Leicester East (UK Parliament constituency)

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Leicester East Borough constituency
Leicester East shown within Leicestershire, and Leicestershire shown within England
Created:	1918, 1974
MP:	Keith Vaz
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Leicestershire
EP constituency:	East Midlands

Leicester East 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 Members of Parliament 2.1 MPs 1918-1950 2.2 MPs 1918-1950 3 Elections 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Boundaries

Leicester East constituency covers the eastern part of Leicester, encompassing the council wards of Rushey Mead, Belgrave, Humberstone and Hamilton, Thurncourt, Evington, Coleman, Charnwood, Belgrave, most of Latimer, and part of Abbey.

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] MPs 1918-1950

Year		Member	Party
	1918	Sir Gordon Hewart, later Viscount Hewart	Liberal
	1922	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

[edit] MPs 1918-1950

Year		Member	Party
1974		constituency reconstituted
	1974	Tom Bradley	Labour, then Social Democrat
	1983	Peter Bruinvels	Conservative
	1987	Keith Vaz	Labour

[edit] Elections

General Election 2005: Leicester East
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

General Election 2001: Leicester East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Vaz	23,402	57.6	−7.9
	Conservative	John Mugglestone	9,960	24.5	+0.5
	Liberal Democrat	Harpinder Athwal	4,989	12.3	+5.3
	Socialist Labour	Dave Roberts	837	2.1	+1.1
	British National Party	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

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Leicestershire and Rutland

[edit] References

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page

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