Leicester_North_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Leicester North East
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

Leicester North East (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950–1974

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.

Quick Facts 1950–February 1974, Seats ...

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election.

Election results

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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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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