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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918		24,721/37,687	65.60
Rt Hon Sir Gordon Hewart	Liberal Party - Coalition	18,024	72.91
George Banton	Labour Party	6,697	27.09
Majority		11,327	45.82

6 March 1922 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Gordon Hewart on appointment as Lord Chief Justice of England and Elevation to the Peerage - Lord Hewart.

30 March 1922		26,597/37,319	71.27
George Banton	Labour Party	14,062	52.87
Albert E Marlow	Liberal Party - Coalition	8,710	32.75
Ronald Wilberforce Allen	Liberal Party	3,825	14.38
Majority		5,352	20.12

15 November 1922		29,014/37,749	76.86
Henry Arthur Evans	National Liberal Party	15,164	52.26
George Banton	Labour Party	13,850	47.74
Majority		1,314	4.53

July 1923 Henry Evans joins the Conservative Party.

6 December 1923		29,407/38,658	76.07
George Banton	Labour Party	13,162	44.76
Henry Arthur Evans	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,247	28.04
James Henderson Stewart	Liberal Party	7,998	27.20
Majority		4,915	16.71

29 October 1924		31,759/39,906	79.58
John de Vere Loder	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,090	50.66
George Banton	Labour Party	15,669	49.34
Majority		421	1.33

30 May 1929		44,388/54,364	81.65
Edward Frank Wise	Labour Party	22,533	50.76
John de Vere Loder	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,801	31.09
Frederick Lawson	Liberal Party	8,054	18.14
Majority		8,732	19.67

27 October 1931		44,076/55,719	79.10
Abraham Montagu Lyons	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,265	68.67
Edward Frank Wise	Labour Party	13,811	31.33
Majority		16,454	37.33

14 November 1935		41,483/59,109	70.18
Abraham Montagu Lyons	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,442	49.28
Frederick Gould	Labour Party	17,532	42.26
Frederick Lawson	Liberal Party	3,509	8.46
Majority		2,910	7.01

5 July 1945		49,902/65,740	75.91
Terence Norbert Donovan	Labour Party	28,414	56.94
Abraham Montagu Lyons	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,182	30.42
David Goodwillie Galloway	Liberal Party	6,306	12.64
Majority		13,232	26.52

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28 February 1974		49,197/63,279	77.75
Thomas George Bradley	Labour Party	23,474	47.71
Kenneth Gordon Reeves	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,061	44.84
William Kenneth Sanders	National Front	3,662	7.44
Majority		1,413	2.87

10 October 1974		46,200/63,881	72.32
Thomas George Bradley	Labour Party	20,688	44.78
Kenneth Gordon Reeves	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,877	36.53
William Patrick Capstick	Liberal Party	5,668	12.27
Peter Anthony Fry Reed-Herbert	National Front	2,967	6.42
Majority		3,811	8.25

3 May 1979		50,840/67,269	75.58
Thomas George Bradley	Labour Party	23,844	46.90
Michael Thomas Waterhouse	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,988	41.28
Basil Percy Andrews	Liberal Party	4,623	9.09
Barry John Calver	National Front	1,385	2.72
Majority		2,856	5.62

20 February 1981 Tom Bradley resigns the Labour whip to support the Council for Social Democracy.

Minor Boundary Change
9 June 1983		49,092/67,927	72.27
Peter Nigel Edward Bruinvels	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,117	38.94
Patricia Hope Hewitt	Labour Party	18,184	37.04
Thomas George Bradley	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	10,362	21.11
Ratilal Vasanji Ganatra	Ethnic Minority	970	1.98
Ronald Luther Sutton	British National Party	459	0.93
Majority		933	1.90

11 June 1987		52,159/67,196	77.62
Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz	Labour Party	24,074	46.16
Peter Nigel Edward Bruinvels	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,150	42.47
Aileen Marina Ayres	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	5,935	11.38
Majority		1,924	3.69

9 April 1992		49,920/63,434	78.70
Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz	Labour Party	28,123	56.34
Jeffery Christopher Stevens	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,807	33.67
Sheila Ann Mitchell	Liberal Democrats	4,043	8.10
Murray Roy Frankland	Green Party	453	0.91
Dennis James Taylor	Homeland	308	0.62
Anjali Sushil Kaul Mahaldar	Natural Law Party	186	0.37
Majority		11,316	22.67

1 May 1997		44,402/64,012	69.37
Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz	Labour Party	29,083	65.50
Simon Henry Milton	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,661	24.01
Jay Matabudul	Liberal Democrats	3,105	6.99
Wolodymyr Philip Iwaniw	Referendum Party	1,015	2.29
Sohan Singh Sidhu	Socialist Labour	436	0.98
Neil Owen Slack	Glow	102	0.23
Majority		18,422	41.49

7 June 2001		40,661/65,527	62.05
Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz	Labour Party	23,402	57.55
John Vincent Mugglestone	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,960	24.50
Harpinder Athwal	Liberal Democrats	4,989	12.27
David Paul Roberts	Socialist Labour	837	2.06
Clive Barrie Potter	British National Party	772	1.90
Shirley Bennett	Independent	701	1.72
Majority		13,442	33.06

5 May 2005		41,306/66,383	62.22
Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz	Labour Party	24,015	58.14
Sue-Ellen Cassiana Fernandes	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,139	19.70
Susan Margaret Cooper	Liberal Democrats	7,052	17.07
Colin William Brown	Veritas	1,666	4.03
Valerie Smalley	Socialist Labour	434	1.05
Majority		15,876	38.44

Minor Boundary Change
6 May 2010		47,995/73,700	65.12
Rt Hon Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz	Labour Party	25,804	53.76
Jane Marion Hunt	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,722	24.42
Ali Ashgar	Liberal Democrats	6,817	14.20
Colin Roger Gilmore	British National Party	1,700	3.54
Mo Taylor	Green Party	733	1.53
Felicity Elizabeth Ellen Ransome	UK Independence Party	725	1.51
Avtar Singh Sadiq	Unity for Peace & So	494	1.03
Majority		14,082	29.34

7 May 2015		48,068/75,430	63.73
Rt Hon Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz	Labour Party	29,386	61.13
Kishan Rajesh Devani	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,034	22.95
Susanna Rachael Steptoe	UK Independence Party	4,290	8.92
Nimit Jethwa	Green Party	1,468	3.05
Dev Bhupat Raval	Liberal Democrats	1,233	2.57
Michael James Barker	Trades Union & Socialist Coalition	540	1.12
Thomas Faithful Darwood	Independent	117	0.24
Majority		18,352	38.18

8 June 2017		52,424/77,788	67.39
Rt Hon Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz	Labour Party	35,116	66.98
Edward He	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,688	24.20
Sujata Barot	Independent	1,753	3.34
Nitesh Pravin Dave	Liberal Democrats	1,343	2.56
Melanie Jayne Wakley	Green Party	1,070	2.04
Ian Fox	Independent	454	0.87
Majority		22,428	42.78

12 December 2019		49,421/78,432	63.01
Claudia Naomi Webbe	Labour Party	25,090	50.77
Bhupen Dave	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,071	38.59
Nitesh Pravin Dave	Liberal Democrats	2,800	5.67
Tara Dawn Baldwin	Brexit Party	1,243	2.52
Melanie Jayne Wakley	Green Party	888	1.80
Sanjay Prem Gogia	Independent	329	0.67
Majority		6,019	12.18

28 September 2020 The Labour whip was removed from Claudia Webbe pending a court case into harassment claims.

Minor Boundary Change
4 July 2024		46,714/76,560	61.02
Shivani Raja	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,526	31.10
Rajesh Agrawal	Labour Party	10,100	21.62
Zuffar Iqbal Haq	Liberal Democrats	6,329	13.55
Claudia Naomi Webbe	Independent	5,532	11.84
Rt Hon Nigel Keith Anthony Standish Vaz	One Leicester	3,681	7.88
Rajesh Solanki	Reform UK	2,611	5.59
Margaret Lewis	Green Party	2,143	4.59
Malihah Adam	Independent	974	2.09
Nagarjun Agath	Independent	703	1.50
Khandubhai Vanmalibhal Patel	Independent	115	0.25
Majority		4,426	9.47