Leicester North East (UK Parliament constituency)

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Leicester North East
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1950–February 1974
Number of membersone
Replaced by Leicester East
Created from Leicester East and Leicester South

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

Contents

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

ElectionMemberPartyNotes
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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Terence Donovan 25,30556.49
Conservative H A Taylor14,90833.28
Liberal Michael J Moroney4,2579.50
Communist Frederick Charles Westacott3270.73
Majority10,37923.21
Turnout 44,79785.85
Labour win (new seat)

Michael J Moroney was an industrial statistician and the author of the best-selling book on statistics Facts from Figures [2]

1950 Leicester North East by-election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lynn Ungoed-Thomas 18,77757.92+1.43
Conservative H A Taylor13,64242.08+8.80
Majority5,13515.84−7.37
Turnout 32,419
Labour hold Swing +3.68
General election 1951: Leicester North East [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lynn Ungoed-Thomas 26,20959.99+2.07
Conservative William Browne17,47840.01+6.93
Majority8,73119.98−3.23
Turnout 43,68784.39−1.51
Labour hold Swing −2.43
General election 1955: Leicester North East [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lynn Ungoed-Thomas 22,26456.57−4.65
Conservative Thelma Street17,09443.43+3.42
Majority5,17013.14−6.84
Turnout 39,35878.53−5.86
Labour hold Swing −4.03
General election 1959: Leicester North East [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lynn Ungoed-Thomas 19,42151.91−4.65
Conservative Ann Spokes 17,99048.09+4.56
Majority1,4313.82−9.32
Turnout 37,41178.38−0.15
Labour hold Swing +4.60

Elections in the 1960s

1962 Leicester North East by-election [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tom Bradley 11,27441.48−10.43
Liberal D Bond9,32634.31New
Conservative Robin Marlar 6,57824.20−23.89
Majority1,9487.17+3.34
Turnout 27,178
Labour hold Swing +22.37
General election 1964: Leicester North East [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tom Bradley 15,49446.39−4.91
Conservative Robert DG Williams12,19536.51+12.31
Liberal F Ivor Glenton5,71217.10−17.21
Majority3,2999.88+2.81
Turnout 33,40177.48−0.90
Labour hold Swing +8.61
General election 1966: Leicester North East [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tom Bradley 17,00754.03+7.64
Conservative Robert DG Williams10,76934.21−2.30
Liberal F Ivor Glenton3,70311.76−5.34
Majority6,23819.82−9.94
Turnout 31,47975.36−2.12
Labour hold Swing +4.97

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Leicester North East [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tom Bradley 15,01648.82−5.21
Conservative Peter Edward Findlay Heneage14,12545.92+12.71
Anti ImmigrationDennis J Taylor1,6165.25New
Majority8912.90−16.92
Turnout 30,75770.97−4.39
Labour hold Swing +8.98

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References

  1. ↑ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  2. ↑ Moroney, M.J. (1951). Facts From Figures. Penguin. ISBN   0140202366. OCLC   562330554.
  3. ↑ "1950 By Elections". 25 March 2012. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  5. ↑ "1962 By Elections". 5 February 2012. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012.
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