Leicester North 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.
Leicester North West | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1950–February 1974 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Leicester West |
Replaced by | Leicester West |
The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election.
Boundaries
editThe County Borough of Leicester wards of Abbey, Newton, St Margaret's, and Westcotes.
Members of Parliament
editElection | Member | Party | |
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1950 | Barnett Janner | Labour | |
1970 | Greville Janner | Labour | |
Feb 1974 | constituency abolished |
Election results
editElections in the 1950s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Barnett Janner | 23,505 | 52.88 | ||
Conservative | Nigel Nicolson | 15,912 | 35.80 | ||
Liberal | Robert Archibald Burrows | 5,036 | 11.33 | ||
Majority | 7,593 | 17.08 | |||
Turnout | 44,453 | 85.92 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Barnett Janner | 25,184 | 56.84 | ||
Conservative | William John Cornelis Heyting | 19,125 | 43.16 | ||
Majority | 6,059 | 13.68 | |||
Turnout | 44,309 | 84.35 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Barnett Janner | 22,807 | 54.17 | ||
Conservative | Frederick Arthur Tomlinson | 19,297 | 45.83 | ||
Majority | 3,510 | 8.34 | |||
Turnout | 42,104 | 78.74 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Barnett Janner | 21,515 | 52.15 | ||
Conservative | Frederick Arthur Tomlinson | 19,742 | 47.85 | ||
Majority | 1,733 | 4.30 | |||
Turnout | 41,257 | 79.46 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Barnett Janner | 21,134 | 55.80 | ||
Conservative | E George A Farnham | 16,740 | 44.20 | ||
Majority | 4,394 | 11.60 | |||
Turnout | 37,874 | 76.19 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Barnett Janner | 21,822 | 60.89 | ||
Conservative | Carol Mather | 14,015 | 39.11 | ||
Majority | 7,807 | 21.78 | |||
Turnout | 35,837 | 73.73 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1970s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Greville Janner | 18,226 | 48.46 | ||
Conservative | Stuart J Symington | 15,584 | 41.44 | ||
Liberal | Richard J Rogers | 2,862 | 7.61 | New | |
National Democratic | Robert E Welford | 935 | 2.49 | New | |
Majority | 2,642 | 7.02 | |||
Turnout | 37,607 | 70.85 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
edit- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig