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WESTMINSTER CONSTITUENCY

Leicester East

Current representation and election data from the UK Parliament Members API.

4,426latest majority
61.0%latest turnout
2024latest election data

CURRENT REPRESENTATION

Shivani Raja

Conservative

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LATEST ELECTION

Date4 July 2024
Electorate76,560
Turnout61.0%
Majority4,426
Latest election resultSource: UK Parliament
Khandu PatelIndependent1150.2%
Nagarjun AgathIndependent7031.5%
Malihah AdamIndependent9742.1%
Mags LewisGreen Party2,1434.6%
Raj SolankiReform UK2,6115.6%
Keith VazOne Leicester3,6817.9%
Claudia WebbeIndependent5,53211.8%
Zuffar HaqLiberal Democrat6,32913.5%
Rajesh AgrawalLabour10,10021.6%
Shivani RajaConservative14,52631.1%

ELECTION HISTORY

Previous election results

Comparable history where available

2019 Labour Majority 5,999 · 63.1% turnout Notional result on 2024 boundaries
2017 Labour Majority 22,428 · 67.4% turnout Actual result on pre-2024 boundaries
2015 Labour Majority 18,352 · 63.7% turnout Actual result on pre-2024 boundaries

Boundary note: the current constituency map was first used at the 2024 general election. The 2019 figure is an official notional estimate on the current boundaries. Where 2017 or 2015 appears, it is the actual result for an older constituency with the same name and is labelled as a pre-2024-boundary result.

CONSTITUENCY PROFILE

People and housing

Latest available constituency-level data

Population127,904Mid-2024 estimate
Under 1823.8%Share of population
Aged 65+14.2%Share of population
Home owners54.7%Households
Private renters24.3%Households
Social renters20.1%Households
One-person households22.0%Of households
Families with children40.6%Dependent children

Population figures are mid-2024 estimates. Housing and household figures use the latest census: 2021 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and 2022 in Scotland.

Primary sources: UK Parliament Members API for current representation and the latest result; UK Parliament Election Results for historical and notional general election data. Data may be revised at source.