Shockat Adam

Shockat Adam is the Independent MP for Leicester South, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

Last election result

Review the last election result for the constituency Leicester South when Shockat Adam was elected.

2024 General Election

The 2024 General Election was held on 4 July 2024. A total of 9 candidates ran for election.

Summary

IND
Independent Gain
Majority
979
Electorate
70,867
Turnout
59%

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. For the 2024 General Election, changes in vote share, majorities and turnout are calculated on the basis of 2019 notional results. Find out more about constituency boundary changes in this BBC explainer.*

*Estimates compiled by Professors Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher on behalf of BBC News, ITV News, Sky News and the Press Association. Calculations for Scotland done by Professor David Denver, those for Northern Ireland by Nicholas Whyte.

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
Shockat Adam
Independent
14,739 35.2% 35.2%
Jonathan Ashworth
Labour
13,760 32.9% -35.3%
Gerri Hickton
Conservative
4,820 11.5% -10.3%
Sharmen Rahman
Green Party
3,826 9.1% 5.8%
Craig Harwood
Reform UK
2,470 5.9% 3.6%
Carol Weaver
Liberal Democrat
1,425 3.4% -0.9%
Osman Admani
Independent
329 0.8% 0.8%
Ann Green
Communist Party of Britain
279 0.7% 0.7%
Ezechiel Adlore
Official Monster Raving Loony Party
189 0.5% 0.5%