Leicester North East (UK Parliament constituency)

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.

Leicester North East
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
1950–February 1974
Seats	one
Created from	Leicester East and Leicester South
Replaced by	Leicester East

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 Belgrave, Charnwood, Humberstone, and Latimer.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party	Notes
	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

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Leicester North East^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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]

1950 Leicester North East by-election^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General election 1951: Leicester North East ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General election 1955: Leicester North East ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General election 1959: Leicester North East ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

1962 Leicester North East by-election^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

General election 1964: Leicester North East ^[4]

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

General election 1966: Leicester North East ^[4]

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

General election 1970: Leicester North East ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

1. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
2. Moroney, M.J. (1951). Facts From Figures. Penguin. ISBN 0140202366. OCLC 562330554.
3. "1950 By Elections". 25 March 2012. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012.
4. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
5. "1962 By Elections". 5 February 2012. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012.

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)