Shivani Raja

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Shivani Raja
MP
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Official portrait, 2024
Member of Parliament
for Leicester East
Assumed office
4 July 2024
Conservative Shivani Raja 14,526 31.1 –7.4
Labour Rajesh Agrawal10,10021.6–29.3
Liberal Democrats Zuffar Haq6,32913.5+7.9
Independent Claudia Webbe 5,53211.8N/A
One Leicester Keith Vaz 3,6817.9N/A
Reform UK Raj Solanki2,6115.6+3.1
Green Mags Lewis2,1434.6+2.8
Independent Malihah Adam9742.1N/A
Independent Nagarjun Agath7031.5N/A
Independent Khandu Patel1150.2N/A
Majority 4,4269.5–2.7
Turnout 46,71461.0–2.1
Registered electors 76,560
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +11.0

References

  1. Tomorrow's MPs [@tomorrowsmps] (6 July 2024). "Raja's agent tells me that her date of birth is 21 July 1994, so she is still 29. And Luke Myer, the new Labour MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland won't be 30 until next years. So that makes 17 under-30 MPs, and maybe there are still some I've missed" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024 via Twitter.
  2. Everquill, Rhys; Richardson, Hannah (1 July 2024). "Leicester East: your guide to the 2024 general election". Great Central Gazette . Archived from the original on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  3. 1 2 Richardson, Hannah (30 May 2024). "Conservatives pick city born and bred candidate to fight for Claudia Webbe's Leicester East seat". Leicestershire Live . Archived from the original on 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  4. Miss India UK [@MissIndia_UK] (24 June 2017). "Check out Semi-Finalist Miss Shivani Raja's Interview with her sponsors @LimeAuction & #Dupion https://youtu.be/OocnWrS-faI #MIUK2017" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024 via Twitter.
  5. Symonds, Harriet (31 October 2024). "The New Tory MP Who Nearly Didn't Vote In The Leadership Contest". The House . PoliticsHome. Archived from the original on 17 March 2025. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  6. Lewis, Lauren (5 July 2024). "Tories' only gain in entire election: Shivani Raja wins seat after Keith Vaz and Claudia Webbe split vote". LBC . Archived from the original on 5 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  7. @ShivaniRaja_LE (July 10, 2024). "It was an honour to be sworn into Parliament today to represent Leicester East. I was truly proud to swear my allegiance to His Majesty King Charles on the Gita. #LeicesterEast" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  8. "Leicester East – General election results 2024". BBC News . Retrieved 26 August 2024.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Leicester East
2024–present
Incumbent