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	Liz Kendall (Labour)
Number of members	One
1918–1950
Number of members	One
Created from	Leicester
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East Midlands

Leicester West is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Liz Kendall of the Labour Party.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

1918-1950: The County Borough of Leicester wards of Abbey, Newton, St Margaret's, Westcotes, and Wyggeston.

1974-1983: The County Borough of Leicester wards of Abbey, Newton, North Braunstone, St Margaret's, and Westcotes.

1983–2010: The City of Leicester wards of Abbey, Beaumont Leys, Mowmacre, New Parks, North Braunstone, Rowley Fields, St Augustine's, Westcotes, and Western Park.

2010-present: The City of Leicester wards of Abbey, Beaumont Leys, Braunstone Park and Rowley Fields, Fosse, New Parks, Westcotes, and Western Park.

Constituency profile

The whitest of the three Leicester seats, and the one with the highest proportion of social housing. Parts of the seat like Braunstone and Beaumont Leys are made up of large local authority estates and around thirty per cent of the housing is council or housing association owned, the second highest in the Midlands. The centre of seat, the Westcote area, is more inner city in character and is popular with young professionals and students.^[2]

Historically this used to be the safest Labour seat in Leicester (in the 1983 Conservative landslide it was the only one to remain in Labour hands). However the high Asian populations in Leicester South and Leicester East have pushed them away from the Conservatives and while this is still a safe Labour seat, represented by the party since the second world war, it is the most marginal of the three Leicester seats.^[3]

Leicester West, as of 2009 and in the depth of a severe recession had 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, which is traditionally one the most deprived parts of the city.^[4]

Members of Parliament

MPs 1918–1950

	Member^[5]	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

	Member^[5]	Party
Feb 1974	Greville Janner	Labour
1997	Patricia Hewitt	Labour
2010	Liz Kendall	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Leicester West^[6]^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Liz Kendall	16,051	46.5	+8.1
	Conservative	Paul Bessant	8,848	25.6	-1.5
	UKIP	Stuart Young^[8]	5,950	17.2	+14.8
	Green	Peter Hague^[9]	1,878	5.4	+3.7
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Bradwell	1,507	4.4	-18.3
	TUSC	Heather Rawling	288	0.8	+0.4
Majority			7,203	20.9	+9.7
Turnout			34,522	54.6	-0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	4.8

General Election 2010: Leicester West^[10]^[11]
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
	TUSC	Steve Score^[12]	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	-16.1
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 Hope 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 Hope 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^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patricia Hope Hewitt	22,580	55.2
	Conservative	Richard Thomas	9,716	23.7
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Jones	5,795	14.2
	Referendum	William Shooter	970	2.4
	Green	Geoff Forse	586	1.4
	Socialist Labour	David Roberts	452	1.1
	Socialist (GB)	Josephine Nicholls	327	0.8
	BNP	Adrian Belshaw	302	0.7
	National Democrats	Clive Potter	186	0.5
Majority			12,864	31.4
Turnout			40,914	63.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Leicester West^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Greville Ewan 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

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Leicester West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Greville Ewan Janner	22,156	44.47	-0.30
	Conservative	James Sidney William Cooper	20,955	42.06	+0.97
	Social Democratic	William Edgar	6,708	13.46	+0.71
Majority			1,201	2.41
Turnout				73.45
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.27

General Election 1983: Leicester West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Greville Ewan Janner	20,837	44.77	-8.83
	Conservative	R. Meacham	19,125	41.09	+5.69
	Social Democratic	S. Fernando	5,935	12.75	N/A
	BNP	R. Hill	469	1.01	N/A
	Workers Revolutionary	B.J. Prangle	176	0.38	N/A
Majority			1,712	3.68
Turnout				68.76
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.26

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Leicester West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Greville Ewan Janner	26,032	53.60	+0.69
	Conservative	Alastair Ross Goobey	17,194	35.40	+5.01
	Liberal	A. Lycett	4,032	8.30	-3.31
	National Front	P. Ash	1,308	2.69	-0.75
Majority			8,838	18.20
Turnout				72.26
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.32

General Election October 1974: Leicester West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Greville Ewan Janner	23,406	52.91
	Conservative	A. Simpson	13,446	30.39
	Liberal	J. Windram	5,135	11.61
	National Front	W. Newcombe	2,253	5.09
Majority			9,960	22.51
Turnout				68.43
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Leicester West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Greville Ewan Janner	27,195	56.28
	Conservative	A. Simpson	18,543	38.38
	National Front	W. Newcombe	2,579	5.34
Majority			8,652	17.91
Turnout				75.45
	Labour win

Election in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Leicester West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Greville Ewan Janner	20,563	53.34
	National Labour	Harold Nicolson	13,348	34.63
	Liberal	Joseph Arnold Kirby	4,639	12.03
Majority			7,215	18.72
Turnout				76.80
	Labour gain from National Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Leicester West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Labour	Harold Nicolson	15,821	43.73
	Labour	John Morgan	15,734	43.49
	Liberal	Horace Evelyn Crawfurd	4,621	12.77
Majority			87	0.24
Turnout				66.83
	National Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

General Election 1931: Leicester West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ernest Harold Pickering	26,826	67.49
	Labour	Frederick Pethick-Lawrence	12,923	32.51
Majority			13,903	34.98
Turnout				74.64
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Leicester West ^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence	22,635	55.3
	Unionist	Paul Vychan Emrys-Evans	10,691	26.1	n/a
	Liberal	Charles William Hartshorn	7,617	18.6
Majority			11,944	29.2
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing	n/a

General Election 1923: Leicester West ^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence	13,634	44.6
	Liberal	Rt Hon. Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill	9,236	30.2	+3.6
	Unionist	Alfred Instone	7,696	25.2
Majority
Turnout				76.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Leicester West^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition National Democratic	Joseph Frederick Green	20,150
	Labour	Rt Hon. James Ramsay MacDonald	6,347
Majority
Turnout
	Coalition National Democratic win

Notes and references

Notes

↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

↑ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/leicesterwest/
↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/leicesterwest/
↑ Unemployment Blackspots
1 2 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)
↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/leicesterwest/
↑ http://electionresults.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/leicester-west-2015.html
↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/leicesterwest/
↑ https://my.greenparty.org.uk/candidates/106038
↑ Leicester West, UKPollingReport
↑ "Election 2010 – Constituency – Leicester West". BBC. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
↑ http://www.tusc.org.uk/candidates.php
↑ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/169.htm
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ David Marquand, Ramsay MacDonald, (London: Richard Cohen Books), 1977, p. 236.

Constituencies in the East Midlands (46)

Conservative (32)	Amber Valley Boston and Skegness Bosworth Broxtowe Charnwood Corby Daventry Derby North 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 (14)	Ashfield Bassetlaw Bolsover Chesterfield 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 (2)

Coordinates: 52°39′N 1°10′W / 52.65°N 1.16°W / 52.65; -1.16

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