Leicester North East (UK Parliament constituency)

Leicester North East
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1950–February 1974
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Leicester East

Leicester North East was a borough constituency in the city of Leicester. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election.

Boundaries

The County Borough of Leicester wards of Belgrave, Charnwood, Humberstone, and Latimer.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party	Notes
	1950	Terence Donovan	Labour	Resigned 1950 on appointment as a High Court Judge
	1950 by-election	Sir Lynn Ungoed-Thomas	Labour	Resigned 1962 on appointment as a High Court Judge
	1962 by-election	Tom Bradley	Labour
Feb 1974		constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Leicester North East[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terence Norbert Donovan	25,305	56.49
	Conservative	H A Taylor	14,908	33.28
	Liberal	Michael J Moroney	4,257	9.50
	Communist	F. C. Westacott	327	0.73
Majority			10,379	23.21
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Leicester North East by-election, 1950[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lynn Ungoed-Thomas	18,777	57.92
	Conservative	Mr H A Taylor	13,642	42.08
Majority			5,135	15.84
Turnout			32,419
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Leicester North East [3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sir Lynn Ungoed-Thomas
	Conservative
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Leicester North East [4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour
	Conservative
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1959: Leicester North East [5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour
	Conservative	Ann Hazel Spokes
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

Leicester North East by-election, 1962[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas George Bradley	11,274	41.48
	Liberal	Mr D Bond	9,326	34.31
	Conservative	Robin Geoffrey Marlar	6,578	24.20
Majority			1,948	7.17
Turnout			27,178
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Leicester North East [7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas George Bradley	15,494	46.39
	Conservative	Robert DG Williams	12,195	36.51
	Liberal	F Ivor Glenton	5,712	17.10
Majority			3,299	9.88
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1966: Leicester North East [8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas George Bradley	17,007	54.03
	Conservative	Robert DG Williams	10,769	34.21
	Liberal	F Ivor Glenton	3,703	11.76
Majority			6,238	19.82
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Leicester North East [9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas George Bradley	15,016	48.82
	Conservative	PEF Heneage	14,125	45.92
	Anti Immigration	DJ Taylor	1,616	5.25
Majority			891	2.90
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
2. http://web.archive.org/web/20120325095636/http://www.by-elections.co.uk/50.html
3. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
4. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
5. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
6. http://web.archive.org/web/20120205100601/http://by-elections.co.uk/62.html
7. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
8. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
9. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)