Leicester_South_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

Leicester South East
Leicester South 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 South

Leicester South East (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950–1974

Leicester South 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.

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	Member	Party	Notes
1950	Charles Waterhouse	Conservative	Resigned 1957
1957 by-election	Sir John Peel	Conservative
1974	constituency abolished

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Charles Waterhouse	20,964	51.37
	Labour	SK Lewis	14,823	36.32
	Liberal	Cecil Archer Newport	5,024	12.31
Majority			6,141	15.05
Turnout			40,811
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Charles Waterhouse	23,853	59.52
	Labour Co-op	Ewart Taylor	16,225	40.48
Majority			7,628	19.04
Turnout			40,078	83.77
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Charles Waterhouse	26,070	64.21
	Labour	Edward John Masters	14,529	35.79
Majority			11,541	28.42
Turnout			40,599	78.46
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Peel	18,023	60.9	−3.3
	Labour	Betty Boothroyd	11,541	39.1	+3.3
Majority			6,482	21.8	−6.6
Turnout			29,564	56.3	−22.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−6.0

Leicester South East (UK Parliament constituency)

Leicester South 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 South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Peel	28,390	67.35
	Labour	W Barrie Chambers	13,760	32.65
Majority			14,630	34.70
Turnout			42,150	78.33
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Peel	23,236	55.95
	Labour	W Barrie Chambers	11,090	26.70
	Liberal	Colin J Beech	7,205	17.35	New
Majority			12,146	29.25
Turnout			41,531
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Peel	23,615	59.88
	Labour	Colin Grundy	15,819	40.12
Majority			7,796	19.76
Turnout			39,434
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Peel	26,483	62.65
	Labour	William Hilbourne	15,788	37.35
Majority			10,695	25.30
Turnout			42,271
	Conservative hold		Swing