Leicester North 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 North 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.
Boundaries
[edit]The County Borough of Leicester wards of Belgrave, Charnwood, Humberstone, and Latimer.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
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1950 | Terence Donovan | Labour | Resigned 1950 on appointment as a High Court Judge | |
1950 by-election | Sir Lynn Ungoed-Thomas | Labour | Resigned 1962 on appointment as a High Court Judge | |
1962 by-election | Tom Bradley | Labour | ||
Feb 1974 | constituency abolished |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Terence Donovan | 25,305 | 56.49 | ||
Conservative | H A Taylor | 14,908 | 33.28 | ||
Liberal | Michael J Moroney | 4,257 | 9.50 | ||
Communist | Frederick Charles Westacott | 327 | 0.73 | ||
Majority | 10,379 | 23.21 | |||
Turnout | 44,797 | 85.85 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Michael J Moroney was an industrial statistician and the author of the best-selling book on statistics Facts from Figures[2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Lynn Ungoed-Thomas | 18,777 | 57.92 | +1.43 | |
Conservative | H A Taylor | 13,642 | 42.08 | +8.80 | |
Majority | 5,135 | 15.84 | −7.37 | ||
Turnout | 32,419 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.68 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Lynn Ungoed-Thomas | 26,209 | 59.99 | +2.07 | |
Conservative | William Browne | 17,478 | 40.01 | +6.93 | |
Majority | 8,731 | 19.98 | −3.23 | ||
Turnout | 43,687 | 84.39 | −1.51 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.43 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Lynn Ungoed-Thomas | 22,264 | 56.57 | −4.65 | |
Conservative | Thelma Street | 17,094 | 43.43 | +3.42 | |
Majority | 5,170 | 13.14 | −6.84 | ||
Turnout | 39,358 | 78.53 | −5.86 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −4.03 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Lynn Ungoed-Thomas | 19,421 | 51.91 | −4.65 | |
Conservative | Ann Spokes | 17,990 | 48.09 | +4.56 | |
Majority | 1,431 | 3.82 | −9.32 | ||
Turnout | 37,411 | 78.38 | −0.15 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.60 |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tom Bradley | 11,274 | 41.48 | −10.43 | |
Liberal | David Bond | 9,326 | 34.31 | New | |
Conservative | Robin Marlar | 6,578 | 24.20 | −23.89 | |
Majority | 1,948 | 7.17 | +3.34 | ||
Turnout | 27,178 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +22.37 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom Bradley | 15,494 | 46.39 | −4.91 | |
Conservative | Robert DG Williams | 12,195 | 36.51 | +12.31 | |
Liberal | F Ivor Glenton | 5,712 | 17.10 | −17.21 | |
Majority | 3,299 | 9.88 | +2.81 | ||
Turnout | 33,401 | 77.48 | −0.90 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +8.61 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom Bradley | 17,007 | 54.03 | +7.64 | |
Conservative | Robert DG Williams | 10,769 | 34.21 | −2.30 | |
Liberal | F Ivor Glenton | 3,703 | 11.76 | −5.34 | |
Majority | 6,238 | 19.82 | −9.94 | ||
Turnout | 31,479 | 75.36 | −2.12 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +4.97 |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Tom Bradley | 15,016 | 48.82 | −5.21 | |
Conservative | Peter Edward Findlay Heneage | 14,125 | 45.92 | +12.71 | |
Anti Immigration | Dennis J Taylor | 1,616 | 5.25 | New | |
Majority | 891 | 2.90 | −16.92 | ||
Turnout | 30,757 | 70.97 | −4.39 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +8.98 |
References
[edit]- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ^ Moroney, M.J. (1951). Facts From Figures. Penguin. ISBN 0140202366. OCLC 562330554.
- ^ "1950 By Elections". 25 March 2012. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- ^ "1962 By Elections". 5 February 2012. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012.