Leicester South East (UK Parliament constituency)

Leicester South East
Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
1950–February 1974
Seats	one
Created from	Leicester East and Leicester South
Replaced by	Leicester East, Leicester South

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

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

Boundaries

1950–1955: The County Borough of Leicester wards of Evington, Knighton, Spinney Hill, and Wycliffe.

1955–1974: As above plus the Urban District of Oadby.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party	Notes
	1950	Charles Waterhouse	Conservative	Resigned 1957
	1957 by-election	Sir John Peel	Conservative
	1974	constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Leicester South East^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Waterhouse	20,964	51.37
	Labour	SK Lewis	14,823	36.32
	Liberal	Cecil Archer Newport	5,024	12.31
Majority			6,141	15.05
Turnout			40,811
	Conservative win (new seat)

General election 1951: Leicester South East^[2]^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Waterhouse	23,853	59.52
	Labour Co-op	Ewart Taylor	16,225	40.48
Majority			7,628	19.04
Turnout			40,078	83.77
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1955: Leicester South East^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Waterhouse	26,070	64.21
	Labour	Edward John Masters	14,529	35.79
Majority			11,541	28.42
Turnout			40,599	78.46
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[5]

1957 Leicester South East by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Peel	18,023	60.9	−3.3
	Labour	Betty Boothroyd	11,541	39.1	+3.3
Majority			6,482	21.8	−6.6
Turnout			29,564	56.3	−22.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−6.0

General election 1959: Leicester South East^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Peel	28,390	67.35
	Labour	W Barrie Chambers	13,760	32.65
Majority			14,630	34.70
Turnout			42,150	78.33
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Leicester South East ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Peel	23,236	55.95
	Labour	W Barrie Chambers	11,090	26.70
	Liberal	Colin J Beech	7,205	17.35	New
Majority			12,146	29.25
Turnout			41,531
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1966: Leicester South East ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Peel	23,615	59.88
	Labour	Colin Grundy	15,819	40.12
Majority			7,796	19.76
Turnout			39,434
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Leicester South East ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Peel	26,483	62.65
	Labour	William Hilbourne	15,788	37.35
Majority			10,695	25.30
Turnout			42,271
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
2. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
3. The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1951.
4. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
5. "Conservatives Hold Leicester". The Times. London. 29 November 1957. p. 10.
6. F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
7. F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1973; Political Reference Publications, Glasgow 1973
8. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig
9. British parliamentary election results, 1950-1973 by FWS Craig

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)