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| Leicester West Borough constituency |
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| Leicester West shown within Leicestershire, and Leicestershire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1918, 1974 |
| MP: | Patricia Hewitt |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Leicestershire |
| EP constituency: | East Midlands |
Leicester West 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.
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Boundaries
Leicester West constituency covers the western part of Leicester, encompassing the council wards of Beaumont Leys, Fosse, New Parks, Western Park, Braunstone Park and Rowley Fields, Westcotes, most of Abbey and small parts of Latimer and Castle. The other seats in Leicester are Leicester East and Leicester South.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1918-1950
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1918 | Joseph Frederick Green | Coalition National Democratic Party | |
| 1922 | Alfred Hill | Labour | |
| 1923 | Frederick Pethick-Lawrence | Labour | |
| 1931 | Ernest Harold Pickering | Liberal | |
| 1935 | Harold Nicolson | National Labour | |
| 1945 | Barnett Janner, later Baron Janner | Labour | |
| 1950 | constituency abolished | ||
MPs 1974-present
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1974 | Greville Janner | Labour | |
| 1997 | Patricia Hewitt | Labour | |
Elections
| Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election1 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Peter Coley | ||||
| Labour | Patricia Hewitt | ||||
| General Election 2005: Leicester West | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Patricia Hewitt | 17,184 | 51.7 | −2.5 | |
| Conservative | Sarah Richardson | 8,114 | 24.4 | −0.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Zuffar Haq | 5,803 | 17.5 | +2.2 | |
| Green | Geoff Forse | 1,571 | 4.7 | +1.5 | |
| Socialist Alternative | Steve Score | 552 | 1.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 9,070 | 27.3 | |||
| Turnout | 33,224 | 53.3 | +2.4 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 2001: Leicester West | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Patricia Hewitt | 18,014 | 54.2 | −1.0 | |
| Conservative | Christopher Shaw | 8,375 | 25.2 | +1.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Andy Vincent | 5,085 | 15.3 | +1.1 | |
| Green | Matthew Gough | 1,074 | 3.2 | +1.8 | |
| Socialist Labour | Sean Kirkpatrick | 350 | 1.1 | −0.1 | |
| Socialist Alliance | Stephen Score | 321 | 1.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 9,639 | 29.0 | |||
| Turnout | 33,219 | 50.9 | −12.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
See also
References
- ^ Leicester West, UKPollingReport
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