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Leicester West

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1974 onwards

Leicester West
Summary

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1974 onwards

FieldValue
nameLeicester West
parliamentuk
image
captionInteractive map of boundaries since 2024
image2[[File:East Midlands - Leicester West constituency.svg175pxalt=Map of constituency]]
caption2Boundary within the East Midlands
year1974
typeBorough
elects_howmanyOne
previousLeicester North West and Leicester South West
year21918
abolished21950
elects_howmany2One
previous2Leicester
next2Leicester North West and Leicester South West
electorate72,848 (2023){{cite weburl= https://boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk/2023-review/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition/the-2023-review-of-parliamentary-constituency-boundaries-in-england-volume-two-constituency-names-designations-and-composition-east-midlands/#lg_leicester-west-bc-72848
titleThe 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – East Midlands
publisherBoundary Commission for England
access-date2 July 2024
regionEngland
countyLeicestershire
mpLiz Kendall
partyLabour Party (UK)

|access-date=2 July 2024 Leicester West is a constituency in Leicestershire. The seat was created in 1974, and existed in a previous form from 1918 to 1950. The seat has been represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom by Liz Kendall of the Labour Party since 2010. Kendall currently serves as Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology under the government of Keir Starmer. Since its creation in 1918 (and its recreation in 1974), the seat has sided with parties from the left wing of politics.

Boundaries

1918–1950: The County Borough of Leicester wards of Abbey, Newton, St Margaret's, Westcotes, and Wyggeston.

1974–1983: The County Borough of Leicester wards of Abbey, Newton, North Braunstone, St Margaret's, and Westcotes.

1983–2010: The City of Leicester wards of Abbey, Beaumont Leys, Mowmacre, New Parks, North Braunstone, Rowley Fields, St Augustine's, Westcotes, and Western Park.

2010–2024: The City of Leicester wards of Abbey, Beaumont Leys, Braunstone Park and Rowley Fields, Fosse, New Parks, Westcotes, and Western Park.

2024–present: As above plus Aylestone ward.

Constituency profile

Leicester West is the whitest of the three Leicester constituencies, and the one with the highest proportion of social housing. Some areas of the seat, such as Braunstone and Beaumont Leys, are made up of large local authority estates, and around 30% of the housing is council- or housing association-owned, the second-highest in the East Midlands. The centre of the seat, the Westcotes area, is more inner-city in character and is popular with young professionals and students.

This used to be the safest Labour seat in Leicester; at the 1983 general election it was the only one to remain in Labour hands. However, the high South Asian populations in Leicester South and Leicester East have tended to push them away from the Conservative Party; conversely, while Leicester West is still a safe Labour seat and has been represented by that party since the Second World War, it has become the most marginal of the three Leicester seats. While it did, like the other two Leicester constituencies, see a significant swing to Labour in 2017, Liz Kendall's majority was not a record high for the constituency, unlike with the results in Leicester East and Leicester South. However, Leicester West was the only Leicester seat to remain in Labour hands after the 2024 general election, with Leicester East becoming the sole Conservative gain of the election, and Leicester South won by independent candidate Shockat Adam.

As of 2009, in the depths of the late-2000s recession, the constituency had 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, which is traditionally one of the most deprived parts of the city.

History

In 1950, the seat was replaced by the constituencies of Leicester North West and Leicester South West, until 1974. In that period, Leicester North West was represented by Barnett Janner until 1970, and then by his son Greville Janner.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1918–1950

Leicester prior to 1918

Electionl2date=March 2012}}Party
Coalition National Democratic and Labour Party}}"1918Joseph Frederick Green
Labour Party (UK)}}"1922Alfred Hill
Labour Party (UK)}}"1923Frederick Pethick-Lawrence
Liberal Party (UK)}}"1931Ernest Pickering
National Labour Party (UK)}}"1935Harold Nicolson
Labour Party (UK)}}"1945Barnett Janner
1950constituency abolished

MPs since 1974

Leicester North West and Leicester South West prior to 1974

YearMemberParty
Labour Party (UK)}}"Feb 1974Greville Janner
Labour Party (UK)}}"1997Patricia Hewitt
Labour Party (UK)}}"2010Liz Kendall

Elections

Leicester west and Leicester north west election results 1918–2024

Elections in the 2020s

Elections in the 2010s

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 1980s

Elections in the 1970s

Election in the 1940s

Elections in the 1930s

Elections in the 1920s

|reg. electors = 52,318 |reg. electors = 41,207 |reg. electors = 40,244 |reg. electors = 39,604

Election in the 1910s

|reg. electors = 40,634

Notes

References

References

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  6. "Leicester West Parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
  7. "Leicester West parliamentary constituency – Election 2017". BBC.
  8. "Election Data 2015". [[Electoral Calculus]].
  9. "Election Data 2010". [[Electoral Calculus]].
  10. "Election 2010 – Constituency – Leicester West". BBC.
  11. "Candidates for TUSC".
  12. "Election Data 2005". [[Electoral Calculus]].
  13. "Election Data 2001". [[Electoral Calculus]].
  14. (12 October 2022). "Leicester West [Archive]".
  15. "Election Data 1992". [[Electoral Calculus]].
  16. (9 April 1992). "Politics Resources". Politics Resources.
  17. "Election Data 1987". [[Electoral Calculus]].
  18. "Election Data 1983". [[Electoral Calculus]].
  19. British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1949, FWS Craig
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