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Encyclopedia > Leicester West (UK Parliament constituency)

Leicester West is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ... The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... The first-past-the-post electoral system is a voting system for single-member districts, variously called first-past-the-post (FPTP or FPP), winner-take-all, plurality voting, or relative majority. ...

Contents
1 Boundaries
2 Member of Parliament
3 Election Results
4 Politics and history of the constituency

Boundaries

Leicester West constituency covers the western part of Leicester, encompassing the council wards of Beaumont Leys, Fosse, New Parks, Western Park, Braunstone Park and Rowley Fields, Westcotes, most of Abbey and small parts of Latimer and Castle. Leicester (pronounced ) is the largest city in the English East Midlands, on the River Soar. ...

Member of Parliament

Greville Ewan Janner, Baron Janner of Braunstone (July 11, 1928-) is a British politician in the Labour Party. ... The Right Honourable Patricia Hewitt (born December 22, 1948 in Canberra, Australia ) and educated at Newnham College, Cambridge, is an English politician. ...

Election Results

General Election 2005: Leicester West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patricia Hewitt 17,184 51.7 −2.5
Conservative Sarah Richardson 8,114 24.4 −0.8
Liberal Democrats Zuffar Haq 5,803 17.5 +2.2
Green Geoff Forse 1,571 4.7 +1.5
Socialist Alternative Steve Score 552 1.7 N/A
Majority 9,070 27.3
Turnout 33,224 53.3 +2.4
Labour hold Swing
General Election 2001: Leicester West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patricia Hewitt 18,014 54.2 −1.0
Conservative Christopher Shaw 8,375 25.2 +1.5
Liberal Democrats Andy Vincent 5,085 15.3 +1.1
Green Matthew Gough 1,074 3.2 +1.8
Socialist Labour Party Sean Kirkpatrick 350 1.1 −0.1
Socialist Alliance Stephen Score 321 1.0 N/A
Majority 9,639 29.0
Turnout 33,219 50.9 −12.2
Labour hold Swing

Barring a change in the law, the next general election in the United Kingdom must be held some time before June 30, 2006. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The Green Party of England and Wales emerged as a distinct party in the 1990s. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The UK general election, 2001 was held on 7 June 2001 and was dubbed the quiet landslide by the media. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a social liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The Green Party of England and Wales emerged as a distinct party in the 1990s. ... This article is about the Socialist Labour Party founded by Arthur Scargill in 1996. ... The Socialist Alliance is a far left electoral alliance in England. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or Democratic Socialist political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ...

Politics and history of the constituency


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