Banton | Labour | |
| 1924 | John Loder | Conservative | |
| 1929 | Edward Frank Wise | Labour | |
| 1931 | Abraham Montagu Lyons | Conservative | |
| 1945 | Terence Norbert Donovan | Labour | |
| 1950 | constituency abolished | ||
| 1974 | constituency reconstituted | ||
| 1974 | Tom Bradley | Labour, then Social Democrat | |
| 1983 | Peter Bruinvels | Conservative | |
| 1987 | Keith Vaz | Labour | |
This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
[edit] Elections
| General Election 2005: Leicester East | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Keith Vaz | 24,015 | 58.1 | +0.5 | |
| Conservative | Suella Fernandes | 8,139 | 19.7 | −4.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Susan Cooper | 7,052 | 17.1 | +4.8 | |
| Veritas | Colin Brown | 1,666 | 4.0 | N/A | |
| Socialist Labour | Valerie Smalley | 434 | 1.1 | −1.0 | |
| Majority | 15,876 | 38.4 | |||
| Turnout | 41,306 | 62.2 | +0.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 2001: Leicester East | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Keith Vaz | 23,402 | 57.6 | −7.9 | |
| Conservative | John Mugglestone | 9,960 | 24.5 | +0.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Harpinder Athwal | 4,989 | 12.3 | +5.3 | |
| Socialist Labour | Dave Roberts | 837 | 2.1 | +1.1 | |
| British National | Clive Potter | 772 | 1.9 | N/A | |
| Independent (politician) | Shirley Bennett | 701 | 1.7 | +1.5 | |
| Majority | 13,442 | 33.1 | |||
| Turnout | 40,661 | 62.1 | −7.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] See also
| Constituencies in the East Midlands | |
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| Labour |
Amber Valley | Ashfield | Bassetlaw | Bolsover | Broxtowe | Corby | Derby North | Derby South | Erewash | Gedling | High Peak | Leicester East | Leicester South | Leicester West | Lincoln | Loughborough | Mansfield | Northampton North | North East Derbyshire | North West Leicestershire | Nottingham East | Nottingham North | Nottingham South | Sherwood | South Derbyshire |
| Conservative |
Blaby | Boston and Skegness | Bosworth | Charnwood | Daventry | Gainsborough | Grantham and Stamford | Harborough | Kettering | Louth and Horncastle | Newark | Northampton South | Rushcliffe | Rutland and Melton | Sleaford and North Hykeham | South Holland and The Deepings | Wellingborough | West Derbyshire |
| Liberal Democrat | |
| East Midlands European constituency: Conservative (2) | UKIP (2) | Labour (1) | Liberal Democrats (1) | |
