Leicester North West | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1950–February 1974 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Leicester West |
Replaced by | Leicester West |
Leicester North West 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.
The County Borough of Leicester wards of Abbey, Newton, St Margaret's, and Westcotes.
Election | Member | Party | |
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1950 | Barnett Janner | Labour | |
1970 | Greville Janner | Labour | |
Feb 1974 | constituency abolished |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Barnett Janner | 23,505 | 52.88 | ||
Conservative | Nigel Nicolson | 15,912 | 35.80 | ||
Liberal | Robert Archibald Burrows | 5,036 | 11.33 | ||
Majority | 7,593 | 17.08 | |||
Turnout | 44,453 | 85.92 | |||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Barnett Janner | 25,184 | 56.84 | ||
Conservative | William John Cornelis Heyting | 19,125 | 43.16 | ||
Majority | 6,059 | 13.68 | |||
Turnout | 44,309 | 84.35 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Barnett Janner | 22,807 | 54.17 | ||
Conservative | Frederick Arthur Tomlinson | 19,297 | 45.83 | ||
Majority | 3,510 | 8.34 | |||
Turnout | 42,104 | 78.74 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Barnett Janner | 21,515 | 52.15 | ||
Conservative | Frederick Arthur Tomlinson | 19,742 | 47.85 | ||
Majority | 1,733 | 4.30 | |||
Turnout | 41,257 | 79.46 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Barnett Janner | 21,134 | 55.80 | ||
Conservative | E George A Farnham | 16,740 | 44.20 | ||
Majority | 4,394 | 11.60 | |||
Turnout | 37,874 | 76.19 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Barnett Janner | 21,822 | 60.89 | ||
Conservative | Carol Mather | 14,015 | 39.11 | ||
Majority | 7,807 | 21.78 | |||
Turnout | 35,837 | 73.73 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Greville Janner | 18,226 | 48.46 | ||
Conservative | Stuart J Symington | 15,584 | 41.44 | ||
Liberal | Richard J Rogers | 2,862 | 7.61 | New | |
National Democratic | Robert E Welford | 935 | 2.49 | New | |
Majority | 2,642 | 7.02 | |||
Turnout | 37,607 | 70.85 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |