An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Leicester East, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.
Labour hold by Keith Vaz with a majority of 22,428 - 42.8% - on a turnout of 67.4%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
VAZ, Keith | Lab | 35,116 | 67.0% | 5.9% |
HE, Edward | Con | 12,688 | 24.2% | 1.2% |
BAROT, Sujata | Ind | 1,753 | 3.3% | - |
DAVE, Nitesh | LD | 1,343 | 2.6% | 0.0% |
WAKLEY, Melanie | Green | 1,070 | 2.0% | -1.0% |
FOX, Ian | Ind | 454 | 0.9% | - |
Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.
An electorate of 77,788, having a valid vote count of 52,424 and an invalid vote count of 258.
Result declared at 03:35 on 9 June 2017.