Leicester South (UK Parliament constituency)

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Leicester South
Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Leicester South (UK Parliament constituency)
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East Midlands - Leicester South constituency.svg
Boundary within the East Midlands
County Leicestershire
Electorate 71,007 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Leicester
Current constituency
Created 1974 (1974)
Member of Parliament Shockat Adam (Independent Alliance)
SeatsOne
Created from Leicester South East and Leicester South West
1918–1950
SeatsOne
Type of constituency Borough constituency
Created from Leicester
Replaced by Leicester South East, Leicester South West and Leicester North East

Leicester South is a constituency [n 1] , recreated in 1974, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 2024 by Shockat Adam.

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It had been held from 2011 by Jonathan Ashworth of the Labour Co-op Party (which denotes he is a member of the Labour Party and Co-operative Party, one of 38 such current Labour MPs, and requires members to contribute practically to a cooperative business). [n 2] A previous version of the seat existed between 1918 and 1950. Except for a 2004 by-election when it was won by the Liberal Democrats, Leicester South was held by the Labour Party from 1987 to 2024, when it was taken with a narrow majority by Shockat Adam standing as an independent.

Constituency profile

Leicester South has a population of 120,090 in an area of 19.2 km2, making it the 51st smallest parliamentary constituency by area. Mainly built-up (92%), its land also has 6% green areas or leisure facilities and just 1% agricultural. [2]

By broad ethnic group, most people are Asian (43.5%) or White (39.0%), with 9.2% Black, African or Caribbean. [2]

The rate of child poverty in Leicester South is high. At 43.4% in 2022–3, it is more than twice the overall UK rate of 20.1%. The claimant rate for unemployment benefit is 15.9%, higher than the UK average of 11.3%. [2]

In 2020, the most affluent part of the constituency, Knighton, reports estimated average household incomes after housing costs of £35,900, with Clarendon Park & Stoneygate South averaging £29,600. By contrast, households in neighbouring Saffron Lane average just £18,600. [3]

History

The seat was held by Derek Spencer for the Conservative Party between the general elections of 1983 and 1987. Its electorate demonstrated increased Labour support thereafter in local and national elections. A 2004 by-election caused by the death of Labour MP Jim Marshall was fought under the shadow of the Iraq War, and was won by Parmjit Singh Gill who became at the time the only Liberal Democrat MP from an ethnic minority. He held the seat for a year before being defeated by Labour candidate Sir Peter Soulsby at the 2005 general election. Soulsby subsequently resigned in order to seek election as Mayor of Leicester in 2011, giving Leicester South its second by-election in the space of seven years; this time the seat was safely held by Labour. [4]

The expansion of the city's suburbs and commuter belt has altered the incomes and other demographic measures of the constituency. The seat saw close contests between Conservative and Labour candidates in the 1980s, with Jim Marshall losing the seat by 7 votes to the Conservatives in the 1983 general election, but regaining it in 1987.

Marshall died in 2004, and the resulting by-election was fiercely contested. As in a by-election in Birmingham Hodge Hill held on the same day, the Liberal Democrat candidates hoped—despite having additional competition for the anti-Iraq War vote from Respect—to build on their previous by-election gain at Brent East. The seat was won by the Liberal Democrat Parmjit Singh Gill, with a majority of 1,654.

Sir Peter Soulsby won the seat at the 2005 election, and was re-elected in 2010. Sir Peter resigned to seek election for the new position of Mayor of Leicester in 2011, triggering a by-election on 5 May 2011, that coincided with the referendum on the voting system. [5] Jonathan Ashworth was elected as his successor, holding the seat for the Labour Party; he was re-elected in 2015 and 2017.

Despite being the only seat in Leicester served by three major parties in the past 35 years, Leicester South became regarded as the safest of the Labour seats in the city, with a majority in 2017 of 26,261 votes (52.0%), falling to 22,675 (45.2%) in 2019.

However, the historic volatility continued, with Ashworth suffering a surprise defeat in the July 2024 General Election. The seat was won by Shockat Adam standing as an independent, with a narrow majority of 979 votes (2.3%).

Boundaries

1918–1950: The county borough of Leicester wards of Aylestone, Castle, Charnwood, De Montfort, Knighton, Martin's, and Wycliffe. [6]

The initial report of the Boundary Commission for England dated October 1947 and published in December 1947 recommended that Leicester retain three seats, including a revised Leicester South constituency consisting of the wards of Aylestone, De Montfort, Knighton, North Braunstone and Spinney Hill, giving an electorate of 67,574 as of the review date of 15 October 1946. [7] When the Representation of the People Bill enacting the commission's recommendations was debated in the House of Commons, the Government brought forward amendments at Committee stage on 24 March 1948 to allow 17 more constituencies in England. Home Secretary James Chuter Ede announced that the Boundary Commission would be invited to consider an additional constituency to each of nine cities, including Leicester. [8] The Government issued a white paper proposing the new boundaries which created new borough constituencies of Leicester South East and Leicester South West in place of Leicester South. The Boundary Commission recommended no alteration to the proposals, [9] and the revised constituencies were therefore enacted.

In 1969, the Second Periodical Report of the Parliamentary Boundary Commission for England reduced Leicester from four seats to three, and recreated Leicester South as a borough constituency.

1974–1983: The county borough of Leicester wards of Aylestone, De Montfort, Knighton, Spinney Hill, The Castle, and Wycliffe wards of Leicester. [10] [11]

1983–2010: The City of Leicester wards of Aylestone, Castle, Crown Hills, East Knighton, Eyres Monsell, Saffron, Spinney Hill, Stoneygate, West Knighton and Wycliffe. [12] [13]

Minor boundary changes were made as a result of the Third Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission in 1983. The new constituency took in about 3,000 voters who were previously in other Leicester seats. [14] No changes were made in the Fourth Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission in 1995. [15]

2010–2024: The City of Leicester wards of Aylestone, Castle, Eyres Monsell, Freemen, Knighton, Spinney Hills, and Stoneygate. [16]

In the Fifth Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission in 2007, the constituency had only minor changes with 73 voters being added from Leicester West. [17]

Further to a local government boundary review which became effective in May 2015, [18] the Freemen ward was replaced by the Saffron ward and the additional Wycliffe ward was created, largely split off from the Spinney Hills ward.

2010–2024: The City of Leicester wards of Castle, Evington (part), Eyres Monsell, Knighton, Saffron, Spinney Hills, Stoneygate, and Wycliffe.

Size of the constituency was reduced with the transfer of Aylestone ward to Leicester West. To partly compensate, polling district EVF in Evington ward was added from Leicester East. [19]

Members of Parliament

MPs 1918–1950

Leicester prior to 1918

ElectionMember [20] Party
1918 Thomas Blane Conservative
1922 William George Waterhouse Reynolds Conservative
1923 Ronald Wilberforce Allen Liberal
1924 Charles Waterhouse Conservative
1945 Herbert Bowden Labour
1950 constituency abolished

MPs since 1974

Leicester South East and Leicester South West prior to 1974

ElectionMember [20] Party
Feb 1974 Tom Boardman Conservative
Oct 1974 Jim Marshall Labour
1983 Derek Spencer Conservative
1987 Jim Marshall Labour
2004 by-election Parmjit Singh Gill Liberal Democrat
2005 Sir Peter Soulsby Labour
2011 by-election Jonathan Ashworth Labour and Co-operative
2024 Shockat Adam Independent

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Leicester South [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Shockat Adam 14,739 35.2 N/A
Labour Jonathan Ashworth 13,76032.9–35.3
Conservative Gerri Hickton4,82011.5–10.3
Green Sharmen Rahman3,8269.1+5.8
Reform UK Craig Harwood2,4705.9+3.6
Liberal Democrats Carol Weaver1,4253.4–0.9
Independent Osman Admani3390.8N/A
Communist Ann Green2790.7N/A
Monster Raving Loony Ezechiel Adlore1890.5N/A
Majority9792.3–42.9
Turnout 41,84759.1–7.8
Registered electors 70,867
Independent gain from Labour Swing

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Leicester South [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Jonathan Ashworth 33,606 67.0 −6.6
Conservative Natalie Neale10,93121.8+0.2
Liberal Democrats Chris Coghlan 2,7545.5+3.0
Green Mags Lewis1,6693.3+1.0
Brexit Party James Potter1,1872.4New
Majority22,67545.2−6.8
Turnout 50,14764.6−2.4
Labour Co-op hold Swing -3.35
General election 2017: Leicester South [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Jonathan Ashworth 37,157 73.6 +13.8
Conservative Meera Sonecha10,89621.6+0.7
Liberal Democrats Harrish Bishnauthsing1,2872.5−2.1
Green Mags Lewis1,1772.3−3.2
Majority26,26152.0+13.1
Turnout 50,51767.0+4.5
Labour Co-op hold Swing +6.56
General election 2015: Leicester South [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Jonathan Ashworth 27,493 59.8 +14.2
Conservative Leon Hadji-Nikolaou9,62820.9−0.5
UKIP Peter Stone3,8328.3+6.8
Green Gabriella Garcia2,5335.5+3.9
Liberal Democrats Anita Prabhakar2,1274.6−22.3
TUSC Andrew Walton3490.8New
Majority17,84538.9+20.2
Turnout 45,96262.5+1.4
Labour Co-op hold Swing +7.4
By-election 2011: Leicester South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jonathan Ashworth 19,771 57.8 +12.2
Liberal Democrats Zuffar Haq7,69322.5−4.4
Conservative Jane Hunt 5,16915.1−6.3
UKIP Abhijit Pandya9942.9+1.4
Monster Raving Loony Howling Laud Hope 5531.6New
Majority12,07835.3+16.6
Turnout 34,180
Labour Co-op hold Swing
General election 2010: Leicester South [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Soulsby 21,479 45.6 +6.2
Liberal Democrats Parmjit Singh Gill 12,67126.9−3.7
Conservative Ross Grant10,06621.4+3.6
BNP Adrian Waudby1,4183.0New
Green Dave Dixey7701.6−1.6
UKIP Christopher Lucas7201.5New
Majority8,80818.7+9.9
Turnout 47,12461.1+3.4
Labour hold Swing +5.0

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Leicester South [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Soulsby 16,688 39.3 −15.2
Liberal Democrats Parmjit Singh Gill 12,97130.6+13.4
Conservative Martin McElwee7,54917.8−5.3
Respect Yvonne Ridley 2,7206.4N/A
Green Matthew Follett1,3793.3+0.4
Veritas Ken Roseblade5731.4New
Socialist Labour Dave Roberts3150.7−0.9
Independent Paul Lord2160.5N/A
Majority3,7178.8−22.6
Turnout 42,41158.7+0.7
Labour hold Swing
By-election 2004: Leicester South [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Parmjit Singh Gill 10,274 34.9 +17.7
Labour Peter Soulsby 8,62029.3−25.2
Conservative Chris Heaton-Harris 5,79619.7−3.4
Respect Yvonne Ridley 3,72412.7New
Socialist Labour Dave Roberts2630.9−0.7
Monster Raving Loony R. U. Seerius2250.8New
Independent Pat Kennedy2040.7New
Independent Paul Lord1860.6New
Independent Mark Benson550.2New
Independent Jitendra Bardwaj360.1New
Independent Alan Barrett250.1New
Majority1,6545.6N/A
Turnout 29,43841.6−16.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing +21.5
General election 2001: Leicester South [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Marshall 22,958 54.5 −3.5
Conservative Richard Hoile9,71523.1−0.7
Liberal Democrats Parmjit Singh Gill 7,24317.2+3.4
Green Margaret Layton1,2172.9New
Socialist Labour Arnie Gardner6761.6New
UKIP Kirti Ladwa3300.8New
Majority13,24331.4−2.9
Turnout 42,13958.0−8.3
Labour hold Swing -1.4

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Leicester South [29] [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Marshall 27,914 58.0 +5.7
Conservative Chris Heaton-Harris 11,42123.7−10.9
Liberal Democrats Barry Coles6,65413.8+2.1
Referendum John Hancock1,1842.5New
Socialist Labour Jim Dooher6341.3New
National Democrats Kevin Sills3070.6New
Majority16,49334.3+16.6
Turnout 48,19466.3−8.8
Labour hold Swing +8.3
General election 1992: Leicester South [31] [30] [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Marshall 27,934 52.3 +8.1
Conservative Michael K. Dutt18,49434.6−6.2
Liberal Democrats Anne Crumbie6,27111.7−2.1
Green John McWhirter5541.0+0.3
Natural Law Patricia A. Saunders1540.3New
Majority9,44017.7+14.3
Turnout 53,40775.1−1.9
Labour hold Swing +7.2

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Leicester South [33] [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Marshall 24,901 44.2 +3.9
Conservative Derek Spencer 23,02440.8+0.5
Liberal Robert Pritchard7,77313.8−3.9
Green Brian Fewster3900.7−0.2
Independent Labour Mian Mayat1920.3New
Workers Revolutionary Robert Manners960.2New
Majority1,8773.4N/A
Turnout 56,37677.0+4.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +1.7
General election 1983: Leicester South [35] [36]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Derek Spencer 21,424 40.3 −2.3
Labour Jim Marshall 21,41740.3−6.1
Liberal Rob Renold9,41017.7+8.5
Ecology C. Davis4950.9New
BNP C. Pickard2800.6New
Socialist Workers (Indian Workers' Association)Dave Roberts1610.3New
Majority70.0N/A
Turnout 53,18772.3−2.5
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +1.9

The Conservatives' 7 vote majority made Leicester South their most marginal constituency after the 1983 election and was the closest result in any constituency in the United Kingdom in the election. [37]

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Leicester South [38]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Marshall 24,548 46.4 +3.2
Conservative Ray Godsall22,55042.6+1.7
Liberal John Pick4,8569.2−2.2
National Front A. R. Cartwright9401.8−2.3
Majority1,9983.8+1.5
Turnout 52,89474.8+5.9
Labour hold Swing
General election October 1974: Leicester South [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Marshall 21,588 43.2 +4.6
Conservative Tom Boardman 20,45540.9−0.9
Liberal H. Young5,70911.4−5.3
National Front A. R. Cartwright2,0724.1+1.1
Marxist-Leninist (England) G. H. Rousseau1360.3New
Majority1,1332.3N/A
Turnout 49,96068.9−7.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
General election February 1974: Leicester South [40]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tom Boardman 22,943 41.8
Labour Jim Marshall 21,17738.6
Liberal Gordon Willey9,14816.7
National Front John Kynaston1,6393.0
Majority1,7663.2
Turnout 54,90776.4
Conservative win (new seat)

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Leicester South [41]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Herbert Bowden 19,541 45.0 +10.0
Conservative Charles Waterhouse 18,37342.3+7.3
Liberal Thomas Allan Pratt5,50912.7New
Majority1,1682.7N/A
Turnout 43,42376.8+6.6
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Leicester South [42]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Waterhouse 24,868 65.0 −11.8
Labour Leslie Maddock13,39535.0+11.8
Majority11,47330.0−23.6
Turnout 38,26370.2−8.5
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1931: Leicester South [42]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Waterhouse 32,767 76.8 +34.5
Labour John Dugdale 9,89223.2−14.2
Majority22,87553.6+48.7
Turnout 42,65978.7−1.7
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

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General election 1929: Leicester South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Charles Waterhouse 18,343 42.3 −7.7
Labour Herbert Brough Usher16,19837.4+7.7
Liberal Henry Purchase 8,81120.30.0
Majority2,1454.9−15.4
Turnout 43,35280.4−1.1
Registered electors 53,890
Unionist hold Swing −7.7
General election 1924: Leicester South [42]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Charles Waterhouse 15,005 50.0 +7.9
Labour Herbert Brough Usher8,91229.7New
Liberal Ronald Wilberforce Allen 6,07920.3−37.6
Majority6,09320.3N/A
Turnout 29,99681.5+10.5
Registered electors 36,805
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +22.8
General election 1923: Leicester South [43]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ronald Wilberforce Allen 14,692 57.9 +8.1
Unionist William George Waterhouse Reynolds 10,67442.1−8.1
Majority4,01815.8New
Turnout 25,36671.0−0.7
Registered electors 35,710
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing +8.1
General election 1922: Leicester South [44]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist William George Waterhouse Reynolds 12,534 50.2 −27.0
Liberal Ronald Wilberforce Allen 12,42549.8New
Majority1090.4−54.0
Turnout 24,95971.7+5.0
Registered electors 34,789
Unionist hold Swing −27.0

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Leicester South [42]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Thomas Blane 18,49877.2
Labour Frederick Fox Riley 5,46322.8
Majority13,03554.4
Turnout 23,96166.7
Registered electors 35,909
Unionist win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

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