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Leicester West

Every general election in Leicester West since 1918. Latest: Liz Kendall, Labour, majority 8,777.

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Member of Parliament

Liz Kendall

Labour · elected 4 July 2024 · majority 8,777

2024 general election

CandidatePartyVotesShareShare bar
Liz Kendall Elected sitting MPLabour15,79844.6%
Max ChauhanConservative7,02119.8%
Ian HayesReform UK5,66616.0%
Aasiya BoraGreen4,08911.6%
Benjamin FeistLiberal Democrats2,1796.2%
Rahoul NaikOne Leicester3270.9%
Steve ScoreTrade Unionist and Socialist Coalition3170.9%
Valid votes35,397
Majority8,77724.8%

Lab hold Turnout 47.8% of 74,102 electors. Full result →

0%25%50%75%100%1918192319291935F19741979198719972005201520192024Labour, 1918: 23.6%Labour, 1922: 45.1%Labour, 1923: 44.6%Labour, 1924: 51.2%Labour, 1929: 55.3%Labour, 1931: 32.5%Labour, 1935: 43.5%Labour, 1945: 53.3%Labour, February 1974: 56.3%Labour, October 1974: 52.9%Labour, 1979: 53.6%Labour, 1983: 44.8%Labour, 1987: 44.5%Labour, 1992: 46.8%Labour, 1997: 55.2%Labour, 2001: 54.2%Labour, 2005: 51.7%Labour, 2010: 38.4%Labour, 2015: 46.5%Labour, 2017: 60.8%Labour, 2019: 49.7%Labour, 2024: 44.6%Conservative, 1923: 25.2%Conservative, 1929: 26.1%Conservative, February 1974: 38.4%Conservative, October 1974: 30.4%Conservative, 1979: 35.4%Conservative, 1983: 41.1%Conservative, 1987: 42.1%Conservative, 1992: 38.5%Conservative, 1997: 23.8%Conservative, 2001: 25.2%Conservative, 2005: 24.4%Conservative, 2010: 27.2%Conservative, 2015: 25.6%Conservative, 2017: 31.4%Conservative, 2019: 37.6%Conservative, 2024: 19.8%Liberal, 1922: 26.6%Liberal, 1923: 30.2%Liberal, 1924: 48.8%Liberal, 1929: 18.6%Liberal, 1931: 67.5%Liberal, 1935: 12.8%Liberal, 1945: 12.0%Liberal, October 1974: 11.6%Liberal, 1979: 8.3%Liberal Democrats, 1992: 13.3%Liberal Democrats, 1997: 14.2%Liberal Democrats, 2001: 15.3%Liberal Democrats, 2005: 17.5%Liberal Democrats, 2010: 22.6%Liberal Democrats, 2015: 4.4%Liberal Democrats, 2017: 2.1%Liberal Democrats, 2019: 5.2%Liberal Democrats, 2024: 6.2%Coalition Labour, 1918: 76.4%Others, 1945: 34.6%Others, February 1974: 5.3%Others, October 1974: 5.1%Others, 1979: 2.7%Others, 1983: 1.4%Others, 1992: 1.4%Others, 1997: 6.9%Others, 2001: 5.3%Others, 2005: 6.4%National Labour, 1935: 43.7%
Vote share in Leicester West at each general election Lab Con Lib LD Co Lab Oth Nat Lab

Boundary changes in 2024

Where the voters of today’s Leicester West lived under the old (2010–2019) boundaries:

Shares of population, from the House of Commons Library’s boundary analysis in the UK Parliament election results data.

Every result

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ElectionWinnerRunner-upMajority%TurnoutResult
2024Lab Liz KendallCon8,77724.847.8%Lab hold
2019Lab Liz KendallCon4,21212.153.5%Lab hold
2017Lab Liz KendallCon11,06029.557.9%Lab hold
2015Lab Liz KendallCon7,20320.954.6%Lab hold
2010Lab Liz KendallCon4,01711.255.2%Lab hold
2005LabCon9,07027.353.8%
2001LabCon9,63929.050.9%Lab hold
1997LabCon12,86431.463.1%
1992LabCon3,9788.273.7%Lab hold
1987LabCon1,2012.473.4%Lab hold
1983LabCon1,7123.767.9%
1979LabCon8,83818.272.3%Lab hold
October 1974LabCon9,96022.568.4%Lab hold
February 1974LabCon8,65217.975.5%
1945LabOth7,21518.776.6%
1935Nat LabLab870.266.8%Nat Lab gain from Lib
1931LibLab13,90335.074.6%Lib gain from Lab
1929LabCon11,94429.278.3%Lab hold
1924LabLib7372.476.1%Lab hold
1923LabLib4,39814.476.0%Lab hold
1922LabNat Lib4,79216.772.5%Lab gain from Co Lab
1918Co LabLab14,22352.866.2%

Constituency boundaries were redrawn several times (most recently in 1983, 1997, 2005 (Scotland), 2010 and 2024), so the area behind the name changed over time. Before 2010 results are by party; candidate names start in 2010.

Questions and answers

Who is the MP for Leicester West?

Liz Kendall (Labour) won Leicester West at the 2024 general election with a majority of 8,777.

Which parties have won Leicester West?

At the 22 general elections held under this name since 1918: Labour 19, National Labour 1, Liberal 1, Coalition Labour 1.

Which region is Leicester West in?

Leicester West is in East Midlands.

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