Leicester West (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Leicester West | |
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| Borough constituency | |
| for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Leicester West in Leicestershire. |
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 Location of Leicestershire within England. |
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| County | Leicestershire |
| Electorate | 65,432 (December 2010)[1] |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1974 |
| Member of Parliament | Elizabeth Kendall (Labour) |
| Number of members | One |
| 1918–1950 | |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Leicester |
| Overlaps | |
| European Parliament 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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[edit] 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.
[edit] Unemployment
Leicester West, as of 2009 and in the depth of a severe recession, has 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 and Saffron Lane, which are traditionally among the most deprived parts of the city. [1]
[edit] Members of Parliament
[edit] MPs 1918-1950
| Election | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
[edit] MPs 1974-present
| Election | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1974 | Greville Janner | Labour | |
| 1997 | Patricia Hewitt | Labour | |
| 2010 | Liz Kendall | Labour | |
[edit] Elections
[edit] Elections in the 2010s
| General Election 2010: Leicester West [3][4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Liz Kendall | 13,745 | 38.4 | -12.4 | |
| Conservative | Celia Harvey | 9,728 | 27.2 | +2.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Peter Coley | 8,107 | 22.6 | +4.4 | |
| BNP | Gary Reynolds | 2,158 | 6.0 | +6.0 | |
| UKIP | Stephen Ingall | 883 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
| Green | Geoff Forse | 639 | 1.8 | -3.0 | |
| Independent | Steven Huggins | 181 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
| Trade Unionist & Socialist | Steve Score[5] | 157 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
| Pirate | Shaun Dyer | 113 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
| Independent | David Bowley | 108 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
| Majority | 4,017 | 11.2 | |||
| Turnout | 35,819 | 55.2 | +2.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -7.6% | |||
[edit] Elections in the 2000s
| General Election 2005: Leicester West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
[edit] Elections in the 1990s
| General Election 1997: Leicester West[6] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Patricia Hewitt | 22,580 | 55.19 | ||
| Conservative | R Thomas | 9,716 | 23.75 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | M Jones | 5,795 | 14.16 | ||
| Referendum Party | W Shooter | 970 | 2.37 | ||
| Green | Geoff Forse | 586 | 1.43 | ||
| Socialist Labour | D Roberts | 452 | 1.11 | ||
| Socialist (GB) | J Nicholls | 327 | 0.8 | ||
| BNP | Adrian Belshaw | 302 | 0.74 | ||
| National Democrats | Clive Potter | 186 | 0.46 | ||
| Majority | 12,864 | 31.44 | |||
| Turnout | 40,912 | 63.06 | |||
| General Election 1992: Leicester West[7] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Greville Janner | 22,574 | 46.8 | +2.3 | |
| Conservative | John A. Guthrie | 18,596 | 38.5 | −3.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Geoffrey F. Walker | 6,402 | 13.3 | −0.2 | |
| Green | Miss Claire D. Wintram | 517 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
| Natural Law | Mrs Jenny M. Rosta | 171 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
| Majority | 3,978 | 8.2 | +5.8 | ||
| Turnout | 48,260 | 73.7 | +0.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +2.9 | |||
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)
- ^ Leicester West, UKPollingReport
- ^ "BBC News". BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/c57.stm. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
- ^ http://www.tusc.org.uk/candidates.php
- ^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/constit/169.htm
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
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