Leicester East
ConstituencyThe south of the East Midlands. About 127,844 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 21 square kilometres.
MP for Leicester East
Shivani RajaConservativeMP since
They won by 4,426 votes on a 61.0% turnout.
As of , from the UK Parliament Members API. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.
Radon Affected Area by constituency
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 58% of people in Leicester East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
2024 general election result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shivani RajaElected | Conservative | 14,526 | 31.1% |
| Rajesh Agrawal | Labour | 10,100 | 21.6% |
| Zuffar Haq | Liberal Democrat | 6,329 | 13.5% |
| Claudia Webbe | Independent | 5,532 | 11.8% |
| Keith Vaz | One Leicester | 3,681 | 7.9% |
| Raj Solanki | Reform UK | 2,611 | 5.6% |
| Mags Lewis | Green Party | 2,143 | 4.6% |
| Malihah Adam | Independent | 974 | 2.1% |
| Nagarjun Agath | Independent | 703 | 1.5% |
| Khandu Patel | Independent | 115 | 0.2% |
- Electorate
- 76,560
- Turnout
- 61.0%
- Majority
- 4,426 (9.5%)
- Valid votes
- 46,714
- Rejected ballots
- 255
Polling day . Shares are of valid votes; turnout is valid votes as a share of the electorate. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: House of Commons Library, UK Parliament election results. The result from the House of Commons Library
How Leicester East compares
Each dot is a constituency. The black line marks the middle one.
Every constituency ranked: population and people in radon affected area squares.
What is the population of Leicester East?
Leicester East had 124,658 usual residents at the census.
Leicester East is the 31st most populated of 650 in the UK.
Figures for the whole of Leicester
Most of Leicester East lies in Leicester. These figures are published for the whole of Leicester, not for constituencies, so they describe the council and not Leicester East itself. See Leicester
Leicester East in brief
The winner in Leicester East had a majority of 9.5% of valid votes at the general election on 4 July 2024.
Turnout in Leicester East at the general election on 4 July 2024 was 61.0%.
Leicester East had 124,658 usual residents at the census.
About 58% of people in Leicester East live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.