Leicester East

Leicester East is a constituency in the East Midlands region of England. The seat has been held by Shivani Raja (Conservative) since July 2024.

2024 General Election

The 2024 General Election was held on 4 July 2024. A total of 10 candidates ran for election.

Summary

CON
Conservative Gain
Majority
4,426
Electorate
76,560
Turnout
61%

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

UK Parliamentary constituency boundaries have changed following a review in 2023. This means that the election history for this constituency began at the last general election on 4 July 2024.

The Library’s election results site shows relationships to previous constituencies and election results for 2010-2024.

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
Shivani Raja
Conservative
14,526 31.1% -7.4%
Rajesh Agrawal
Labour
10,100 21.6% -29.3%
Zuffar Haq
Liberal Democrat
6,329 13.5% 7.9%
Claudia Webbe
Independent
5,532 11.8% 11.8%
Keith Vaz
One Leicester
3,681 7.9% 7.9%
Raj Solanki
Reform UK
2,611 5.6% 3.1%
Mags Lewis
Green Party
2,143 4.6% 2.8%
Malihah Adam
Independent
974 2.1% 2.1%
Nagarjun Agath
Independent
703 1.5% 1.5%
Khandu Patel
Independent
115 0.2% 0.2%