Leicester North West (UK Parliament constituency)

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

Leicester North West 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 Abbey, Newton, St Margaret's, and Westcotes.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1950	Barnett Janner	Labour
	1970	Greville Janner	Labour
Feb 1974		constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1950: Leicester North West [1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barnett Janner	23,505	52.88
	Conservative	N Nicolson	15,912	35.80
	Liberal	Robert Archibald Burrows	5,036	11.33
Majority			7,593	17.08
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Leicester North West [2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Labour
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Leicester North West [3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Labour
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1959: Leicester North West [4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative
	Labour
	Liberal
Majority
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

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General Election 1964: Leicester North West [5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sir Barnett Janner	21,134	55.80
	Conservative	E George A Farnham	16,740	44.20
Majority			4,394	11.60
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1966: Leicester North West [6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sir Barnett Janner	21,822	60.89
	Conservative	David Carol MacDonnell Mather	14,015	39.11
Majority			7,807	21.78
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1970: Leicester North West [7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Greville Ewan Janner	18,226	48.46
	Conservative	Stuart J Symington	15,584	41.44
	Liberal	Richard J Rogers	2,862	7.61
	National Democrat	Robert E Welford	935	2.49
Majority			2,642	7.03
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
2. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
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. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
7. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig

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