Leicester South

Leicester South 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 Jonathan Ashworth (Labour) between 5 May 2011 to 30 May 2024.

2015 General Election

The 2015 General Election was held on 7 May 2015. A total of 6 candidates ran for election.

Summary

LAB
Labour Hold
Majority
17,845
Electorate
73,518
Turnout
62.5%

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
Jon Ashworth
Labour
27,473 59.8% 14.2%
Leon Hadji-Nikolaou
Conservative
9,628 21.0% -0.4%
Peter Stone
UK Independence Party
3,832 8.3% 6.8%
Gabby Garcia
Green Party
2,533 5.5% 3.9%
Anita Prabhakar
Liberal Democrat
2,127 4.6% -22.3%
Andrew Walton
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
349 0.8% 0.8%