South Leicestershire

South Leicestershire 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 Alberto Costa (Conservative) between 7 May 2015 to 30 May 2024.

2015 General Election

The 2015 General Election was held on 7 May 2015. A total of 4 candidates ran for election.

Summary

CON
Conservative Hold
Majority
16,824
Electorate
76,851
Turnout
70.2%

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
Alberto Costa
Conservative
28,700 53.2% 3.7%
Amanda Hack
Labour
11,876 22.0% 1.1%
Barry Mahoney
UK Independence Party
9,363 17.4% 13.7%
Geoffrey Welsh
Liberal Democrat
3,987 7.4% -13.6%