Leicester West (UK Parliament constituency)

Leicester West
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Leicester West in Leicestershire.
Location of Leicestershire within England.
County	Leicestershire
Electorate	65,432 (December 2010)[1]
Current constituency
Created	1974 (1974)
Member of Parliament	Elizabeth Kendall (Labour)
Number of members	One
1918 (1918)–1950 (1950)
Number of members	One
Created from	Leicester
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East Midlands

Leicester West is a borough 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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Unemployment 3 Members of Parliament 3.1 MPs 1918-1950 3.2 MPs 1974-present 4 Elections 4.1 Elections in the 2010s 4.2 Elections in the 2000s 4.3 Elections in the 1990s 5 See also 6 Notes and references

Boundaries

Leicester West constituency covers the western part of Leicester, encompassing the council wards of Beaumont Leys, Fosse, New Parks, Western Park, Braunstone Park and Rowley Fields, Westcotes, most of Abbey and small parts of Latimer and Castle. The other seats in Leicester are Leicester East and Leicester South.

Unemployment

Leicester West, as of 2009 and in the depth of a severe recession, has the fourth highest level of unemployment in Britain, with 13.8% of residents registered unemployed. Most of the unemployment is concentrated in areas such as Braunstone and Saffron Lane, which are traditionally among the most deprived parts of the city. [1]

Members of Parliament

MPs 1918-1950

Election		Member[2]	Party
	1918	Joseph Frederick Green	Coalition National Democratic Party
	1922	Alfred Hill	Labour
	1923	Frederick Pethick-Lawrence	Labour
	1931	Ernest Harold Pickering	Liberal
	1935	Harold Nicolson	National Labour
	1945	Barnett Janner, later Baron Janner	Labour
	1950	constituency abolished

MPs 1974-present

Election		Member[2]	Party
	Feb 1974	Greville Janner	Labour
	1997	Patricia Hewitt	Labour
	2010	Liz Kendall	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Leicester West [3][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Liz Kendall	13,745	38.4	-12.4
	Conservative	Celia Harvey	9,728	27.2	+2.8
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Coley	8,107	22.6	+4.4
	BNP	Gary Reynolds	2,158	6.0	+6.0
	UKIP	Stephen Ingall	883	2.5	+2.5
	Green	Geoff Forse	639	1.8	-3.0
	Independent	Steven Huggins	181	0.5	+0.5
	Trade Unionist & Socialist	Steve Score[5]	157	0.4	+0.4
	Pirate	Shaun Dyer	113	0.3	+0.3
	Independent	David Bowley	108	0.3	+0.3
Majority			4,017	11.2
Turnout			35,819	55.2	+2.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.6%

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Leicester West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Hewitt	17,184	51.7	−2.5
	Conservative	Sarah Richardson	8,114	24.4	−0.8
	Liberal Democrat	Zuffar Haq	5,803	17.5	+2.2
	Green	Geoff Forse	1,571	4.7	+1.5
	Socialist Alternative	Steve Score	552	1.7	N/A
Majority			9,070	27.3
Turnout			33,224	53.3	+2.4
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2001: Leicester West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Hewitt	18,014	54.2	−1.0
	Conservative	Christopher Shaw	8,375	25.2	+1.5
	Liberal Democrat	Andy Vincent	5,085	15.3	+1.1
	Green	Matthew Gough	1,074	3.2	+1.8
	Socialist Labour	Sean Kirkpatrick	350	1.1	−0.1
	Socialist Alliance	Stephen Score	321	1.0	N/A
Majority			9,639	29.0
Turnout			33,219	50.9	−12.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Leicester West[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Hewitt	22,580	55.19
	Conservative	R Thomas	9,716	23.75
	Liberal Democrat	M Jones	5,795	14.16
	Referendum Party	W Shooter	970	2.37
	Green	Geoff Forse	586	1.43
	Socialist Labour	D Roberts	452	1.11
	Socialist (GB)	J Nicholls	327	0.8
	BNP	Adrian Belshaw	302	0.74
	National Democrats	Clive Potter	186	0.46
Majority			12,864	31.44
Turnout			40,912	63.06

General Election 1992: Leicester West[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Greville Janner	22,574	46.8	+2.3
	Conservative	John A. Guthrie	18,596	38.5	−3.5
	Liberal Democrat	Geoffrey F. Walker	6,402	13.3	−0.2
	Green	Miss Claire D. Wintram	517	1.1	+1.1
	Natural Law	Mrs Jenny M. Rosta	171	0.4	+0.4
Majority			3,978	8.2	+5.8
Turnout			48,260	73.7	+0.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.9

See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Leicestershire and Rutland

Notes and references

Constituencies in the East Midlands (46) Conservative (31) Amber Valley Boston and Skegness Bosworth Broxtowe Charnwood Corby Daventry Derbyshire Dales Erewash Gainsborough Grantham and Stamford Harborough High Peak Kettering Lincoln Loughborough Louth and Horncastle Mid Derbyshire Newark Northampton North Northampton South North West Leicestershire Rushcliffe Rutland and Melton Sherwood Sleaford and North Hykeham South Derbyshire South Holland and The Deepings South Leicestershire South Northamptonshire Wellingborough Labour (15) Ashfield Bassetlaw Bolsover Chesterfield Derby North Derby South Gedling Leicester East Leicester South Leicester West Mansfield North East Derbyshire Nottingham East Nottingham North Nottingham South East Midlands European constituency: Conservative (2) Labour (1) UKIP (1) Liberal Democrats (1)