leicester south Constituency Details


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CONSTITUENCY OVERVIEW

CONTROLLING PARTYLabour
ELECTORATE93,705 voters
AREA8 sq. miles


Leicester South is a UK parliament constituency that is represented in the House of Commons by Jon Ashworth of the Labour party.

The Leicester South constituency has a total population of 120,165, of which 93,705 are eligible (18+) to vote (78%).

Leicester South ranks 569th in a list of the largest constituencies in the UK (geographical size), and 35th in a list of the largest constituencies by population size.

CONSTITUENCY MP

Jon Ashworth

Jon Ashworth

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MP DETAILS
AddressJon Ashworth MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Phone Number020 7219 4272
Political PartyLabour
Email Addressjonashworth2015@gmail.com
ConstituencyLeicester South
GenderMale
Date of Birth14/10/1978
WebsiteWebsite
TwitterTwitter Profile
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2015 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
21.0%
59.8%
4.6%
5.5 %
8.3%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Green Party
UKIP
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Leicester South constituency in 2015 was 62.50%, lower than the average UK turnout at 66.1%.

2015 CANDIDATES

Candidate Party Gender Date of Birth LinkedIn Website
Andrew WaltonTrade Unionist and Socialist CoalitionMale05 February 1972 (52)-http://andrewwalton.wordpress.com/
Anita PrabhakarLiberal DemocratFemale---
Gabby GarciaGreenFemale 14 June 1905 (119)-http://leicester.greenparty.org.uk/files/leicester_green/Candidate-info/Gabby_Garcia.pdf
Jon AshworthLabourMale14 October 1978 (46)-http://www.jonashworth.org/
Leon Hadji-NikolaouConservativeMale---
Peter StoneUK Independence PartyMale---

2010 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
21.36%
45.58%
26.89%
%
%
1.63%
3.01%
1.53%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Scottish National
Plaid Cymru
Green Party
BNP
UKIP
2005 GENERAL ELECTION WINNERS
Labour
VOTE COUNTS
PartyVotesShare
 BNP1,4183%
 Conservative10,06621.4%
 Green7701.6%
 Labour21,47945.6%
 Liberal-Democrat12,67126.9%
 UK-Independence-Party7201.5%
TOTALS
Electorate77,175
Votes47,124
Turnout61.1%
2010 CANDIDATES
ConservativeGrant, Ross
LabourSoulsby, Peter
Liberal DemocratGill, Parmjit Singh
GreenDixey, Dave
BNPWaudby, Adrian
UKIPLucas, Christopher
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Leicester South constituency in 2010 was 61.1%, higher than the average UK turnout at 65.1%.

QUIZ RESULTS

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