Leicester_South_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
Leicester South West (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950–1974
Leicester South West 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 ...
Leicester South West | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1950–February 1974 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Leicester South |
Replaced by | Leicester South, Leicester West |
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The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election.
The County Borough of Leicester wards of Aylestone, Castle, De Montfort, and North Braunstone.
The constituency included Leicester city centre, which since this seat's abolition in 1974 has been in Leicester South.
More information Election, Member ...
Election | Member | Party | Notes | |
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1950 | Herbert Bowden | Labour | Resigned 1967 to become Chairman of the Independent Television Authority | |
1967 by-election | Tom Boardman | Conservative | ||
Feb 1974 | constituency abolished |
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Elections in the 1950s
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Herbert Bowden | 23,399 | 54.61 | ||
Conservative | Dorothy Russell | 14,727 | 34.37 | ||
Liberal | Thomas Allan Pratt | 4,720 | 11.02 | ||
Majority | 8,672 | 20.24 | |||
Turnout | 42,846 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) |
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Herbert Bowden | 24,340 | 58.39 | ||
Conservative | Edward Harold Wall | 17,347 | 41.61 | ||
Majority | 6,993 | 16.78 | |||
Turnout | 41,687 | 82.54 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Herbert Bowden | 21,487 | 55.83 | ||
Conservative | Dorothy Russell | 16,998 | 44.17 | ||
Majority | 4,489 | 11.66 | |||
Turnout | 38,485 | 76.05 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Herbert Bowden | 17,395 | 46.41 | ||
Conservative | David Walder | 14,652 | 39.09 | ||
Liberal | John W Ward | 5,438 | 14.51 | New | |
Majority | 2,743 | 7.32 | |||
Turnout | 37,485 | 78.48 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Elections in the 1960s
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Herbert Bowden | 16,957 | 49.38 | ||
Conservative | Tom Boardman | 12,851 | 37.42 | ||
Liberal | Thomas Allan Pratt | 4,533 | 13.20 | ||
Majority | 4,106 | 11.96 | |||
Turnout | 34,341 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Herbert Bowden | 18,822 | 58.65 | ||
Conservative | Tom Boardman | 13,268 | 41.35 | ||
Majority | 5,554 | 17.30 | |||
Turnout | 32,090 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Tom Boardman | 12,897 | 51.63 | +10.28 | |
Labour | Neville Sandelson | 8,958 | 35.86 | −22.79 | |
Liberal | Colin J. Beech | 3,125 | 12.51 | New | |
Majority | 3,939 | 15.77 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 24,980 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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Elections in the 1970s
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Tom Boardman | 14,611 | 45.7 | +4.4 | |
Labour | Colin Grundy | 14,505 | 45.3 | −13.3 | |
Liberal | Joseph T. Roper | 2,124 | 6.6 | N/A | |
National Front | John Kyneston | 749 | 2.3 | New | |
Majority | 106 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 31,989 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
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- British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
- F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
- F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
- British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig