Leicester East (UK Parliament constituency)

Leicester East
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Leicester East in Leicestershire.
Location of Leicestershire within England.
County	Leicestershire
Electorate	74,377 (December 2010)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1974 (1974)
Member of parliament	Keith Vaz (Labour)
Number of members	One
Created from	Leicester South East Leicester North East
1918–1950
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Leicester South East Leicester North East
Created from	Leicester
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	East Midlands

Leicester East is a constituency^{[n 1]} represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1987 by Keith Vaz of the Labour Party and Chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee.^{[n 2]}

Boundaries

1918-1950: The County Borough of Leicester wards of Belgrave, Latimer, Spinney Hill, and West Humberston.

1974-1983: The County Borough of Leicester wards of Belgrave, Charnwood, Evington, Humberstone, and Latimer.

1983-2010: The City of Leicester wards of Belgrave, Charnwood, Coleman, Evington, Humberstone, Latimer, Rushey Mead, Thurncourt, and West Humberstone.

2010-present: The City of Leicester wards of Belgrave, Charnwood, Coleman, Evington, Humberstone and Hamilton, Latimer, Rushey Mead, and Thurncourt.

Constituency profile

An urban seat in the commercial and engineering centre of Leicester. Leicester East has one of the highest Asian populations of any British constituency. In the 2001 census two-thirds of the population were non-white and 58% of people described themselves as Asian. Almost a third of the population here are Hindu, although there are also significant Muslim and Sikh minorities.

Leicester East is generally a safe Labour seat. It was briefly and narrowly held by the trenchant Conservative MP turned lay Canon Peter Bruinvels at the height of the Tory party`s popularity in 1983 but was regained by Labour in 1987 and has become increasingly safe since then.

History

The seat was created in 1918 lasted until 1950 when it was divided by two larger new seats (NE/SE), which also covered part of the present Charnwood seat and Rutland and Melton. For the four years from 1918 it was served by Hewart KC, who was knighted at the time and two years after serving became one of the most senior judges, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales. In 1974 the seat was recreated and covers part of Leicester city centre and its relatively compact eastern suburbs compared to the remainder of the county.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1918–1950

	Member^[2]	Party
1918	Sir Gordon Hewart	Liberal
1922 by-election	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

MPs since 1974

	Member^[2]	Party
Feb 1974	Tom Bradley	Labour
1981	Tom Bradley	Social Democrat
1983	Peter Bruinvels	Conservative
1987	Keith Vaz	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Leicester East^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Vaz	29,386	61.1	+7.4
	Conservative	Kishan Devani	11,034	23.0	-1.5
	UKIP	Susanna Steptoe^[4]	4,290	8.9	+7.4
	Green	Nimit Jethwa ^[5]	1,468	3.1	+1.5
	Liberal Democrat	Dave Raval	1,233	2.6	-11.6
	TUSC	Michael Barker	540	1.1	N/A
	Independent	Tom Darwood	117	0.2	N/A
Majority			18,352	38.2
Turnout			48,599	63.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.5

General Election 2010: Leicester East^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Vaz	25,804	53.8	−5.0
	Conservative	Jane Hunt	11,722	24.4	+4.6
	Liberal Democrat	Ali Asghar	6,817	14.2	−2.3
	BNP	Colin Gilmore^[7]	1,700	3.5	N/A
	Green	Mo Taylor^[8]	733	1.5	N/A
	UKIP	Felicity Ransome	725	1.5	N/A
	Unity for Peace and Socialism	Avtar Sadiq	494	1.0	N/A
Majority			14,082	29.3
Turnout			47,995	65.8	+3.9
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.8

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Leicester East^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Vaz	24,015	58.1	+0.5
	Conservative	Suella Fernandes	8,139	19.7	−4.8
	Liberal Democrat	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	+2.6

In 2005 this seat bucked the national trend as there was a swing to Labour whereas the national swing was 2.5% to the Conservatives.

General Election 2001: Leicester East^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Vaz	23,402	57.6	−7.9
	Conservative	John Vincent Mugglestone	9,960	24.5	+0.5
	Liberal Democrat	Harpinder Athwal	4,989	12.3	+5.3
	Socialist Labour	David Paul Roberts	837	2.1	+1.1
	BNP	Clive Potter	772	1.9	N/A
	Independent	Shirley Bennett	701	1.7	+1.5
Majority			13,442	33.1
Turnout			40,661	62.1	−7.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.2

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Leicester East^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Vaz	29,083	65.50
	Conservative	Simon Milton	10,661	24.01
	Liberal Democrat	J Matabudul	3,105	6.99
	Referendum	P Iwaniw	1,015	2.29
	Socialist Labour	Sohan Singh Sidhu	436	0.98
	Independent	Neil Slack	102	0.23
Majority			18,422	41.49
Turnout				69.11
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.4

General Election 1992: Leicester East^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Vaz	28,123	56.3	+10.2
	Conservative	Jeffery C. Stevens	16,807	33.7	−8.8
	Liberal Democrat	Mrs Sheila A. Mitchell	4,043	8.1	−3.3
	Green	Murray R. Frankland	453	0.9	+0.9
	Independent	Dennis J. Taylor	308	0.6	+0.6
	Natural Law	Miss ASK Mahaldar	186	0.4	+0.4
Majority			11,316	22.7	+19.0
Turnout			49,920	78.7	+0.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.5

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Leicester East^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Vaz	24,074	46.16
	Conservative	Peter Bruinvels	22,150	42.47
	Social Democratic	Aileen Marina Ayres	5,935	11.38
Majority			1,924	3.69
Turnout				78.59
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1983: Leicester East^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Bruinvels	19,117	38.94
	Labour	Patricia Hewitt	18,184	37.04
	Social Democratic	Tom Bradley	10,362	21.11
	Independent	RV Ganatra	970	1.98
	BNP	RL Sutton	459	0.93
Majority			933	1.90
Turnout				73.19
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Leicester East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Bradley	23,844	46.90
	Conservative	M Waterhouse	20,988	41.28
	Liberal	B Andrews	4,623	9.09
	National Front	BJ Calver	1,385	2.72
Majority			2,856	5.62
Turnout				75.58
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Leicester East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Bradley	20,688	44.78
	Conservative	KG Reeves	16,877	36.53
	Liberal	W Capstick	5,668	12.27
	National Front	A Reed-Herbert	2,967	6.42
Majority			3,811	8.25
Turnout				72.30
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Leicester East^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Bradley	23,474	47.7	N/A
	Conservative	K.G. Reeves	22,061	44.8	N/A
	National Front	K. Sanders	3,662	7.5	N/A
Majority			1,413	2.9	N/A
Turnout			49,199	77.8	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Leicester East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terence Norbert Donovan	28,414	56.94
	Conservative	Abraham Montagu Lyons	15,182	30.42
	Liberal	David Goodwillie Galloway	6,306	12.64
Majority			13,232	26.52
Turnout				76.05
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Leicester East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Abraham Montagu Lyons	20,442	49.28
	Labour	F Gould	17,532	42.62
	Liberal	Frederick Lawson	3,509	8.46
Majority			2,910	7.01
Turnout				70.18
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Leicester East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Abraham Montagu Lyons	30,265	68.67
	Labour	Edward Frank Wise	13,811	31.33
Majority			16,454	37.33
Turnout				79.10
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Leicester East ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Frank Wise	22,533	50.8
	Unionist	John de Vere Loder	13,801	31.1
	Liberal	Frederick Lawson	8,054	18.1	n/a
Majority			8,732	19.7
Turnout
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing

General Election 1923: Leicester East ^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Banton	13,162	44.8
	Unionist	Henry Arthur Evans	8,247	28.0
	Liberal	James Henderson Stewart	7,998	27.2	n/a
Majority			4,915	16.8
Turnout				76.1
	Labour gain from Unionist		Swing

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.
1 2 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)
↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/leicestereast/
↑ https://my.greenparty.org.uk/candidates/106036
↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ http://bnp.org.uk/2010/03/full-slate-in-leicestershire-as-bnp-candidate-nominated-in-leicester-east/
↑ http://www.greensarecoming.org.uk/MoTaylor
↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
↑ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
↑ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74a/i13.htm
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig

Coordinates: 52°38′N 1°05′W / 52.64°N 1.08°W / 52.64; -1.08

Constituencies in the East Midlands (46)

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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)

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