Leicester South East | |
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Former
borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1950–February 1974 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Leicester East and Leicester South |
Replaced by |
Leicester East, Leicester South |
Leicester South East was a borough constituency in the city of Leicester. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election.
1950–1955: The County Borough of Leicester wards of Evington, Knighton, Spinney Hill, and Wycliffe.
1955–1974: As above plus the Urban District of Oadby.
Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | Charles Waterhouse | Conservative | Resigned 1957 | |
1957 by-election | Sir John Peel | Conservative | ||
1974 | constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Waterhouse | 20,964 | 51.37 | ||
Labour | SK Lewis | 14,823 | 36.32 | ||
Liberal | Cecil Archer Newport | 5,024 | 12.31 | ||
Majority | 6,141 | 15.05 | |||
Turnout | 40,811 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Waterhouse | 23,853 | 59.52 | ||
Labour Co-op | Ewart Taylor | 16,225 | 40.48 | ||
Majority | 7,628 | 19.04 | |||
Turnout | 40,078 | 83.77 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Waterhouse | 26,070 | 64.21 | ||
Labour | Edward John Masters | 14,529 | 35.79 | ||
Majority | 11,541 | 28.42 | |||
Turnout | 40,599 | 78.46 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Peel | 18,023 | 60.9 | −3.3 | |
Labour | Betty Boothroyd | 11,541 | 39.1 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 6,482 | 21.8 | −6.6 | ||
Turnout | 29,564 | 56.3 | −22.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −6.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Peel | 28,390 | 67.35 | ||
Labour | W Barrie Chambers | 13,760 | 32.65 | ||
Majority | 14,630 | 34.70 | |||
Turnout | 42,150 | 78.33 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Peel | 23,236 | 55.95 | ||
Labour | W Barrie Chambers | 11,090 | 26.70 | ||
Liberal | Colin J Beech | 7,205 | 17.35 | New | |
Majority | 12,146 | 29.25 | |||
Turnout | 41,531 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Peel | 23,615 | 59.88 | ||
Labour | Colin Grundy | 15,819 | 40.12 | ||
Majority | 7,796 | 19.76 | |||
Turnout | 39,434 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Peel | 26,483 | 62.65 | ||
Labour | William Hilbourne | 15,788 | 37.35 | ||
Majority | 10,695 | 25.30 | |||
Turnout | 42,271 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Leicester South East | |
---|---|
Former
borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1950–February 1974 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Leicester East and Leicester South |
Replaced by |
Leicester East, Leicester South |
Leicester South East was a borough constituency in the city of Leicester. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election.
1950–1955: The County Borough of Leicester wards of Evington, Knighton, Spinney Hill, and Wycliffe.
1955–1974: As above plus the Urban District of Oadby.
Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | Charles Waterhouse | Conservative | Resigned 1957 | |
1957 by-election | Sir John Peel | Conservative | ||
1974 | constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Waterhouse | 20,964 | 51.37 | ||
Labour | SK Lewis | 14,823 | 36.32 | ||
Liberal | Cecil Archer Newport | 5,024 | 12.31 | ||
Majority | 6,141 | 15.05 | |||
Turnout | 40,811 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Waterhouse | 23,853 | 59.52 | ||
Labour Co-op | Ewart Taylor | 16,225 | 40.48 | ||
Majority | 7,628 | 19.04 | |||
Turnout | 40,078 | 83.77 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Waterhouse | 26,070 | 64.21 | ||
Labour | Edward John Masters | 14,529 | 35.79 | ||
Majority | 11,541 | 28.42 | |||
Turnout | 40,599 | 78.46 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Peel | 18,023 | 60.9 | −3.3 | |
Labour | Betty Boothroyd | 11,541 | 39.1 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 6,482 | 21.8 | −6.6 | ||
Turnout | 29,564 | 56.3 | −22.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −6.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Peel | 28,390 | 67.35 | ||
Labour | W Barrie Chambers | 13,760 | 32.65 | ||
Majority | 14,630 | 34.70 | |||
Turnout | 42,150 | 78.33 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Peel | 23,236 | 55.95 | ||
Labour | W Barrie Chambers | 11,090 | 26.70 | ||
Liberal | Colin J Beech | 7,205 | 17.35 | New | |
Majority | 12,146 | 29.25 | |||
Turnout | 41,531 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Peel | 23,615 | 59.88 | ||
Labour | Colin Grundy | 15,819 | 40.12 | ||
Majority | 7,796 | 19.76 | |||
Turnout | 39,434 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Peel | 26,483 | 62.65 | ||
Labour | William Hilbourne | 15,788 | 37.35 | ||
Majority | 10,695 | 25.30 | |||
Turnout | 42,271 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |