Leicester South
ConstituencyThe south of the East Midlands. About 124,837 people in 19 square kilometres.
MP for Leicester South
Shockat AdamIndependentMP since
They won by 979 votes on a 59.0% turnout.
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Majority 2024 by constituency
UK Parliament election results · July 2024
The winner in Leicester South had a majority of 2.3% of valid votes at the general election on 4 July 2024.
2024 general election result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shockat AdamElected | Independent | 14,739 | 35.2% |
| Jonathan Ashworth | Labour | 13,760 | 32.9% |
| Gerri Hickton | Conservative | 4,820 | 11.5% |
| Sharmen Rahman | Green Party | 3,826 | 9.1% |
| Craig Harwood | Reform UK | 2,470 | 5.9% |
| Carol Weaver | Liberal Democrat | 1,425 | 3.4% |
| Osman Admani | Independent | 329 | 0.8% |
| Ann Green | Communist Party of Britain | 279 | 0.7% |
| Ezechiel Adlore | Official Monster Raving Loony Party | 189 | 0.5% |
- Electorate
- 70,867
- Turnout
- 59.0%
- Majority
- 979 (2.3%)
- Valid votes
- 41,837
- Rejected ballots
- 158
Polling day . Shares are of valid votes; turnout is valid votes as a share of the electorate. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: House of Commons Library, UK Parliament election results. The result from the House of Commons Library
How Leicester South compares
Each dot is a constituency. The black line marks the middle one.
Every constituency ranked: population and aged 15 to 64.
What is the population of Leicester South?
Leicester South had 118,813 usual residents at the census.
Leicester South is the 58th most populated of 650 in the UK.
Figures for the whole of Leicester
Most of Leicester South lies in Leicester. These figures are published for the whole of Leicester, not for constituencies, so they describe the council and not Leicester South itself. See Leicester
Leicester South in brief
The winner in Leicester South had a majority of 2.3% of valid votes at the general election on 4 July 2024.
Turnout in Leicester South at the general election on 4 July 2024 was 59.0%.
Leicester South had 118,813 usual residents at the census.
71.5% of residents in Leicester South were aged 15 to 64 at the census.