Leicester East

Leicester East is a former constituency. It ceased to exist following the boundary change in 2024. It was located in the East Midlands region of England. The seat was last held by Claudia Webbe (Independent) between 12 December 2019 to 30 May 2024.

2019 General Election

The 2019 General Election was held on 12 December 2019. A total of 6 candidates ran for election.

Summary

LAB
Labour Hold
Majority
6,019
Electorate
78,433
Turnout
63%

You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.

Share of the vote

The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.

Breakdown

The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.

Candidate/Party Votes Share Change
Claudia Webbe
Labour
25,090 50.8% -16.2%
Bhupen Dave
Conservative
19,071 38.6% 14.4%
Nitesh Dave
Liberal Democrat
2,800 5.7% 3.1%
Tara Baldwin
The Brexit Party
1,243 2.5% 2.5%
Melanie Wakley
Green Party
888 1.8% -0.2%
Sanjay Gogia
Independent
329 0.7% 0.7%