Leicester South (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1974 onwards / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Leicester South is a constituency[n 1], recreated in 1974, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 2024 by Shockat Adam.
Leicester South | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Leicestershire |
Electorate | 71,007 (2023)[1] |
Major settlements | Leicester |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1974 (1974) |
Member of Parliament | Shockat Adam (Independent) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Leicester South East and Leicester South West |
1918–1950 | |
Seats | One |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
Created from | Leicester |
Replaced by | Leicester South East, Leicester South West and Leicester North East |
It had been held from 2011 by Jonathan Ashworth of the Labour Co-op Party (which denotes he is a member of the Labour Party and Co-operative Party, one of 38 such current Labour MPs, and requires members to contribute practically to a cooperative business).[n 2] A previous version of the seat existed between 1918 and 1950. Except for a 2004 by-election when it was won by the Liberal Democrats, Leicester South was held by the Labour Party from 1987 to 2024, when it was taken with a narrow majority by Shockat Adam standing as an independent.