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East Midlands
76,465 electors
Active Seat

Leicester East

Current MP
Shivani Raja
Shivani Raja

🗳️ Election History

5
Elections
64.2%
Avg Turnout
1
Times Changed
2024
Current Party Since
Conservative Shivani Raja Gain from Labour
Majority 4,426
Turnout 61.0% ↓2.0pp
Total Votes 46,714
Winner Swing ↓19.7pp
✓ Shivani Raja
Conservative
14,526 31.1%
↓7.4pp
Rajesh Agrawal
Labour
10,100 21.6%
↓29.3pp
Zuffar Haq
Liberal Democrats
6,329 13.6%
↑7.9pp
Claudia Webbe
—
5,532 11.8%
—
Keith Vaz
—
3,681 7.9%
—
Raj Solanki
Reform UK
2,611 5.6%
↑3.1pp
Mags Lewis
Green Party
2,143 4.6%
↑2.8pp
Malihah Adam
—
974 2.1%
—
Nagarjun Agath
—
703 1.5%
—
Khandu Patel
—
115 0.3%
—
Labour Claudia Webbe Hold
Majority 6,019
Turnout 63.0% ↓4.4pp
Total Votes 49,421
Winner Swing ↓16.2pp
✓ Claudia Webbe
Labour
25,090 50.8%
↓16.2pp
Bhupen Dave
Conservative
19,071 38.6%
↑14.4pp
Nitesh Dave
Liberal Democrats
2,800 5.7%
↑3.1pp
Tara Baldwin
—
1,243 2.5%
—
Melanie Wakley
Green Party
888 1.8%
↓0.2pp
Sanjay Gogia
—
329 0.7%
—
Labour Keith Vaz Hold
Majority 22,428
Turnout 67.4% ↑3.7pp
Total Votes 52,424
Winner Swing ↑5.9pp
✓ Keith Vaz
Labour
35,116 67.0%
↑5.9pp
Edward He
Conservative
12,688 24.2%
↑1.3pp
Sujata Barot
—
1,753 3.3%
—
Nitesh Dave
Liberal Democrats
1,343 2.6%
↑0.0pp
Melanie Wakley
Green Party
1,070 2.0%
↓1.0pp
Ian Fox
—
454 0.9%
—
Labour Keith Vaz Hold
Majority 18,352
Turnout 63.7% ↓2.0pp
Total Votes 48,068
Winner Swing ↑7.4pp
✓ Keith Vaz
Labour
29,386 61.1%
↑7.4pp
Kishan Devani
Conservative
11,034 23.0%
↓1.5pp
Susanna Steptoe
—
4,290 8.9%
↑7.4pp
Nimit Jethwa
Green Party
1,468 3.1%
↑1.5pp
Dave Raval
Liberal Democrats
1,233 2.6%
↓11.6pp
Michael Barker
—
540 1.1%
—
Tom Darwood
—
117 0.2%
—
Labour Keith Vaz Hold
Majority 14,082
Turnout 65.8%
Total Votes 47,995
✓ Keith Vaz
Labour
25,804 53.8%
↓5.0pp
Jane Hunt
Conservative
11,722 24.4%
↑4.6pp
Ali Asghar
Liberal Democrats
6,817 14.2%
↓2.3pp
Colin Gilmore
—
1,700 3.5%
—
Mo Taylor
Green Party
733 1.5%
—
Felicity Ransome
—
725 1.5%
—
Avtar Sadiq
—
494 1.0%
—

Turnout Trend

65.8%
'10
63.7%
'15
67.4%
'17
63.0%
'19
61.0%
'24

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2011 Census
📊 Age
0 to 17
23.8%
35 to 49
20.8%
50 to 64
16.4%
65 and over
14.2% ▲1.3pp
25 to 34
14.0%
18 to 24
10.8%
🌍 Ethnicity
Asian or Asian British
68.8%
White
20.1%
Other
4.2%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
4.1%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
2.9%
📊 Age
18 to 29
24.8%
Under 18
23.8%
30 to 44
20.8%
45 to 64
16.4%
65 and over
14.2%
⛪ Religion
Hindu
37.6%
Muslim
25.6%
Christian
14.9%
No religion
10.2%
Sikh
6.8%
Not answered
4.1%
Other religion
0.5%
Buddhist
0.2%
Jewish
0.0%
🌍 Ethnicity
Asian or Asian British
58.1%
White
31.4%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
4.6%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
3.1%
Other ethnic group
2.8%
📊 Age
Under 18
24.9%
45 to 64
23.9%
30 to 44
20.5%
18 to 29
17.8%
65 and over
12.9%
⛪ Religion
Hindu
31.8%
Christian
24.2%
Muslim
20.0%
No religion
11.4%
Sikh
7.2%
Religion not stated
4.6%
Other religion
0.6%
Buddhist
0.2%
Jewish
0.0%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
MP Name Party From To
Claudia Webbe Independent 2019-12-12 2024-05-30
Keith Vaz Labour 1987-06-11 2019-11-06
Peter Bruinvels Conservative 1983-06-09 1987-06-11
Tom Bradley Social Democratic Party 1962-07-12 1983-06-09