Leicester North East (UK Parliament constituency)

Leicester North East was a borough constituency in the city of Leicester. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Leicester North East
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1950–February 1974
Number of membersone
Replaced byLeicester East
Created fromLeicester East and Leicester South

The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, and abolished for the February 1974 general election.

Boundaries

The County Borough of Leicester wards of Belgrave, Charnwood, Humberstone, and Latimer.

Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberPartyNotes
1950Terence DonovanLabourResigned 1950 on appointment as a High Court Judge
1950 by-electionSir Lynn Ungoed-ThomasLabourResigned 1962 on appointment as a High Court Judge
1962 by-electionTom BradleyLabour
Feb 1974 constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1950s
General election 1950: Leicester North East[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Terence Donovan 25,305 56.49
Conservative H A Taylor 14,908 33.28
Liberal Michael J Moroney 4,257 9.50
Communist Frederick Charles Westacott 327 0.73
Majority 10,379 23.21
Turnout 44,797 85.85
Labour win (new seat)

Michael J Moroney was an industrial statistician and the author of the best-selling book on statistics Facts from Figures[2]

1950 Leicester North East by-election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lynn Ungoed-Thomas 18,777 57.92 +1.43
Conservative H A Taylor 13,642 42.08 +8.80
Majority 5,135 15.84 -7.37
Turnout 32,419
Labour hold Swing +3.68
General election 1951: Leicester North East [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lynn Ungoed-Thomas 26,209 59.99 +2.07
Conservative William Browne 17,478 40.01 +6.93
Majority 8,731 19.98 -3.23
Turnout 43,687 84.39 -1.51
Labour hold Swing -2.43
General election 1955: Leicester North East [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lynn Ungoed-Thomas 22,264 56.57 -4.65
Conservative Thelma Street 17,094 43.43 +3.42
Majority 5,170 13.14 -6.84
Turnout 39,358 78.53 -5.86
Labour hold Swing -4.03
General election 1959: Leicester North East [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lynn Ungoed-Thomas 19,421 51.91 -4.65
Conservative Ann Spokes 17,990 48.09 +4.56
Majority 1,431 3.82 -9.32
Turnout 37,411 78.38 -0.15
Labour hold Swing +4.60

Elections in the 1960s
1962 Leicester North East by-election[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tom Bradley 11,274 41.48 -10.43
Liberal D Bond 9,326 34.31 New
Conservative Robin Marlar 6,578 24.20 -23.89
Majority 1,948 7.17 +3.34
Turnout 27,178
Labour hold Swing +22.37
General election 1964: Leicester North East [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tom Bradley 15,494 46.39 -4.91
Conservative Robert DG Williams 12,195 36.51 +12.31
Liberal F Ivor Glenton 5,712 17.10 -17.21
Majority 3,299 9.88 +2.81
Turnout 33,401 77.48 -0.90
Labour hold Swing +8.61
General election 1966: Leicester North East [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tom Bradley 17,007 54.03 +7.64
Conservative Robert DG Williams 10,769 34.21 -2.30
Liberal F Ivor Glenton 3,703 11.76 -5.34
Majority 6,238 19.82 -9.94
Turnout 31,479 75.36 -2.12
Labour hold Swing +4.97

Elections in the 1970s
General election 1970: Leicester North East [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tom Bradley 15,016 48.82 -5.21
Conservative Peter Edward Findlay Heneage 14,125 45.92 +12.71
Anti Immigration Dennis J Taylor 1,616 5.25 New
Majority 891 2.90 -16.92
Turnout 30,757 70.97 -4.39
Labour hold Swing +8.98

References
  1. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  2. Moroney, M.J. (1951). Facts From Figures. Penguin. ISBN 0140202366. OCLC 562330554.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20120325095636/http://www.by-elections.co.uk/50.html
  4. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  5. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  6. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20120205100601/http://by-elections.co.uk/62.html
  8. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  9. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
  10. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
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