An election to the 57th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Leicester South, held as part of the general election on 8 June 2017.
Labour hold by Jonathan Ashworth with a majority of 26,261 - 52.0% - on a turnout of 66.9%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
ASHWORTH, Jonathan | Lab / Co-op | 37,157 | 73.6% | 13.8% |
SONECHA, Meera | Con | 10,896 | 21.6% | 0.6% |
BISNAUTHSING, Harrish | LD | 1,287 | 2.5% | -2.1% |
LEWIS, Mags | Green | 1,177 | 2.3% | -3.2% |
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 75,534, having a valid vote count of 50,517 and an invalid vote count of 182.
Result declared at 03:00 on 9 June 2017.