Leicester South West (UK Parliament constituency)
Leicester South West was a borough constituency in the city of Leicester. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Leicester South West | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1950–February 1974 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Leicester South, Leicester West |
Created from | Leicester South |
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election.
Boundaries
The County Borough of Leicester wards of Aylestone, Castle, De Montfort, and North Braunstone.
The constituency included Leicester city centre, which since this seat's abolition in 1974 has been in Leicester South.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
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1950 | Herbert Bowden | Labour | Resigned 1967 to become Chairman of the Independent Television Authority | |
1967 by-election | Tom Boardman | Conservative | ||
Feb 1974 | constituency abolished |
Election results
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Herbert Bowden | 23,399 | 54.61 | ||
Conservative | Dorothy Russell | 14,727 | 34.37 | ||
Liberal | Thomas Alan Pratt | 4,720 | 11.02 | ||
Majority | 8,672 | 20.24 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour win |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Herbert Bowden | 24,340 | 58.39 | ||
Conservative | Edward Harold Wall | 17,347 | 41.61 | ||
Majority | 6,993 | 16.78 | |||
Turnout | 82.54 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Herbert Bowden | 21,487 | 55.83 | ||
Conservative | Dorothy Russell | 16,998 | 44.17 | ||
Majority | 4,489 | 11.66 | |||
Turnout | 76.05 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Herbert Bowden | 17,395 | 46.41 | ||
Conservative | David Walder | 14,652 | 39.09 | ||
Liberal | John W Ward | 5,438 | 14.51 | ||
Majority | 2,743 | 7.32 | |||
Turnout | 78.48 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Herbert Bowden | 16,957 | 49.38 | ||
Conservative | Tom Boardman | 12,851 | 37.42 | ||
Liberal | Thomas Alan Pratt | 4,533 | 13.20 | ||
Majority | 4,106 | 11.96 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Herbert Bowden | 18,822 | 58.65 | ||
Conservative | Tom Boardman | 13,268 | 41.35 | ||
Majority | 5,554 | 17.31 | - | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tom Boardman | 12,897 | 51.63 | +10.3 | |
Labour | Neville Sandelson | 8,958 | 35.86 | −22.8 | |
Liberal | Colin J. Beech | 3,125 | 12.51 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,939 | 15.77 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tom Boardman | 14,611 | 45.7 | +4.3 | |
Labour | Colin Grundy | 14,505 | 45.3 | −13.4 | |
Liberal | Joseph T. Roper | 2,124 | 6.6 | N/A | |
National Front | John Kyneston | 749 | 2.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 106 | 0.3 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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References
- British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
- F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
- British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
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