Leicester West | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundaries since 2024 | |
![]() Boundary of Leicester West in the East Midlands | |
County | Leicestershire |
Electorate | 65,432 (December 2010) [1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1974 |
Member of Parliament | TBC (TBC) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Leicester North West and Leicester South West |
1918–1950 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Leicester |
Replaced by | Leicester North West and Leicester South West |
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] Along with the other two Leicester seats, it was held by Labour at the 2017 general election. Since its creation in 1918 the seat has sided with parties from the left wing of politics.
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.
2010–2024: The City of Leicester wards of Abbey, Beaumont Leys, Braunstone Park and Rowley Fields, Fosse, New Parks, Westcotes, and Western Park.
Following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the size of the constituency was increased with the transfer of Aylestone ward from Leicester South. [2]
Leicester West is the whitest of the three Leicester constituencies, and the one with the highest proportion of social housing. Some areas of the seat, such as Braunstone and Beaumont Leys, are made up of large local authority estates, and around 30% of the housing is council- or housing association-owned, the second-highest in the Midlands. The centre of the seat, the Westcotes area, is more inner-city in character and is popular with young professionals and students. [3]
Historically this used to be the safest Labour seat in Leicester—in the 1983 general election 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 Conservative Party; while Leicester West is still a safe Labour seat, represented by that party since the Second World War, it is the most marginal of the three Leicester seats. [3] While it did, like the other two Leicester seats, see a significant swing to Labour in 2017, unlike the other two seats Liz Kendall's majority was not a record high for the constituency.
As of 2009, in the depths of the late-2000s recession, the constituency 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 of the most deprived parts of the city. [4]
In 1950, the seat was replaced by the constituencies of Leicester North West and Leicester South West, until 1974. In that period, Leicester North West was represented by Barnett Janner until 1970, and then by his son Greville Janner.
Leicester prior to 1918
Election | Member [5] | Party | ||
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1918 | Joseph Frederick Green | Coalition National Democratic | ||
1922 | Alfred Hill | Labour | ||
1923 | Frederick Pethick-Lawrence | Labour | ||
1931 | Ernest Pickering | Liberal | ||
1935 | Harold Nicolson | National Labour | ||
1945 | Barnett Janner | Labour | ||
1950 | constituency abolished |
Leicester North West and Leicester South West prior to 1974
Year | Member | Party | |
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Feb 1974 | Greville Janner | Labour | |
1997 | Patricia Hewitt | Labour | |
2010 | Liz Kendall | Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Aasiya Bora [7] | ||||
Conservative | Max Chauhan | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Benjamin Feist [8] | ||||
Reform UK | Ian Hayes [9] | ||||
Labour | Liz Kendall | ||||
One Leicester | Rahoul Naik | ||||
TUSC | Steve Score [10] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Liz Kendall | 17,291 | 49.7 | –11.1 | |
Conservative | Amanda Wright | 13,079 | 37.6 | +6.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Bradwell | 1,808 | 5.2 | +3.1 | |
Brexit Party | Jack Collier | 1,620 | 4.7 | New | |
Green | Ani Goddard | 977 | 2.8 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 4,212 | 12.1 | –17.3 | ||
Turnout | 34,775 | 53.6 | –4.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | –8.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Liz Kendall | 22,823 | 60.8 | +14.3 | |
Conservative | Jack Hickey | 11,763 | 31.4 | +5.8 | |
UKIP | Stuart Young | 1,406 | 3.7 | –13.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Bradwell | 792 | 2.1 | –2.3 | |
Green | Mel Gould | 607 | 1.6 | –3.8 | |
Independent | David Bowley | 121 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 11,060 | 29.4 | +8.5 | ||
Turnout | 37,512 | 57.9 | +3.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Liz Kendall | 16,051 | 46.5 | +8.1 | |
Conservative | Paul Bessant | 8,848 | 25.6 | –1.6 | |
UKIP | Stuart Young | 5,950 | 17.2 | +14.7 | |
Green | Peter Hague | 1,878 | 5.4 | +3.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Bradwell | 1,507 | 4.4 | –18.2 | |
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 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Liz Kendall | 13,745 | 38.4 | –12.4 | |
Conservative | Celia Harvey | 9,728 | 27.2 | +2.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Coley | 8,107 | 22.6 | +4.4 | |
BNP | Gary Reynolds | 2,158 | 6.0 | New | |
UKIP | Stephen Ingall | 883 | 2.5 | New | |
Green | Geoff Forse | 639 | 1.8 | –3.0 | |
Independent | Steven Huggins | 181 | 0.5 | New | |
TUSC | Steve Score [16] | 157 | 0.4 | New | |
Pirate | Shaun Dyer | 113 | 0.3 | New | |
Independent | David Bowley | 108 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 4,017 | 11.2 | –16.1 | ||
Turnout | 35,819 | 55.2 | +2.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | –7.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patricia Hewitt | 17,184 | 51.7 | –2.5 | |
Conservative | Sarah Richardson | 8,114 | 24.4 | –0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Zuffar Haq | 5,803 | 17.5 | +2.2 | |
Green | Geoff Forse | 1,571 | 4.7 | +1.5 | |
Socialist Alternative | Steve Score | 552 | 1.7 | New | |
Majority | 9,070 | 27.3 | –1.7 | ||
Turnout | 33,224 | 53.3 | +2.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | –0.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patricia Hewitt | 18,014 | 54.2 | –1.0 | |
Conservative | Christopher Shaw | 8,375 | 25.2 | +1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andy Vincent | 5,085 | 15.3 | +1.1 | |
Green | Matthew Gough | 1,074 | 3.2 | +1.8 | |
Socialist Labour | Sean Kirkpatrick | 350 | 1.1 | 0.0 | |
Socialist Alliance | Stephen Score | 321 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 9,639 | 29.0 | -2.5 | ||
Turnout | 33,219 | 50.9 | –12.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | –1.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Patricia Hewitt | 22,580 | 55.2 | +8.4 | |
Conservative | Richard Thomas | 9,716 | 23.7 | –14.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Jones | 5,795 | 14.2 | +0.9 | |
Referendum | William Shooter | 970 | 2.4 | New | |
Green | Geoff Forse | 586 | 1.4 | +0.3 | |
Socialist Labour | David Roberts | 452 | 1.1 | New | |
Socialist Alternative | Josephine Nicholls | 327 | 0.8 | New | |
BNP | Adrian Belshaw | 302 | 0.7 | New | |
National Democrats | Clive Potter | 186 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 12,864 | 31.5 | +23.2 | ||
Turnout | 40,914 | 63.1 | –10.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +11.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Greville Janner | 22,574 | 46.8 | +2.3 | |
Conservative | John Guthrie | 18,596 | 38.5 | –3.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey F. Walker | 6,402 | 13.3 | –0.2 | |
Green | Claire D. Wintram | 517 | 1.1 | New | |
Natural Law | Jenny M. Rosta | 171 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 3,978 | 8.3 | +5.9 | ||
Turnout | 48,260 | 73.7 | +0.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Greville Janner | 22,156 | 44.5 | –0.3 | |
Conservative | James Cooper | 20,955 | 42.1 | +1.0 | |
SDP | William Edgar | 6,708 | 13.5 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 1,201 | 2.4 | –1.3 | ||
Turnout | 49,819 | 73.5 | +4.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | –1.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Greville Janner | 20,837 | 44.8 | –8.8 | |
Conservative | Robert Meacham | 19,125 | 41.1 | +5.7 | |
SDP | Sumal Fernando | 5,935 | 12.8 | New | |
BNP | Ray Hill | 469 | 1.0 | New | |
Workers Revolutionary | B.J. Prangle | 176 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 1,712 | 3.7 | –14.5 | ||
Turnout | 46,542 | 68.8 | –3.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | –7.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Greville 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 | 48,566 | 72.26 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | –4.32 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Greville Janner | 23,406 | 52.91 | ||
Conservative | A. Simpson | 13,446 | 30.39 | ||
Liberal | J. Windram | 5,135 | 11.61 | New | |
National Front | W. Newcombe | 2,253 | 5.09 | ||
Majority | 9,960 | 22.52 | |||
Turnout | 44,240 | 68.43 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Greville Janner | 27,195 | 56.28 | ||
Conservative | A. Simpson | 18,543 | 38.38 | ||
National Front | W. Newcombe | 2,579 | 5.34 | ||
Majority | 8,652 | 17.90 | |||
Turnout | 48,317 | 75.45 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Barnett Janner | 20,563 | 53.34 | ||
National Labour | Harold Nicolson | 13,348 | 34.63 | ||
Liberal | Joseph Arnold Kirby | 4,639 | 12.03 | ||
Majority | 7,215 | 18.71 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 38,550 | 76.80 | |||
Labour gain from National Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Labour | Harold Nicolson | 15,821 | 43.73 | New | |
Labour | John Morgan | 15,734 | 43.49 | ||
Liberal | Horace Crawfurd | 4,621 | 12.77 | ||
Majority | 87 | 0.24 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 35,636 | 66.83 | |||
National Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ernest Pickering | 26,826 | 67.49 | ||
Labour | Frederick Pethick-Lawrence | 12,923 | 32.51 | ||
Majority | 13,903 | 34.98 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 39,749 | 74.64 | |||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frederick Pethick-Lawrence | 22,635 | 55.3 | +4.1 | |
Unionist | Paul Emrys-Evans | 10,691 | 26.1 | New | |
Liberal | Charles William Hartshorn | 7,617 | 18.6 | −30.2 | |
Majority | 11,944 | 29.2 | +26.8 | ||
Turnout | 40,943 | 78.3 | +2.2 | ||
Registered electors | 52,318 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +17.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frederick Pethick-Lawrence | 16,047 | 51.2 | +6.6 | |
Liberal | Maurice Alfred Gerothwohl | 15,310 | 48.8 | +18.6 | |
Majority | 737 | 2.4 | −12.0 | ||
Turnout | 31,357 | 76.1 | +0.1 | ||
Registered electors | 41,207 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −6.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Frederick Pethick-Lawrence | 13,634 | 44.6 | −0.4 | |
Liberal | Winston Churchill | 9,236 | 30.2 | +3.6 | |
Unionist | Alfred Instone | 7,696 | 25.2 | New | |
Majority | 4,398 | 14.4 | −2.2 | ||
Turnout | 30,566 | 76.0 | +3.5 | ||
Registered electors | 40,244 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alfred Hill | 12,929 | 45.0 | +21.4 | |
National Democratic | Joseph Frederick Green | 8,137 | 28.4 | −48.0 | |
Liberal | Ernest Spero | 7,631 | 26.6 | New | |
Majority | 4,792 | 16.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 28,697 | 72.5 | +6.3 | ||
Registered electors | 39,604 | ||||
Labour gain from National Democratic | Swing | +34.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | National Democratic | Joseph Frederick Green | 20,570 | 76.4 | |
Labour | Ramsay MacDonald | 6,347 | 23.6 | ||
Majority | 14,223 | 52.8 | |||
Turnout | 26,917 | 66.2 | |||
Registered electors | 40,634 | ||||
National Democratic win (new seat) | |||||
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
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