Leicester (UK Parliament constituency)

Leicester
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1295–1918
Seats	Two

Leicester was a parliamentary borough in Leicestershire, which elected two members of parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1918, when it was split into three single-member divisions.

History

Leicester sent burgesses to Parliament for the first time in 1295. Originally both Members were chosen by the whole 'commons' of the borough until at least 1407, when Thomas Denton and John Tonge were stated to have been chosen 'per totam communitatem tocius burgi'. At some unknown date before the middle of the 15th century, however, the 'commons', lost power within the borough and were restricted to the election of just one of the Members, the other being chosen by the mayor and 24 jurats (or aldermen). This situation was reversed by the middle of the sixteenth century.

Although most Members were citizens, usually officials, of the borough there was considerable influence and involvement by the two leading families, the Hastings and the Greys during the 16th and 17th centuries.

The constituency was abolished in 1918 and replaced by Leicester East, Leicester South and Leicester West.

Members of Parliament

1295–1640

Parliament	First member	Second member
1294	Ralph Norman	Robert de Scarnford [1]
1299	Robert Knythtecote	Roger de Glenne [1]
?1299	Richard Donnington	Roger de Glenne [1]
1301	Ralph Tewe [1]
1304	Richard Soning	Nicholas de Glenne [1]
1306	Ralph Norman	Henry de Carleton [1]
1307	William Lyndrych	William le Palmer [1]
1308	Henry Erdington	Richard Eggbaston [1]
1310	William Lyndrych	Peter de Kent [1]
1311	William Lyndrych	Robert de Leicester [1]
1312	William Clowne	Richard Leverych [1]
?1312	Robert Hereward	Nicholas Mercer [1]
1313	Roger de Glenne	John Stocton [1]
1314	William de Benham	Simon de Lyndrych [1]
?1314	Roger Pickering	William le Palmer [1]
1318	Thomas Fox	William le Palmer, jnr [1]
?1318	Henry Palmer	John Derby [1]
1321	Geoffrey de Staunton	John Derby [1]
1322	Ralph Burton	Walter Busseby [1]
1326	William Reddington	William Jolly [1]
1327	John FitzHenry of Leicester [2]	John Geryn
1328	Richard Claver	John Leverich [2]
1328	Richard Claver	John Geryn [1]
1328	Rad de Seccheville	Robert de Waltham [2]
1329	John de Glenne	Willim Petlyng [1]
1330	Richard de Bonyngton	Robert de Gryndon [1] or William Wareyn [2]
1330	John de Leverych	Thomas Dawbenny [1]
1332	Henry Merlins	Richard de Donnington [1]
1332	William de Cloune	Richard Leverich [2]
1333	John Leverych	John FitzHenry [1] or John de Garthorp [2]
1334	Richard Foxton	Richard Clerk [1]
1334	John Leverich	Robert de Foston [2]
1336	John Leverych	John Querndon [1]
?1336	William Rodington	William le Palmer [1]
1337	Richard de Donnington	Richard Leycester [1]
1337	Richard de Donnington	John Martyn [1]
1338	Richard de Donnington	John Querndon [1]
1338	Richard de Donnington	John Turvey [1] [2]
?1338	William Palmer	Thomas Fox [1]
?1338	John Harding	Robert Bonyng [1]
1339	William Warryn	Thomas Fitz Robert [1]
1339	William Leverich	Richard de Walcote [2]
1340	Nicholas Radding	William Fitz Richard [1]
?1340	Richard Walcote	William Brad [1]
?1340	Ralph Burton	John Blake [1]
1341	John le Clerk	William Donnington [1]
1343	Walter Busseby	William Reddington [1]
1346	Richard Walcot	William Dunstable [1]
1347	Richard Beby	Allan Sutton [1]
1348	John Recenour	William Wakefield [1]
1350	William Dunstable	Thomas Beby [1]
1351	William Dunstable	Thomas Beby [1]
1354	John Martin	John de Hodynges [1]
1355	Thomas Beby [1]
1357	John de Petlyng	Thomas de Crom. [1]
1360	Thomas Beby	Roger Belgrave [1]
?1360	Roger Knyghton	Thomas Beby [1]
1362	Richard Knyghton	William Burton [1]
1363	John Peterburgh	Roger Kilby [1]
1365	William Tabb	John Stafford [1]
1368	Walter Lynd	Roger de Belgrave [1]
1369	William Burton	William atte Greene [1]
1371	William Taillard	Richard de Knyghton [1]
1372	William atte Greene	Roger Beby [1]
1373	John Stafford	John Peterburgh [1]
1375	Henry de Petlyng	Henry de Clipstone [1]
1377	William Huntedon	John Stafford [1]
?1377	William Humberstone	William de Thornton [1]
1378	John Chapman	Andrew Glasewright [1]
1379	John de Stafford	William Ferrour [1]
1380	John Sherote	Richard Boyes [1]
1381	Stephen Chambre	Robert Norton [1]
1382	John Stafford	Thomas Wakefield [1]
?1382	Roger Belgrave	Richard Braunston [1]
1383	Geoffrey Clerk	John Fode [1]
1386	Geoffrey Clerk	William Morton [1]
1388 (Feb)	Geoffrey Clerk	William Morton [3]
1388 (Sep)	Geoffrey Clerk	John Cook [3]
1390 (Jan)	?Geoffrey Clerk [3]
1390 (Nov)
1391	Geoffrey Clerk	Henry Beeby [3]
1393	Thomas Wakefield	John Houghton [3]
1394	?Geoffrey Clerk	Henry Beeby [3]
1395	Robert Skillington	Henry Beeby [3]
1397 (Jan)	Thomas Wakefield	Roger Humberston [3]
1397 (Sep)	Thomas Bailly	Richard Falconer [3]
1399	William Bispham	John Church [3]
1401	John London	Peter Clerk [3]
1402
1404 (Jan)
1404 (Oct)
1406	John Donyngton	Roger Goldsmith [3]
1407	Thomas Denton	John Tonge [3]
1410	Robert Evington	John Church [3]
1411	Robert Evington	Ralph Brasier [3]
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	John Hewet	John Church [3]
1414 (Apr)	Ralph Brasier	Thomas Denton [3]
1414 (Nov)	Henry Forster	Robert Evington [3]
1415
1416 (Mar)
1416 (Oct)
1417
1419	Henry Forster	Ralph Brasier [3]
1420	John Pykwell	John Church [3]
1421 (May)	Ralph Brasier	John Church [3]
1421 (Dec)	Henry Forster	John Nightingale [3]
1423	Ralph Brasier	[4]
1426	Ralph Brasier	[4]
1432	Ralph Brasier	[4]
1455–1456	Thomas Dalton
1510–1515	No names known [5]
1523	William Bolt	Roger Wigston [5]
1529	Thomas Brokesby	Robert Harward [5]
1536	?
1539	John Beaumont	William Wigston [5]
1542	Robert Burdett	?John Beaumont [5]
1545	Edward Hastings	John Throckmorton [5]
1547	George Swillington	Ralph Skinner [5]
1553 (Mar)	George Swillington	Robert Cotton [5]
1553 (Oct)	William Faunt	Thomas Farnham [5]
1554 (Apr)	Francis Farnham	Thomas Jenkinson [5]
1554 (Nov)	Francis Farnham	Hugh Aston [5]
1555	Francis Farnham	? [5]
1558	Robert Breham	Maurice Tyttell [5]
1559 (Jan)	John Hastings	Robert Breham [6]
1562–1563	Robert Breham	Rubert Brokesby [6]
1571	Thomas Cave	Stephen Hales [6]
1572 (Apr)	Robert Breham	John Stanford I [6]
1584 (Nov)	Henry Skipwith	Thomas Johnson [6]
1586 (Oct)	Henry Skipwith	Thomas Johnson [6]
1588 (Oct)	John Chippendale	Robert Heyrick [6]
1593	John Stanford I	James Clarke [6]
1597 (Sep)	George Parkins	John Stanford II [6]
1601 (Oct)	George Belgrave	William Herrick [6]
1604	William Skipwith, died 1610 and replaced by Henry Rich)	Henry Beaumont
1614	Henry Rich	Sir Francis Leigh
1621–1622	Sir Richard Moryson	Sir William Herrick
1624	Sir Humphrey May	William Ive
1625	Thomas Jermyn	Sir Humphrey May, sat for Lancaster and repl. by Sir George Hastings)
1626	Sir Humphrey May	Sir George Hastings
1628	Sir Humphrey May	Sir John Stanhope
1629–1640	No parliaments summoned

1640–1918

Year		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
April 1640		Thomas Coke			Simon Every
November 1640		Thomas Coke	Royalist		Lord Grey of Groby	Parliamentarian
January 1644	Coke disabled from sitting – seat vacant
1645		Peter Temple
1653	Leicester was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament
1654		Sir Arthur Hesilrige			William Stanley
1656
January 1659
May 1659		Peter Temple		One seat vacant through the death of Lord Grey of Groby
1660		Thomas Armeston			John Grey
1661		Sir William Hartopp			Sir John Pretyman
1677					John Grey
1679		Sir Henry Beaumont
1685					Thomas Babington
1689		Lawrence Carter
1690					Sir Edward Abney
1695		Archdale Palmer
1698		Sir William Villiers			Lawrence Carter
1701		James Winstanley			Lawrence Carter
1702					Sir George Beaumont
1719		Thomas Noble
1722		(Sir) Lawrence Carter
January 1727		Thomas Boothby-Skrymsher
August 1727		George Wrighte
1737					James Wigley
1765					Anthony James Keck
1766		John Darker
1768		Hon. Booth Grey	Whig [7]		Eyre Coote	Whig [7]
1774					John Darker	Tory [7]
February 1784					Shukburgh Ashby
April 1784		John Macnamara			Charles Loraine-Smith
1790		Thomas Parkyns	Whig [7]		Samuel Smith	Tory [7]
1800		Thomas Babington	Tory [7]
1818		John Mansfield	Tory [7]		Thomas Pares	Whig [7]
1826		Sir Charles Abney-Hastings	Tory [7]		Robert Otway-Cave	Tory [7]
1830					William Evans	Whig [7]
1831		Wynne Ellis	Radical [8] [9]
1835		Edward Goulburn	Conservative [7]		Thomas Gladstone	Conservative [7]
1837		Samuel Duckworth	Radical [10] [11]		Sir John Easthope	Radical [10] [11] [8] [9]
1839		Wynne Ellis	Radical [8] [9]
1847 [notes 1]		Sir Joshua Walmsley	Radical [12] [13] [14] [15]		Richard Gardner	Radical [16] [17] [18] [19]
1848		John Ellis	Radical [20] [21] [22]		Richard Harris	Radical [20] [21] [22]
1852		Sir Joshua Walmsley	Radical [12] [13] [14] [15]		Richard Gardner	Radical [16] [17] [18] [19]
1856					John Biggs	Radical [23] [24] [25] [26] [27]
1857		John Dove Harris	Whig [15] [28] [29]
1859		Joseph William Noble	Liberal			Liberal
1861		William Unwin Heygate	Conservative
1862					Peter Alfred Taylor	Liberal
1865		John Dove Harris	Liberal
1874		Alexander McArthur	Liberal
1884					James Allanson Picton	Liberal
1892		Sir James Whitehead	Liberal
1894		Henry Broadhurst	Liberal		Walter Hazell	Liberal
1900					Sir John Rolleston	Conservative
January 1906					Ramsay MacDonald	Labour
March 1906		Franklin Thomasson	Liberal
1910		Eliot Crawshay-Williams	Liberal
1913		Sir Gordon Hewart	Liberal
1918	Constituency abolished: see Leicester East, Leicester South, Leicester West

Notes

1. The election of 1847 was declared void on petition and a by-election was held

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Leicester ^{[7] [30]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	Charles Abney-Hastings	Unopposed
	Whig	William Evans	Unopposed
Registered electors			c. 5,000
	Tory hold
	Whig gain from Tory

General election 1831: Leicester ^{[7] [30]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	William Evans	Unopposed
	Radical	Wynne Ellis	Unopposed
Registered electors			c. 5,000
	Whig hold
	Radical gain from Tory

General election 1832: Leicester ^{[7] [31]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	William Evans	1,663	37.3
	Radical	Wynne Ellis	1,527	34.3
	Tory	John Ward-Boughton-Leigh [32]	1,266	28.4
Turnout			2,795	91.3
Registered electors			3,063
Majority			136	3.0
	Whig hold
Majority			261	5.9
	Radical hold

General election 1835: Leicester ^{[7] [31]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Goulburn	1,484	26.4	+12.2
	Conservative	Thomas Gladstone	1,475	26.2	+12.0
	Whig	William Evans	1,352	24.0	−13.3
	Radical	Wynne Ellis	1,314	23.4	−10.9
Majority			123	2.2	N/A
Turnout			2,820	92.5	+1.2
Registered electors			3,049
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+9.4
	Conservative gain from Radical		Swing	+8.7

General election 1837: Leicester ^{[7] [31]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	Samuel Duckworth	1,816	27.8	+16.1
	Radical	John Easthope	1,816	27.8	+16.1
	Conservative	Edward Goulburn	1,454	22.2	−4.2
	Conservative	Thomas Gladstone	1,453	22.2	−4.0
Majority			362	5.6	N/A
Turnout			3,270	91.6	−0.9
Registered electors			3,569
	Radical gain from Conservative		Swing	+10.1
	Radical gain from Conservative		Swing	+10.1

Duckworth resigned after being appointed as Master of the Court of Chancery.

By-election, 22 March 1839: Leicester ^{[7] [31]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	Wynne Ellis	1,666	54.9	−0.7
	Conservative	Charles Frewen	1,371	45.1	+0.7
Majority			295	9.8	+4.2
Turnout			3,037	84.8	−6.8
Registered electors			3,581
	Radical hold		Swing	−0.7

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Leicester ^{[31] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	John Easthope	Unopposed
	Radical	Wynne Ellis	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,280
	Radical hold
	Radical hold

General election 1847: Leicester ^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	Joshua Walmsley	1,671	35.5	N/A
	Radical	Richard Gardner	1,621	34.4	N/A
	Conservative	James Parker [33]	1,421	30.2	New
Majority			200	4.2	N/A
Turnout			3,067 (est)	72.3 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			4,241
	Radical hold		Swing	N/A
	Radical hold		Swing	N/A

The election was declared void on petition on 1 June 1848, due to bribery by Walmsley and Gardner's agents, causing a by-election. ^[34]

By-election, 2 September 1848: Leicester ^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	John Ellis	Unopposed
	Radical	Richard Harris	Unopposed
	Radical hold
	Radical hold

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Leicester ^{[31] [35] [36] [18]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	Joshua Walmsley	1,673	30.0	−5.5
	Radical	Richard Gardner	1,673	30.0	−4.4
	Whig	James Wilde	1,116	20.0	N/A
	Whig	Geoffrey Palmer	1,114	20.0	N/A
Majority			557	10.0	+5.8
Turnout			2,788 (est)	72.4 (est)	+0.1
Registered electors			3,853
	Radical hold		Swing
	Radical hold		Swing

Gardner's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 18 June 1856: Leicester ^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	John Biggs	Unopposed
	Radical hold

General election 1857: Leicester ^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Dove Harris	1,618	34.7	−5.3
	Radical	John Biggs	1,603	34.4	+4.4
	Radical	Joshua Walmsley	1,440	30.9	+0.9
Majority			178	3.8	N/A
Turnout			2,331 (est)	56.0 (est)	−16.4
Registered electors			4,162
	Whig gain from Radical		Swing	−5.3
	Radical hold		Swing	+3.5

General election 1859: Leicester ^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Biggs	1,584	26.6	−7.8
	Liberal	Joseph William Noble	1,496	25.1	N/A
	Conservative	William Unwin Heygate	1,476	24.8	New
	Liberal	John Dove Harris	1,397	23.5	−11.2
Majority			20	0.3	-3.5
Turnout			2,977 (est)	70.8 (est)	+14.8
Registered electors			4,207
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1860s

Noble's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 7 February 1861: Leicester ^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Unwin Heygate	1,596	44.3	+19.5
	Liberal	John Dove Harris	1,033	28.6	+5.1
	Liberal	Peter Alfred Taylor	977	27.1	N/A
Majority			563	15.7	N/A
Turnout			3,606	90.9	+20.1
Registered electors			3,965
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+7.2

Biggs resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 17 February 1862: Leicester ^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Alfred Taylor	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

General election 1865: Leicester ^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Dove Harris	2,295	35.6	+12.1
	Liberal	Peter Alfred Taylor	2,199	34.2	+7.6
	Conservative	William Unwin Heygate	1,945	30.2	+5.4
Majority			254	4.0	+3.7
Turnout			4,192 (est)	88.0 (est)	+17.2
Registered electors			4,762
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.5

General election 1868: Leicester ^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Alfred Taylor	7,148	43.3	+9.1
	Liberal	John Dove Harris	6,876	41.6	+6.0
	Independent Liberal	John Baker Greene [37] [38] [39]	2,494	15.1	New
Majority			4,382	26.5	+22.5
Turnout			9,506 (est)	62.7 (est)	−25.3
Registered electors			15,161
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Leicester ^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Alfred Taylor	7,408	36.5	−6.8
	Liberal	Alexander McArthur	7,283	35.9	−5.7
	Conservative	John Henry Boyer Warner	5,615	27.7	New
Majority			1,668	8.2	−18.3
Turnout			12,961 (est)	75.9 (est)	+13.2
Registered electors			17,069
	Liberal hold		Swing
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Leicester ^{[31] [40]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Alfred Taylor	10,675	36.7	+0.2
	Liberal	Alexander McArthur	10,438	35.8	−0.1
	Conservative	William Winterton	4,186	14.4	+0.5
	Conservative	John Henry Boyer Warner	3,820	13.1	−0.8
Majority			6,252	21.4	+13.2
Turnout			14,560 (est)	77.4 (est)	+1.5
Registered electors			18,808
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.4

Taylor resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 27 Jun 1884: Leicester ^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Allanson Picton	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

General election 1885: Leicester ^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Allanson Picton	11,480	39.1	+2.4
	Liberal	Alexander McArthur	11,121	37.9	+2.1
	Conservative	William Millican [42]	6,751	23.0	−4.5
Majority			4,370	14.9	−6.5
Turnout			18,104	83.5	+6.1 (est)
Registered electors			21,671
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.2

General election 1886: Leicester ^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Allanson Picton	9,914	39.2	+0.1
	Liberal	Alexander McArthur	9,681	38.3	+0.4
	Liberal Unionist	Robert Bickersteth	5,686	22.5	−0.5
Majority			3,995	15.8	+0.9
Turnout			15,456	71.3	−12.2
Registered electors			21,671
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.3

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Leicester ^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Allanson Picton	Unopposed
	Liberal	James Whitehead	Unopposed
	Liberal hold
	Liberal hold

Both Picton and Whitehead resigned. The House of Commons passed separate resolutions for two by-elections, and two separate election writs were issued to Leicester Corporation. However, Israel Hart, the mayor of Leicester, decided to economise by holding a single by-election for both vacancies. In 1895, a select committee of the Commons reported that this procedure was incorrect, but that since it was adopted in good faith and without objection from any of the candidates, the result would be allowed to stand. ^[43]

Walter Hazell

1894 Leicester by-election ^{[44] [41]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Lib-Lab	Henry Broadhurst	9,464	33.8	N/A
	Liberal	Walter Hazell	7,184	25.6	N/A
	Conservative	John Rolleston	6,967	24.9	New
	Ind. Labour Party	Joseph Burgess	4,402	15.7	New
Majority			217	0.7	N/A
Turnout			17,853 (est)	77.2	N/A
Registered electors			23,125
	Lib-Lab hold		Swing	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Joseph Burgess

General election 1895: Leicester ^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Lib-Lab	Henry Broadhurst	9,792	33.6	N/A
	Liberal	Walter Hazell	7,753	26.5	N/A
	Conservative	John Rolleston	7,654	26.2	N/A
	Ind. Labour Party	Joseph Burgess	4,009	13.7	N/A
Majority			99	0.3	N/A
Turnout			18,856 (est)	77.2	N/A
Registered electors			24,113
	Lib-Lab hold		Swing	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1900s

Henry Broadhurst

General election 1900: Leicester ^{[45] [41]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Lib-Lab	Henry Broadhurst	10,385	32.3	−1.3
	Conservative	John Rolleston	9,066	28.2	+2.0
	Liberal	Walter Hazell	8,528	26.5	0.0
	Labour Repr. Cmte.	Ramsay MacDonald	4,164	13.0	N/A
Turnout			32,143	83.3	+5.1
Registered electors			24,962
Majority			6,221	19.3	+19.0
	Lib-Lab hold		Swing	−1.7
Majority			538	1.7	N/A
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+1.0

MacDonald

General election 1906: Leicester ^{[46] [41]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Lib-Lab	Henry Broadhurst	14,745	39.9	+7.6
	Labour Repr. Cmte.	Ramsay MacDonald	14,685	39.8	+26.8
	Conservative	John Rolleston	7,504	20.3	−7.9
Turnout			36,934	88.9	+5.6
Registered electors			25,129
Majority			7,241	19.6	+0.3
	Lib-Lab hold		Swing	+7.8
Majority			7,181	19.5	N/A
	Labour Repr. Cmte. gain from Conservative		Swing	+17.4

Thomasson

1906 Leicester by-election ^{[46] [41]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Franklin Thomasson	10,766	59.9	+20.0
	Conservative	John Rolleston	7,206	40.1	+19.8
Majority			3,560	19.8	+0.2
Turnout			17,972	71.5	−17.4
Registered electors			25,129
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.1

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Leicester ^{[46] [41]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eliot Crawshay-Williams	14,643	32.0	−7.9
	Labour	Ramsay MacDonald	14,337	31.4	−8.4
	Conservative	J. Foster Fraser	8,548	18.7	+8.5 [n 1]
	Conservative	Edward Bagley	8,192	17.9	+7.7 [n 1]
Turnout			45,720	91.8	+2.9
Registered electors			25,336
Majority			6,095	13.3	−6.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−8.2
Majority			5,789	12.7	−6.8
	Labour hold		Swing	−8.0

General election December 1910: Leicester ^{[47] [41]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eliot Crawshay-Williams	13,238	39.2	+7.2
	Labour	Ramsay MacDonald	12,998	38.5	+7.1
	Conservative	Alured Myddelton Wilshere	7,547	22.3	−14.3
Turnout			33,783	83.5	−8.3
Registered electors			25,336
Majority			5,691	16.9	+3.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+11.0
Majority			5,451	16.2	+3.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.7

Gordon Hewart

1913 Leicester by-election ^{[47] [41]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gordon Hewart	10,863	47.8	+8.6
	Unionist	Alured Myddelton Wilshere	9,279	40.8	+18.5
	British Socialist Party	Edward Hartley	2,580	11.4	New
Majority			1,584	7.0	-9.2
Turnout			22,722	84.2	+0.7
Registered electors			26,972
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.9

Notes and References

Notes

1. Calculated from half of 1906 result

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